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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Singer Scott Weiland responds to STP firing
FILE - This April 30, 2010 file photo shows the Stone Temple Pilots, from left, Dean Deleo, Eric Kretz, Robert Deleo, and Scott Weiland from the band Stone Temple Pilots, pose for a portrait in Santa Monica, Calif. In a one-sentence news release on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, publicist Kymm Britton said: "Stone Temple Pilots have announced they have officially terminated Scott Weiland." No other information was provided. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)
FILE - This April 30, 2010 file photo shows the Stone Temple Pilots, from left, Dean Deleo, Eric Kretz, Robert Deleo, and Scott Weiland from the band Stone Temple Pilots, pose for a portrait in Santa Monica, Calif. In a one-sentence news release on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, publicist Kymm Britton said: "Stone Temple Pilots have announced they have officially terminated Scott Weiland." No other information was provided. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)
NEW YORK (AP) ? Singer Scott Weiland said he learned that he'd been fired by the Stone Temple Pilots when the band released a one-sentence statement to the media Wednesday.
"I learned of my supposed 'termination' from Stone Temple Pilots this morning by reading about it in the press," he wrote in a statement. "Not sure how I can be 'terminated' from a band that I founded, fronted and co-wrote many of its biggest hits, but that's something for the lawyers to figure out."
The statement by the band said: "Stone Temple Pilots have announced they have officially terminated Scott Weiland." No other information was provided.
Weiland said he's focusing on his solo tour, which kicks off Friday in Flint, Mich.
Stone Temple Pilots' 1992 debut, "Core," has sold more than 8 million units in the United States. Their hits include "Vasoline," ''Interstate Love Song" and "Plush," which won a Grammy in 1993 for best hard rock performance with vocal.
Weiland was also in the supergroup Velvet Revolver with Slash and other musicians. The 45-year-old has dealt with drug addiction, run-ins with the law and two failed marriages. He released his memoir, "Not Dead & Not for Sale," in 2011.
The Stone Temple Pilots' latest album is their self-titled 2010 release.
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Video: Brothers? passion for music a South Side inspiration
>>> finally tonight, most mentions of the city of chicago of late have, sadly, concerned gun violence, but tonight we have a story about two brothers enjoying a lot of success and showing some kids something they never thought possible. the mcgill brothers are among a group of 100 african-americans featured on our nbc news website, thegrio.com, and tonight ron allen has their story.
>> reporter: passion and artistry lift the mcgill brothers to lofty heights. demarre plays lead flute with the seattle symphony . kid brother anthony is the principal clarinettist for the world-renowned new york metropolitan opera . rising stars in the rarefied world of classical music , where just 4% of the musicians in national orchestras are african-american or latino. why classical music ?
>> i was drawn to the stories that i heard as a kid, musical stories, and my imagination would just go wild.
>> when i was listening to an orchestra or i was playing the clarinet, somehow, it got deeper into my soul.
>> reporter: they started on the south side of chicago , known for its urban problems, not the classics.
>> hi, sweetheart!
>> reporter: parents ira, a retired teacher, and demarre sr., a former firefighter, say they mortgaged the house five times to pay for lessons.
>> the pads look good.
>> reporter: they still have demarre's first flute and a little something he scribbled down when he was just 15.
>> "goals for the future, to be the best artist in the world
>> wlfer they perform on stage, it's almost like you forget to breathe.
>> reporter: they attribute their success to a chicago non-profit that's been offering free lessons to inner city kids after school since 1979 , the merit school, where they're now treated like rock stars .
>> they provided us a community of people that look like us doing the same thing.
>> reporter: they won competitions, scholarships to prestigious schools, and at age 14 and 18, performed in a very special neighborhood.
>> bravo, gentlemen.
>> reporter: where's the rivalry? all siblings have rivalries. who got better grades in school?
>> oh, see, well, there you go.
>> you probably did.
>> me.
>> reporter: now their goal is to inspire. and share their love of music.
>> it brings feelings to you and it helps you express yourself .
>> reporter: while taking their place among the great musicians of their time. ron allen , nbc news,
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Resurrection of 3-billion-year-old antibiotic-resistance proteins
Feb. 27, 2013 ? Scientists are reporting "laboratory resurrections" of several 2-3-billion-year-old proteins that are ancient ancestors of the enzymes that enable today's antibiotic-resistant bacteria to shrug off huge doses of penicillins, cephalosporins and other modern drugs. The achievement, reported in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, opens the door to a scientific "replay" of the evolution of antibiotic resistance with an eye to finding new ways to cope with the problem.
Jose M. Sanchez-Ruiz, Eric A. Gaucher, Valeria A. Risso and colleagues explain that antibiotic resistance existed long before Alexander Fleming discovered the first antibiotic in 1928. Genes that contain instructions for making the proteins responsible for antibiotic resistance have been found in 30,000-year-old permafrost sediment and other ancient sites. Their research focused on the so-called beta-lactamases, enzymes responsible for resistance to the family of antibiotics that includes penicillin, which scientists believe originated billions of years ago.
They describe using laboratory and statistical techniques to reconstruct the sequences of beta-lactamase proteins dating to Precambrian times, 2-3 billion years ago. The team also synthesized the inferred ancestral enzymes and conducted studies on their stability, structure and function. "The availability of laboratory resurrections of Precambrian beta-lactamases opens up new possibilities in the study of the emergence of antibiotic resistance," the report states. "For instance, it should now be possible to perform laboratory replays of the molecular tape of lactamase evolution and use such replays to probe the molecular determinants of the efficiency of lactamases to adapt to different types of antibiotics." The authors also note that the extreme stability and catalytic features displayed by the 2-3-billion-year-old lactamases suggest that resurrected Precambrian proteins have utility for the biotechnology industry.
The authors and co-authors acknowledge financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, NASA Astrobiology Institute, FEDER Funds and the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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Green Blog: A Report Card for Global Food Giants
The antipoverty group Oxfam has come up with a scorecard that evaluates the impact that the supply chains of behemoth food companies have on water consumption, labor and wages, greenhouse gas emissions and nutrition.
The goal of the scorecard, called ?Behind the Brands,? is to motivate consumers to pressure companies like Nestl?, Kellogg and Mars to improve their policies on land and water use and the treatment of small farmers, among other things, and to reduce waste and greenhouse gas emissions.
?Customer choice helps these companies build brand loyalty and value, which helps them build the bottom line,? said Raymond C. Offenheiser, president of Oxfam America. ?These supply chains are what connects the consumer to the farmer in the field, and there is an increasing interest in that.?
Apparel and mining companies have moved to increase the transparency of their supply chains, improving their practices in the process, Mr. Offenheiser said. But food companies are notably opaque when it comes to disclosing how they obtain the ingredients for the food they sell.
In fact, they sometimes openly fight such disclosure, spending tens of millions of dollars recently, for instance, to avoid disclosing the use of genetically engineered ingredients on food packaging. Some have also resisted identifying the countries where their ingredients originate.
But consumers today have more information about the food they eat than ever, and the impact of that knowledge is increasingly clear. The reaction against organic and natural food brands whose corporate parents fought a California ballot initiative requiring the labeling of genetically modified foods persists, even though it was defeated in November. And a 15-year-old recently waged a successful campaign to get brominated vegetable oil, a controversial food additive, removed from Gatorade.
?I think these companies understand that engaging stakeholders, not just shareholders, is a fact of life going forward,? Mr. Offenheiser said. ?Growing market share and customer loyalty as a result of that engagement has a direct impact on the bottom line.?
He emphasized that Oxfam did not wish to dredge up old scandals ? although the report accompanying the new scorecard mentions several ? but rather to create what he called ?a race to the top.?
Two giant European food companies, Nestl? and Unilever, scored highest on the initial scorecard, followed by Coca-Cola and PepsiCo. But no companies received Oxfam?s highest ratings across the board. Nestl?, which has worked to reduce the use of water in its processes, was awarded a 7 out of 10 in the water and transparency categories of the scorecard. Unilever received the same score for its treatment of small farmers.
Conversely, 7 of the 10 companies received the lowest score possible for their use of land. Scores for the treatment of women working in agriculture were generally low as well. Seven of the companies received a grade of ?extremely poor? or ?failing? for the impact of their businesses on climate change.
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Hands-free Fruit Ninja: NUIA makes it easier to code PC apps with eye control (hands-on)
We know what you think this hands-on is about. That laptop you see up there has a Tobii eye-tracking sensor affixed to it, and you're probably wondering why we're still dwelling on it after getting hands-on twice at CES 2012 and once more at CES 2013. But that's not what we're here to show you today. While wandering the halls of Mobile World Congress, we came across NUIA (Natural User Inter Action), a German company whose software is designed to make it easier for developers to code apps that make use of eye tracking sensors, such as Tobii's. In particular, devs will only have to write one extension, even if they're making use of multiple sensing devices (e.g., eye control and gesture recognition).
That comes in handy for a game like Fruit Ninja, as the required gestures extend beyond the bounds of what Tobii can do by itself. (Tobii lets you do things like zoom in, select objects and scroll, but not swipe flying fruit.) If you venture past the break, you'll see yours truly trying (and occasionally succeeding) at Fruit Ninja, though obviously this game is just one use case (albeit, a very fun one). There's nothing stopping developers from applying this to creative, productivity or even enterprise apps, too. As for availability, well, it's pretty clear the hardware will have to come before the software -- a NUIA spokesperson told us she doesn't expect its kit will be commercially available until sensing devices like Tobii become integrated into Windows 8 PCs. And if Tobii is any indication, that might not happen until next year at the earliest.
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Second winter storm in days blasts central U.S.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ? Another blizzard bore down on the nation's midsection early Tuesday after lashing the Texas Panhandle with hurricane-force winds, closing highways and cutting power to thousands in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. At least two people were killed in the storm, and Midwesterners still digging out from last week's deep snowpack braced for more.
Kansas City, Mo., Mayor Sly James declared a state of emergency, an unwanted encore just five days after a major snowstorm dumped nearly a foot of snow on his city. Flights in and out of Kansas City International Airport were canceled, schools, government offices and businesses across the region were closed and James urged residents to stay home if they could.
Up to 15 inches or more were forecast for parts of western Missouri, with a foot or more in Kansas City alone: "This one has the potential to be quite serious," James said.
A strong low pressure system fueled the storm, which also included heavy rain and thunderstorms in eastern Oklahoma and Texas. Six counties in Arkansas and all parishes in Louisiana were under a tornado watch through Monday night.
The storm knocked power out to thousands of homes in Texas and Oklahoma and was blamed for the death of a 21-year-old man whose SUV hit an icy patch on Interstate 70 in northwestern Kansas and overturned Monday. In Oklahoma, a person was killed after 15 inches of snow brought down part of a roof in the northwest town of Woodward.
In the Texas Panhandle, wind gusts up to 75 mph and heavy snow had made all roads impassable and created whiteout conditions, said Paul Braun, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Transportation. A hurricane-force gust of 75 mph was recorded at the Amarillo, Texas, airport. The city saw the biggest snowfall total in Texas with 17 inches.
Motorists were stranded throughout the Texas Panhandle, with the NWS in Lubbock reporting as many as 100 vehicles at a standstill on Interstate 27.
Texas Tech's men's basketball team stayed overnight at a hotel in Manhattan, Kan., after playing Kansas State on Monday night, rather try to drive back to Lubbock. Also late Monday, officials with Oklahoma State University announced it would be closed Tuesday due to the weather.
The American Red Cross opened a shelter Monday night in Woodward, Okla., for any travelers who get stranded. It also told its volunteers and workers in Kansas City to be prepared to help in the case of power outages or large numbers of stranded travelers.
Area hospitals closed outpatient and urgent care centers, and the University of Missouri canceled classes for Tuesday. The Missouri Department of Transportation issued a "no travel" advisory asking people to stay off affected highways except in case of a dire emergency.
Winds in excess of 30 mph were expected to cause whiteout conditions by early morning. There also was some concern that early rainfall could form a layer of ice beneath the snow, worsening driving conditions for those who dared the morning commute.
Greg Bolon, assistant Kansas City public works director, said the city's plow drivers had been working around the clock in 12-hour shifts since Wednesday and were bracing for several more days of extended schedules. City plows focused on arterial streets late Monday and early Tuesday.
Bolon asked local residents to be patient with plow drivers, even if they throw heavy snow back into already-shoveled driveways as they clear the streets. He said the long, often-thankless hours can take a toll on workers who are just doing what they're told.
"We're out there doing what we can to get streets open, and when people come out and shake their fists at you, it probably bothers you more mentally because you're doing what you're supposed to do," Bolon said.
He said supervisors were keeping an eye on drivers for signs of fatigue, but he thought most were doing fine because of 12-hour intervals between shifts.
National Weather Service meteorologist Chris Bowman in Pleasant Hill, Mo., said the most intense snow in the Kansas City area was expected from midnight to 6 a.m. Tuesday. Southern parts of the city and counties to the south were expected to see 10 to 12 inches of snow, he said, while the northern part of the city was looking at 6 to 10 inches.
Other weather outlets predicted well more than a foot of snow over a narrow swath of counties in Missouri, which Bowman said was possible but probably on the high side.
"The potential is there," he said. "We're probably being a little more conservative because you're getting into stuff that's never occurred before with that kind of snowfall. There is still some debate about whether we have enough instability to lead to that kind of accumulation."
Meteorologist Mike Umscheid of the National Weather Service office in Dodge City, Kan., said this latest storm combined with the storm last week will help alleviate the drought conditions that have plagued farmers and ranchers across the Midwest, and could be especially helpful to the winter wheat crop planted last fall.
But getting two back-to-back storms of this magnitude doesn't mean the drought is finished.
"If we get one more storm like this with widespread 2 inches of moisture, we will continue to chip away at the drought, but to claim the drought is over or ending is way too premature," Umscheid said.
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Associated Press writers Betsy Blaney in Lubbock, Texas, Nomaan Merchant in Dallas, Jill Zeman Bleed and Kelly P. Kissel in Little Rock, Ark., Daniel Holtmeyer in Oklahoma City, Steve Paulson in Denver, Paul Davenport in Albuquerque, N.M., and Roxana Hegeman in Wichita, Kan., contributed to this report.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/2nd-winter-storm-days-blasts-central-us-080407547.html
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Palestinians bury man who died in Israeli custody
Palestinians take cover during clashes with Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Hebron, following the death of Arafat Jaradat, a Palestinian prisoner held in an Israeli jail, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. The death of a 30-year-old Palestinian after interrogation by Israel's Shin Bet security service stokes new West Bank clashes, along with Israeli fears of a third Palestinian uprising. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
Palestinians take cover during clashes with Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Hebron, following the death of Arafat Jaradat, a Palestinian prisoner held in an Israeli jail, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. The death of a 30-year-old Palestinian after interrogation by Israel's Shin Bet security service stokes new West Bank clashes, along with Israeli fears of a third Palestinian uprising. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
SAEER, West Bank (AP) ? Thousands have joined the funeral procession in the West Bank for a 30-year-old Palestinian who died under disputed circumstances in Israeli custody.
Palestinian officials say autopsy results show Arafat Jaradat was tortured by Israeli interrogators. Israeli officials say there's no conclusive cause of death and that more tests are needed.
His death comes at a time of rising tensions in the West Bank. It has stoked Israeli fears of a third Palestinian uprising.
Palestinian police kept order as Jaradat's funeral got under way in his village of Saeer on Monday.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli officials traded accusations, each side saying the other is provoking violence for political gains.
Abbas says Palestinians want peace and won't be provoked, despite what he says are more lethal tactics by Israeli troops.
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Monday, February 25, 2013
Erie continues to dominate Canton in NBA D-League
ERIE BAYHAWKS 110, CANTON CHARGE 97? The BayHawks shot 56 percent from the floor and Kyle Goldcamp scored a game-high 19 points Saturday, as Erie defeated the visiting Charge for the second time in four days.
The Charge, who lost back-to-back games for the first time since Dec. 26, have lost four straight overall to the BayHawks.
Kyle Gibson led the Charge with 18 points, while Jorge Gutierrez nearly put together a triple-double. He had 14 points, a season-high 12 assists and eight rebounds to go with two steals and a blocked shot.
The Charge (20-14) also got 15 points from Arinze Onuaku and 12 from Josh Selby.
The BayHawks outscored the Charge 28-19 in the third quarter and held the Charge to just 25 percent shooting from the floor.
The Charge went on a 15-4 run over a 5:40 span in the fourth to cut Erie?s advantage to 100-93 with 4:01 to play, but the Charge never got any closer.
Canton returns to action Thursday morning at 11 when the Charge host Idaho.
Erie BayHawks 110, Canton Charge 97
CHARGE (20-14)? Gibson 6-13 3-5 18, Onuaku 5-5 5-6 15, Rossiter 4-9 0-0 8, Selby 4-12 3-4 12, Gutierrez 7-14 0-0 14, Eric 4-11 1-1 9, J.Johnson 1-1 2-2 4, Agudio 2-6 0-0 5, D.Johnson 3-7 0-1 7, Franklin 1-4 0-0 2, Brown 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 38-85 14-19 97.
BAYHAWKS (19-15)? Kennedy 6-14 2-2 16, Goldcamp 8-9 3-3 19, Sims 6-9 0-0 12, Higgins 7-10 0-0 15, Covington 2-7 2-2 8, Singletary 3-6 2-2 8, Baines 2-7 0-0 4, McCamey 1-2 0-0 3, Daniels 3-6 2-2 9, Harper 6-9 4-5 16. Totals 44-79 15-16 110.
Charge?? ?26?? ?27?? ?19?? ?25?? ???? ?97
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3-point goals?Charge 7-22 (Gibson 3-6, Selby 1-5, Agudio 1-4, D.Johnson 1-4, Brown 1-2, Rossiter 0-1), Bayhawks 7-13 (Kennedy 2-4, Covington 2-3, McCamey 1-2, Daniels 1-2, Higgins 1-1). Fouls?17-17. Fouled out?None. Rebounds?Charge 37 (Eric 10), Bayhawks 39 (Kennedy 8). Assists?Charge 27 (Gutierrez 12), Bayhawks 36. Turnovers?Bayhawks 14-13.
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Nokia Expands Its Windows Phones To More Price Points With $180 Entry Level Lumia 520 And $330 Mid-Range Lumia 720
Nokia has announced two new Lumia smartphones at its Mobile World Congress press conference ? broadening its Windows Phone 8 portfolio to five devices and filling in some of the pricing gaps in the mid and lower end of the range. The two 3G newcomers to the Lumia line are the mid-range Lumia 720 and the new entry level 520, which will cost $180 before taxes.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/t2KKXPaZDvc/
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Toronto Maple Leafs coach Randy Carlyle takes jab at Ottawa Senators
Randy Carlyle fired a shot at the Senators before the puck was dropped Saturday night in the Battle of Ontario.
While the fact that the Senators are without seven regulars has been a major topic of discussion across the NHL, the Toronto Maple Leafs coach told reporters at Saturday's morning skate his club is hurting as well.
"We have our injuries, too," Carlyle said at Carleton University, where the Leafs held their twirl. "We haven't made that big a splash about our share."
Then, he added: "Our media's not allowed to do that, I guess."
There is a light at the end of the tunnel for the Senators.
Winger Milan Michalek, who missed his sixth straight game Saturday, skated before anybody else went on the ice at Scotiabank Place. He won't play Monday vs. the Montreal Canadiens, but he's inching closer to a return.
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ATandT Agrees Wage Deal with Labour Union Covering 20,000 Staff
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?USA based AT&T says that it has reached a tentative agreement with the Communications Workers of America union (CWA) in contract negotiations covering more than 20,000 AT&T Mobility employees in 36 states and the District of Columbia.
The four-year agreement covers Mobility employees generally in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Mountain States and West Coast.
The agreement, which is subject to ratification, covers wages, pension, disability and work rules. Health care and other benefits are bargained separately. CWA members in October ratified a separate four-year benefit agreement for all CWA-bargained Mobility employees nationwide.
AT&T added that it will not comment on details of the agreement until it has been presented to members by their leadership.
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Sunday, February 24, 2013
Keselowski leading with 20 to go
Michael Annett (43), Johanna Long (70), Hal Martin (44), Mike Bliss (19), Jason White (00), Joe Nemechek (87), Jeffrey Earnhardt (79), Matt Kenseth (18), Danny Efland (4) and Kasey Kahne (5) collide and slide as Austin Dillon (3) escapes between Turns 1 and 2 during the NASCAR Nationwide Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Michael Annett (43), Johanna Long (70), Hal Martin (44), Mike Bliss (19), Jason White (00), Joe Nemechek (87), Jeffrey Earnhardt (79), Matt Kenseth (18), Danny Efland (4) and Kasey Kahne (5) collide and slide as Austin Dillon (3) escapes between Turns 1 and 2 during the NASCAR Nationwide Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Danica Patrick (10) and Jeff Gordon (24) lead the pack to start the NASCAR Daytona 500 Sprint Cup Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)
Danica Patrick competes during NASCAR Daytona 500 Sprint Cup Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)
Juan Pablo Montoya (42) and Kevin Harvick (29) collide while going into Turn 1 during the NASCAR Daytona 500 Sprint Cup Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis waves the green to start of the Daytona 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Defending Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski leads the Daytona 500 with 20 laps to go.
He's followed by Jimmie Johnson, Marcus Ambrose, Greg Biffle, Denny Hamlin and Danica Patrick.
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KENSETH OUT: There won't be a repeat winner at the Daytona 500.
Defending champ Matt Kenseth had led more laps than anyone when, suddenly, his car began smoking on lap 149. He headed to pit road and it didn't take long for the crew to push him behind the wall, ruining any hopes of becoming the first back-to-back winner since Sterling Marlin in 1994-95.
Kenseth and his new teammates at Joe Gibbs Racing, Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin, were actually running 1-2-3 when Kenseth had some sort of engine or transmission problem. Just two laps later, Busch's car also went out, smoking as well, sending the driver of the No. 18 machine storming through the garage, ripping off his racesuit.
"It's really unfortunate," Busch said. "We were running 1-2-3 and it felt like we were dropping like flies. Something inside the motor broke that's not supposed to break. It's a little devastating when you're running 1-2-3 like that. Hopefully the No. 11 (Hamlin) can bring it home."
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EDWARDS' TOUGH MONTH: No one will be more eager than Carl Edwards to get out of Daytona.
The No. 99 team had a brutal month leading up to the NASCAR season opener, wrecking four times.
Make it five.
Edwards was caught up in a crash heading into turn one at the Daytona 500, another case of simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Trevor Bayne bumped Brad Keselowski from behind, which sent the No. 21 car sliding sideways.
With nowhere to go, Edwards was sent into the outside wall.
? Paul Newberry ? http://www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963
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SMOKE STEAMS: Tony Stewart has returned to the track at the Daytona 500.
But he's pretty much assured of going 0-for-15 in NASCAR's biggest race.
Stewart was 82 laps behind the leaders when he rolled out of the garage after an early crash. His frustration was never more evident than when he joined in the repair effort, banging on his No. 14 car with a hammer during the long stint in the paddock.
"To hell with the season," Stewart said. "I wanted to win the Daytona 500. We had a car that we could pass with today. We were passing cars by ourselves. I was so happy with our car, was just waiting for it to all get sorted out again. I don't know what started it, but we just got caught up in another wreck."
Stewart's misfortune came a day after he won the lower-division Nationwide race ? his 19th career triumph at Daytona.
None of them have come in the race he really wants.
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FAMILIAR SPOT: Matt Kenseth is back in a familiar spot.
Leading the Daytona 500.
Kenseth was running out front at the 100-lap mark, halfway through the biggest NASCAR race of the season.
While there's nothing unusual about Kenseth leading at Daytona, where he's won two of the last three years, it's a bit jarring to see him doing it in the No. 20 car.
Kenseth had spent his entire Cup career driving the No. 17 machine for Roush Fenway Racing, but he switched to Joe Gibbs Racing this season. He's got a new car, a new number, a new sponsor and a new team.
But he still knows how to run strong at Daytona.
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DANICAMANIA: Danica Patrick keeps making history.
The first woman to start from the pole at the Daytona 500 has become the first female to lead a lap in a NASCAR Cup race.
Patrick sent the huge crowd into a frenzy when she snatched the lead from Michael Waltrip on lap 90 after a series of pit stops under yellow. She led two laps before Denny Hamlin surged to the front.
But Patrick has shown her qualifying run was no fluke. She's got a strong car and has been in the top 10 all day as the 200-lap race approaches the midway point.
Patrick switched to NASCAR last year after becoming the first woman to lead laps at the Indianapolis 500, as well as being the first to win an IndyCar race.
Now, she's looking for a win in NASCAR's biggest event.
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AWKWARD: Rapper 50 Cent wasn't content just chatting up Erin Andrews.
He went in for a kiss.
Rebuffed.
In the strangest part of the buildup to the Daytona 500, Mr. Cent brought back memories of Joe Namath's awkward attempt to plant one on Suzy Kolber when he tried the same move with Andrews on pit road.
She turned her head one way, then the other, only allowing the "Candy Shop" rapper to get a peck on the cheek.
? Paul Newberry ? http://www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963
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BIG CRASH: We've had the first big wreck of the Daytona 500.
And a bunch of top contenders have seen their chances go up in smoke.
Former 500 winners Kevin Harvick, Tony Stewart and Jamie McMurray were caught up in the crash on lap 33. So was defending Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski.
The melee began coming through the tri-oval when Kasey Kahne's car began to slide across the track after appearing to get bumped from behind by Kyle Busch.
At least two other drivers also got caught up in the mess: Juan Pablo Montoya and Casey Mears. Joey Logano made a great move to dodge the spinning cars.
Pole sitter Danica Patrick made it through unscathed and remains near the front of the pack.
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HANG ON TIGHT: From one defending champion to another, Brad Keselowski had a piece of advice for Daytona 500 starter Ray Lewis:
Don't drop the flag.
The retired Baltimore Ravens star served as honorary starter for the Daytona 500. Lewis waved the green flag without incident Sunday to start the "Great American Race."
Lewis, who said he was nervous, got a quick tip from Keselowski.
"Brad texted me on the way in, the one rule is, don't drop the flag," Lewis said before the race. "I'm going to squeeze the flag very hard. I want to watch this and be a part of it. To be here is an awesome experience."
Lewis was one of several stars at Daytona International Speedway. Rappers T.I. and 50 Cent attended NASCAR's season opener, which has Danica Patrick starting on the pole.
Oscar-nominated actor James Franco was the grand marshall and said, "Drivers and Danica, start your engines!" The Zac Brown Band played a pre-race concert in the Daytona International Speedway infield. Band member Clay Cook performed the national anthem.
Retired baseball pitcher Tom Gordon, comedian Drew Carey, and Wes Welker and Steve Spurrier also were in attendance.
Lewis called Keselowski on the eve of the 2012 season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway and left him an inspirational voice message. Keselowski also often listens to Lewis' motivational speeches before races.
"I caught a glimpse of how he always watched my videos and it really inspired him," Lewis said. "That's when me and him really started having conversations with each other, and from there it just turned into a friendship. I send him motivational things, and heads-up on what I am doing, that's where the relationship has gone."
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DANICA DROPS BACK: Danica Patrick made history by becoming the first woman to start from the pole in a NASCAR Cup race.
But in the beginning of the Daytona 500, she failed to pull off another landmark.
Choosing the outside spot on the front row, Patrick gave up the lead to Jeff Gordon on the very first lap, missing out on an early chance to become the first female to lead a Cup lap.
Over the first 10 laps, she settled in behind Gordon and held on to the second spot in the 43-car field.
Patrick went on the radio before the race to thank her crew for giving her such a strong car. "I'll do the best job I can to do my end of the deal today," she said. "All in all, thank you for everything. You guys are awesome."
Later, Patrick sent the huge crowd into a frenzy when she snatched the lead from Michael Waltrip on lap 90 after a series of pit stops under yellow. She led two laps before Denny Hamlin surged to the front.
? Paul Newberry ? http://www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963
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FRANCO'S AUDIBLE: "Drivers ... and Danica!!! ... start your engines."
With that unique command, actor James Franco has ordered the 43 cars to fire up for the Daytona 500.
The duty is normally carried out with the most famous words in racing: "Gentlemen, start your engines."
Of course, this year is different. Danica Patrick is the first woman to start from the pole in a Cup race, and Franco hinted beforehand that he was planning an audible. As unpredictable as ever, he passed on a chance to copy the command that was used when Patrick raced in the Indianapolis 500, "Lady and gentlemen, start your engines."
Now, it's time to go racing at Daytona.
? Paul Newberry ? http://www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963
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A HEARTY BUNCH: NASCAR FANS RETURN TO DANGER ZONE: Say this about NASCAR fans: They don't frighten easily.
One day after a harrowing crash injured dozens of fans in the stands, those same seats are filling up for the Daytona 500.
No one seems too concerned.
"These should be good seats," said Rick Barasso, as he settled into a spot that was right in the danger zone when Kyle Larson's car slammed into the catch fencing on the final lap of a Nationwide Series race Saturday. "I mean, what are the chances of it happening again?"
That seems to be the attitude of the fans heading into the Daytona 500, the season-opening Cup race and biggest event on the NASCAR schedule. Most people say it's worth the risk to sit next to the ear-rattling action ? no more than 20 feet away for those in the first row. They love to hear the engines, smell the exhaust, and feel the wind whipping in their face as 43 cars go by at nearly 200 mph.
Still, there are a few fans fretting about the location of their seats.
Raymond Gober returned to the same location where he was nearly struck by a bolt from Larson's car. He scooped up the debris as a souvenir, though he acknowledged being a little nervous about his seat on the back row of the lower level. He even considered wearing his motorcycle helmet to the 500, but figured "everybody would start laughing at me." Next year, he plans to buy an upper-level seat in the main grandstand.
"My dad called and said, 'You're sitting in the same seats? "' Gober said. "He couldn't believe it."
There are grim reminders of what happened Saturday: a bloody spot that had been washed down (not entirely, though), a tire mark on a seat, another seat that was partially bent from getting struck by that same tire.
? Paul Newberry ? http://www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963
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EDITOR'S NOTE ? "Daytona 500 Watch" shows you the Daytona 500 and events surrounding the race through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on Twitter.
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Authorities: Report of gunman at MIT was a hoax
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) ? A false report of a gunman at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that briefly caused a campus-wide lockdown Saturday stemmed from an electronic message sent to police, authorities said.
Officers searched for a man reported to be carrying a long rifle and wearing body armor but found nothing unusual, Cambridge police said. The report ? that alleged that the gunman was barricaded inside a building on campus ? turned out to be a hoax, and there was no threat to public safety, state police spokesman David Procopio said.
Cambridge police received the tip in an electronic chat message around 7:30 a.m., but witnesses on the scene eventually contradicted it, spokesman Dan Riviello said. Neither police nor MIT specified how the tip was received, though the police department's website says anonymous crime tips may be made via text message or email, in addition to a telephone hotline.
"The MIT community was sent a precautionary text message at 8:52 a.m. asking them to remain indoors and shelter in place," the university said in a statement issued following online criticism over delays in alerting the public that a gunman was possibly on campus.
A room-to-room search by MIT and Cambridge police, along with state police troopers, led officers to declare that the scene was clear at about 10:30 a.m., MIT said.
"No armed suspects were found in the building or on campus and police believe that the event, as reported, did not occur," according to a statement by Cambridge police.
Investigators are trying to identify the prankster and will pursue criminal charges if they do, Riviello said.
He declined to provide additional details or confirm reports that the IP address used by the prankster has been traced to New York, saying the investigation continued.
"At the conclusion of the ongoing investigation, MIT Police and other parts of the MIT administration will, as part of standard operating procedure, conduct an after-action review of MIT's police and communications actions during this event," the university said in its statement.
About 11,000 people attend the prestigious school outside Boston where students are famous for their smarts as well as their stunts, including once putting a police car on top of a domed campus building.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/authorities-report-gunman-mit-hoax-165842690.html
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Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 specs
Samsung, on the eve of Mobile World Congress, has announced the Galaxy Note 8.0. It's a mid-size phone/tablet hybrid. The international (read: Non-U.S.) version will be able to make phone calls. (Though Samsung -- and we as well -- recommend doing so with a headset and not by holding it up to your head.)
The Galaxy Note 8.0 specs are nothing to sneeze at. It's powered by a quad-core Exynos processor running at 1.6 GHz, has a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 1.3MP shooter out front. It's running Samsung's TouchWiz customizations on top of Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean.
Also: See our Galaxy Note 8.0 hands-on
Most important, however, is the inclusion of (and improvements to) the S Pen stylus, which brings about a world of functionality not found in any other tablets at this point.
Also new is the inclusion of an "IR blaster," which is a sexy name for an infrared port on the side of the Note 8.0 that, thanks to the Peel application, lets you control your TV and other IR-enabled devices from the comfort and safety of your couch.
We've got the full Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 specs after the break.
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PFT: Harbaugh says?49ers will not release QB Smith
Getty ImagesThe stories of the football influences on Jim Harbaugh were well told and often during the weeks leading up to the Super Bowl. But perhaps the biggest impact on his NFL Scouting Combine preparation isn?t Bo Schembechler or Jack Harbaugh, but Judge Judy.
While discussing the need for draft prospects to be forthcoming during interviews, Harbaugh admitted being a fan of the syndicated television jurist.
Because of course he did.
?Somebody that?s not truthful, that?s big, to me,? the 49ers coach said. ?I?m a big fan of the Judge Judy show. And when you lie in Judge Judy?s courtroom, it?s over. Your credibility is completely lost. You have no chance of winning that case. So I learned that from her.
?It?s very powerful, and true. Because if somebody does lie to you, how can you ever trust anything they ever say after that? Ronald Reagan, another person of great wisdom and advice, ?Trust but we will verify.? ?
Of course, the discussion of trust centers on tomorrow?s arrival of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te?o, of the fake dead girlfriend fame.
But when Harbaugh was asked if the trust factor made Te?o undraftable, he replied: ?No. I wouldn?t say that.?
That?s why even though the interview Te?o does with the assembled media tomorrow will draw plenty of eyeballs, the meetings he holds with teams this week will carry more weight.
?I think there?s certainly a part of being with somebody for a half an hour or 15-minutes or an hour or two that you can know somebody,? Harbaugh said. ?Some people have that ability to have a 30-minute conversation with them and you walk away thinking you really know that person. Others, you can?t.
?You have to validate a meeting with a person or two or three conversations with their track record, their relationships with other people at their school, their teammates, their trainers, equipment managers, teachers, professors, their family. People usually leave a track record of success or failure or success and failure.?
Or in the case of Judge Judy, 17 years of television fame, and the admiration of a professional football coach.
Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/22/harbaugh-alex-smith-wont-be-released/related/
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7 Takeaways from Friday Night's Post-Trade Deadline NBA Action
The NBA was clearly glad to be done with the trade deadline.
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With the stress of player movement out of the way for the remainder of the 2012-13 season, the league could finally get back to the business of playing basketball without fear of having to pack their bags and change addresses in the middle of a contentious campaign.And it showed. The last Friday of February featured no shortage of fantastic affairs amongst a 12-game slate. Six of the games were decided by single digits, including both of the West Coast closers.
Not that blowouts weren't prevalent or anything. The Indiana Pacers, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Chicago Bulls and the Boston Celtics all took their opponents to task.
All in all, it was a great Friday to be a fan of the NBA, with plenty of noteworthy results that will have an impact during the stretch run.
Source: http://blodic.us/sports/7-takeaways-from-friday-night-s-post-trade-deadline-nba-action-87-0.htm
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Friday, February 22, 2013
This Gorgeous Timelape of Australia's Outback Isn't Just Monochrome?It's Infra-Red
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Thursday, February 21, 2013
Smallest planet yet found outside solar system
This image provided by NASA shows an artist rendering of the newfound planet known as Kepler-37b. The planet is about the size of our moon and is the smallest known exoplanet, according to a study published in Thursday Feb. 21,2013 issue of the journal Nature. (AP Photo/NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech)
This image provided by NASA shows an artist rendering of the newfound planet known as Kepler-37b. The planet is about the size of our moon and is the smallest known exoplanet, according to a study published in Thursday Feb. 21,2013 issue of the journal Nature. (AP Photo/NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech)
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Astronomers searching for planets outside our solar system have discovered the tiniest one yet ? one that's about the size of our moon.
But hunters for life in the universe will need to poke elsewhere. The new world orbits too close to its sun-like star and is too sizzling to support life. Its surface temperature is an estimated 700 degrees Fahrenheit. It also lacks an atmosphere and water on its rocky surface.
University of California, Berkeley astronomer Geoff Marcy, one of the founding fathers of the planet-hunting field, called the latest find "absolutely mind-boggling."
"This new discovery raises the specter that the universe is jampacked, like jelly beans in a jar, with planets even smaller than Earth," said Marcy, who had no role in the new research.
It's been nearly two decades since the first planet was found outside our solar system. Since then, there's been an explosion of discoveries, accelerated by NASA's Kepler telescope launched in 2009 to search for a twin Earth. So far, 861 planets have been spotted and only recently have scientists been able to detect planets that are similar in size to Earth or smaller.
While scientists have theorized the existence of a celestial body that's smaller than Mercury ? the baby of the solar system since Pluto's downgrade ? they have not spotted one until now. Nearest to the sun, Mercury is about two-fifths the Earth's diameter; the newly discovered planet and our moon are about a third the size of Earth.
The teeny planet was detected by Kepler, which simultaneously tracks more than 150,000 stars for slight dips in brightness ? a sign of a planet passing in front of the star. The planet ? known as Kepler-37b ? orbits a star 210 light years away in the constellation Lyra. It's one of three known planets in that solar system.
Discoverer Thomas Barclay of the NASA Ames Research Center in Northern California was so excited when he spied the moon-sized planet that for days, he said he recited the "Star Wars" movie line: "That's no moon." It took more than a year and an international team to confirm that it was a bona fide planet.
The discovery is detailed in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature.
Scientists are looking for an Earth-size planet that's in the so-called Goldilocks zone ? that sweet spot that's not too hot and not too cold where water, which is essential for life, could exist on the surface.
While the newly discovered planet isn't it, "that does not detract from the fact that this is yet another mile marker along the way to habitable Earth-like planets," said Alan Boss of the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, who was not part of the discovery team.
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Nature: http://www.nature.com/nature
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
State Labor Department Announces New York Job-Saving Program Saved Nearly 3,300 Jobs in 2012
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Labor Commissioner Urges Employers to Contact Department of Labor for Help in Avoiding Layoffs and Retaining Workers to Keep NY?s Economy Growing
(Albany, NY) State Labor Commissioner Peter M. Rivera announced today that 3,280 jobs were saved in 2012 by employers using the?State Labor Department?s Shared Work program. Commissioner Rivera urges any employer in New York who is considering layoffs to immediately contact the State Labor Department to get help in retaining their workers.
?As New York?s job growth continues, we also need to do everything possible to help businesses retain their workers and avoid layoffs,? said Governor Cuomo. ?Our successful Shared Work program has worked for 3,280 New Yorkers and their families, and I urge any employer who is struggling to contact the Labor Department immediately.?
Shared Work gives employers an alternative to layoffs. Rather than lay off a percentage of workers to cut costs, an employer can reduce the hours of workers while they collect partial unemployment insurance benefits to make up for the lost wages. The program allows workers to keep their health insurance, retirement, vacation pay, and other fringe benefits. The employer, in return, gets to keep the skilled and trained workers.
?The success of our Shared Work program speaks for itself,? said Labor Commissioner Peter M. Rivera. ?As New York continues to rise, it is because of programs like Shared Work that protect businesses, workers ? and the families they support. I?m proud of the work the Department of Labor has done with this program to retain jobs and keep companies running.?
Employers from across the state have benefited from the Shared Work job-saving program.
In the Western New York region, 120 Shared Work plans were approved in 2012. A total of 2,160 workers participated, and an estimated 560 jobs were saved.
Norm Bitterman, Plant Manager at Hard Manufacturing in Buffalo, said: ?The Shared Work Program is an excellent program! It has provided us protection against total layoff and given us the ability to retain our workers. We are a UAW shop, and, due to the nature of our business, we need this flexibility. It is working very well for us and we are very pleased with the program.?
In the Finger Lakes region, 120 Shared Work plans were approved in 2012. A total of 2,030 workers participated, and the State Labor Department estimates that 530 jobs were saved.
Dale Warner, Director of Human Resources at The Riverside Group in Rochester, said: ?While Shared Work was not entered into lightly, it allowed us to keep our employees working during a severely slow production period in lieu of a layoff. By retaining those employees, our skill set was in place when production increased, allowing us to keep pace with the workload.?
In the Central New York region, 65 Shared Work plans were approved in 2012. A total of 990 workers participated, and the State Labor Department estimates that 260 jobs were saved.
Brittany Donah, Business Manager at Gallery of Machines LLC in Marathon, NY, said: ?We have used the Shared Work Program for some time now and have found it to be extremely beneficial to our company. The program helped us reduce our payroll in the tough economic times without losing our key, trained employees. If we were to lose our employees due to a complete layoff, it would take years to find and train machine tool mechanics to their current level and knowledge. We are a small company and do not have the cash flow of the larger companies. Without the Shared Work Program, it is possible that we could have gone out of business.?
In the Mohawk Valley region, 35 Shared Work plans were approved in 2012. A total of 950 workers participated, and the State Labor Department estimates that 245 jobs were saved.
Genevieve Raymond of Human Resources at Kason & Keller in Fonda, NY said: ?Shared Work is definitely a worthy program. It?s been a great tool to help us avoid layoffs and has helped our employees prevent loss of skills due to lack of work.?
In the North Country region, 25 Shared Work plans were approved in 2012. A total of 295 workers participated, and the State Labor Department estimates that 75 jobs were saved.
Kathy Seery, Administration Manager at Sundance Pool & Patio Inc. in Watertown, NY said: ?Since our business is a seasonal one, we would have to lay off a large portion of our staff had it not been for Shared Work. The program allows us to keep our core staff on through the winter months and has kept employee turnover to a minimum, saving us considerable time and money. And our employees feel more comfortable knowing they have a year-round job and are not pressured to find another seasonal. It has been a win-win situation for us.?
In the Hudson Valley region, 85 Shared Work plans were approved in 2012. A total of 630 workers participated, and the State Labor Department estimates that 165 jobs were saved.
Donna Leland at Steingart Associates Inc. in South Fallsburg, NY said: ?We have used the Shared Work Program for a couple of years because we did not want to lose our current employees to layoff, and it worked very well for us. Our workers need specialized skills and, had there been a layoff, we would not have been able to just hire people off the street. The Shared Work Program absolutely helped our business get through a tough time.?
In the New York City region, 100 Shared Work plans were approved in 2012. A total of 925 workers participated, and the State Labor Department estimates that 240 jobs were saved.
Arlene Kagan at COR-RBD LLC in Flushing, NY said: ?The Department of Labor?s Shared Work Program made it possible for us to keep the business going during a slow period and keep talented employees on board. We have been so pleased with the program that we plan to use it again during next year?s slow season.?
In the?Long Island region, 145 Shared Work plans were approved in 2012. A total of 1,160 workers participated, and the State Labor Department estimates that 300 jobs were saved.
Joyce Campbell, Office Manager at Dolliver Land Surveying PC, said: ?The Shared Work program has been invaluable to us. It has saved us from having to lay off workers and then search for employees, which can be an expensive and difficult task, especially on eastern Long Island, where it is sometimes hard to find trained workers.?
To apply for the Shared Work program, employers can call the State Labor Department at (518) 457-5807.
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