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Monti wants Italian football halted for 2-3 years

By VICTOR SIMPSON

Associated Press

Associated Press Sports

updated 11:22 a.m. ET May 29, 2012

ROME (AP) -Premier Mario Monti suggested Tuesday that Italian football should be suspended for two to three years after the latest match-fixing scandal rocked the national team and tarnished the image of the domestic game yet again just a week before the start of the European Championship.

Dawn raids on Monday resulted in 14 arrests - including Lazio captain Stefano Mauri - to bring the total number of suspects arrested in the match-fixing probe to about 50 since last year. Many more have been placed under investigation.

"Football should be stopped for two to three years," Monti said on Tuesday in a powerful message to Italy's football authorities on the need to clean up the game. "It is not a proposal by the government but a question I am asking as someone who was passionate when football was still football."

Monti made the comments while standing beside the prime minister of Poland, which is co-hosting Euro 2012 with Ukraine starting June 8.

"I'm not making a proposal, and even less is it a proposal that comes from the government, but it's a desire that sometimes I feel inside me: that it would really benefit the maturity of us Italian citizens if this game was completely suspended for two to three years," he said.

He also ruled out the use of public money to bail out football teams in difficulty.

Police swept through the Italian national squad's training camp near Florence on Monday as part of the operation and Italy defender Domenico Criscito was left out of the Euro 2012 squad after he was placed under investigation.

Antonio Conte, who coached Juventus to the Serie A title this term, was also officially notified that he is under investigation for alleged wrongdoing while in charge of Siena in 2010-2011.

Apart from those arrested Monday, three people have been placed under house arrest and two others are to present themselves to authorities. Five of the arrests were made in Hungary.

Numerous others have had their houses searched, including Chievo Verona striker Sergio Pellissier as well as Conte and Criscito.

The investigation was started by judicial authorities in Cremona last year. It has resulted in former Atalanta captain Cristiano Doni being banned from football for three and a half years, and the arrest of former Lazio captain Giuseppe Signori.

Serie A clubs Atalanta, Novara and Siena were among the 22 Italian teams notified at the beginning of this month that they are being investigated by sports authorities.

Prosecutors in Cremona have detailed an extensive match-fixing ring stretching as far as Singapore and South America that was allegedly in operation for more than 10 years.

Italy has only recently recovered from the 2006 match-fixing scandal - known as Calciopoli - that resulted in Juventus being relegated to Serie B for a season, plus points penalties for several other Serie A teams and lengthy bans for club and refereeing officials.

The Italian national team reacted in the best possible way, winning the World Cup later that year.

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AP Sports Writer Daniella Matar in Milan contributed to this report.

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Monti wants Italian football halted for 2-3 years

ROME (AP) -Premier Mario Monti suggested Tuesday that Italian football should be suspended for two to three years after the latest match-fixing scandal rocked the national team and tarnished the image of the domestic game yet again just a week before the start of the European Championship.

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Suzanne Choney

You've heard it before, but this time it may come to fruition: Facebook is working on its own phone.?

Why would it be different this time than in the past, when such an effort was reported, although denied by the social networking giant??

There are at least a few reasons:?Google, definitely not Facebook's BFF, recently completed the purchase of Motorola Mobility; and ahead of Facebook's recent?IPO, the company acknowledged that mobile is a key area in which it needs to grow, with more and more?Facebook users accessing the site via mobile than on computers. And right now, the social network has not pushed advertising ??its key revenue source ? onto mobile. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg contends that will change,?saying recently that transforming its mobile and advertising experience are top priorities in 2012. ? ??

"We don't comment on rumor and speculation," said a Facebook spokeswoman when asked for comment by msnbc.com about the Facebook phone. But, she added, "Our mobile strategy is simple: We think every mobile device is better if it is deeply social. We're working across the entire mobile industry; with operators, hardware manufacturers, OS providers and application developers to bring powerful social experiences to more people around the world."

Of additional interest: Facebook is also looking at buying Opera, the mobile Web browser prized for its efficiency. In a report Tuesday, Reuters quoted Arctic Securities as saying such an acquisition would "enhance the now limited mobile experience of Facebook, improve Facebook's mobile monetization problem, help Facebook retain online game developers leaving the social network over the lack of a mobile platform and further improve Facebook's ability to target ads."?

The New York Times reported over the weekend that "people briefed on Facebook's plans" say the company "hopes to release its own smartphone by next year. These people spoke only on the condition of anonymity for fear of jeopardizing their employment or relationships with Facebook."

Facebook has "already hired more than half a dozen former Apple software and hardware engineers who worked on the?iPhone, and one who worked on the?iPad, the employees and those briefed on the plans said."

Last year, HTC released what was described as a Facebook phone, with a dedicated hard-key button for Facebook on it. The phone, called the Status, never took the market by storm like the iPhone or Samsung Galaxy or Motorola Droid models.?

Check out Technolog, Gadgetbox, Digital Life and In-Game on?Facebook,?and on Twitter, follow Suzanne Choney.

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The Gulf Coast is a hot destination again two years after the massive BP Plc oil spill made the region a tourist dead zone, with the petroleum giant pumping more than $150 million into promotions to help the region recover.

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Pedrioa hurt in Red Sox's win over Tigers

By JIMMY GOLEN

AP Sports Writer

Associated Press Sports

updated 3:22 p.m. ET May 28, 2012

BOSTON (AP) - Felix Doubront pitched six innings of four-hit ball, and Jarrod Saltalamacchia homered on Monday to lead the Boston Red Sox over the Detroit Tigers 7-4.

The victory was tainted by an injury to 2008 AL MVP Dustin Pedroia, who left in the fifth inning with a jammed right thumb. The Tigers played most of the game without manager Jim Leyland and third-base coach Gene Lamont, ejected following a disputed foul tip in the second.

Doubront (5-2) gave up home runs to Gerald Laird and Delmon Young and just a pair of singles. He struck out six and walked one.

Jhonny Peralta hit a two-run homer in the ninth, and Doug Fister (0-3) allowed six runs and 11 hits in five-plus innings.

?Felix Doubront pitched six innings of four-hit ball, and Jarrod Saltalamacchia homered on Monday to lead the Boston Red Sox over the Detroit Tigers 7-4/

The victory was tainted by an injury to 2008 AL MVP Dustin Pedroia, who left in the fifth inning with a jammed right thumb. The Tigers played most of the game without manager Jim Leyland and third-base coach Gene Lamont, ejected following a disputed foul tip in the second.

Doubront (5-2) gave up home runs to Gerald Laird and Delmon Young and just a pair of singles. He struck out six and walked one.

Jhonny Peralta hit a two-run homer in the ninth, and Doug Fister (0-3) allowed six runs and 11 hits in five-plus innings.

Ryan Sweeney, just activated from the seven-day concussion disabled list, had three hits and Saltalamacchia, Mike Aviles and David Ortiz all had two for Boston, which bounced back after blowing a ninth-inning lead against Tampa Bay on Sunday. The Red Sox scored one in the first and then three more in the second, taking advantage of a controversial call that led to the ejections.

Aviles swung and missed at what could have been strike three from Fister, but the umpires ruled it a foul tip that was not caught on a fly by Laird, the catcher. Replays appeared to show that it was not tipped, and that Laird did glove it before it could hit the dirt.

Aviles then lined an RBI single to center. Daniel Nava doubled him home and scored on Pedroia's single to make it 4-1 and Adrian Gonzales hit an inning-ending groundout to first base.

Leyland came out to argue with third-base umpire Tim Tschida, joining an already angry Lamont. The manager had retreated to the dugout but was still apparently yelling at the crew when first-base umpire Bill Welke tossed him.

After making a "Who, me?" expression, Leyland came back onto the field to argue some more.

Boston added one more in the third on Saltalamacchia's homer, then solo runs on Will Middlebrooks' infield single in the sixth and Aviles' RBI double in the eighth.

Laird had two hits for the Tigers.

NOTES: The Red Sox honored former right fielder Trot Nixon before the game for his contributions to the 2004 team that ended the franchise's 86-year championship drought. Nixon was presented with a No. 7 insert from the manual scoreboard and a mounted pine tar-stained helmet like the one he used to wear. ... Pedroia was hurt diving for Danny Worth's grounder at the end of the fifth inning. He was replaced by Nick Punto. .. Sweeney was activated from the DL before the game and OF Che-Hsuan Lin was optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket.

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Monaco Grand Prix live report

AFP IS NOW CLOSING THIS LIVE REPORT of the Monaco Grand Prix, where Mark Webber was victorious for the second time in three years in his Red Bull ahead of Nico Rosberg in his Mercedes and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, who seizes the championship lead.

1400 GMT: We also should not forget the job done by Ferrari today, as two-time world champion Fernando Alonso comes in third to go to the top of the drivers' standings. These are the updated drivers' standings: 1. Fernando Alonso 76 points, 2. Sebastian Vettel 73, 3. Mark Webber 73, 4. Lewis Hamilton 63, 5. Nico Rosberg 59, 6. Kimi Raikkonen 51, 7. Jenson Button 45.

1357 GMT: And lest we forget that, with Sebastian Vettel winning here last year, Red Bull have now won in Monaco in each of the last three years!

1355 GMT: Red Bull team chief Christian Horner tells the BBC: "Mark was fantastic today. His strategy paid off. His tyres were worn but he gave it everything. He owes the pit guys a lot today. Monaco in the rain is a tricky place. When you're the leader it is the hardest thing because the guys behind get to judge." That may be true but of course with Webber's win the pole-sitter has now won 8 of the last 11 Monaco Grands Prixs.

1353 GMT: These are the final standings from the 70th Monaco Grand Prix: 1. Webber, 2. Rosberg, 3. Alonso, 4. Vettel, 5. Hamilton, 6. Massa, 7. Di Resta, 8. Hulkenberg, 9. Raikkonen, 10. Senna, 11. Perez, 12. Vergne, 13. Kovalainen, 14. Glock, 15. Karthikeyan.

1350 GMT: Webber wins here for the second time in three years and becomes the sixth different man to win in six races this season - that has never happened before. "It wasn't particularly straightforward but we'll take it," says Webber on team radio.

MARK WEBBER WINS THE MONACO GRAND PRIX!

Lap 78/78: Into the final lap it's Webber around 0.6sec ahead of Rosberg. Alonso is third, Vettel fourth, Hamilton fifth...

Lap 77/78: No changes to the front six as the race heads towards its climax. Webber looks on course to win here for the second time in three years.

Lap 75/78: Further down the field there is a terrific scrap going on between Heikki Kovalainen and Sergio Perez for 12th place. Jenson Button is out of the race after hitting Kovalainen. A miserable day for the McLaren man. Meanwhile Jean-Eric Vergne's gamble to to go into the pits and change tyres in the hope that more rain would come appears to have backfired badly. He has disappeared down the field.

Lap 72/78: It is INCREDIBLY tight at the front. Webber continues to lead. How will the leading pack's tyres cope in the remaining laps?

Lap 69/78: Webber continues to lead from Rosberg and Alonso. Down the field, Kimi Raikkonen is now in the points in 10th place. The conditions on the track are deteriorating in the rain.

Lap 66/78: Michael Schumacher has stepped out his car. The fastest man on Saturday has become the sixth man to pull out of the race. Ayrton Senna's record of six wins in Monaco remains intact.

Lap 65/78: It is beginning to rain now as Rosberg closes to under a second of Webber. Schumacher is really struggling and is into the pits. This could be the end of his race...

Lap 63/78: Michael Schumacher has technical problems - of which his team have said they are aware - and has been overtaken by the Toro Rosso-Ferrari of Jean-Eric Vergne. Schumie is now back down to 8th place. The 43-year-old could be about to make a pit stop here.

Lap 62/78: Webber is maintaining a lead of around 1.3sec from Rosberg, whose father Keke Rosberg won the Monaco Grand Prix in 1983.

1323 GMT: Mark Webber remains on course to win his first Grand Prix of the season. Remember five different drivers have won the five races so far. Jenson Button triumphed in Australia, Fernando Alonso was victorious in Malaysia, Nico Rosberg won in China, Sebastian Vettel took the chequered flag in Bahrain and then Maldonado recorded that famous wn in Spain two weeks ago.

1320 GMT: Massa was 0.6 sec behind Hamilton at the last checkpoint by the way. There are still 19 cars running, while five have gone.

Lap 57/78: Lewis Hamilton has just been told by his team radio that Felipe Massa is 'looking after his tyres to the end of the race and is planning to attack'

Lap 55/78: Webber's lead from Nico Rosberg is 1.6 seconds. Meanwhile, the yellow flag was just up at Turn 14 due to debris on the track.

1315 GMT: This is the situation in the 52nd lap: 1. Webber, 2. Rosberg, 3. Alonso, 4. Vettel, 5. Hamilton, 6. Massa, 7. Schumacher, 8. Vergne, 9. Di Resta, 10. Hulkenberg, 11. Raikkonen, 12. Senna, 13. Kovalainen, 14. Button, 15. Ricciardo, 16. Glock, 17. Perez, 18. Pic, 19. Karthikeyan

Lap 50/78: Sergio Perez is again the fastest man on track. He has just gone round in 1min 17.2sec. That is a good couple of seconds quicker than the leading drivers, but the Mexican is way down in 17th.

Lap 48/78: The expected rain has not arrived, save for a few minor spots. Kimi Raikkonen has just been told on his team radio that no rain is likely to come between now and the end of the race. Who will look after their tyres best in the remaining 29 laps. Only five seconds cover the leading five cars. It's incredibly tight.

Lap 47/78: Vettel has just been in the pits and came out JUST in front of Lewis Hamilton. Webber leads from Rosberg and Alonso. Vettel is now fourth ahead of Hamilton, but that is still not bad at all for someone who started from ninth on the grid. The mark of a champion, and of a team strategy that is working nicely...

Lap 46/78: Meanwhile, Vitaly Petrov (RUS/Caterham-Renault) has dropped out of the race. Sergio Perez (MEX/Sauber-Ferrari) has served a drive-through penalty for impeding Heikki Kovalainen at his entry to the pits.

Lap 43/78: Welcome back. We have had one or two technical issues so thanks for your patience. Sebastian Vettel is 17.2 seconds clear of Red Bull teammate Mark Webber and looking good at the moment.

Lap 31/78: Ferrari's Fernando Alonso has now come in for his first stop of the race. Lewis Hamilton has the lead now

Lap 29/78: As we wait for the rain to come, Webber and his fellow Red Bull Sebastian Vettel make their first pit stop. They all have slick tyres on but if the rain comes strategies could well change...

Lap 27/78: Rosberg has closed to within 1.5 seconds of Webber in front. And now the German goes into the pits for his first stop of the day, allowing Lewis Hamilton to take second place!

1237 GMT: This is what Kamui Kobayashi, whose Sauber crashed out early on, told BBC television a moment or two ago: "The problem was the suspension. I didn't expect it to happen like that (going over the kerb). Its disappointing."

Lap 22/78: Still no pit stops for the leading drivers. The tyres are hanging on well. Rosberg is almost 2.3 seconds down on leader Webber

1227 GMT: AFP's Daniel Ortelli at the track has confirmed for us that the drivers who cut the opening Sainte Devote corner to avoid the spinning Grosjean will not face any punishment

Lap 17/78: These are the leading race positions: 1. Webber, 2. Rosberg, 3. Hamilton, 4. Alonso, 5. Massa, 6. Vettel, 7. Raikkonen, 8. Schumacher, 9. Hulkenberg, 10. Senna, 11. Di Resta

Lap 15/78: Sergio Perez has just set the fastest lap of the race so far in his Sauber. Meanwhile, Grosjean has just been speaking about his disappointment at seeing his race come to such a premature end: "I'm very disappointed obviously. I just was caught blind coming into the corner and got hit from behind," he said.

Lap 13/78: Mark Webber is controlling this race at the moment, but we can expect the first pit stops anytime now. Meanwhile, the weathermen are telling us that rain could appear in the next little while. That will have an impact on tyre strategy of course.

Lap 11/78: Schumacher - five teams a winner here in Monaco - is still in 8th position. The only man to win here six times is a certain Ayrton Senna. The legendary Brazilian's nephew Bruno is racing here for Williams-Renault today and is tenth just now.

Lap 8/78: Meanwhile, out on the track, Webber is holding his position nicely. Grosjean - strongly fancied by some to win here - is out, along with Pedro De La Rosa (ESP/HRT-Cosworth), Kamui Kobayashi (JPN/Sauber-Ferrari) and of course the unfortunate Maldonado (VEN/Williams-Renault)

1211 GMT: The Monaco Grand Prix is undoubtedly the most picturesque, but also one of the toughest in the F1 calendar. Here's a reminder of the circuit thanks to the AFP graphics team:

LAP 4/78: Webber still leads and is trying to stretch his advantage over Nico Rosberg in second. Schumacher has slipped down to 8th.

LAP 2/78: Webber came through all that unscathed and holds on to first place. Jenson Button, who started from the sixth row, may just have been touched by Grosjean at the first turn and has lost time. Not a good start for the 2009 world champion...

LAP 1/78: A crazy start. Romain Grosjean went spinning right at the first turn. Pastor Maldonado, winner in Barcelona two weeks ago, is out already. The safety car is on track...

1202 GMT: And it's GO GO GO! We're off in the 70th Monaco Grand Prix...

1201 GMT: The cars are on their warm-up lap. We're nearly ready to go here...

1152 GMT: This race always attracts a host of celebrities from around the world. The German national football team are here today - they are preparing for Euro 2012 in the south of France but are having a day off today after losing 5-3 to Switzerland in a friendly last night.

1149 GMT: The man on pole position has a bigger advantage than usual in Monaco. Seven of the last ten Monaco Grands Prixs have been won by the driver that started the race on pole. The man in that position today is Mark Webber - the Aussie is looking to repeat his victory here in 2010.

1144 GMT: The top ten grid positions are: Front row: Mark Webber (AUS/Red Bull-Renault), Nico Rosberg (GER/Mercedes-AMG); 2nd row: Lewis Hamilton (GBR/McLaren-Mercedes), Romain Grosjean (FRA/Lotus-Renault); 3rd row: Fernando Alonso (ESP/Ferrari), Michael Schumacher (GER/Mercedes-AMG); 4th row: Felipe Massa (BRA/Ferrari), Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/Lotus-Renault); 5th row: Sebastian Vettel (GER/Red Bull-Renault), Nico Hulkenberg (GER/Force India-Mercdes)

1140 GMT: Remember coming into this, the sixth race of the season, defending world champion Sebastian Vettel is top of the drivers' standings with 61 points alongside Ferrari's Fernando Alonso. Britain's Lewis Hamilton follows on 53 points, with Kimi Raikkonen (49) and Mark Webber (48) next.

WELCOME TO OUR LIVE REPORT of the Monaco Grand Prix, one of the world's most glamorous sporting events. Australia's Mark Webber starts from pole despite coming in second-fastest in Saturday's qualifying. Michael Schumacher rolled back the years with the quickest time but a five-place grid penalty means he starts from sixth. Schumacher's Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg joins Webber on the front row.

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Egypt votes with hope and fear

Egyptians took the the polls today in the first competitive presidential election in a lifetime, brought on by last year's populist uprising.

By Hamza Hendawi and Lee Keath,?The Associated Press / May 23, 2012

Two women show their inked fingers after casting their votes on the first day of the Presidential election at a polling center in Old Cairo, Wednesday, May 23. More than 15 months since the revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak, Egyptians streamed to polling stations Wednesday to freely choose a president for the first time in generations.

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After a lifetime of being told who will rule them, Egyptians dove enthusiastically into the uncertainty of the Arab world's first competitive presidential race Wednesday, wrestling with a polarizing choice between secularists rooted in Hosni Mubarak's old autocracy and Islamists hoping to infuse the state with religion.

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Waiting in long lines, voters were palpably excited at the chance to decide their country's path in the vote, the fruit of last year's stunning popular revolt that overthew Mubarak after 29 years in power. For the past 60 years,Egypt's?presidents ran unchallenged in yes-or-no referendums that few bothered to vote in.

Still, the choices raised worries among many about whether real democracy will emerge. The final result, likely to come after a runoff next month, will only open a new chapter of political struggle.

Mohammed Salah, 26, emerged grinning from a poll station, fresh from casting his ballot. "Before, they used to take care of that for me," he said. "Today, I am choosing for myself."

Medhat Ibrahim, 58, who suffers from cancer, had tears in his eyes. "I might die in a matter of months, so I came for my children, so they can live," he said, as he waited to vote in a poor Cairo district. "We want to live better, like human beings." He later came out flashing a finger stained with the blue ink used to prevent multiple voting. "Mubarak's policies gave me cancer," he said, referring to the decline in health care under the last regime. "Now I got my revenge."

Adding to the drama, this election is up in the air. The reliability of polls is uncertain, and four of the 13 candidates have bounced around the top spots, leaving no clear front-runner. None is likely to win outright in Wednesday and Thursday's balloting, so the top two vote-getters enter a run-off June 16-17, with the victor announced June 21.

The two secular front-runners are both veterans of Mubarak's regime ? former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq and former foreign minister Amr Moussa.

The main Islamist contenders are Mohammed Morsi of the powerful Muslim Brotherhood and Abdel-Moneim Abolfotoh, a moderate Islamist whose inclusive platform has won him the support of some liberals, leftists and minority Christians.

The debate went right up to the doorsteps of schools around the country where poll stations were set up.

Some voters backed Mubarak-era veterans, believing they can bring stability after months of rising crime, a crumbling economy and bloody riots. Others were horrified by the thought, believing the "feloul" ? or "remnants" of the regime ? will keep?Egypt?locked in dictatorship and thwart democracy.

Islamists, particularly the Muslim Brotherhood, saw their chance to lead a country where they were repressed for decades and to implement their version of Islamic law. Their critics recoiled, fearing theocracy.

Some saw an alternative to both in a leftist candidate, Hamdeen Sabahi, who has claimed the mantle of?Egypt'sfirst president, the populist Gamal Abdel-Nasser.

An Islamist victory, particularly by Morsi, will likely mean a greater emphasis on religion in government. His Muslim Brotherhood, which already dominates parliament, says it won't mimic Saudi Arabia and force women to wear veils or implement harsh punishments like amputations. But it says it does want to implement a more moderate version of Islamic law, which liberals fear will mean limitations on many rights.

Many of the candidates have called for amendments to?Egypt's?1979 peace treaty with Israel, which remains deeply unpopular. None is likely to dump it, but a victory by any of the Islamist or leftist candidates in the race could mean strained ties with Israel and a stronger stance in support of the Palestinians in the peace process.

The candidates from the Mubarak regime ? and, ironically, the Brotherhood, which has already held multiple talks with U.S. officials ? are most likely to maintain the alliance with the United States.

A looming question is whether either side will accept victory by the other. Islamists have warned of new protests if Shafiq wins, which they say can only happen by fraud. Many are convinced the ruling military wants a victory by Shafiq, a former air force commander.

"Over my dead body will Shafiq or Moussa win. Why not just bring back Mubarak?" said Saleh Zeinhom, a merchant backing Abolfotoh. "I'm certain we'll have a bloodbath after the elections because the military council won't hand power to anyone but Shafiq."

Shafiq was met by several dozen protesters screaming "down with the feloul" as he arrived to vote in an upscale neighborhood east of Cairo. Some protesters showed their contempt by holding up their shoes in his direction. On his way out, some mobbed him, swinging their shoes at him as his security hustled him into his car.

Shafiq, who was Mubarak's last prime minister until he too was forced out of his post by protests, has been openly disparaging of the pro-democracy youth groups who led the anti-Mubarak uprising. Critics view him as too close to the generals who took over from Mubarak and whose own reputation is tainted by human rights abuses and authoritarian tendencies.

But with his strongman image, he has appealed to Egyptians who crave stability and fear Islamists.

"The country is going under. We need a president that implements justice and brings back security. Bottom line," said Essam el-Khatib, a government employee voting in the Cairo suburb of Maadi.

Nearby another man, Sayed Attiya, shouted, "What Shafiq? We didn't have a revolution to bring back Shafiq!"

The Muslim Brotherhood, meanwhile, faced a backlash of its own.

The group was the biggest winner in parliament elections late last year, winning nearly half the seats. But it disillusioned some by seeming too power hungry, demanding to be allowed to form a government and trying to dominate a panel created to draft a new constitution. The panel was scrapped and the process of writing the vital new charter is on hold as politicians struggle over forming a new one.

The image it has cultivated as an advocate of tolerance and piety was damaged by its campaign to discredit Abolfotoh, who quit the Brotherhood to run for president, and its edict that it is a sin to vote for anyone not advocating implementation of Islamic Shariah law.

At a polling station in the village of Ikhsas, outside Cairo, a group of neighbors got into a friendly but frank debate.

"I voted Brotherhood for parliament but I find they are inflexible in their opinions and want to take everything. I can't now find them in the country's top job," Bassem Saber, a 31-year-old accountant dressed in the traditional local robes, told the circle of men. He now backs Abolfotoh.

Khaled el-Zeini, a Brotherhood backer, said people were being unfair.

Fares Kamel, a local trader, interjected with a shout against the Brothers, "We loved them and wanted them but we realized they are all about monopolizing power."

But the group has a powerful electoral machine.

In the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, Brotherhood vans ferried women supporters to the polls in the poor neighborhood of Abu Suleiman, one of the group's strongholds. The women, in headscarves or covered head to toe in black robes and veils that hid their faces, filed into the station.

"I want to give the Brotherhood a chance to rule," said Aida Ibrahim, a veteran Brotherhood member who was helping voters find their station. "If it doesn't work, they will be held accountable," she said.

Some Brotherhood supporters cited the group's years of providing charity to the poor ? including reduced-price meat, and free medical care.

"Whoever fills the tummy gets the vote," said Naima Badawi, a housewife sitting on her doorstep watching voters in Abu Sir, one of the many farming villages near the Pyramids being sucked into Cairo's urban sprawl.

There were only a few reports of overt violations of election rules Wednesday, mainly concerning candidates' backers campaigning near polling stations. Three international monitoring organizations, including the U.S.'s Carter Center, were observing the vote. Former President Jimmy Carter, the center's head, visited a polling station in the ancient Cairo district of Sayeda Aisha.

The election's winner will face a monumental task. The economy has been sliding as the key tourism industry dried up ? though it is starting to inch back up. Crime has increased. Labor strikes have proliferated.

And the political turmoil is far from over. The generals who took over from Mubarak have promised to hand authority to the election winner by the end of June. But many fear it will try to maintain a considerable amount of political say. The fundamentals of Mubarak's police state remain in place, including the powerful security forces.

"We will have an elected president, but the military is still here and the old regime is not dismantled," said Ahmed Maher, a prominent activist from the group April 6, a key architect of last year's 18-day uprising against Mubarak.

"The pressure will continue," he said. "People have finally woken up. Whoever the next president is, we won't leave him alone."

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Light pollution transforming insect communities

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Street lighting is transforming communities of insects and other invertebrates, according to research by the University of Exeter. Published today (23 May 2012) in the journal Biology Letters, the study shows for the first time that the balance of different species living together is being radically altered as a result of light pollution in our towns and cities.

Believed to be increasing by six per cent a year globally, artificial lighting is already known to affect individual organisms, but this is the first time that its impact on whole communities has been investigated.

This study shows that groups of invertebrates living near to artificial lights include more predators and scavengers. This could be impacting on the survival rates of different species, having a knock-on effect on birds and mammals that rely on these species for food. The effects could be affecting entire ecosystems and even humans.

The research team based their study in the market town of Helston in West Cornwall. They placed pitfall traps directly under and between street lamps that were 35 metres apart for a number of days and nights. This allowed them to compare, not only results for day and night, but also differences between areas under and away from street lights.

They collected 1,194 individuals covering 60 species. They discovered that total numbers were more abundant under street lights, where they also found more predatory and scavenging species, such as ground beetles and harvestmen. This was the case during the day, as well as at night, suggesting that the effect on communities is ongoing.

Lead author Dr Tom Davies of the Environment and Sustainability Institute at the University of Exeter's Cornwall Campus said: "Our study shows that light pollution could be having a dramatic effect on wildlife in our towns and cities. We need to be aware of how the increase in artificial lighting is impacting on the delicate ecosystems on which we all rely. Our research shows, for the first time, the changes that light pollution is making to entire communities of invertebrates. We now need to examine what impact this is having on other communities and how this may be affecting important ecosystem services and whether we should change the way we light urban spaces."

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Blame game begins after Facebook debacle

Brendan Mcdermid / Reuters

Monitors show the value of Facebook's stock Monday morning in New York.

By msnbc.com staff

Facebook stock's slide continued Monday, leaving some investors wondering about the outlook for the newly public social network.

Facebook's stock tumbled below its $38 IPO price on its second day of trading. By Monday afternoon the company?s share price was down 10 percent from Friday?s closing price of $38.23. (You can track the performance of Facebook?s stock price here.)

When a stock falls below its offer price so soon after an IPO it is considered a disappointment for the company, particularly when the IPO is the most heavily traded ever and concerns such a high profile company.

A number of reasons for the stock decline were offered by observers. Some pointed to underwriters offering too many shares, while others blamed an overly strong IPO price and worries about slowing revenue growth at the social network.

Investors and technology industry watchers are closely tracking the Menlo Park, Calif.-based company's shares. Facebook's initial public offering was one of the most anticipated ever and now serves as a bellwether for other social media companies.

?There must have been some sober second thoughts about this,? said Brian Wieser, an analyst at Pivotal Research Group who was first to come out with a ?sell? rating on Facebook's stock on Friday.

Daniel Ernst, principal at Hudson Square Research, said he still thinks Facebook is ?a fantastic company.?

?Fifty-three percent operating margins, 901 million users around the world. ? They can provide detailed targeting to advertisers,? he told CNBC. He noted that?many investors want to own Facebook?s stock, but for some the stock?s multiple -- a method for valuing companies and their stocks -- is too high.

?I really think we are in inning one of Facebook growth,? he said. ?I really think Facebook has something; for me, it?s just a question of price.?

Related: Facebook drops below $38 IPO price

Facebook?s market debut Friday suffered some hiccups.

Initial trading on the Nasdaq was delayed for?half an hour due to issues with some?orders. The stock closed Friday just a few cents above where it priced Thursday night. Although many investors had hoped for a big first-day pop, Facebook's stock opened Friday at $42.05 and fluctuated between $45 and $38 throughout the day before closing at $38.23.

Underwriting banks reportedly had to step in and buy shares to avoid the embarrassment of seeing the stock close below its IPO price on the first day of trading.

Bob Greifeld, chief executive of the Nasdaq stock market, admitted Sunday that technical issues had tarnished Facebook?s debut as a public company but argued that the technical glitches had not had an impact on the performance of the?shares.

Thomas M. Joyce, chairman and chief executive officer of trading firm Knight Capital Group, appeared on CNBC Monday to dissect Facebook?s first-day IPO flop Friday, and he laid the blame at Nasdaq?s door.

?This is arguably the worst performance by an exchange on an IPO -- ever,? said Thomas M. Joyce, chairman and chief executive officer of trading firm Knight Capital Group. "The failure was Nasdaq?s.?

Joyce argued that the Nasdaq snafu hurt the stock price.

?This was simply a technology problem,? Joyce told CNBC.??This was like your server going down, except on a massive scale. And instead of stepping back and rebooting, they kept plowing ahead.?

Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter, who came out with an "Outperform" rating on Facebook before its IPO, said investment banks that arranged the offering overestimated the demand.

Last week the bankers, led by Morgan Stanley, increased the offering price range. On Wednesday, the size of the offering was increased.?Both moves appeared to signal strong demand for the shares.

Related: Nasdaq ?embarrassed? about Facebook delay

?The late addition of 84 million shares to the offering overwhelmed demand, limiting the first day price,? Pachter said in a note to investors.

Deutsche Bank?s Brad Miller, an expert on pricing IPOs, said the?trading glitch?was due in part to the fact that it was?difficult to find a comparable company, or a competitor, to use when valuing the company.

Most IPOs value companies at well below?$25 billion, compared with more than $100 billion for facebook when it went public.

?It does create a bit of an issue,? he said on CNBC.

Miller said?Facebook?s lackluster performance might?make investors wary of investing in future?IPOs.

?Investors may take a pause after how the Facebook transaction has traded,? he said, adding that?market volatility is also an issue.

?April was the worst month in terms of money flows since 1984, and May is trending in that direction, so we need a turnaround in volatility,? he said. ?I think we are going to take a pause here in the new issue market (until we see the) macro issues subside.?

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Shares of Facebook are down more than 12 percent since the company went public on Friday, with CNBC's Kayla Tausche, Bob Pisani and David Faber.

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Singer Robin Gibb, Bee Gees co-founder, dies at 62

LONDON (Reuters) - Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb, who with brothers Barry and Maurice helped define the disco era with their falsetto harmonies and funky beats on hits like "Stayin' Alive" and "Jive Talkin'", has died after a long fight with cancer. He was 62.

The singer had colon and liver cancer and, despite brief improvements in his health in recent months, passed away on Sunday evening.

Gibb died at the London Clinic surrounded by his second wife Dwina, sons Spencer and Robin-John and daughter Melissa. Officials at the clinic declined to comment on Monday.

Barry, now the last surviving member of the Bee Gees, had been in Britain in recent weeks to see his ailing brother, but was in the United States when he died.

Funeral arrangements are expected to be announced later this week, a spokesman said.

"The family have asked that their privacy is respected at this very difficult time," read a statement on Gibb's website.

Fans, fellow musicians and politicians paid tribute to the musician, and at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas late on Sunday the show stopped for a moment of silence to honor him.

Canadian rocker Bryan Adams was among the stars who took to Twitter to say farewell.

"Robin Gibb RIP. Very sad to hear about yet another great singer dying too young," he wrote, referring to the death on Thursday of another giant of the disco era, Donna Summer. She was 63.

In Britain, former Prime Minister Tony Blair, a friend, called Gibb "a highly intelligent, interested and committed human being.

"He was a great friend with a wonderful open and fertile mind and a student of history and politics. I will miss him very much," he said in a statement. "My thoughts and prayers are with Dwina and all the family."

Gibb spent much of a career spanning six decades pursuing solo projects. But it was his part in one of pop's most successful brother acts, the Bee Gees, that earned him fame and fortune.

Born in 1949 on the Isle of Man, located between England and Ireland, Robin and his family moved to Manchester where the brothers performed in local cinemas.

They went to live in Australia where the Bee Gees as a group was officially born, and in 1963 released the first single "The Battle Of The Blue And The Grey."

Believing their future lay in Europe, the Gibb brothers travelled to England to pursue a career in music and had their first British number one with "Massachusetts" in 1967.

TRAIN CRASH

The same year, Robin and wife-to-be Molly survived the Hither Green rail crash in south London that claimed around 50 lives. He later recalled that they probably would have been killed had they not been sitting in a first class carriage.

Rather than build on the early successes, the Bee Gees almost threw away the promising career they had worked so hard to achieve.

After recording the double-LP set "Odessa," the siblings fell out over which track should be the single and Robin walked out. Two years later the Gibbs were back together, and the 1970s was to belong to them.

Early in the decade they released the ballads "Lonely Days" and "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart," which topped the U.S. charts in 1971.

They struggled to maintain the momentum and critics felt the brothers had become stale until, in 1975, the Bee Gees changed course with an emphasis on dance-friendly tunes featuring high harmonies on their 13th album "Main Course."

It produced the catchy chart-topper "Jive Talkin'," which then led to an invitation to contribute to the soundtrack for the upcoming movie "Saturday Night Fever."

The Bee Gees' contributions would prove the pinnacle of their fame - "Stayin' Alive," "How Deep Is Your Love," "Night Fever" and "More Than a Woman" are all among their most recognizable songs, featuring the band's distinctive high vocals and harmonies, disco beats and slower romantic ballads.

The combination of the movie, starring John Travolta as the white-suited dance king Tony Manero, and the accompanying hits, helped launch the disco phenomenon the world over.

LONG BATTLE WITH ILLNESS

The Bee Gees achieved superstardom with album sales estimated today at up to 200 million, putting them in the same league as the likes of the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd.

Explaining their success, Bruce Elder of the All Music Guide wrote: "The group ... managed to meld every influence they'd ever embraced, from the Mills Brothers and the Beatles and early-'70s soul, into something of their own that was virtually irresistible."

The magic did not last, however, and with the disco era waning Robin and his brothers faded quickly into obscurity, concentrating in the 1980s on producing and writing for other acts including Diana Ross.

A 1987 comeback album "E.S.P." was moderately successful and included the hit "You Win Again," although in the 1980s Robin was actively pursuing his solo career.

In 1988 Andy Gibb, the youngest brother who was also a pop star and teen idol, died aged 30. Maurice passed away in January 2003, at 53, of complications from a twisted intestine, a condition that plagued Robin towards the end of his life.

According to online reports, in 2010, Robin had surgery for a blocked intestine and suffered further stomach pains last year forcing him to cancel a series of shows in Brazil.

During surgery a tumor was discovered and he was diagnosed with cancer of the colon and, subsequently, the liver.

His gaunt, frail appearance led to media speculation that he was seriously ill, but in February he spoke of a "spectacular" recovery and later that month performed on stage for the last time in a charity concert in London.

He fell ill again and was unable to attend the world premiere of "The Titanic Requiem," his first classical work written with son Robin-John.

Robin-John told Reuters at the event that his father had contributed much of the requiem to the famous shipping disaster while in hospital.

(Reporting by Mike Collett-White, Piya Sinha-Roy, Bob Tourtellotte, Stephen Addison and Li-mei Hoang; writing by Mike Collett-White; editing by Paul Casciato)

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Your call center drives sales and marketing activity, helping you qualify leads, up-sell, cross-sell and close more business

Over at?Mashable,?Jeff Valentine?recently wrote a rebuttal to the claim?that mobile phone applications are spelling the end of call centers. But mobile apps, while no doubt a useful and growing part of any sales and marketing strategy, still don?t have the user buy-in or cost-effectiveness of call centers.

Citing reach (less than 50 percent of mobile phone users can use or actually access mobile apps), cost (calls aren?t as pricey as maintaining, launching and monetizing apps) and better, less expensive call centers (one word: innovation), Valentine handily banishes the notion that call centers will disappear anytime soon. But another reason call centers aren?t going anywhere: they drive activity. Specifically, marketing and sales activity. As a result, your onsite, remote or virtual call center makes a crucial contribution to your business? bottom line every single day.

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Call centers are key when it comes to closing sales, but they?re also your business? secret weapon when it comes to cross-selling and up-selling. Ifbyphone?s call center tools, for example, have an agent panel where?representatives?can see and edit call information?they can take notes on the lead quality while providing live assistance. With the agent panel information and CRM integration, agents can address callers by their name and view relevant call history. When your agent knows where your business last left off with the lead, they can build on that earlier rapport and?jump right into an up-sell or cross-sell.

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When leads need just one final push to move them to conversion, call centers save the day. Qualified leads and leads with particular scores can be routed to the agent best equipped to answer the prospect?s questions and make the sale. Managers can use call centers with real-time reporting?capability to see?and adjust?call flow. Call center tools that push lead information into your business? CRM make it easy for managers to see which agents are closing and how the call center is performing. With response time playing a crucial factor in close rates, managers can optimize call flow so that leads don?t wait a second longer on hold than they need to.

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Cancer Groups Recommend CT Scans for Lung Cancer

By Dr. VERONICA SIKKA

For the first time, several top cancer organizations are recommending that smokers and former smokers ages 55 to 74 years who have smoked at least one pack of cigarettes a day for at least 30 years get an annual low-dose CT (LDCT) ? a three dimensional X-ray ? to look for lung cancer.

The recommendations, put forth as a collaborative effort by the American Cancer Society, American College of Chest Physicians, American Society of Clinical Oncology, and National Comprehensive Cancer Network, were released this morning. They appear in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Each year, more Americans die from lung cancer than from breast, colon, and prostate cancers combined. It has held its position for years as the second most common cancer for both sexes in the United States. Only prostate cancer is more common than lung cancer in men. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women.

If detected early enough, lung cancer can be treated and survival chances improved. Despite this, until now there had been no formal recommendations on screening tests for this deadly cancer.

?We now have an important and critical tool to screen for the most common cancer in America, and can reduce the mortality through this screening,? says Dr. John Deeken, assistant?professor in the division of hematology/oncology at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

Still, the question of whether every person at high risk for lung cancer should get an annual low-dose CT scan is not so simple. Since the type of CT scan used exposes the patient to radiation, albeit a low-level dose, there is a small health risk posed by this screening.

If doctors detect a questionable cancerous mass through a CT scan, they may have evaluate it further through a minor surgery called a biopsy. In this procedure, a doctor will take a sample of the tissue for further testing to determine if the mass really is a cancer. While some of these may be cancerous, there are always a certain number which are not ? meaning that the detection and subsequent surgery may not have been technically necessary.

The new recommendation also begs the question of who will be paying for the test itself.

?The cost of LDCT is currently not covered as a standard test,? says Dr. Chao Huang, lung cancer specialist at the University of Kansas Cancer Center. ?Therefore, it is difficult to recommend this test when patients may be burdened by the cost of this test year after year.?

?The key question is when will more insurance companies, and most importantly Medicare, start paying for these screening tests,? Deeken says.

And then there is the issue of how many Americans will fall under the guidelines ? and whether the resources exist to screen all of them.

?We currently do not have the infrastructure to manage the potential number of patients that would qualify for screening,? Huang says.

These issues aside, one thing is clear: screening CTs have been shown to save lives. Dr. Keith Mortman, associate professor of clinical surgery at Georgetown University School of Medicine, explains that a major study in 2010 called the National Lung Screening Trial found a 20 percent reduction in lung cancer deaths in patients who were screened with low-dose CT scans as compared to those who got chest X-rays.

Dr. Herbert Kressel, a radiologist at Harvard Medical School, says that in light of this, the recommendation is a step in the right direction.

?Lung cancer is an important health problem with a poor prognosis when it is discovered at an advanced stage,? Kressel says. ?This study is important in further highlighting the importance of low dose CT screening for patients at high risk for lung cancer.?

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World leaders back Greece, vow to combat financial turmoil

CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - World leaders backed keeping Greece in the euro zone on Saturday and vowed to take all steps necessary to combat financial turmoil while revitalizing a global economy increasingly threatened by Europe's debt crisis.

A summit of the G8 leading industrialized nations came down solidly in favor of a push to balance European austerity - an approach long driven by German Chancellor Angela Merkel - with a new dose of U.S.-style stimulus seen as vital to healing ailing euro-zone economies. But it was clear that divisions remained.

"We commit to take all necessary steps to strengthen and reinvigorate our economies and combat financial stresses, recognizing that the right measures are not the same for each of us," the leaders said in a joint statement issued at their meeting at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland.

The message sent by the summit hosted by President Barack Obama reflected his own concerns that the euro-zone contagion, which threatens the future of Europe's 17-country single currency bloc, could hurt the fragile U.S. recovery and his re-election chances in November.

In their final economic communique, the Group of Eight leaders endorsed calls to broaden Europe's focus to more pro-growth remedies and said: "We reaffirm our interest in Greece remaining in the euro zone while respecting its commitments."

It was unusual for the often-bland G8 communique to single out a relatively small nation. But fears that a political stalemate in Greece would lead to its departure from Europe's monetary union at unknown costs to the financial system and global economic stability have spooked markets.

Spain too has roiled markets by revealing huge bad loans in its banking system as it struggles to rein in its budget while facing recession.

Merkel, increasingly isolated by a French-led push for a more growth-oriented approach, sought to play down the differences, saying: "Solid finances and growth belong inseparably together and should not be put into contrast."

Obama, who has pressed Europe for more growth-boosting measures like those he pursued at home, used his closing statement to remind euro-zone leaders that the stakes were high and there could be "enormous" costs to the global economy if they failed.

"Growth and jobs must be our top priority," he said, reaffirming his view that Europe has the capacity to meet the challenge.

Marc Chandler, currency strategist at Brown Brothers Harriman, said: "It is significant that a group as weighty as the G8 backs Greece and reinforces the idea that Europe needs a strong union. It strengthens its hand."

In another move to shore up shaky global growth, the G8 leaders said they would monitor oil markets closely and stand ready to seek an increase in supplies if needed. While crude oil prices have declined by 10 percent over the past month, the threat of sanctions on Iran loom next month.

The G8 said the global economic recovery shows promising signs but "significant headwinds persist."

CASUAL SETTING, TENSE ISSUES

The mountain cabins at Camp David where a shirt-sleeved Obama hosted the G8 leaders contrasted with recent tense meetings in European capitals about a sovereign debt crisis that just keeps getting worse.

The economic communique endorsed a recent political shift away from the budget-cutting austerity that has been championed by Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron as the route to prosperity.

Instead it recognized a common need to combine budgetary discipline with a growth strategy. This strengthens the hand of newly elected socialist French President Francois Hollande before a crucial European Union dinner on Wednesday to discuss growth.

The euro zone crisis took another lurch downward late last week when Spain revealed huge losses in its banking system and partially nationalized Bankia.

Cameron, after an early morning gym workout with Obama, said he detected a "growing sense of urgency that action needs to be taken" on the euro zone crisis. London relies heavily on international finance and banking instability would strike a fresh blow to an economy already in recession.

"Contingency plans need to be put in place and the strengthening of banks, governance, firewalls - all of those things need to take place very fast," he told reporters.

European leaders seemed keen to stress that they would stand firm in protecting their banks, after news of escalating bad loans raised the specter that rescuing Spain's banks would crash the euro zone's fourth largest economy.

"We will do whatever is needed to guarantee the financial stability of the euro zone," European Union President Herman Van Rompuy said, using language that ended up in the statement.

Hollande suggested using European funds to inject capital into Spain's banks, which would mark a significant acceleration of EU rescue efforts. But there was no direct mention of Spain in the communique or any indication of action leaders would take to combat the financial stresses.

GERMANY SOFTENING ON AUSTERITY

There already were signs of a softening in Germany's austerity stance as the meeting began.

Germany's largest industrial union, IG Metall, struck its biggest pay deal in 20 years early on Saturday. The 4.3 percent pay increase, more than double Germany's inflation rate, will boost worker buying power in the euro zone's richest nation and lift consumption. That is something the United States has urged as a means to bolster overall growth throughout the world's second largest economic region.

In the G8 group photo outside the presidential log cabin, Obama also sought balance. He stood with the leaders of Europe's two largest powers - France and Germany - to his right and his left respectively.

G8 leaders also raised pressure on Iran over its nuclear program, which they suspect has military objectives, by committing to a common approach. They pledged to implement sanctions fully against Tehran and indicated they would act together to lower oil prices if needed.

"Our hope is that we can resolve this issue in a peaceful fashion that respects Iran's sovereignty and its rights in the international community, but also recognizes its responsibilities," Obama told reporters.

The Camp David summit kicked off four days of intensive diplomacy that will test world leaders' ability to quell unease over the threat of another financial meltdown as well as plans to wind down the unpopular war in Afghanistan.

After the Camp David talks, Obama and several of the G8 leaders headed to his home town of Chicago where he will host a two-day NATO meeting at which the Afghanistan war will be the central topic.

(Additional reporting by Alister Bull, Jeff Mason, Caren Bohan, Stella Dawson, Elizabeth Pineau, Gleb Bryanski, and John Irish; Writing by Stella Dawson; Editing by Mary Milliken and Christopher Wilson)

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