Cory Monteith's mom tweets about son's death

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Randee Dawn TODAY contributor

Aug. 3, 2013 at 11:41 AM ET

Immediately after the sudden and tragic death of "Glee" star Cory Monteith in mid-July, there was a period of respectful silence as friends and family tried to absorb what had happened.?

"Glee" is now heading back into production, and on Thursday more former co-stars began to speak up, as the show posted a memorial card on YouTube and Monteith's mother tweeted for the first time since her son's death:

McGregor also sent out several tweets?denying that an individual who had been "releasing articles related to my feelings and thoughts on how to take care of Cory's ashes has never been in contact with me."?

It's unclear exactly who McGregor was referring to, but Life & Style quoted a supposed cousin of the actor last week that McGregor planned to "spread some of the ashes in the different places he loved."

Additionally on Thursday, co-star Darren Criss appeared on "Conan" and spoke about working with Monteith. He said "it's been a very rough time," but added, "he will be severely missed. But I'm just so happy a guy like him got to touch as many lives as he did while we were lucky enough to have him."

Monteith died on July 13 in a Vancouver hotel of a mixture of a mix of heroin and alcohol and was reportedly cremated.?

Monteith's girlfriend Lea Michele, who had tweeted a photo of herself with Monteith on July 29, returned to work on "Glee" on Thursday and tweeted:

And the "Glee" cast also posted a short tribute "Memorial Card" on YouTube Thursday, which has already racked up nearly 850,000 hits.?

"Glee" returns on Sept. 26, then will go on a three-week hiatus.?

Source: http://www.today.com/entertainment/cory-monteiths-mom-tweets-about-sons-death-6C10838690

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Google Unveils Android Version of 'Find My iPhone'

Google today unveiled the long-anticipated Android Device Manager service, which will roll out to users later this month.

The Android version of Apple's Find My iPhone, Google's Device Manager is intended to help users find a missing or stolen device.

Dropped your Galaxy S 4 between the couch cushions? Just ring your phone at maximum volume to find it, even if you left it in silent mode. Clumsily forgot your Nexus 7 at the restaurant you were lunching in? Use the Device Manager online map to locate the tablet in real time.

"While losing your phone can be stressful, Android Device Manager can help you keep your data from ending up in the wrong hands," Android product manager Benjamin Poiesz said in a blog post.

In the event that your device cannot be recovered, or has been stolen, you can easily erase all data before someone else gets their hands on your bank records and grocery list.

The new service will be available later this month on the Web for devices running Android 2.2 or higher; users must be logged into their Google account for access. An Android app will also be available soon for on-the-go sleuthing, Poiesz promised.

Until the Device Manager rolls out, Android owners can follow some of Google's other safety tips, like setting up a screen lock on your phone or tablet, and protecting your device from suspicious apps downloaded on the Web or via a third-party app store.

Apple has been offering the similar Find My iPhone service for years, allowing iOS users to remotely locate, lock, message, and wipe their phone. The service is getting a boost from the upcoming iOS 7, which will require login credentials to unlock the device before wiping it clean.

Other, more costly, options are available, like the new Nokia "Treasure Tag" Lumia-compatible accessory, which straps onto a keychain or other frequently lost devices (perhaps a cell phone), and uses Bluetooth 4.0 and NFC can follow the lost item on a map.

Similarly, the Tile tracking device is available now to pre-order for $18.95.

Source: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2422674,00.asp?kc=PCRSS05039TX1K0000762

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GOLF NOTEBOOK: Milford's Steve Sokol putting family ahead of golf

By Joe Morelli
jmorelli@nhregister.com
@nhrJoeMorelli on Twitter

There was a time when golf was the single most important thing in Steve Sokol?s life. He carried the same ultimate goal most young golfers do: reach the PGA Tour.

Sokol didn?t reach that ultimate goal, but now 34, the Milford resident is pretty content with how things turned out.

?A lot of it seems like it was yesterday and there are times where it seems like it was 50 years ago,? Sokol said. ?So much in my life has changed.?

?It? was the 2003 Connecticut Open, the biggest golf tournament in the state each year outside of the Travelers Championship. He hasn?t missed a cut in the event since, except for not playing in it in 2004. Last week, he shot a 68 in the final round of the 79th Connecticut Open at Torrington Country Club to finish seventh and gain an exemption into next year?s Open at Rolling Hills CC in Wilton.

If you knew Sokol then and now, you may be amazed by the change. Before the Open, he had played just six rounds all year.

So what did he do to prepare for the Open? ?I hit balls once and chipped and putted two or three times,? he said.

Sokol was the Register Area MVP for golf in 1998 out of Ansonia High, then played collegiate golf at both Old Dominion and Florida Southern. He played on the mini-tours and overseas with some success, none bigger than the 2003 Open.

?I did have some success,? Sokol said. ?I played pretty well, I had my chances. I didn?t always take advantage of them. I thought I?d be good enough to do this and keep going.?

In 2004, he qualified for the U.S. Open and played well for a time over the first two rounds before missing the cut. Not too long after that, he tore a ligament in his left thumb.

?It bothered me pretty bad at Q School (the PGA Tour?s qualifying school),? Sokol said. ?I couldn?t take the top off a chapstick or a water bottle. I probably shouldn?t have been playing at that point, but you try to play because it?s tour school and your one shot for the year.? Continued...

Sokol made it through the first stage of Q School four times, but never past the second stage. He had thumb surgery soon after that particular year?s Q School attempt. But Sokol admitted he ?probably came back too quickly? and made adjustments to his swing to compensate for the recovery.

He continued to compete after he healed and after he met his future wife Aileen. Eventually, he became a father to Stephen, now 3 1/2 and Jackson, almost 2, and golf fell on his priority list.

?Back then, that?s all I did, that?s all that mattered. I didn?t have any bigger responsibilities other than myself and playing golf,? Sokol said. ?Now I have two jobs, two young kids, a wife, bills and the things that go along with that. So golf is now pretty far down the bottom on the priority list.?

Sokol is an assistant pro at Orange Hills CC and took over as the head golf coach at Division II Post in Waterbury in February. Both jobs, and a family, has given Sokol an entirely new perspective.

?I wouldn?t trade my life right now with my wife and my kids for anything,? Sokol said. ?Even when I was playing in college, my goal was to make enough and play well enough to be able to still enjoy being with my kids.?

Barone, Boynton advance to regional

Amanda Barone of Woodbridge and Finn Boynton of Milford both advanced to a regional qualifier for the Drive, Chip and Putt nation-wide competition.

On July 18 in local qualifying at Triggs Municipal GC in Providence, R.I., Barone recorded the highest score in her age bracket (14-15) with 124 points. Boynton did the same in his bracket (14-15) with 141 points.

The regional qualifier will be held Aug. 12 at Pinehills GC in Plymouth, Mass. The top qualifier in each age/gender bracket will advance to the competition?s national championship, which will be held April 6, 2014 at Augusta National Golf Club.

U.S. Women?s Amateur Continued...

Isabelle Lendl of Goshen is the only golfer from Connecticut who qualified for the U.S. Women?s Amateur beginning Monday at CC of Charleston in Charleston, S.C.

Lendl goes off the first hole at 12:50 p.m. Monday and off the 10th hole Tuesday at 7:50 a.m. The low 64 players from the 36 holes of stroke play advance to match play beginning Wednesday.

Megan Khang, the reigning two-time Connecticut Women?s Open champion who lives in Rockland, Mass., goes off the 10th hole at 2:30 p.m. Monday and the first hole Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.

Joe Morelli can be reached at jmorelli@nhregister.com. Follow Joe on Twitter @nhrJoeMorelli.

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Source: http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2013/08/03/sports/doc51fda6475d8fc328845067.txt

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Longtime NBC news correspondent John Palmer dies

WASHINGTON (AP) ? John Palmer, a veteran reporter for NBC News who covered wars and Washington over a career that spanned 40 years, died Saturday after a brief illness at a Washington hospital.

Palmer's wife Nancy confirmed he died at George Washington University Hospital of pulmonary fibrosis. He was 77.

The gentlemanly Palmer worked for NBC from 1962 to 1990, and then returned to the network from 1994 until 2002.

"John was a brilliant, brave, and tireless journalist who guided viewers through many of the most significant events of the past half-century - from the early days of the civil rights movement through the tragedy of 9/11," NBC News said in a statement. "He covered five presidents and traveled to every corner of the world, always showing the empathy and compassion that helped set him apart. His kindness is remembered by all of us, and it built lasting bonds throughout our news division. "

He served as a correspondent in Chicago, Paris and Beirut, as well as at the White House. In 1980 he landed one of his biggest scoops, breaking the news of the Carter administration's failed attempt to rescue the American hostages being held in Iran. His reporting on the story brought him the Merriman Smith Memorial Award for excellence in presidential news coverage, making him the first broadcast journalist to receive that honor.

"John Palmer brought to the White House beat his foreign policy experience and a steady reassuring voice, in good times and in bad," NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell said in describing Palmer for a report aired Saturday evening.

It was also at NBC's Washington news bureau that Palmer met his wife, Nancy, a Nightly News producer.

In 1982 he became news anchor on the "Today" show during a highly successful period when Bryant Gumbel and Jane Pauley co-hosted, bringing a seriousness and calm to the program while often being the first newsman that millions of viewers heard from each morning. He remained there until 1989, when he was abruptly replaced by Deborah Norville, who was being groomed for a co-host role, and handed her old job on the show that preceded it, "NBC News at Sunrise." Norville succeeded Pauley shortly afterward but was herself replaced after the show's ratings suddenly dropped.

In 1986, Palmer anchored the first hours of NBC's coverage of the Challenger space shuttle disaster, as well as other special reports.

Palmer left the network in 1990 to anchor a syndicated news program, hosted the weekly "Discovery Journal" on The Discovery Channel, and anchored a daily newscast on the TV channel of the Christian Science Monitor. His interview subjects ranged from Carter and Presidents Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan to Anwar Sadat, Jonas Salk and Chuck Yeager.

In 1994, he was invited back to NBC as a Washington correspondent.

Speaking to anchor Brian Williams on NBC sister network MSNBC upon his retirement in 2002, Palmer looked back on his tenure with satisfaction, including the access it gave him to a succession of the nation's chief executives.

"I was enriched as a kid from the East Tennessee mountains," said the Kingsport, Tenn., native, "to be able to go fishing with Jimmy Carter, to go to the movies with Ronald Reagan, and to play golf with Bill Clinton."

After exiting NBC, he continued to work in journalism, including through hosting roles on Retirement Living TV, a network dedicated to seniors.

Several of Palmer's colleagues praised him on Twitter on Saturday evening.

Major Garrett, chief White House correspondent for CBS News, described Palmer as "a brilliant, competitive, ethical and gentle man."

Susan Page, Washington bureau chief of USA Today, said she first met Palmer at the Reagan White House and described him as "one of the kindest/most joyful reporters on the beat."

NBC News reporter Chuck Todd said Palmer "epitomized professionalism at NBC News. And he was always generous with advice and counsel. A great news man."

Palmer was a graduate of Northwestern University and held a master's degree from Columbia University.

"John loved Sinatra, golf and fishing," Mitchell reported Saturday night, but she said he most treasured being a husband and father.

He and his wife Nancy have three grown daughters, one of whom is a producer for the Today show, one who works in the entertainment industry and one who is pursuing a journalism career in Washington.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/longtime-nbc-news-correspondent-john-palmer-dies-235139885.html

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Oil drilling begins despite anti-fracking protests

2 Aug 2013 13:12

Cuadrilla exploratory oil drilling in West Sussex begins despite nine days consecutive protests at site

Energy company Cuadrilla has started exploratory oil drilling in West Sussex despite anti-fracking protests entering a ninth day.

The project has been subject to days of delays due to the high-profile protests aimed at preventing the delivery of trucks and equipment to the plant.

A Cuadrilla spokesman said: "We started test drilling at 11.15am, and we will do a 3,000ft vertical well. We will be there for two to three months."

Campaigners fear the project at Lower Stumble, near Balcombe, West Sussex, could lead Cuadrilla to go on to conduct hydraulic fracturing.

The controversial method of ?fracking? involves high pressure liquid being pumped deep underground to split shale rock and release gas supplies.

Opponents of fracking have highlighted concerns about potential water contamination and environmental damage, as well as small-scale earthquakes.

Police have had to throw up a daily security operation around the test site's entrance with more than 30 people arrested since last Friday, mainly on suspicion of obstructing deliveries, including Natalie Hynde, 30, the daughter of the Kinks' Ray Davies and the Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde.

Natalie Hynde's boyfriend, veteran eco campaigner Simon "Sitting Bull" Medhurst, 55, was also held after the pair superglued their hands together around the gate for around two hours.

This week Cuadrilla's chief executive, Francis Egan, reacted to concerns surrounding the drilling by saying his firm has "no intention of ruining the countryside and won't ruin the countryside".

Mr Egan insisted fracking was safe and would not pose a threat to the public or people's drinking water.

He said "significant" amounts of oil and gas could be made available through fracking in the UK, but acknowledged his firm's activities had been delayed as a result of protests against its exploratory drilling activities in West Sussex.

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Alouettes fire coach Dan Hawkins, GM Jim Popp takes over as bench boss

MONTREAL - The Dan Hawkins era lasted only five games in Montreal.

The Alouettes, who have struggled to a 2-3 record to start the season, announced Thursday that Hawkins has been fired.

Jim Popp will step in as head coach for the third time in his 18 years as general manager of the Canadian Football League club.

The firing came during a bye week in the Alouettes schedule. The team's next game is Aug. 8 against the Toronto Argonauts.

The offence, which was Montreal's strength under former coach Marc Trestman, looked disorganized and lifeless under Hawkins, who was coaching a professional team for the first time in his career.

Owner Bob Wetenhall asked Popp to step in.

"Jim is the person most responsible for the success we have had over all these years," Wetenhall said in a statement. "I feel confident that he is the best person to coach our team at this time and I am very appreciative of him being willing to make this additional contribution to our franchise.

"He has the respect of our players as well as mine."

Hawkins was hired Feb. 19 after working as a broadcaster. He had previously coached mainly U.S. college teams, taking Boise State to four Western Athletic Conference titles from 2002 to 2005 before compiling a disappointing 19-39 record at Colorado from 2006 to 2010.

It was the second time in a row Montreal hired a coach with no CFL experience.

But while it worked with Trestman, who won two Grey Cups in a five-year stint before being named head coach of the NFL's Chicago bears, Hawkins did not appear comfortable with the 12-man game.

He bowed out a winner, however. Despite the team's spotty play, the Alouettes are in second place in the weak East Division and are coming off a nervy 32-27 win over 1-4 Edmonton.

Popp first stepped in as coach to finish off a disastrous 2001 campaign under Rod Rust, but Don Matthews took over the following season.

He took over as coach again when Matthews fell ill during the 2006 season and brought the Alouettes to the Grey Cup game.

He stayed on for 2007, in which the rookie-laden club that was missing starting quarterback Anthony Calvillo for much of the season went 8-10 and lost in the first round of the playoffs to Winnipeg.

It was the team's only losing record since it returned to Montreal after a 10-year hiatus in 1996. Popp has been general manager all of that time.

His CFL regular-season coaching record is 10-13, with a 1-3 mark in playoff games.

The team did not say if Popp would coach on an interim basis or when the search for a new head coach would begin.

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Kansas Profile-Now that's Rural on Bob Schmidt, Eagle ...

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Bob Schmidt ? Eagle Communications ? Part 1

By Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University.

?We have songs old and new, bright and blue. Here?s a song just for you.? Does that sound like something an old-time disc jockey would say on the radio? Today we?ll meet a man who began as a disc jockey but who had the vision and hard work to develop a successful communications enterprise.

Bob Schmidt is chairman and retired president and CEO of Eagle Communications in Hays, Kan. Bob has small-town roots, having grown up at the rural community of La Crosse, population 1,346 people. Now, that?s rural.

Bob went to college at Fort Hays State. While a student, he got a job on a new local radio station, KAYS, as a play-by-play announcer in 1949.

?I didn?t want to be a manager or a salesman,? Bob said. ?I wanted to be a disc jockey, to spin the records and call the ballgames.? Yes, on-air broadcasting is fun. Bob worked at perfecting his craft.

After graduation, he did become a manager for KAYS. He partnered with visionary entrepreneur Ross Beach to expand the business. In 1958, Bob was promoted to CEO of what is now known as Eagle Communications.

During the next 40 years, Eagle Communications of Hays would become a leader in the broadcast and telecommunications industry. ?We built or purchased 20 radio stations, four television stations, and twelve cable systems in Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Texas,? Bob said. He eventually acquired the business from Ross Beach.

Bob Schmidt gave lots of leadership and expanded this communications business in a time of remarkable change. He saw a time when radio was declared dead, and then he saw its resurgence. He saw changes in the regulatory environment with less government interference from the FCC. He saw the growth of television and then the Internet.

?I?d like to say I envisioned all this, but I can?t,? Bob said. ?When you were in radio, you didn?t want to embrace television. It was a competitor, and the same for TV versus cable. But I had a partner who encouraged me. Perhaps I had a knack for looking for the opportunities that were just around the corner.?

Today, Eagle owns and operates 28 radio stations in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska and 30 cable systems in Kansas and Colorado.

In 1998, Bob Schmidt retired as president and CEO and began transferring ownership of the company to his faithful employees through an employee stock ownership plan. He remains chairman of Eagle Communications.
?That means I work for the employees,? he said. Bob also provides management of his 6,000 acre ranch northeast of Hays.

This remarkable individual is 86 years young. ?I?ve been married for 64 years and in broadcasting for 65 years,? he said. ?It?s been a very rewarding life.? His personal foundation supports many worthy causes in Hays and other communities, including scholarships and support for students.

One year while chairman of the CBS TV affiliate group, Bob was at a meeting in California and went to the set of hit TV show WKRP in Cincinnati. ?You?re Bob Schmidt, aren?t you?? someone said. ?I heard you give a talk at K-State.? It was none other than the star of the show, Gordon Jump, who had heard him speak back in Kansas.

?Communication is the bond that holds communities together, something that Bob Schmidt has always keenly understood,? said Steve Smethers, associate director of the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications at K-State. ?Through his pioneering leadership in developing radio, television, cable TV, telephone and internet services, Bob has provided communication channels that have kept information and interpersonal communications flowing for thousands of people in the rural Midwestern states.?

?We have songs old and new, bright and blue. Here?s a song just for you.? Yes, that?s a phrase like Bob Schmidt might have used when he was a disc jockey playing vinyl records on an old turntable. That personal touch to his customers has helped build this remarkable communications business. We commend Bob Schmidt for making a difference with visionary communication.

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Source: http://salinapost.com/2013/08/01/kansas-profile-now-thats-rural-on-bob-schmidt-eagle-communications/

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Amber Rose Shows Off Her Precious Son Bash (Photos)

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Amber Rose released some really cute Twitter photos of herself loving on her baby boy Sebastian. The 29-year-old model, who recently tied the knot with rapper Wiz Khalifa, cooled off in the pool with baby Bash. The proud mama posted three images of her son with the caption, “Amber and Sebastian are so cute”. Little ...

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Philippines, Vietnam discuss sea feud with China

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POSTED: 05:30 a.m. HST, Aug 01, 2013

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Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario, right, welcomed Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh for their 7th Meeting of the Philippines-Vietnam Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) Thursday in Manila.
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MANILA ??The Philippines' top diplomat said he and his Vietnamese counterpart discussed Thursday ?(Wednesday in Hawaii) how their governments can work together to deal with territorial disputes with China, including a possible sharing of information to better guard their territories from intrusions.

Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario and Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh agreed in their meeting in Manila to ask the regional bloc, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, to seek an early start of negotiations with China on a legally binding accord to prevent an armed conflict from breaking out in the disputed South China Sea. The territorial rifts were high in the agenda of the meeting, which also touched on increasing trade and a possible extradition pact.

Chinese diplomats and those from the 10-member ASEAN have agreed to soon hold consultations on how such a "code of conduct" in the South China Sea should be concluded. Del Rosario said ASEAN should insist negotiations should start immediately after the consultations.

"We want them to take a giant step on China," del Rosario told reporters after meeting with the Vietnamese delegation. "We decided among ourselves that consultation probably is not enough. We need to talk about negotiations."

Del Rosario said they also discussed China's recent offer to jointly develop disputed areas.

He said the Philippines and Vietnam have a similar position of not accepting any joint venture such as oil and gas exploration with China if Beijing insists that it has sovereignty over the areas to be jointly developed.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that Beijing would put aside territorial disputes and seek joint maritime development but insist it has sovereignty over such areas.

"We must insist that the sovereignty belongs to us, but we can shelve the disputes, pursue joint development, promote mutually beneficial, friendly cooperation, and seek and widen common interests," the state-run China Central Television quoted Xi as saying.

Many fear the long-unresolved territorial conflicts, which involve the three countries along with Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan, could spark an armed conflict and disrupt the region's economic growth.

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ArcelorMittal South Africa posts H1 loss, outlook bleak

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - ArcelorMittal South Africa, a unit of the world's top steelmaker, reported a first-half profit loss as sales weakened and production dipped, and it said it expected the bleak outlook to continue.

Africa's biggest producer of steel, posted a diluted headline loss of 31 cents per share for the six months to end-June compared with 26 cents in the same period last year.

Headline earnings, the main profit gauge in South Africa, exclude certain one-off and non trading items.

While international prices appear to have stabilised, the company said lingering weakness in the domestic economy continues to hit steel demand.

"Domestic sales are expected to remain flat and any increase in steel prices will be more than offset by increasing costs," it said in a statement.

The company, which sells 90 percent of its steel in Africa, said steel sales dropped 16 percent and liquid steel production declined 9 percent, primarily due to a fire at its Vanderbijlpark operations in February.

"On the positive side, the weakening in the rand exchange rate in May provided a strong underpin to our export sales towards the end of the half year although the impact on shipments will only materialise in the third quarter," the company said.

Shares in ArcelorMittal South Africa have fallen 25 percent over the last 12 months, underperforming a 19 percent gain in the JSE's All-share index.

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In coffee shops and bookstores across Seattle this summer, advertisements for concerts and gallery shows shared space with a less common urban invitation: to a party for a really big drill.

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Pinterest's Mobile App Gets Path-Like Animations, Personalization Options Via New Pin Suggestions

Say what you want about Path and their previous transgressions, but it’s great to see other mobile applications borrowing the interface and animations Path popularized?through its stellar design.?Tumblr was one of the first big name apps to adopt Path-like pop-out animations?(round circles that appear when tapping to create a new post), and now, Pinterest is doing the same in an effort to make repinning, favoriting, and sharing pins easier for users. In an update to its iOS application, Pinterest has introduced a new interface design where users can press and hold on a pin in their feed, in order to make rounded action buttons appear. However, unlike on Path or Tumblr, Pinterest’s buttons don’t stay visible after you lift your finger – instead you have to slide your finger from where you originally pressed the pin, over to the button you want to use. Unfortunately, these new animations only show up on items others have pinned, that you now want to engage with in some way. Meanwhile, the process for adding a pin of your own is relatively unchanged – you push the bottom center button and choose what you want to pin from a standard menu offering options like “website,” “camera,” “clipboard” or just “cancel.” It’s almost as if Pinterest is experimenting with the idea of new interactions here, rather than rolling out a major interface upgrade all at once. By forcing users to press and hold, too, the new animations arrive as optional way of interacting with pins. However, for those mainstream users who are slow to change their ways (i.e., the majority of Pinterest’s user base), they can still pin and share and like from more obvious action buttons on an individual pin’s page itself. Pinterest’s mobile applications have seen other slow but steady improvements like this over the course of the year, with updates earlier this month which brought pin sharing to iPad and pin search, for example, plus previous updates which finally solved the problem of being able to pin websites, and the addition of things like enhanced pins with pricing info and availability (oh yes!), upgrades to group pin boards, push notifications, and new discovery mechanisms. Pinterest Moves Toward A Business Model Pinterest doesn’t make a lot of buzz about its mobile app updates, generally speaking, but it does when it matters. For instance, it’s worth noting that?Pinterest’s new pin suggestion feature?is launching on

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Acts of Vandalism of Washington Monuments Are Connected, Police Say

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?Venezuela (Click here for more Venezuela news)

?7/30/2013??	Venezuela Stock Market Up 170%
?7/29/2013??	Fidel Knew Chavez Was Dying, Ecuador?s Correa Says
?7/24/2013??	Venezuela?s ?System? Aims to Bring Music to 1 Million Poor Kids
?7/23/2013??	Venezuela?s Expropriated Steel-Company Sidetur Defaults says Fitch
?7/23/2013??	Venezuela, Colombia Resume Relations After Spat

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?Colombia (Click here for more)

?7/30/2013??	Bomb Kills Soldier in Colombia
?7/28/2013??	Eight Gang Members Arrested in Colombia
?7/26/2013??	Colombian Soldier Killed in Bombing
?7/25/2013??	Colombian Drug Enforcement Agents Arrest Mexican Couple for Smuggling Heroin
?7/21/2013??	Rebels Kill 21 Soldiers in Colombia

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?Mexico

?7/30/2013??	More Than 45% of Mexicans Living in Poverty
?7/29/2013??	Three Suspects Arrested for Mexican Admiral?s Killing
?7/29/2013??	Gunmen Kill 4 Members of Family Outside Mexican Pacific Resort City
?7/28/2013??	Mexican Opposition Says Energy Industry Needs New Approach
?7/27/2013??	Mexico Investigates Case of Minor Humiliated by Government Official

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?Brazil (Click here for more)

?7/30/2013??	Burst Water Pipe Causes Death, Damage in Rio de Janeiro
?7/30/2013??	Brazil Government to Invest $440.5 Million in Energy Projects Through 2023
?7/28/2013??	Pope Calls on Young People to End Violence, Intolerance and Hate
?7/27/2013??	Protesters Vandalize Bank Branches in Brazil
?7/27/2013??	Pope Asks for Humanistic Vision of the Economy, an End to Poverty

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?Bolivia

?7/25/2013??	Bolivia?s Morales Calls for South America?s ?Technological Liberation?
?7/24/2013??	Bolivia?s Morales Accepts European Apologies for Plane Incident
?7/20/2013??	First Energy Drink Made of Quinoa and Malt Launched in Bolivia
?7/15/2013??	Spain Apologizes to Bolivia for Incident with Morales? Plane
?7/12/2013??	Mercosur Members Recall Envoys to Protest Europe?s Treatment of Bolivia's Morales

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?Central America

?7/29/2013??	More Than 2 Tons of Cocaine Seized in Panama
?7/28/2013??	Suspect in Honduran Judge?s Murder Arrested
?7/25/2013??	Panama Seeking Experts and Middle Managers in Spain
?7/24/2013??	Honduran Police Rescue 5 Kidnap Victims, Including 3 Children
?7/24/2013??	Guatemalan Court Suspends Canadian Miner?s License

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?Cuba

?7/29/2013??	Dissidents Ask U.S. for Support on Gay Rights in Cuba
?7/26/2013??	Bahamas Agrees to Investigate Migrant Beatings, Cuban Exiles Say
?7/26/2013??	Raul Castro Stresses Role of Youth in Preserving Cuba?s Revolution
?7/25/2013??	Cuban Band Hipnosis Requests Political Asylum in U.S.
?7/22/2013??	Cuban Dissident?s Colleagues Seek Independent Probe of His Death

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?Uruguay

?7/25/2013??	Fidel Castro ?Continues to Be Brilliant,? Uruguay?s Mujica Says
?6/24/2013??	Bid for Uruguay Abortion Referendum Falls Short
?6/3/2013??	Uruguay Leader Suspends Europe Visit for Health Reasons
?6/2/2013??	Mujica Asks Spain to Play Decisive Role in EU-Mercosur Accord
?5/30/2013??	Mujica Sees Spanish Banks as Springboard to Greater Presence in Uruguay

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?Caribbean

?7/29/2013??	Eight Murdered in Puerto Rico over Long Weekend
?7/28/2013??	Puerto Rico Sees New Air Route Increasing Tourists from Colombia and Brazil
?7/26/2013??	Dominican Official Among the Dead in Spanish Train Disaster
?7/24/2013??	Solar Energy Plant Inaugurated in Dominican Republic
?7/23/2013??	Brand Puerto Rico Aims to Strengthen the Island?s Image

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?Argentina

?7/29/2013??	Environmentalists Target Argentina?s Vaca Muerta Shale Play
?7/26/2013??	Bondholders Net 38% in Argentina?s IRSA
?7/22/2013??	YPF to Build New Coke Plant in Argentina
?7/18/2013??	Argentina?s President Defends Deal with Chevron
?7/13/2013??	Daily: U.S. May Intervene in Fight Between Argentina, Hedge Funds

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?Chile

?7/22/2013??	Chilean Right Struggles to Agree on Presidential Candidate
?7/17/2013??	Chilean Presidential Hopeful Bows Out, Citing Depression
?7/15/2013??	Chile Controls Entry to Religious Celebration Due to Flu Outbreak
?7/8/2013??	Leader of Student Protests Runs for Chilean Congress
?6/29/2013??	219,000 Children Work Illegally in Chile, Government Says

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?Peru

?7/26/2013??	Peru?s Largest Prison Holds Independence Parade
?7/22/2013??	Seattle Man Pleads Guilty to Running Ponzi Scheme Involving Fake Investments in Peru
?7/14/2013??	Peru Reports First Death from Swine Flu
?7/10/2013??	At Least 19 Dead, 10 Injured in Peru Bus Crash
?7/10/2013??	Three Dead in Peru Helicopter Crash

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?Ecuador (Click here for more)

?7/22/2013??	Ecuador Offers Thousands of Jobs to Spanish Educators
?6/29/2013??	Ecuadorian President Says He Spoke with Biden about Snowden
?6/27/2013??	Ecuador Renounces U.S. Trade Preferences
?6/24/2013??	Ecuador Confirms Snowden Has Filed Asylum Request
?6/14/2013??	Tourists Try to Smuggle Protected Species Out of Galapagos Islands

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?Latin America (Click here for more)

?7/25/2013??	Latin American Eco-Friendly Farms Serve as Habitat for Wildlife
?7/22/2013??	Latinos Suffer Housing Discrimination in 3 Southern Cities
?7/3/2013??	Hike in Latin American Consulates? Resources Requested to Prepare for Immigration Reform
?7/3/2013??	Spanish Ambassadors Review Madrid?s Policy Toward Latin America
?6/29/2013??	Language of Ancient Incas Spoken in Washington National Mall

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?World (Click here for more)

?7/30/2013??	Acts of Vandalism of Washington Monuments Are Connected, Police Say
?7/30/2013??	Manning Acquitted on Charge of Aiding the Enemy
?7/30/2013??	Morocco Frees 48 Spanish Prisoners at Request of Spain?s King
?7/30/2013??	Spaniard Decries Hostility to Hispanics in U.S.
?7/30/2013??	Big Republican Donors Urge Party to Approve Immigration Reform

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?Business & Economy (Click here for more)

?7/30/2013??	Obama Offers Lower Business Taxes If GOP Supports Investment in Jobs
?7/29/2013??	La Idea Business Competition Deadline Extended
?7/29/2013??	Colorado Immigrants Urged to Buy from Pro-Reform Businesses
?7/26/2013??	Spending by Foreign Visitors to Spain Rises 6.6%
?7/25/2013??	Spain?s ACS Wins Contract for Work on Florida Highway

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?Oil & Minerals (Click here for more)

?7/24/2013??

Explosion on U.S. Offshore Gas Rig Causes Fire

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