Nike+ FuelBand iOS app updated to run along your Path, sync in the background

If you decided to snag the latest Nike+ wristband earlier this year, you're about to get some added functionality thanks to an iOS application update. First, the outfit has added Path integration to the mobile software. Users can now keep track of the sights they've visited while out for a jog or bike ride and share said moments / achievements with their mates. When the day comes to a close, those points-of-interest along the trail will appear on the app's progress graph. You'll also encounter background syncing by holding down the FuelBand's button alongside the ability to check battery status, offline data access and setting the time with your iPhone or iPod touch. For a quick look at what you can expect to see with the refresh, sprint to the gallery below.

Gallery: Nike+ Fuelband app update

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Man who chewed on other's face not on 'bath salts'

FILE - This undated file booking photo made available by the Miami-Dade Police Dept. shows Rudy Eugene, 31, who was shot and killed by Miami-Dade Police after he refused to stop eating another man's face in Miami on May 26, 2012. Lab tests detected only marijuana in the Eugene's system, the medical examiner said Wednesday, June 27, 2012, ruling out other street drugs including the components typically found in the stimulants known as bath salts. (AP Photo/Miami-Dade Police Dept., File)

FILE - This undated file booking photo made available by the Miami-Dade Police Dept. shows Rudy Eugene, 31, who was shot and killed by Miami-Dade Police after he refused to stop eating another man's face in Miami on May 26, 2012. Lab tests detected only marijuana in the Eugene's system, the medical examiner said Wednesday, June 27, 2012, ruling out other street drugs including the components typically found in the stimulants known as bath salts. (AP Photo/Miami-Dade Police Dept., File)

MIAMI (AP) ? Authorities may never know why a Florida man viciously attacked and chewed on the face of an older homeless man in Miami last month after lab tests failed to find components of "bath salts" in the system of the assailant, who was killed by police.

The tests detected only marijuana in the system of the attacker, the medical examiner said Wednesday, ruling out other street drugs that some had speculated 31-year-old Rudy Eugene might have taken.

An expert on toxicology testing said marijuana alone wasn't likely to cause behavior as strange as Eugene's.

"The problem today is that there is an almost an infinite number of chemical substances out there that can trigger unusual behavior," said Dr. Bruce Goldberger, Professor and Director of Toxicology at the University of Florida.

Goldberger said the medical examiner's office in Miami is known for doing thorough work and he's confident they and the independent lab covered as much ground as possible. But it's nearly impossible for toxicology testing to keep pace with new formulations of synthetic drugs.

"There are many of these synthetic drugs that we currently don't have the methodology to test on, and that is not the fault of the toxicology lab. The challenge today for the toxicology lab is to stay on top of these new chemicals and develop methodologies for them, but it's very difficult and very expensive." Goldberger said. "There is no one test or combination of tests that can detect every possible substance out there."

There has been much speculation about what drugs, if any, would lead to the bizarre behavior authorities said Eugene exhibited before and during the attack that left the other man horribly disfigured. A Miami police union official had suggested that Eugene, who was shot and killed by an officer during the attack, was probably under the influence of bath salts.

The Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner said in a news release that the toxicology detected marijuana, but it didn't find any other street drugs, alcohol or prescription drugs. Eugene also tested negative for adulterants commonly mixed with street drugs.

The department ruled out the most common components found in so-called bath salts, which mimic the effects of cocaine or methamphetamine and have been associated with bizarre crimes in recent months. An outside forensic toxicology lab, which took a second look at the results, also confirmed the absence of bath salts, synthetic marijuana and LSD.

Messages left with the medical examiner's office for comment were not immediately returned.

The Drug Enforcement Administration last year temporarily outlawed the possession and sale of three synthetic stimulants sometimes packaged as "bath salts." Several states have also moved to ban the drugs, often sold on the Internet and in head shops and other retail outlets. The bans don't affect the kinds of bath salts added to tubs for their fragrance and cosmetic benefits.

An addiction expert said she wouldn't rule out marijuana causing the agitation.

"It could have been the strain of marijuana that increases the dopamine in the brain, such as sativa," said Dr. Patricia Junquera, assistant professor at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

There are two strains of marijuana called sativa and indica. The sativa increases dopamine and gives you energy while decreasing pain threshold. Indica is a "sleepy high," she explained.

"People don't really know what the amount of either is in each little packet of marijuana," she explained. "And we can't differentiate between the two in the blood, much less in a dead person."

She also suggested that if Eugene had a mental disorder, "the marijuana could have increased even further the dopamine levels and aggravated the situation. So that can't be ruled out."

It's not clear what led to the May 26 attack on Ronald Poppo, a 65-year-old homeless man. Eugene's friends and family have said he was religious, not violent and that he didn't drink or do drugs harder than marijuana.

"There's no answer for it, not really," Eugene's younger brother, Marckenson Charles, said in an interview. "Anybody who knew him knows this wasn't the person we knew him to be. Whatever triggered him, there is no answer for this."

Surveillance video from a nearby building shows Eugene stripping Poppo and pummeling him, before appearing to hunch over and lie on top of him. The police officer who shot Eugene to death said he growled at the officer when he told him to stop.

Charles, Eugene's brother, said the family does not plan to pursue any legal action against the police for shooting Eugene.

"They used the force they felt was necessary, even if we don't agree with that," he said.

He said Eugene has been buried.

Shortly before the attack, a person driving on the MacArthur Causeway told a 911 dispatcher a "completely naked man" was on top of one of the light poles on the causeway and "acting like Tarzan." Still, police have said little about what may prompted Eugene to attack Poppo.

Poppo has undergone several surgeries and remains hospitalized. His left eye was removed, but doctors said earlier this month they were trying to find a way to restore vision in his right eye. He will need more surgeries before he can explore the options for reconstructing his face, doctors have said. A message left with the hospital was not immediately returned.

Poppo's family has said it had no contact with him for more than 30 years and thought he was dead.

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Associated Press writer Jennifer Kay contributed to this report.

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States divergent in plans for health care ruling

A view of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Saving its biggest case for last, the Supreme Court is expected to announce its verdict Thursday on President Barack Obama's health care law. The outcome is likely to be a factor in the presidential campaign and help define John Roberts' legacy as chief justice. But the court's ruling almost certainly will not be the last word on America's tangled efforts to address health care woes. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

A view of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Saving its biggest case for last, the Supreme Court is expected to announce its verdict Thursday on President Barack Obama's health care law. The outcome is likely to be a factor in the presidential campaign and help define John Roberts' legacy as chief justice. But the court's ruling almost certainly will not be the last word on America's tangled efforts to address health care woes. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

CHICAGO (AP) ? As the nation awaits the Supreme Court ruling on President Barak Obama's health care overhaul, states across the country are considering how they will respond to the historic decision. Some Democratic-led states vow to push ahead with various provisions no matter what happens. In some Republican territories, elected officials insist they will try to hold off on implementing the law, even if the court upholds it. And most states are bound to miss key deadlines if the law or even pieces of it survive.

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PUSHING AHEAD:

One contingent of states plans to stay the course regardless of the high court ruling.

Oregon's Legislature voted in 2009, a year before Obama's overhaul was approved, to create an online state health insurance exchange. If the court strikes down only the federal requirement that almost everyone obtain health insurance, the state's exchange director Rocky King says he still can build a profitable exchange to launch in 2014.

"We assume we can go forward," King said. "It may make a difference in terms of the number of people we can enroll, but we think the exchange has value with or without the mandate."

If the court strikes down the entire health care law, however, the exchange would lose more than $60 million in federal grants and thousands of potential customers. In that scenario, state officials would have to wait for cues from the Obama administration and for Congress to decide a path forward, King said.

California has been a model for the federal health care overhaul since the law's passage and has begun implementing parts of it already, including the beginnings of health care exchanges. The state also has banned insurers from refusing coverage for children with pre-existing illnesses and allowed young adults to stay on their parents' plans through age 26.

California passed its own state legislation to ensure those measures are preserved even if the federal law is thrown out. But that doesn't mean the state is unaffected by Thursday's ruling. As one of the law's biggest financial beneficiaries, it stands to gain as much as $15 billion annually in federal money for health programs.

Hawaii also has been moving full speed ahead and joined several states last year in filing a friend-of-the-court brief in support of the new law.

"Our goal is universal health coverage here," said Beth Giesting, who was hired as a coordinator to implement the overhaul's changes in Hawaii.

In Massachusetts, which laid the groundwork for the federal health care law with a sweeping 2006 state program, officials say they will continue efforts to expand coverage to nearly all residents no matter what. But like California, the state could lose hundreds of millions in assistance if the federal law is knocked down.

"Even in a worst-case scenario of the health care law being struck down entirely, Massachusetts is going to forge ahead," said Glen Shor, executive director of the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority.

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DIGGING IN:

On the other side are Republican leaders who vow that no matter how the Supreme Court rules, they will not act on the overhaul before November, when they hope the GOP can win back the White House and the Senate and repeal the law.

Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said this week that only in the event of a GOP defeat would Wisconsin "figure out some alternative within the state."

Robert Kraig, executive director of Citizen Action of Wisconsin, a health care advocacy group that supports the law and expanding health insurance coverage, said the governor is "on the far end of the spectrum in terms of trying to block the law and doing nothing to prepare for it."

But Walker is not alone.

Lawmakers in Idaho, where about 19 percent of residents are uninsured, were the first in the nation to pass a law in 2010 requiring the state to sue the federal government over the overhaul. Last year, they toyed with the idea of nullifying the health care law and have taken no steps toward implementation since. Now they're banking on the Supreme Court turning down the measure or a future repeal.

South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard, Florida Gov. Rick Scott and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley have said they too will wait until November to before acting on any surviving parts of the law.

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MOVING MONEY:

Millions of people already have received new benefits under the law. But those could disappear of it is struck down, and many states are trying to figure out what to do if that happens.

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, a big supporter of the federal overhaul, extended Medicaid coverage last year to 84,000 vulnerable adults. But Dayton has said little publicly about the implications of the Supreme Court's ruling for Minnesota. That leaves many unanswered questions about the fate of the people Dayton switched to the joint federal-state Medicaid program from less generous state-funded programs.

A ruling against the law also would threaten other planned expansions, such as in Washington state, which received $128 million to help set up its insurance exchange and an additional $200 million for its preexisting-condition insurance pool. Officials are uncertain whether that money could stay with the state or would have to be returned.

In Michigan, the law has brought widespread benefits: More than half a million seniors have received some free preventive health care services this year. And 1.8 million residents now receive preventative services with no co-pay. Another 57,000 young adults in Michigan are on their parents' health insurance plans.

Last week, U.S. Health and Human Services director Kathleen Sebelius visited Detroit to announce grants for six Michigan health centers to help expand access to care under the law. Officials there aren't sure what they'll do if that money disappears.

Funding for North Dakota's 15 community health centers may be jeopardized, and three other planned centers might not be built if the federal law is overturned.

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SWEATING DEADLINES:

Most states have taken few ? if any ? steps toward creating the insurance exchanges that are a cornerstone of the health law. The online marketplaces would allow people and small businesses to comparison-shop for health insurance.

So if the court upholds the mandate to establish exchanges, many states will have to scramble to get their plans approved by January and the programs running a year later. As of March, only 13 states and Washington, D.C., had adopted plans for exchanges.

In Obama's home state of Illinois, Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn considered an executive order to establish an exchange, but state Rep. Frank Mautino said it's too late. The first year of the project will have to be a joint state-federal exchange, he said.

In Michigan, House Republicans have refused to let state officials start setting up the MI Health Marketplace before the Supreme Court ruling. Gov. Rick Snyder is one the few Republican leaders who has acknowledged considering a state-federal partnership to get an exchange in place.

"I'm just trying to be a pragmatist here," Snyder said Tuesday.

In Indiana, Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels ordered state agencies to investigate the cost and feasibility of an online health insurance marketplace in January 2011, but Daniels told the agencies to keep their work in the planning stages until the court ruled.

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Associated Press writers Carla K. Johnson in Chicago; Scott Bauer in Madison, Wis.; John Miller in Boise, Ida.; Kathy Barks Hoffman in Lansing, Mich.; Tom LoBianco in Indianapolis; Shaya Mohajer in Los Angeles; Jonathan Cooper in Salem, Ore.; Oskar Garcia in Honolulu; Steve LeBlanc in Boston; Rachel La Corte in Olympia, Wash.; Martiga Lohn in St. Paul, Minn.; James MacPherson in Bismarck, N.D.; Chet Brokaw in Pierre, S.D.; Bill Kaczor in Tallahassee, Fla.; and Meg Kinnard in Columbia, S.C. contributed to this report.

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Companies feel the heat as China slowdown takes toll

HONG KONG (Reuters) - An economic slowdown in China is taking a toll on a growing number of companies, with a series of profit warnings highlighting how weakness in the world's second-largest economy is hitting earnings and rattling investors across the board.

Shareholders of GOME Electrical , China's No.2 home appliance retailer, said at the company's annual general meeting on Thursday that they were concerned about the impact of a China slowdown on the company's sales.

"The management admitted that sales have been affected by a slowdown in economic growth, but they didn't clearly say if a recovery will come or things will be steady for the rest of the year," said Calvin Tan, a director of investment at Ma & Wong Asset Management.

GOME's shares, which have plunged 44 percent so far this year, closed down nearly 4 percent at HK$0.98 on Thursday, their lowest level since October 2008, lagging a 0.8 percent drop in the benchmark Hang Seng Index <.hsi>.

"It is too late for us to sell the shares and we don't know how long we have to keep the stock," said a GOME shareholder who left in the middle of the meeting and declined to be named.

The concerns over GOME come after shares of China Resources Cement Holdings closed down 5.5 percent on Thursday after it warned of a sharp fall in first-half earnings as selling prices for cement products have fallen.

China's central bank cut its policy rates in June for the first time since the global financial crisis as data for April and May suggested growth was weakening more than previously thought.

Many economists have cut their forecasts since May and say second-quarter growth could be just over 7 percent, which would be the weakest pace of expansion since the global economic crisis.

A Reuters poll in May showed a consensus forecast for full-year growth in 2012 of 8.2 percent, which would be the slowest pace of growth since 1999.

"The worst is yet to come," said Paul Tang, chief economist at the Bank of East Asia . "The impact could be reflected in the third quarter before some sign of improvement. That is why there is an urgent need for the Chinese government to launch some supportive measures."

RETAIL SALES SLIDE

A clampdown on China's property sector by policymakers has weighed on GOME and its bigger rival, Suning , seen by some as China's answer to Best Buy , as spending on appliances has eased.

"Sales simply fell miserably this year, at least 30 percent down from last year, in terms of refrigerators and laundry machines," said a sales assistant at a GOME store in China who would only give her surname Zhang as she was not authorized to speak to the media.

Indeed, home appliance sales rose just 0.5 percent in May from a year earlier, underperforming a 13.8 percent increase in overall retail sales, government data shows.

"It's also related to the slowdown in new apartment purchases, because as soon as you buy an apartment, you need to buy a new refrigerator, washing machine and such," said Bruno Lannes, Shanghai-based head of Bain & Company's retail and consumer products practice for Greater China.

China's property investment grew 18.5 percent in the first five months from a year earlier, down from an annual rise of 27.9 percent for the full year of 2011 and 33.2 percent in 2010.

Some Suning staff shrugged off concerns of a slowdown.

"The tightening policy only has minimal impact on our sales. Even though a household is restricted to one or two homes, the total transactions are still huge and people's demand for home appliances is strong," said Xiao Yuanfu, a sales manager at Suning who joined the company in 2004.

High-end products have also come under pressure.

Zhang Yuping, executive chairman of Hengdeli Holdings Ltd , China's top luxury watch retailer, told Reuters earlier this month that an uncertain economic environment had slowed sales growth of luxury watches on the mainland this year.

"On the industry front, a trend of slower demand for high-end products is expected this year, with sales of Cartier and Rolex already seen slowing," Zhang said.

Caterpillar Inc , the world's largest heavy machinery maker, warned of weakness this month and said it was scaling back production in China to reflect a slowdown in the industry.

Caterpillar rival Sany Heavy Industry said on Thursday it might delay its planned Hong Kong initial public offering of shares if market conditions remained weak. It filed for a $2 billion listing, Thomson Reuters publication IFR reported in May.

Sany's group president was, however, optimistic for the company's sales in the second half.

"The second half of this year will be better than the second half of last year," said Sany's president, Tang Xiuguo, adding this was because he did not expect further tightening policies.

(Additional reporting by Liangi Chiang and Terril Jones in BEIJING, SHANGHAI Newsroom; Editing by Matt Driskill)

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O Music Awards Are Live Now!

Follow the Flaming Lips' record-breaking quest and all the awards via the 24-hour live stream.
By Kara Warner

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And they're off! This year's O Music Awards have officially begun with a very ambitious and action-packed 24-hour live stream.

The digitally driven event that celebrates and honors artists, fans and innovators impacting digital-music culture will aim to help rockers the Flaming Lips break the Guinness World Record for the most concerts performed in multiple cities in a 24-hour time period.

This extra-special and possible record-breaking event will unfold via a historic bus ride through the Mississippi Delta, the birthplace of rock and roll. The Lips have just boarded their tricked-out bus, aptly named Endeavor, in Memphis and will be zigzagging across the region in attempt to break Jay-Z's Guinness World Record title for Most Live Concerts In 24 Hours (Multiple Cities) by hitting a total of eight cities to end in New Orleans.

The band will travel to each new location just as the opening band is finishing its set, where they'll perform a mini-set before moving on to the next location. The Lips will be joined by "Jackass" and "Wildboyz" star Chris Pontius, Jackson Browne, Neon Trees, Karmin and a slew of additional artists.

Fans at home can watch the entire journey from any screen and, naturally, interact, influence and play a part in the voyage as the band heads toward the final destination. The O Music Awards will be broadcast on MTV, VH1 and CMT and live-stream at OMusicAwards.com.

The O Music Awards ceremony will give out 24 awards, one for each hour of the festival. Categories that artists are vying to win include Must Follow Artist on Twitter, Best Online Concert Experience, Most Adorable Viral Star, Fan Army FTW, Best Music App and Digital Genius Award.

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Alaska wreckage from deadly 1952 military plane crash

By By Chris Klint, Channel 2/KTUU.com, and msnbc.com staff

ANCHORAGE, Alaska ? The wreckage of a military plane found near Knik Glacier?earlier this month has been identified as a Korean War-era Air Force cargo plane that crashed in the 1950s, killing all 52 people on board, NBC?station KTUU?of Anchorage reported Wednesday.

The identification brings closure to victims' families after nearly 60 years, KTUU said.

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Joint POW-MIA Accounting Command spokesperson Capt. Jamie Dobson said?the wreckage,?discovered June 10 on Colony Glacier, about 45 miles east of Anchorage,?by a UH-60 Blackhawk crew with the Alaska Army National Guard-- is that of a Douglas C-124A Globemaster II that crashed?on Nov. 22, 1952.

See the original story at NBC station KTUU

While evidence collected by the eight-man teamis en route to JPAC?s Central Identification Laboratory in Hawaii for further analysis, Dobson told KTUU?the plane was identifiable by materials found at the scene.

"Some of the evidence has already been positively correlated with this crash," Dobson told KTUU.

Harsh weather prevented a recovery at the time and later searchers could not locate it.

The Globemaster II entered Air Force service in 1950 as the world?s largest transport plane. Its forward loading ramp and aft cargo elevator, as well as its ability to carry 68,500 pounds of cargo or 200 passengers on two decks of seating, made it the Air Force's primary heavy-lift transport into the early 1960s, KTUU reported.

The four-propeller transport was eventually replaced by the C-141 Starlifter jet, but its name lives on in Alaska skies with the C-17 Globemaster III, operated by the 517th Airlift Squadron at Anchorage?s Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

Crash researcher Tonja Anderson, whose grandfather Airman Isaac Anderson died in the crash, told KTUU the cargo plane was on a flight from McChord Air Force Base in Washington to Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage when it crashed near the 8,000-foot level of Mount Gannett.

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Bone marrow donors soon may be compensated

Certain bone marrow donors could soon be compensated for their life-saving stem cells after federal officials declined to take the matter to the U.S. Supreme Court, allowing a lower court order to become law.

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Russia says Iran should be part of Syria summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Iran should be invited to an international meeting on the Syria conflict in Geneva at the weekend, drawing

But the United States swiftly rejected the Russian proposal.

"It is better to involve Iran in the settlement (of the Syrian crisis)," Putin told a news conference following talks with Jordan's King Abdullah II on the shores of the Dead Sea.

"In any case it would complicate the process (if Iran is ignored)."

Wrapping up a one-day visit to Jordan, on a Middle East tour that had already taken him to Israel and the West Bank, Putin said Iran's support is needed.

"The more Syria's neighbours are involved in the settlement process the better. Ignoring these possibilities, these interests would be counterproductive, as diplomats say," he added.

"It is better to secure its support," said Putin.

The United States said, meanwhile, that it was increasingly likely to join the international meeting on the Syria crisis but rejected Russian calls for Iran to take part.

"We are getting closer but we don't have any decisions yet," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters in Washington.

But concerning Iran she added: "Given its support for the regime and its continued behavior vis-a-vis Syria, we just don't see it as able to make a helpful contribution right now."

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov earlier told reporters in Jordan that Iran should be invited to Saturday's meeting in Geneva.

"It should certainly be done," he said, adding that he would take part in the summit.

If Iran is not invited "then all those who can really influence all the main Syrian sides will not be present," he said.

UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, who wants to gather the major powers in Geneva in a final bid to get agreement on a political transition plan for Syria, has yet to officially announce the meeting.

But Lavrov said he would still go, even if Iran is not invited.

"I will go. But in that case we will simply be talking about how to further gather together all the participants who are necessary in order to use this chance because there is no guarantee it will be crowned with success," he added.

"But this chance has to be used. For this to happen you need to gather all those who have real influence on the situation. Iran is no doubt one of them."

"One needs to agree to influence all Syrian sides so that they themselves sit down at the negotiating table and begin to get along and look for consensus solutions," he said.

"Only they themselves can find agreement, and outside players can help them get together."

It is not still clear if Britain, France and China -- the other three permanent members of the UN Security Council along with Russia and the United States -- will attend the Geneva meeting.

In Jordan, Putin opened a guesthouse for Christian pilgrims at Baptism site in the Jordan Valley, where many Christians believe Jesus was baptised.

He arrived in Jordan from the West Bank, where he met Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas during a brief visit to Bethlehem, a day after talks in Israel with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres.

"I did not set myself a task to negotiate a personal meeting between the two leaders, but I am under the impression that agreement is possible," between Israel and the Palestinian leaders, Putin said in Jordan.

The peacemaking Quartet, which groups Russia, the United States, the European Union and the United Nations, has been trying to nudge the two sides back to direct talks, on hold since late 2010.

But little progress has been made, as the Palestinians insist on a settlement freeze before talks resume, while Israel calls for new discussions without preconditions.

During his visit to Israel, his first since returning to the Kremlin for a historic third term in May, Putin was urged to act on Iran's controversial nuclear programme.

"The Iranian problem is not a simple one but still I proceed from the fact that it can and should be solved through absolutely peaceful means, by way of a negotiation process and on the basis of respect of the right of the Iranian people to the peaceful use of energy," Putin told reporters.

"With absolute guarantees provided to the world community that the realisation of this programme would not lead to the emergence of nuclear weapons in this country and will not facilitate the nuclear proliferation in the world."

The international community has been pursuing talks with Tehran, but three high-level meetings -- the most recent in Moscow -- have failed to produce any breakthrough.

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Human-powered helicopter breaks record with 50-second flight

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Devin Coldewey

A team at the University of Maryland has blown away a long-standing (or long-hovering) record for human-powered flight. A Japanese team stayed aloft for 19 seconds in 1994, and no one has been able to do better until Thursday, when the Maryland team stayed aloft for 50 seconds. They fell just?short, however, of the 60 seconds required to qualify for a decades-old $250,000?prize.

Gamera II is the name of the helicopter the team constructed in order to claim the Sikorsky prize, created in 1980 in memory of the helicopter?pioneer Igor Sikorsky.?The contest requires that the craft reach 3 meters of altitude ? and that it stays there for a full minute.?

The newest version of the craft weighs only 71 pounds, 30 less than the previous one, which?stayed aloft for 11 seconds in 2011. Gamera II?harvests power from arm movements as well as pedals, transmitting more power to the four large rotors. These and other improvements allowed the team to break the 18-year-old record and post a time of 50 seconds in the air at 2 feet up. Watch the video of that flight below:

The team will continue to make attempts at the 60-second goal, though they would still need to go significantly higher to claim the prize money, even if they hit the minute mark. The solution is not as easy as simply pedaling harder. Gamera II takes advantage of an aerodynamic characteristic of low-altitude craft called ground effect, which reduces the energy needed to hover, and that advantage decreases the higher the craft goes.

The researchers from Maryland are not the only ones working on the problem: A private team called Atlas recently ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to raise some funding for their attempt on the Sikorsky prize. The requirements of the prize may be straightforward, but they are also extremely difficult, so chances are it will take some time and effort, not to mention money and materials, to make it happen.

Devin Coldewey is a contributing writer for msnbc.com. His personal website is?coldewey.cc.

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Guest Blog: Send the Letter of Your Life | Fierce With Age

By Leah Dobkin

As our modern society places more emphasis on material things, it is easy to lose sight of what we think is important in our lives.? Wealth is more than money and possessions.? In fact, what you learn in life maybe more valuable than what you earn.? Consequently, passing on your life lessons and values, not just your valuables, is important, especially in our consumption-oriented culture.

Putting pen to paper about your intangible assets is a way to preserve who you are, and what matters most to you. It is a way to be remembered, understood, and to make a real difference to the younger generation.

My family celebrated Christmas and Hanukah at our handmade log cabin, which my husband built with some help from family and friends.? I was hoping the cabin would be a no electronic zone, but I was outnumbered.? The children were plugged into their own thing.? One child was wired into his iPod, listening to his music.? Another was absorbed in his text messaging conversation with his cell phone.? A third was watching a movie on her laptop computer.? Does this scene seem familiar to you?

A disturbing New Year?s Day newspaper headline said ?The Year People Stopped Talking to One Another.? An entire generation is obsessed with technology and multitasking.? Families are scattered and busy, and don?t take the time to share family stories.? This younger generation may become the first generation not to know their family heritage.

There is something you can do to address this problem.? You can give your younger relatives deeper roots by crafting a Legacy Letter.

What is a Legacy Letter?

A Legacy Letter is a love letter to your family.? Sometimes referred to s an ethical will, it is a tradition dating back to 3,500 years.?? Legacy Letters translates your, personal and family stories and values into life lessons and wisdom that can inform and transform the younger and future generations.? It can be used as a road map to guide younger generations.

Each one of you has a legacy?you exist, you matter and you made a difference in the world.? Like the movie It?s a Wonderful Life, many of us don?t realize the impact we have had on others, nor the impact others have had on us until we really sit down and quietly reflect on our life.

Writing a Legacy Letter is a great opportunity for self-examination and psychological and spiritual growth and healing.? Reflecting, clarifying and documenting a legacy is an important part of a life well lived ? a gift to ourselves today, and to those who come after us.? A Legacy Letter documents your connection to your roots and your life?s purpose(s) providing an important link between your ancestors, you and your descendants. Writing a Legacy Letter is a privilege and a responsibility.

The younger generation needs intergenerational connections more than ever.? They are smart, but I believe common sense is not so common.? I believe we have a generational obligation to pass on our family stories and life lessons.? It is a unique time in history.? We are living longer than any other generation, therefore, we have more years of experience to share.? Inspired by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, author of ?From Age-ing to Sage-ing: A Profound New Vision of Growing Older, ?I like to think that I am sage-ing, not just? age-ing.

?What Legacy Letter Is Not?

It is not an oral history, memoir, autobiography, but rather a focused letter that includes elements of oral histories, memoirs and autobiographies.? It examines not just the who and what, but the why and how you felt at the time and the impact people and events had on you.? It can also express hopes, blessings, explanations, forgiveness and gratitude.

It is not a legal document. A legal will and financial papers, such as estate plans, address what do I want my loved ones to have.? A Legacy Letter addresses what do I want them to know. They are non-legal complementary cousins of the legal will (?last will and testament?) and the living will (your advance health care directive).

Every letter is as unique as you.? The document can be as short as a paragraph or as long as a bound volume.

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???????? It can be a generic letter supplemented with individualized letters.

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???????? It can include favorite quotes, cartoons, jokes, recipes, photos, and other memorabilia.

???????? It is preserve on archival acid-free paper and ink, or can be an audio, video or digital recording.

It takes courage and commitment to confront and reflect on your life and one?s mortality.? But writing a Legacy Letter will probably be one of the most deeply satisfying act you have ever done.? Creating a Legacy Letter is a profound personal exercise.? It can be equally profound and helpful to those fortunate enough to be on the receiving end.? It?s a win-win for all involved.

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Leah Dobkin, is a freelance writer and has contributed to Kiplinger, AARP, Milwaukee Magazine and other regional, national and international magazines. She is the author of the book ?Soul of a Port The History and Evolution of the Port Of Milwaukee.?? She is also a national public speaker, pioneering gerontologist and Founder of Legacies Letters.? Her passion is to strengthen the ties between generations by collecting people?s stories and transferring their wisdom. She received her master?s in gerontology and nonprofit management at Columbia University. To learn more about Legacy Letters go to www.legacyletter.org or write to Leah at leahdobkin@aol.com.

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Lil Scrappy And Stevie J's 'Love &amp; Hip-Hop' Fight 'A Real Situation'

Scrappy tells 'RapFix Live' about the drama, denying rumors the show is scripted.
By Rob Markman, with reporting by Sway Calloway

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You can expect the female cast of "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta" to kick up some dust this season, but the guys get into their fair share of drama as well. A preview trailer for the rest of the upcoming season shows Lil Scrappy and record producer Stevie J. getting into a heated argument. Of course the tease is cut so we don't see much of the action, but the clip does show an agitated Scrap punching a wall after he and Stevie go nose-to-nose.

"It was a situation; it was a real situation," Scrap said when he appeared on "RapFix Live" on Wednesday.

According to Scrappy, the argument began after Stevie disrespected recurring castmember Erica, Scrappy's child's mother. The ATL MC feels that if Stevie had a problem with Erica, he should've bypassed her and addressed Scrappy instead. "Like I told him, you can walk off, you don't gotta disrespect no female," he said. "If you really wanna do something, ask her where her man at and tell him you wanna throw hands, you wanna take the fade, and I would've been happy to do that." Though Stevie and Scrappy are accomplished musicians and both now reside in the same city, Scrap says prior to the show neither he nor Erica had a personal connection to the multiplatinum producer, who has done work for the likes of Diddy, Jay-Z and Mariah Carey. "He didn't even ask — he didn't know who she was. All he knew is she was a part of the situation and he wanted to pop off," Scrappy said.

The "Money in the Bank" MC wouldn't give away the details of the fisticuffs, but he did shoot down whispers that he, his mother and his child's mother were following a script. "I don't know about the whole show and how [Stevie J.] do his end. I know my team Scrappy — we real on that side," he said.

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Central bank group: Crisis fixes still needed

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) ? Governments, banks and households struggling with too much debt are dragging down the world's economy and more needs to be done to make the banking system safer, a global organization of central banks warned Sunday.

The Bank for International Settlements said in its annual report that the world economy remains out of balance, with advanced economies struggling with debt and emerging economies growing strongly but facing risks of their own version of boom and bust.

The BIS ? an intergovernmental organization of central banks based in Basel, Switzerland ? said it's key for governments to make banks take responsibility for their losses and force them to rebuild their finances. Meanwhile, the threat from risky bank behavior is growing again.

"The world is now five years on from the outbreak of the financial crisis, yet the global economy is still unbalanced and seemingly becoming more so as interacting weaknesses continue to amplify each other," the BIS said in its 82nd annual report.

"The goals of balanced growth, balanced economic policies and a safe financial system still elude us."

The financial crisis that began in 2007 with losses suffered by investment funds and banks on mortgage-backed securities in the United States led to a full-blown crisis and global recession after U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers went bankrupt in 2008. Stock markets have plunged and then recovered, governments have put billions into rescuing banks to avoid a worse collapse, and central banks have slashed interest rates and in some cases expanded the supply of money to bolster their economies.

This has left an uneven and fragile recovery, with high unemployment and increased levels of government debt afflicting developed economies. Meanwhile, the 17-countries that use the euro have sunk into a crisis over excessive government debt.

The aftermath, says the BIS, is that governments, banks, and consumers are all trying to cut back on debt at the same time, magnifying each other's problem as they do so.

Stephen Cecchetti, the head of the BIS's monetary and economic department, said central banks should not be expected to carry the entire load of supporting growth and debt reduction. "In the middle of all this we find the overburdened central banks, pushed to use what power they have to contain the damage. But there are very clear limits to what central banks can do. "

In an attempt to help bolster the economy, the U.S. Federal Reserve has cut rates to near zero and created new money through purchasing financial assets. Meanwhile the European Central Bank has reduced interest rates to a record low 1.0 percent and made ? 1 trillion in cheap loans to banks to steady the financial system.

But there is only so much a central bank can do, Cecchetti warned. It cannot make companies and governments reduce debt or improve the productivity of economies, he said.

The report also emphasized the need to increase the safety of the banking system by pushing banks to be responsible for their losses, add to their financial buffers and avoid risky practices. It added that big banks still have an interest in using high-risk debt ? so-called "leveraging" ? to magnify any trading gains because they can expect taxpayers to step in and cover their losses if things go bad.

"Big banks continue to have an interest in driving up their leverage without enough regard for the consequences of failure: because of their systemic weight, they expect the public sector to cover the downside, " said BIS. "Another worrying sign is that trading, after a brief crisis-induced squeeze, has again become a major source of income for large banks."

"These conditions are moving the financial sector towards the same high risk profile it had before the crisis."

Some of the concerns about banks reflected in the BIS report were highlighted last week by the downgrade of the credit ratings of 15 large banks by Moody's Investors Service. The credit rating agency cited the banks' "significant exposure to the volatility and risk of outsized losses inherent to capital markets activities."

News that J.P. Morgan last month suffered a $2 billion trading loss related to a hedging strategy raised similar concerns.

The BIS said fundamental progress would be secured when the "largest institutions can fail without the taxpayer having to respond" and when the size of the financial sector relative to the rest of the economy stays within tight limits.

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AW To Recruit A WWE Diva?, Shawn Michaels Going To Africa After RAW, Crazy's Nephew

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Chinese Children Visit the Norwegian Embassy

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On 20 June 2012, the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Beijing had the honor of hosting a refreshing meeting with 23 enthusiastic and talented students from the Chinese Young Cultural Ambassadors Organization.

The children had been taking part in ? and won -The Young Cultural Ambassadors Contest, which is hosted by the Chinese Society of Education and organized by the Subcommittee on Primary and Secondary School Culture Research.

The 23 Young Cultural Ambassadors have been visiting several foreign embassies in Beijing. The aim of the project is to expand and increase the understanding of other countries, their society and culture. Wednesday 20 June it was this year?s winner?s time to visit the Royal Norwegian Embassy.

The children were met by representatives from the embassy?s press and culture section and were given a thorough introduction to different aspects of Norwegian society and culture by the embassy?s First Secretary for Press and Culture, Ms. Tone Helene Aarvik.

The youngsters showed great interest and knowledge of Norway and throughout the presentation and the following discussion it was clear that the Young Ambassadors shared a passion for both salmon and protection of the environment along with the Norwegian people.

The Norwegian ambassador to China, Mr. Svein O. Saether, also came to meet the young and promising, expressing his gratitude for their interest in Norway. During his visit Ambassador Saether and the Young Cultural Ambassadors discussed different topics, such as the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and popular sports in Norway and China.
After the presentation and the talk with Ambassador Saether, the children were given the opportunity to take a tour in the ambassador?s residence where they were introduced to the embassy?s extensive collection of Norwegian art.

The successful visit was ended with the presentation and exchange of gifts which included impressive art works the talented children had made themselves and showed that the young ambassadors were as skillful in arts as in their academic knowledge.

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PFT: LT considered following Peyton to Denver

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Former Bills LB Chris Spielman will join the Ride for Roswell, a fundraiser for the leading cancer research hospital in Western New York.

Dolphins WR Davone Bess thinks the presence of Chad Ochocinco is a good thing: ???You?ve got to be on your toes because that?s what it is, competition. ?We know not everybody?s gonna be in there. ?The more we work the better off we?ll be.?

In 1975, Jets fans chanted for the team to use artist LeRoy Nieman, who died this week at 91. ?(Or maybe they were just saying, ?Show us your ?stache!?)

Pats QB Tom Brady says his wife doesn?t interfere with his choices in hairstyles. ?(Sorry, that was the best I could find on a Saturday morning in late June.)

Single-game tickets to Steelers games went on sale at 10:00 a.m. ET on Saturday. ?(And they likely we sold out by 10:00:01.3246.)

Former Browns QB Bernie Kosar thinks it?s critical for players to keep working out during the lull between the offseason program and training camp.

Every year, plenty of NFL players conduct paid youth football camps; Bengals WR Jordan Shipley?s is free.

Keep an eye on Ravens undrafted WR Deonte Thompson, who says he has run the 40 in 4.23 seconds and who stood out during offseason workouts.

The Colts? latest Facebook Friday features rookie TE Coby Fleener answering questions.

A meeting between Jags owner Shahid Khan and three members of Jacksonville City Council may have violated open-meetings laws.

Are the Titans suddenly talking up WR Marc Mariani in the hopes Rams coach Jeff Fisher will trade for him?

Current and former Texans have been and will be?hosting a variety of community events.

When Chiefs CB Brandon Flowers takes the field for the 60th game of his career in September, it?ll be the first time Brandon Carr isn?t on the field with him.

Broncos V.P. of football operations John Elway thinks it?s important for players to get away mentally?before training camp, but not physically.

Raiders G.M. Reggie McKenzie told the Rotary Club of Oakland to climb on the bandwagon sooner rather than later: ??Get on board right now because we?re going places as a team.?

The Chargers granted the wish of a 17-year-old leukemia patient, who wanted to hang out at practice with RB Ryan Mathews.

The Eagles added DT Tevita Finau and reached an injury settlement with DE Maurice Fountain.

Cowboys coach Jason Garrett isn?t worried about LB Dan Conner learning the defense.

Redskins QB Robert Griffin III apparently fits the Kardashian magnet profile. ?(Sorry, Robert, you?ve got to take the bad with the good.)

Giants CB Prince Amukamara plans to spend the next few weeks working on finally getting his burst back.

Former Bears TE Desmond Clark has become a real estate professional. ?(Given his familiarity with Soldier Field, he should specialize in properties with really crappy lawns.)

Lions OL Jason Fox, a fourth-round pick in 2010, is running out of chances to prove that he can stay healthy at the NFL level;??It?s not just ability, its availability,? coach Jim Schwartz said of Fox.

The front page of Packers? official website has a clock that is counting down the remaining days, hours, minutes, and seconds before the start of the team?s 5K run. ?(Perhaps the anticipation comes from the fact that each age-group winner gets a share of stock*.)

Ted Mondale, Walter?s son, will oversee the construction of the Vikings? new stadium.

Falcons G.M. Thomas Dimitroff has won the PFWA?s Jack Horrigan Award, which recognizes Dimitroff?s extensive availability to the local and national media.

The Saints had 18 undrafted players on the 53-man roster last season; WR Chris Givens hopes to be one of them in 2012.

Panthers QB Cam Newton has a fairly simple outlook on life in the NFL: ??If you?re great at football, they?re giving money away.? ?(That?s very easy for a guy who?s great at football to say.)

OT Mike Ingersoll, cut by the Bucs last month and then by the Pats this week, is back in Tampa.

The Rams have eight players who have played tight end at the college or NFL level.

It?s not clear whether Cardinals LB Clark Haggans will face discipline for his recent DUI incarceration.

The 49ers have four first-round picks at receiver, which raises an obvious question: ?When in the hell did they hire Matt Millen?

With the Seahawks? draft picks in Canton for the rookie symposium, the undrafted free agents have extra chances to take a few of their jobs.

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Facebook rolls out comment editing, embraces your change of heart

Facebook has long betrayed you by forwarding your drunken wall ramblings in an email for posterity. Previously, though, the only way to limit further public shame was to try to delete the comment altogether. Now, it looks like the loose fingered have been given a reprieve, as the social giant is rolling out the ability to edit your ill-thought missives long after the fact. Even better, this seems to extend back to those written in the past. Don't think you can be sneaky though, as an "edited" link will appear below, letting everyone see the thread history. So even if you change your opinion, that indecision remains for all to see.

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Mobile Miscellany: week of June 18th, 2012

Not all mobile news is destined for the front page, but if you're like us and really want to know what's going on, then you've come to the right place. This past week, we learned of the first market outside of China for ZTE's new Grand X smartphone, and received news that both the Sony Xperia U and Xperia P will arrive in Australia. These stories and more await after the break. So buy the ticket and take the ride as we explore the "best of the rest" for this week of June 18th, 2012.

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Some towns try to loosen reins on food producers

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) ? Towns in several states are adopting local ordinances that exempt farmers from state and federal regulations if they sell their products directly to consumers, despite warnings that the ordinances are invalid.

Residents in Livermore and Appleton, Maine, approved so-called local food and community self-governance ordinances at town meetings this month, joining six other Maine towns that did the same thing last year. Residents in Fayette, however, voted down a similar proposed ordinance.

The votes should send a message that Maine residents want more local say on how to regulate small farms that process food ranging from poultry and milk to cheese and jam that are sold to people in their area, said Douglas Wollmar, a small-scale produce farmer in Blue Hill, which passed a similar ordinance last year.

Ultimately, supporters would like to see a state law passed that addresses their concerns.

"We're trying to get more towns to pass the ordinance, because at the state level we're not getting any attention," Wollmar said. "The response we got from legislators is it's nice you got five or six towns, but what you need is 50 towns before we'll listen."

The situation isn't unique to Maine.

Towns in Massachusetts, Vermont and California have all passed so-called food sovereignty ordinances or resolutions in the past year or so.

In Sandisfield, Mass., Brigitte Ruthman, the owner of Joshua's Farm, proposed a resolution at last year's town meeting after she received a cease-and-desist order from the state saying her dairy operation was illegal. Ruthman sells shares of her small dairy herd to people in the region, who then get a share of the raw milk from her cows.

To comply with state demands, she would have had to invest tens of thousands of dollars for a new cooling system, septic system and other equipment, she said. That might be reasonable if she were a commercial dairy, but the state was coming after her for milk from a single cow that was shared by three people, she said.

"On a micro level, this is really the aggravation we have with government," she said. "You can't control our lives, you can't control our food choices that are very personal. Stop it."

Pete Kennedy, president of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, said he expects more towns to follow suit.

"Right now Maine is way ahead of the curve as far local food ordinances, but the trend is going in that direction,' Kennedy said.

Blue Hill, Sedgwick, Penobscot, Trenton, Hope and Plymouth last year passed ordinances proclaiming that federal and state regulations hinder local food production and usurp people's rights to foods of their choice. Supporters say the ordinances promote family farms, sustainability and healthy eating.

But state agriculture officials say the ordinances don't hold legal muster and that regulatory oversight is essential for food safety and public health.

Agriculture Commissioner Walt Whitcomb, who co-owns a dairy farm, said he's supportive of local food producers, but his department has to ensure the products are safe.

The department strives to work with food processors, and licensing requirements aren't as onerous as some people make them out to be, he said. Licenses require some basic common-sense requirements to ensure the public's health.

"The inspection personnel try very hard to explain not only the law but the reasons why it's beneficial for their future sales, as well as what is healthy for the consuming public," Whitcomb said. "Setting aside the legal aspects, there's nothing worse for sales from somebody getting sick from what they just bought from you."

The local ordinances, he said, are invalid because they're superseded by state and federal laws.

That warning, though, wasn't enough to dissuade residents in Livermore and Appleton from green-lighting the same ordinance in their towns last week.

Cathy Lee, who collected signatures to force a vote at Livermore's town meeting, said there's a long history of home rule in Maine. Food safety issues, such as E. coli and salmonella problems, are more likely to crop up with large food corporations than with local farms.

State regulations, she said, require added paperwork, more inspections and expensive upgrades that are geared toward large farms and corporations. The regulatory burden, she said, is enough to put some farms and food producers out of business.

In Maine, people in Fayette voted down a proposed food self-governance ordinance on Saturday.

Town Manager Mark Robinson said residents and the board of selectmen are supportive of local farms and small-scale food producers. But they realized that a local ordinance wouldn't carry any legal weight.

"The ordinance really did nothing other than send a message," he said. "It gives the issue attention, but I would think so could an effort to amend state laws to address the issue."

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