'Walker, Texas Ranger' home hits market for $1.2M

DALLAS (AP) ? Need space to practice roundhouse kicks and fist-enforced Texas justice? You're in luck: Chuck Norris' spacious Dallas home, complete with a gym featuring memorabilia from his "Walker, Texas Ranger" television series, is on the market.

The Mediterranean ranch-style home in the tony Dallas neighborhood of Northwood Hills also was the on-screen residence of Cordell Walker, the roundhouse-kicking Texas Ranger who battled villainy at every turn.

Norris portrayed Walker in the CBS series that ran for eight seasons. It ended in 2001, but lives on in syndication. Portions of the series were shot in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

The 7,362-square-foot home is listed for $1.2 million. Along with the weight room, it's listed as having four bedrooms, seven full bathrooms and a theater. There's also a separate building that served as a studio for the filming of "Walker, Texas Ranger," as well as other Norris productions, according to listing agent Rogers Healy.

Norris co-owned the property with his brother, Aaron Norris.

Healy said Chuck Norris and his wife have homes elsewhere and want to downsize. He noted that a handful of "qualified buyers" have toured the home since it was listed Friday.

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Microsoft Apparently To Announce Indie Self Publishing Support

July 24, 2013 - Oliver East -

Microsoft is seemingly changing their stance on self publishing models that will potentially aid many indie developers.

Initially, Microsoft had said they would not support the self publishing model which is strongly supported by Steam and has been announced to be supported on the PlayStation 4. According to Game Informer, Microsoft has decided to make another U-turn and will now also support indie developers.

The choice to support indie developers only seems logical. With both of the other major platforms, PlayStation or PC, having already committed support Microsoft really had no choice. Support the model or see developers go elsewhere and lose out on potential sales..

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Wall Street rises after Apple results, Europe data

By Angela Moon

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were flat on Wednesday as results from blue-chips Caterpillar and AT&T offset gains for the tech sector generated by Apple's stronger-than-expected results.

Shares of Apple , the world's largest technology company, rose 4.3 percent to $436.93 after the iPhone and iPad maker late Tuesday reported earnings and revenues that beat Wall Street's estimates, boosted by a jump in iPhone sales to 31.2 million.

Apple is the most heavy weighted stock on the Nasdaq. Also advance was video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc , whose shares jumped 8.5 percent to $25.86 after the company late Tuesday reported better-than-expected revenue and profit for its first fiscal quarter.

But the gains were offset by Caterpillar and AT&T, which were weighing heavily on the Dow index following their results.

"The earnings season so far has been pretty good for most companies. Investors anticipated good numbers and they got them, although the forecasts haven't been necessarily strong enough to push the market higher," said Rick Meckler, president of LibertyView Capital Management in Jersey City, New Jersey.

"I think the market now stands at a point where you are going to need good economic numbers to really move higher."

As of Tuesday's close, of the 130 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported earnings so far this season, 63.8 percent have beaten analysts' expectations for earnings, but 51.5 percent have fallen short of revenue forecasts. Over the past four quarters, 67 percent of companies have beaten earnings estimates.

The Dow Jones industrial average <.dji> was down 17.38 points, or 0.11 percent, at 15,550.36. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.spx> was up 0.09 points, or 0.01 percent, at 1,692.48. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.ixic> was up 14.72 points, or 0.41 percent, at 3,593.74.

On Tuesday the S&P 500 snapped a four-day winning streak and pulled back from Monday's record closing high, while healthy earnings from United Technologies gave the Dow a slight lift.

In another busy day of earnings, Caterpillar Inc reported a lower quarterly profit and cut its outlook for full-year earnings, saying its independent dealers were focused on reducing machine inventories rather than building them up. The stock fell 2.5 percent to $83.34.

A&T Inc posted a quarterly profit late Tuesday that missed Wall Street expectations as it was hit by rising costs. The stock was off 2.3 percent at $35.01.

But Boeing Co , also Dow component, posted better-than-expected second-quarter results, helped by a 15 percent jump in commercial aircraft revenue. The stock rose 0.4 percent to $108.16 in premarket trade.

Overseas, euro zone private industry unexpectedly bounced back to show growth this month as factories increased output for the first time in well over a year, according to business surveys. The unexpected rise in euro zone economic activity sparked a rally in European shares.

But a sign of China's economy was slowing cast a cloud over the positive news out of Europe. China's flash HSBC/Markit Purchasing Managers' Index fell as new orders faltered and a sub-index measuring employment sank to its weakest since March 2009. [ID:nH9N0FE01P] Asian stocks fell after the economic indicators from China.

(Reporting by Angela Moon; Editing by Kenneth Barry)

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Men's sperm quality decreases at age 35

IT'S not just women who have to worry about their ticking reproductive clock. Men's sperm quality seems to deteriorate after the age of 35. The proportion of sperm carrying an X chromosome also seems to increase, meaning older dads are more likely to have daughters.

It has been controversial whether the quality and quantity of a man's sperm deteriorates with age. "However, there is fairly convincing epidemiological evidence that older men do find it harder to conceive a child ? regardless of female age ? and as men get older their partners are at increased risk of miscarriage," says Allan Pacey, a fertility specialist at the University of Sheffield, UK. There is also a slightly increased risk of older men fathering children with genetic disorders.

To investigate, Bronte Stone at Reproductive Technology Laboratories in Los Angeles and his colleagues analysed sperm samples from 5081 men aged between 16 and 72. They found a deterioration in sperm quality and quantity after age 35. Some previous studies had suggested that the decline doesn't start until around five years later (Fertility and Sterility, doi.org/m85).

"Whether it's 35 or 40, the message from this and other papers is that men should be aware of age-related changes in their reproductive system and if they wish to become fathers they shouldn't leave it too late," Pacey says.

The study also found a decrease in the ratio of Y to X-bearing sperm once men hit 55, though it is not clear why.

This article appeared in print under the headline "Would-be fathers, your sperm clock"

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FanDuel Announces King of the Diamond Fantasy Baseball Game - $555K GTD

On September 13, FanDuel is running a daily fantasy baseball game called King of the Diamond that has a $555,000 guaranteed prize pool. $155,000 will go to first. It's the largest MLB contest of all-time and the tournament has a buy-in of $250, with plenty of satellites available. Click here for more details.

Also, NFL contests start next week! It's hard to believe that the season is about to start.

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Xiaomi announces $2.16 billion revenue in 1H 2013, beating the entire 2012

In a Chinese press release we just received, phone maker Xiaomi has just announced that it generated a revenue of CN¥13.27 billion or about $2.16 billion in the first half of 2013. This easily exceeds the company's CN¥12.6 billion or $2.05 billion revenue from the entirety of 2012, so things are already looking good ahead of the annual event on August 16th, when multiple products are expected to be launched -- including a TV that got leaked last month.

CEO Lei Jun said that this is partly thanks to the 7.03 million Xiaomi Phones his company sold within the same period, and the release also praised the popularity of the Xiaomi Box plus various other accessories, such as the new in-ear headphones launched recently. In addition to that, Xiaomi now has 20 million users from around the world as of end of June, 14.22 million of which come from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The latter two became part of Xiaomi's larger scope in April this year, with Hong Kong using the classic online retail model, and Taiwan doing the same but also selling devices through a partnership with local carrier Far Eastone.

Despite the surprising good announcements, Lei reminds his team at today's celebration party to "forget about the results, they're not the most important," and that "only making products that make users scream can bring in long-term value." The real challenge now is to tap into the more exotic markets, and Xiaomi has previously expressed great interest in Europe. Good luck with that, Lei!

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United States crushes Canada in women's softball World Cup opener

Friday July 12, 2013

OKLAHOMA CITY -- U.S. softball coach Ken Eriksen has watched Lauren Gibson play for his team for three years and said he?s become a bit spoiled by her.

In the World Cup of Softball opener on Thursday night, Gibson turned in one of those performances that Eriksen has come to love, going 2 for 3 with a home run, two RBI, two stolen bases and three runs scored as the U.S. routed Canada 7-0 in six innings.

Sara Nevins and Jessica Moore combined on a two-hitter for the U.S., which has won the last six World Cups and is 40-4 all-time in the event, one of the major tournaments on the international softball circuit.

"It?s good to be positive about what went on tonight," Eriksen said. "We?ve got to build upon it. We went out and I thought we executed well when we had to. I thought some really, really good at-bats. . They are so talented right now. They?ve just need to trust themselves and we?ll be in good shape."

Gibson, the Southeastern Conference player of the year at Tennessee this spring, did a little bit of everything for the U.S., which jumped ahead quickly with four runs in the first two innings and never gave Canada a chance to gain any momentum.

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Ride-sharing service Uber is adding fare splitting to its iPhone and Android apps.

Ride-sharing service Uber is adding fare splitting to its iPhone and Android apps. So you can look forward to fewer empty promises from friends to pay you back for that late-night Uber ride.

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Thailand has a new popular sensation - Hitler

In Bangkok, grinning kids pose for photos next to cartoon effigies of the man responsible for the deaths of 12 million people during the Holocaust.

By Flora Bagenal,?Contributor / July 13, 2013

It started as a craze for T-shirts printed with cartoon images of Hitler?s face. This dubious trend among teenagers in Thailand soon moved on to include SS style bike helmets, temporary swastika tattoos, and pictures of cute teddy bears doing the Nazi salute.

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Soon, kids were seen on the streets of Bangkok posing for photos, grinning next to cartoon effigies of the man responsible for the deaths of 12 million people during the Holocaust. Then it emerged other incidents had taken place including a Nazi themed school fashion show and a sports day parade in the northern city of Chang Mai in which a group of students dressed up as SS soldiers as a surprise for their teachers.

?Hitler Chic,? as it was dubbed in the media last year, has quickly snowballed in Thailand, revealing a lack of historical education and awareness in a country that was left largely untouched by World War II.

Unsurprisingly, the new craze has prompted confusion among foreign tourists and outrage among several international organisations, including Itzhak Shoham, the Israeli ambassador to Thailand, who said the trend ?hurts the feelings of every Jew and every civilized person.? ?

The complaints elicited bemused responses from Thailand?s cultural elite, who brushed it off as misplaced humor, stemming from kids who aren?t taught about the history of the Holocaust in school. One blogger said they thought the world had lost its sense of humor. ?Why is this different from the West?s obsession with Che Guevara?? he wrote.

Interest in the trend seemed to be dropping off until last week when pictures on Twitter started circulating of a fried chicken joint in Bangkok allegedly named Hitler. Modeled after Kentucky Fried Chicken, the restaurant's logo features the face of the Fuhrer plastered onto the body of bow-tie wearing Colonel Sanders, the founder of KFC.?The images prompted a renewed outburst of anger, followed by a heavily worded statement from Kentucky Fried Chicken saying they were considering suing the restaurant.

"We find it extremely distasteful and are considering legal action since it is an infringement of our brand trademark and has nothing to do with us," a spokesperson for Yum!, KFC?s parent company said.

It was later pointed out that the pictures of the restaurant may be old and that the chicken joint in question has since changed its name.

True or not, the revival of the debate around Hitler Chic has prompted some to call for history to be re-instated as one of the key subjects in the Thai syllabus to avoid further misunderstanding and embarrassment. ?

Varakorn Samakoses is the president of Dhurakij Pundit University in Bangkok and former deputy minister for education. He says a lack of emphasis on history teaching in Thailand means students are graduating without a proper grasp of events that shaped the world around them.

?Kids are much more interested in the present and the future, they are not taught to appreciate or take seriously what happened in the past,? he said, adding that because Thailand avoided much of the hardships suffered by other countries during World War II and under colonial rule, people find it harder to relate to stories of genocide and chaos.

?Even teachers are ignorant of these issues,? he said. ?This is something that should change. History should be one of the most important parts of the syllabus. [Children] should know what goes on because history always repeats itself.?

Lack of education and empathy may be a big problem here, but its not restricted to Thailand. Other countries have also picked up on the Hitler Chic craze, including the sale of Hitler key rings in 7/11 stores in Taiwan, Nazi T-shirts in Japan and Korea and a clothing store in Hong Kong caught decorating the counter with Nazi flags.

But the message that foreigners don't approve of Hitler Chic seems to be catching on.

Last Saturday, a young Chinese man was perusing a set of Hitler T-shirts at Chatuchak weekend market in Bangkok. The man and his friend joked as they held up different T-shirts, including one of the German dictator dressed as Ronald McDonald.

?I want this. I will wear it at home in China,? he said. ?I work at McDonalds so I like it very much.?

When asked if he knew who Hitler was, the man ??who declined to give his name ??smiled sheepishly. He nodded to indicate he did and then seemed to get embarrassed. As this reporter walked away, his friend muttered something under his breath and the pair left abruptly. Later this reporter saw the T-shirt he was going to buy, still hanging up.?

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Harrison Ford, el eterno seductor

Ah? donde le ven, tan guapo y atractivo como siempre, Harrison Ford cumple 71 a?os. Vale, los a?os tambi?n pasan por ?l y ya no est? como en sus primeras pel?culas, pero -a diferencia de muchos- ?l a?n guarda ese atractivo que s?lo comparte con Frank Sinatra y George Clooney.

Lejos de ser el t?pico conquistador, el actor lleva 10 a?os junto a la actriz Calista Flockhart despu?s de que se separase por segunda vez. Sin embargo, nunca se le ha podido llamar el soltero de oro porque no nos daba tiempo a disfrutar de su soledad. Con su primera esposa dur? 15 a?os y con la segunda, 21, lo que nos indica que adem?s de guapo es fiel.

A d?a de hoy, el actor se sigue considerando alguien inconformista que intenta cambiar las cosas cuando cree que no est?n bien. A pesar de sus casi 50 a?os en la profesi?n, reconoce que no todo es de color de rosa y que durante 15 a?os prefiri? ser carpintero a aceptar papeles que no le gustaban.

?No te pierdas sus mejores fotos!

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san diego state and wawanesa insurance begin ... - Learfield Sports

SAN DIEGO - San Diego State Athletics and its multimedia rights partner, Learfield Sports? Aztec Sports Properties, announced today that Wawanesa General Insurance Company will be the Aztecs? newest corporate partner for the 2013-14 athletic season.

Headquartered in San Diego since 1974, Wawanesa extends its footprint in the community with its first-ever collegiate partnership and first-ever affiliation with the San Diego State Aztecs.

The partnership officially kicks off next month and continues through the next athletic season with benefits centered on football and basketball. Wawanesa will receive exposure through football and basketball radio broadcasts, website advertising on the official athletics? site GoAztecs.com and on-site fan activation at home football and basketball games.

?We?re excited to align with the Aztecs and enter the collegiate space for the first time,? said Wawanesa?s Vice President of US Operations David Fitzgibbons. ?There?s no doubt we?re looking forward to this partnership and how it can benefit San Diego State?s alumni, fans and campus community.?

The Aztecs? partnership will complement Wawanesa?s other sports sponsorships in the immediate area ? San Diego Padres broadcasts, Lake Elsinore Storm, San Diego Sockers and various community youth sports organizations in San Diego County.

?Wawanesa already has proven to be an involved company in our community and area sports landscape,? said San Diego State University Athletic Director Jim Sterk. ?We?re pleased to see them come on board as an Aztec athletic partner and believe strongly they will see tremendous value from this collegiate partnership. We?re certainly happy to have their support and commitment.?

Wawanesa General Insurance Company?s marketing, underwriting, claims processing, and policyholder services are all conducted from the headquarters on Friars Road, close to Qualcomm Stadium.

Wawanesa employs almost 600 local San Diego residents and is committed to delivering award-winning customer satisfaction every day. The company offers insurance for auto, home, condo and renters directly to consumers in California. Wawanesa maintains expense levels well below industry averages. These costs savings are passed on to consumers in the form of lower insurance rates.

Aztec Sports Properties, a property of Learfield Sports, secured the Wawanesa relationship on behalf of SDSU Athletics. Learfield Sports manages multimedia rights for more than 50 collegiate institutions and associations and titles the Learfield Sports Directors? Cup with NACDA and USA Today. For more about the company?s 40-year history and complete collegiate portfolio, visit www.learfieldsports.com.

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DNA flaws may contribute to cancer risk in people with type 2 diabetes

[unable to retrieve full-text content]A type of genetic abnormality linked to cancer is more common in people with type 2 diabetes than the rest of the population, a new study has found.

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Report: Apple Will Begin Fabricating Their Own Mobile Device Chips

A report today from SemiAccurate,?the site whose name describes their track record when it comes to Apple rumors, says Apple has just bought into a chip fabricating plant.

SemiAccurate, via 9to5Mac:

Apple has just done something that?SemiAccurate has been expecting?for months and entered the fab industry. No we are not joking, Apple just bought into a fab, and not in a trivial way either.

It?s unclear as to if the site mentions a specific company that Apple has bought into, as the full report resides behind a paywall. Tags for the report do list ?UMC,? which could mean the company could be?Taiwan-based chipmaker United Microelectronics Corporation.

SemiAccurate?s track record for past Apple related predictions is hit-and-miss, as the site missed on a 2011 report that Apple would be moving away from Intel chips for its laptop lineup, although they did hit with their 2012 prediction Apple would go back to Nvidia graphics for its Mac lineup.

Samsung currently remains the only provider of Apple?s A-Series chips for its iOS devices, but Apple has recently been reported to have struck a deal with TSMC to fabricate A-series chips beginning in 2014.

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His first Apple product was an iPod Classic 5 years ago, and he has since added a MacBook Pro, iPad, iPhone, and 2 Apple TVs to his collection.

He lives somewhere in the deep Southern part of America. Yes, he has to pump in both sunshine, and the Internet.

Don't forget to check out Chris' two latest endeavors, as the "Apple Expert" at Answers.com, and his own personal tech blog at chrishauk.com

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Pandora asks: Can anyone from Texas tell me if the tampon story is legit?

I just saw this on a post in facebook and I can?t help but think there is some heavy drug use going on if this story is true.
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It?s all over the news, including reliable sources. Seems totally legit. Crazy, but true.

Tampon band?

I thought I was going to read something about a group of musicians.

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India's legendary actor Pran dies at 93

NEW DELHI (AP) ? India's legendary actor Pran, who played some of Bollywood's most memorable villains in a career that spanned six decades, died of pneumonia at a Mumbai hospital Friday, his doctor said. He was 93.

Pran acted in more than 350 Hindi movies in a prolific career dating back to the 1940s. He played a vast range of roles - a hero, villain and character actor - but was best known for his bad guys, earning the honorific "Villain of the Millennium."

Pran Krishan Sikand, popularly known as Pran, was hospitalized more than two weeks ago at Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital and died Friday, said his doctor, Sanjeev Mehta.

"Indian cinema has lost an icon,"" tweeted Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

In May, an ailing Pran was presented the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the Indian government's highest honor for cinema, at his Mumbai home by Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari.

Pran also received several other prestigious awards, including Filmfare magazine's "Lifetime Achievement Award" in 1997 and the 'Villain of the Millennium' by Stardust magazine three years later.

Pran began acting as a hero in hit 1940s films like "Khandaan" (Family) and "Aurat"" (Woman). In a career that lasted into the 1990s, he became most famous for his roles as a villain in movies such as "Bari Behen" (Elder Sister), "Azaad" (A Free Man), "Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai" (A Country Where the Ganges River Flows)," ''Half Ticket," and "Johnny Mera Naam" (Johnny Is My Name).

Pran is especially remembered for his supporting role as a villain-turned-hero in 1973's smash hit "Zanjeer" (Shackles). The appeal of Pran, whose menacing eyes made him appear as the most dreaded villain on the Hindi cinema screen, drew audiences to "Zanjeer," which helped a young Amitabh Bachchan become India's biggest film star. After reportedly recommending Bachchan for the part, Pran would team with the superstar in over a dozen films.

Tributes streamed over Twitter as fans and film stars remembered their favorite lines and roles by Pran, who overcame his average height to famously stand up to the six-feet-two (1.88-meter) Bachchan in "Zanjeer."

Bachchan tweeted: "A gentleman, most collaborative colleague. Another magnificent pillar of the film industry falls."

Pran is survived by his widow, two sons and a daughter. His cremation will take place Saturday in Mumbai, India's financial and entertainment capital, the Press Trust of India news agency said.

The New Delhi-born son of a civil engineer, Pran wanted to become a professional photographer.

However, a chance meeting with writer Wali Mohammad Wali in Lahore, now in Pakistan, led to his first role opposite actress Ranjhana in a Punjabi film "Yamla Jat" in 1940. He acted in several films produced in Lahore before shifting to Mumbai after the partition of India in 1947 by British colonialists.

He never wanted to live in Mumbai, but couldn't return to Lahore after partition, his daughter Pinky Bhalla said in an interview with Rediff.com, an Indian portal.

"He had to start all over again and it was quite a struggle," she said.

Pran persevered and a year after partition, he got a role in "Ziddi" (Haughty) with Dev Anand and Kamini Kaushal as lead actors.

Pran never looked back after that. In 1960, Pran looked every inch a bandit in a beloved portrayal in "Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai," a Raj Kapoor film about the mass surrender of bandits.

Pran played a villain in several hit movies opposite Bollywood's top actors, including Kapoor, Dilip Kumar and Dev Anand. Pran also earned acclaim for roles in smaller Bengali-language films.

He spoke so little about his work at home that his daughter didn't even know he was famous until she was older, Bhall said.

Bhall recalled that her father did not want a party on his 90th birthday three years ago, but the family invited a large number of friends and relatives anyway. Pran relented and was overjoyed to see so many guests, she said in the interview.

"He told my brother, 'Now I will be 100, and then out,'" she said.

Pran possessed a special kind of magic that allowed him to captivate so many filmgoers as a villain, recalled Bachchan in a foreword to the biography, "And Pran" by film journalist Bunny Reuben.

"Onscreen villainy is a thankless job," Bachchan wrote, "which Pran accepted and carried out with such a degree of perfection that he became the actor the entire nation loved to hate."

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Harrison Ford is 71! See him talk 'Star Wars' in '77

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A long time ago, in a galaxy ... ah, forget it. That's no way to wish a guy a happy birthday. Especially not someone like Harrison Ford, with a film resume that reaches far beyond "Star Wars."

But as we tip our Indiana Jones fedora to recognize the actor's 71st on Saturday, it's necessary to show our love for Han Solo, the space cowboy who blasted into our hearts in 1977.

As cocky as that character was, it's great (through the wonders of hyperspace!) to actually go back to 1977 and see how reserved Ford was as a 35-year-old star. He appeared on TODAY with Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) and Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) to talk about the little science fiction movie the three were all starring in that summer.

TODAY movie critic Gene Shalit has fun with Ford's name, introducing him as "the only movie actor named after two presidents." When asked whether that distinction was "nice," Ford smiles and tells Shalit, "It's never come up before."

While "Star Wars" was certainly taking the country by storm at the time, it was years away from becoming the worldwide pop culture phenomenon that it is today. Which is why Ford was able to say he enjoyed sitting in a theater to "see people really enjoy something like that. ... It's easy to be anonymous at this point. Nobody recognizes us when we go into a theater ? which is a pleasure, I must say."

The pleasure in theaters has been ours, from "Star Wars" to "Blade Runner" to "Indiana Jones" to "The Fugitive" and many more. Happy birthday!

Source: http://www.today.com/entertainment/harrison-ford-71-watch-him-talk-star-wars-today-77-6C10615202

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Vapiano Italian Restaurant (Review) | TheBoyAndMe

When we were in London for Britmums Live! we were invited to try out a very different Italian restaurant chain called Vapiano. There are two Vapianos in London, and we decided to visit the branch on Great Portland Street, just north of Oxford Street.

Obviously this was a prearranged meal and therefore it could be considered that the experience we had was vastly different to reality. Both TripAdvisor and the three thousand people who eat at this branch every day clearly indicate that that is not the case. Yes, three thousand people. The Great Portlant Street restaurant is the busiest in the world. We visited at a peak time on a busy Sunday afternoon; no table was reserved for us (standard practise) yet we found a seat instantly on the upper level, and we stayed for two and a half hours. During that time the tables around us changed parties several times, however we didn't see anyone hanging around waiting for a seat and nobody appeared to feel rushed.

Vapiano is a chain of restaurants that originated in Germany in 2002, and now has over 120 branches in twenty six countries over four continents. The supervisor that greeted us was so genuinely enthusiastic about the company that I could feel his passion for their ethos, ensuring good, fresh food is delivered to the patrons quickly and in a friendly manner. The best bit of news he shared with me is that in Vapiano's five-year plan, there will be a restaurant opening in Cardiff!

I've digressed from the factual parts of this review.

Upon arrival at the restaurant, customers are given a card which has a chip embedded in it. Once customers have found their seats and looked at the menus, then they go and order at each food station (antipasti & starters, pizza, pasta, a bar, desserts). The order is made, the card is 'scanned' and the details of the order are added to the card (this happens for every item of food and drink ordered). The chefs prepare and cook the food to order while the customer waits, receives their food and then returns to their party to enjoy their meal. Once the meal is finished, the customers take their card (which has a ?50 limit on it) to the cashdesk, which is situated on the way out, and pays.

This is an incredibly fair system as it means that if a party of friends is visiting together, then there is not the awkward moment when the bill comes and individual amounts are calculated, which often causes arguments. If a family party is having a meal, then the bill can be spread over several cards which the adults have; children do not have cards as alcoholic drinks can be added to the 'credit' on the card.

Seating is mainly in long benches and tables which allows for large parties to sit, chat and enjoy each other's company, there are booths, tall tables and smaller tables. We sat on a high bench and tall table at the back of the restaurant, watching everyone enjoying themselves and soaking up the atmosphere, before I went and ordered.

Antipasti & Starters

We decided to order a variety of starters so that the three of us could pick and choose:

• Piatto antipasti (Parma ham, salami, pepperoni, roasted vegetables, mozzarella, bruschetta) = ?9.00
• Insalata Caprese (tomatoes, mozzarella, basil) = ?6.50
• Bruschetta (toasted bread, tomatoes, garlic, olive oil) = ?2.80

As I carried the food back upstairs on an overladen tray, I anticipated the look on my husband's face and I certainly wasn't disappointed! When he saw the plate of mixed cold meats, with bread, bruschetta and mozzarella, his face lit up and in all honesty that could have been a light meal in itself; there was so much choice!

I've had a lot of Insalata Caprese (including on Capri itself) and this was one of the best as the mozzarella was so smooth and virtually melted in my mouth. The brushetta was perfectly toasted meaning the middle didn't go soggy and the edges weren't too crispy and hard.

While the Insalata Caprese was a little more expensive than I'd have normally been prepared to pay, the quality of the mozzarella more than made up for that. The bruschetta was incredibly well priced for a starter.

A definite 10/10 for the starters.

Pizzas & Pastas

We decided to both go for a vegetarian main meal so that we could mix and match:

• Pasta: Rucola Ravioli (ravioli with rocket, ricotta cheese filling, butter, pine nuts) = ?8.75
• Pizza: Dell?Alpe (Gorgonzola, Grana Padano D.O.P., smoked cheese, dried tomatoes and figs [I didn't have these on mine], rocket, mozzarella) = ?9.75

This pizza has gone up there as one of the best I've had, and I've had a lot! My husband cites the one we had in Pompeii as the best he's ever had, I liked the one in Rome more, but this was just as good as either. Vapiano make their pizza dough on site every day from fresh ingredients, and the recipe that they use for the dough means that it doesn't get soggy in the middle underneath all the cheese. The flavours blended perfectly and the crust was suitably volcanic in appearance. I couldn't manage it all though due to the size, and I'd suggest this would be a good dish to share in the party.

The ravioli was very tasty and the pasta was again freshly made on site in the morning. There is actually a section of the restaurant which is encased in glass walls and contains the pasta machine. Here customers can watch the pasta being made, shaped and bagged into perfect 180g portions before being dispensed to the pasta chefs who cook the sauces to a given recipe but can personalise each dish.

Main meals receive a 9/10, mainly for portion sizes, but that might be more to do with the fact that we were pretty full from our starters!

Children's Menu

When we were seated we were given a children's menu and a packet of colouring pencils for The Boy. There is a range of simple, and slightly more adventurous pizza and pasta dishes available for the grand total of ?3.50 each. That is one of the cheapest children's meals I've seen. The pasta dishes are half the weight of the adults' at 90g and the pizzas are slightly smaller.

The Boy went for a ham pizza which the chefs shaped into a rabbit's head.

The Boy really enjoyed his pizza and was completely amused by it being shaped into a character. It would have been a good size portion for an older child of around 7-10 years, but for a 4 year old it defeated him and he managed around a third of the pizza. And what was worse was that daddy couldn't even help him as he was too full himself!

9/10 for the children's meal, purely down to the size of the portions for younger children.

Desserts

This was the part of the meal I was really looking forward to; I'm a big dolci fan and Vapiano didn't disappoint me at all. I went for my standard Italian dessert (it's the one I hold as a true measure to the chef's ability to cook Italian), while The Boy and Mr. TBaM went for their usual as well:

• Tiramisu (small) for me = ?1.90
• Baked cheesecake (classic lemon & vanilla cheesecake) for Mr. TBaM = ?3.00
• Ice-cream (Green & Black's white chocolate and raspberry swirl) for The Boy = ?2.50

I was really impressed with my tiramisu which was light and fluffy, smooth and really very tasty of coffee, while not being at all sickly. I sampled the cheesecake as well and it was so delicately flavoured with lemon that it was really enjoyable; there was none left on the plate at all by my husband. The Boy really enjoyed the ice-cream and I was pleased that the prices of all three were so reasonable = 10/10

Long Drinks

As we weren't driving, we decided to try out a few of the long drinks that Vapiano has to offer:

• Aperol Spritzer (Prosecco, Aperol orange liqueur & soda water) = ?4.50
• Strawberry Bellini (Prosecco, strawberry puree) = ?4.95

I've never had a bellini before and I absolutely adored it! The conventional bellini is peach, but this was sweet and light making it a perfect Summer drink. My husband really enjoys citrus drinks and was pleasantly surprised to find that the aperol spritzer is the trendiest drink in Italy at the moment, one of the few times he's been fashionable!

I thought that the cost of each cocktail was very reasonable actually; especially as I've paid ?20.45 for two vodkas and cokes in London before. They are something I will definitely have again.

We really enjoyed our meal at Vapiano, reflected in the length of time that we stayed there (two and a half hours). We've already said that it is the restaurant that we will actively seek out in future when we go to London, regardless of whether we have The Boy with us or not. It is a great family-friendly restaurant with reasonably priced meals for all which can easily be shared, likewise I can see it is a brilliant place for a group of friends to visit and enjoy the good food and company.

We received this meal for free in exchange for this review, my opinion is honest and unbiased.

Source: http://www.theboyandme.co.uk/2013/07/12/vapiano-italian-restaurant-review/

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Report: Apple buys into company to start producing in-house chips

There have been rumors for quite a while that Apple will begin manufacturing its processors for different devices, such as the iOS device lineup, all in-house. These rumors are here again, as?SemiAccurate?(a site for which the name well represents its track record) is reporting that Apple has just bought in to a chip fabrication company so that it may be able to do exactly what the rumors suggest: build its own chips. Unfortunately the full report is stuck behind a $1,000/year paywall so the company that Apple has bought into isn?t specified. However, as AppleInsider?points out,?tags to the article indicate that a possibility is United Microelectronics Corporation. This Taiwanese based company has seen a few Apple rumors in years back, however nothing much more became of those.

This rumor definitely needs to be taken with a handful of salt, as this site has been way off sometimes in terms of rumors. In 2011,?SemiAccurate?said that Apple would begin shifting its MacBoo lineup from Intel processors to ARM processors. Obviously, nothing ever became of that. However, it did accurately predict the shift back to Nvidia graphics chips from AMD chips. Apple has been in reportedly been in talks with other companies, such as TMSC, in order to manufacture its chips for future devices. This looks like Apple is getting pretty serious about the idea of dropping Samsung, which it has been trying to do for a while if rumors are to be believed.

What do you think? Do you think Apple would go to this length? Wondering what is the truth of all this? Let us know in the comments, or tweet me @TiP_Kyle.

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Police: Teen in Asiana crash hit by fire truck

School administrators Derek Swales, right, prays next to two empty school desks meant to be used by two Chinese students: Ye Mingyuan and Yuan Linjia, 16, seen top left, who died aboard Asiana Airlines Flight 214 as it crashed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, at the West Valley Christian School in Los Angeles Thursday, July 11, 2013. The students were planning to attend a summer program at West Valley Christian School in West Hills. The flight originated in Shanghai and stopped over in Seoul before making the nearly 11-hour trip to San Francisco. Two people died and 180 of the 307 passengers were hurt Saturday when the Boeing 777 slammed tail-first into a seawall at the end of the runway. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

School administrators Derek Swales, right, prays next to two empty school desks meant to be used by two Chinese students: Ye Mingyuan and Yuan Linjia, 16, seen top left, who died aboard Asiana Airlines Flight 214 as it crashed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, at the West Valley Christian School in Los Angeles Thursday, July 11, 2013. The students were planning to attend a summer program at West Valley Christian School in West Hills. The flight originated in Shanghai and stopped over in Seoul before making the nearly 11-hour trip to San Francisco. Two people died and 180 of the 307 passengers were hurt Saturday when the Boeing 777 slammed tail-first into a seawall at the end of the runway. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Asiana flight 214 is dismantled and hauled to a hangar at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, July 12, 2013. Two people were killed and over 180 injured when the Boeing 777 crashed July 6 as it struck the seawall on the approach to runway 28L, knocking off the plane's tail. (AP Photo/Bay Area News Group, Jane Tyska)

A plane lands at San Francisco International Airport as Asiana flight 214 is dismantled and prepared to be hauled to a hangar in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, July 12, 2013. Two people were killed and over 180 injured when the Boeing 777 crashed July 6 as it struck the seawall on the approach to runway 28L, knocking off the plane's tail. (AP Photo/Bay Area News Group, Jane Tyska)

In this image from video provided by ABC7 News/KGO-TV a section of the fuselage of Asiana Flight-214 is removed at San Francisco airport early Friday morning July 12, 2013. Workers began clearing the wreckage early Friday. The Asiana flight crashed upon landing Saturday, July 6, at San Francisco International Airport, and two of the 307 passengers aboard were killed. (AP Photo/ABC7 News/KGO-TV)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? One of the two Chinese teenagers killed in the Asiana Airlines disaster was hit by a fire truck while covered with firefighting foam, authorities said Friday, revealing a startling detail that suggested she could have survived the crash only to die in its chaotic aftermath.

However, it wasn't clear whether Ye Meng Yuan, 16, was already dead when the collision occurred or whether the truck killed her moments after Saturday's crash.

"The first truck did go over the victim at least one time. Now the other question is what was the cause of death?" police spokesman Albie Esparza said. "That's what we are trying to determine right now."

The other victim, 16-year-old Wang Linjia, was dead when airport staff found her, authorities said Friday. Her body was near three flight attendants who were flung from the back of the plane when it broke open. They all survived.

San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault said the results of his initial inquiry into the deaths would likely be released sometime next week. The coroner said both bodies arrived directly from the airport. He would not comment on the police investigation.

Police said the teenager was on the ground and covered in foam that rescuers had sprayed on the burning wreckage of Flight 214. When the truck moved while battling the flames, rescuers discovered her body in the tire track, Esparza said.

Ye and her friend Wang Linjia, also 16, were memorialized Thursday at the Los Angeles Christian school that was their summer destination. Photos of the girls displayed at the memorial showed the pair with wide grins flashing peace sign. In one photo, they formed their arms into the shape of a heart.

The airliner collided with a rocky seawall just short the runway. Dozens of other passengers were injured, although most suffered only minor injuries.

Nearly a week after the crash, investigators have pieced together an outline of the accident. With each new bit of information, the picture that emerges is of pilots who failed to realize until too late that the aircraft was dangerously low and flying too slow.

Nothing disclosed so far by the National Transportation Safety Board investigators indicates any problems with the Boeing 777's engines, computers or automated systems.

"The first thing that's taught to a pilot is to look at the airspeed indicator. It is the most important instrument in the cockpit," said Lee Collins, a pilot with 29 years and 18,000 hours experience flying a variety of airliners.

Investigators are still trying to nail down hundreds of details about the crash. NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman has cautioned against drawing conclusions from the details released so far. But investigators already know a great deal.

They've listened to the Boeing 777's voice recorder, which captured the last two hours of conversation in the cockpit. They've downloaded its flight data recorder, which captured 1,400 indicators of what was happening on the plane.

The flight's four pilots have been interviewed, as have passengers and dozens of witnesses. Air traffic control recordings and video of the flight's last moments, including the crash itself, have been examined.

According to details released so far, the pilot flying the plane, Lee Gang-kuk, 46, had nearly 10,000 hours of flying experience, but just 35 hours flying a Boeing 777. He had recently completed training that qualified him to fly passengers in the 777 and was about halfway through his post-qualification training.

He was seated in the left cockpit seat. In the co-pilot position was Lee Jeong-Min, an experienced captain who was supervising Lee Gang-kuk's training. It was Lee Gang-kuk's first time landing a 777 in San Francisco.

The weather at the time was nearly perfect, sunny with light winds.

Lee Jeong-Min and a third pilot sitting in a jump seat just behind the main seats, a first officer, were supposed to be monitoring the plane's controls. One of their most important jobs was to closely monitor the plane's two airspeed indicators.

"Airspeed is everything," Collins said. "You have airspeed, you live. You don't, you die."

The NTSB's investigation is being followed closely by pilots in the U.S. and around the world. At one gathering of pilots in Dallas on Wednesday night, the discussion centered on why the Asiana pilots didn't realize their low speed sooner. No one had an answer.

"There are a lot of very experienced airline pilots who are scratching their heads right now," Collins said.

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Associated Press writers Martha Mendoza and Jason Dearen contributed to this report.

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Ford approves of tax hike for Scarborough subway [Video]

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City council will have to agree next week to hiking taxes across the entire city in a bid to build a subway to Scarborough.

City manager Joe Pennachetti rolled out a report Friday outlining council?s two choices when it comes to replacing the Scarborough RT.

Council meets starting Tuesday to debate whether to reaffirm its support for the fully-funded Scarborough LRT or push ahead on a risky and costly plan to extend the Bloor-Danforth line into Scarborough.

While Pennachetti doesn?t recommend either plan for council?s endorsement, his report points out the subway extension would cost between $1 billion and $1.5 billion more than the LRT and rely on a 1.1% to 2.4% property tax increase over three years, the province still providing the $1.8 billion it had committed to the LRT and appealing to the federal government for more cash ? between $418 million and $660 million.

Mayor Rob Ford ? who meets with federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty Saturday and provincial Transportation Minister Glen Murray Monday ? came out in support of a 0.25% tax hike to fund the subway.

Ford stressed Scarborough residents want subways and was optimistic council would agree.

?I believe it is going to get through (council),? he said Friday. ?Now if they don?t, if they go with the LRT ? that?s not what the people of Scarborough want, they?ve been loud and clear. I can?t control how they vote, I encourage them to support the subways and I?m sure everyone will be happy at the end of the day.?

The mayor said he?s a ?true believer? in the subway plan and pointed to his experience at Ford Fest Scarborough held last week.

?Not one person came up to me and said they wanted LRT,? Ford said. ?Thousands of people were chanting subway, subway, subway - it?s what the taxpayers want.?

Councillor Gord Perks said Ford was rejecting the city manager?s plan by not committing to the full tax hike.

?So there is no plan for funding a subway,? Perks said. ?There is no such thing as a discount subway shop.?

Comparing the two options, city officials pointed out an LRT would cover a larger geographic area, include seven stations and come at a lower cost while a subway extension, with only three stations, would have higher speed, higher quality service, higher ridership and no transfer for passengers from one mode to another at Kennedy station.

But the report warns diving into the subway project adds to the city?s debt and could push back higher priority transit projects and other capital projects.

TTC chair Karen Stintz was optimistic the plan outlined by the city manager?s report would secure ?the right subway? for Scarborough.

?I think council is in the position to finance this construction over the next 30 years,? Stintz said. ?I think it is encouraging that the mayor is recognizing that subways cost money and that the taxpayers might have to pay for subways in the city.?

Stintz said she expected the province to honour its commitment to providing the $1.8 billion for a replacement to the Scarborough RT and that the project would be eligible for federal infrastructure funding because it would be considered a new project.

Councillor Josh Matlow argued the subway push defied pro-taxpayer logic.

?(The report says) taxes would have to go up and the city would go dangerously into debt to pay for a plan that doesn?t make sense,? Matlow said.

?It would serve fewer Scarborough residents, cost a billion dollars more and when it comes to it ? either a subway or an LRT would be completely grade separated ? so I don?t see why?d we spend a billion dollars more to do that.?

Matlow argued this isn?t the LRT versus subway debate the city plunged into last year.

?This is about what makes sense on this specific route,? he said.

?If you look at the evidence, a reasonable person concludes, that it?s not worth a billion dollars of higher taxes and deeper debt to pay for it.?

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Which do you prefer in Scarborough?

Source: http://www.torontosun.com/2013/07/12/mayor-rob-ford-to-make-subway-announcement

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Stay or Sell? Tornado Victims Weigh Options

Stay or sell? It's a question many people are debating after their homes suffered significant damage during the tornadoes.

KOCO's Katy Blakey spoke to a local Realtor about the possible options.

Mark Ely spends his days off repairing his home following the May 20 tornado.

He and his family have now survived three devastating tornadoes in the past 15 years.

"I like this area of town," said Ely. "It's where I live. It's home. It's hard to leave."

Ely has decided to stay put, but many of his neighbors are weighing their options. Stay or sell their property?

"I think most of them are going to move out and I can't blame them."

Aggressive advertising in tornado-damaged areas target the big question before homeowners. Signs promising quick cash for damaged homes and lots. And buyers have gone door-to-door offering pay outs.

"It's definitely a sellers market," said Keith Taggart, President of the OKC Metropolitan Association of Realtors.

He said property appraisals in tornado damaged areas may be inconsistent and suggests homeowners wait a few months until the market stabilizes.

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Court docs: Hernandez slammed door on cops, confessed to friend

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Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez stands during a bail hearing June 27.

By Erin McClam, Staff Writer, NBC News

An affidavit filed in Florida portrays Aaron Hernandez, the former New England Patriots star, as the man who pulled the trigger in the shooting death of his friend last month.

Hernandez has been charged with orchestrating the killing of the friend, Odin Lloyd. Two other men, Ernest Wallace and Carlos Ortiz, have also been charged, but prosecutors have not said who they believe carried out the shooting.

According to the affidavit, filed Tuesday, Ortiz told police that Wallace told him Hernandez admitted to pulling the trigger in the overnight hours of June 17. Ortiz himself said it was too dark to tell who did the shooting.

Also Tuesday, a judge in Massachusetts released search warrants detailing a police encounter with Hernandez early in the murder investigation. The police account described him as argumentative.

Hernandez slammed the door on the police when they showed up at his house and told him they were looking into a death, according to the police account. Police said he showed no concern, and never asked whose death they were checking out.

The account said he asked: ?What?s with all the questions??

Hernandez re-emerged minutes later and offered to follow the police to the station and submit to questioning there, the account said.

The documents were released after a motion filed by news organizations.

The papers included a catalog of items seized by police when they searched Hernandez?s home in North Attleborough, Mass., including three iPads, clothes and ammunition.

Hernandez, a tight end, was released by the Patriots when he was arrested June 26.

Taken together, the documents shed light on how investigators closed in on Hernandez as a suspect in the killing, and demonstrate that Ortiz is cooperating closely with investigators.

Police say that Hernandez summoned Ortiz and Wallace from out of state, and that the three drove to pick up Lloyd, a semipro football player. Prosecutors say Hernandez was upset that Lloyd was talking to the wrong people days earlier at a nightclub.

Ortiz told police that he, Hernandez and Wallace picked up Lloyd in Boston in a Nissan Altima in the early morning hours of June 17 and began to drive toward North Attleborough.

According to court documents, Hernandez had sent Lloyd the following text at 9:05 p.m.:? ?I?m coming to grab u tonight gon b around 1 need dat and we could step for a little again.?

Roughly 30 minutes later, after Lloyd didn?t respond, Hernandez sent another message:? ?Waddup.? Responded Lloyd:? ?Aite, where.?

Hernandez: ?idk it don?t matter but imma hit u when I?m dat way like Las time if my phone dies imma hit u when i charge it which will be in a lil.?

Said Lloyd, who apparently was curious about Hernandez?s plans: ?Ait idk anything goin on.?

Hernandez responded, saying ?I?ll figure it out ill hit u on my way.?

More than two hours later, at 12:22 a.m., Lloyd asked Hernandez:? ?We still on.?

Hernandez didn?t respond. Lloyd?s sister told police that Lloyd left their residence in Boston at 1 a.m. ET with three men.

Prosecutors previously explained that Lloyd later contacted his sister via text, asking her, ?U saw who I?m with.? He later said ?Nfl? and ?just so u know.? Prosecutors say it suggests Lloyd was worried.

Ortiz told investigators that Hernandez and Lloyd argued in the car minutes before the shooting, and that they made up by shaking hands, according to the affidavit.

According to Ortiz, the other three men ? Hernandez, Wallace and Lloyd ? got out of the car, but only Hernandez and Wallace returned. Later, Wallace said that Hernandez admitted to the killing, according to Ortiz.

Wallace, charged as an accessory to murder, pleaded not guilty on Monday and was ordered held without bail. Ortiz, who faces a gun charge, has agreed to remain in jail until his next hearing, and a not guilty plea has been entered on his behalf.

Lawyers for Hernandez, who is being held without bail in a Massachusetts jail, have declined comment, citing a judge?s gag order in the case.

The owner of the Patriots, Robert Kraft, said Monday that if the charges are true, the organization has been ?duped.? The team drafted him in 2010 and gave him a $40 million contract extension last year.

Hernandez is being examined for any links to an unsolved double killing in Boston last July, sources have told NBC News.

He is also the subject of a lawsuit filed by a friend who said the football player shot him in the face in February during an altercation in Florida. No criminal charges have been filed in that incident.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

This story was originally published on Tue Jul 9, 2013 11:11 PM EDT

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