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Were those the bones of Cleopatra's murdered sister?
Experts doubt that the 2,000-year-old bones, unearthed?in 1904 in what is now Turkey, belonged to?Arsinoe IV, Cleopatra's younger half-sister whom she ordered killed.?
The site of the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, where Cleopatra had her sister Arsinoe murdered.
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That's because the evidence linking the bones, discovered in an ancient Greek city, to?Cleopatra's sibling Arsinoe IV is largely circumstantial. A DNA test was attempted, said Hilke Thur, an archaeologist at the Austrian Academy of Sciences and a former director of excavations at the site where the bones were found. However, the 2,000-year-old bones had been moved and handled too many times to get uncontaminated results.
"It didn't bring the results we hoped to find," Thur?told the Charlotte News-Observer. She will lecture on her research March 1 at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh.
The Ptolemy's bloody history
Arsinoe IV was Cleopatra's younger half-sister or sister, both of them fathered by Ptolemy XII Auletes, though whether they shared a mother is not clear. Ptolemic family politics were tough: When Ptolemy XII died, he made Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy XIII joint rulers, but Ptolemy soon ousted Cleopatra. Julius Caesar took Cleopatra's side in the family fight for power, while Arsinoe joined the Egyptian army resisting Caesar and the Roman forces. [Cleopatra & Olympias: Top 12 Warrior Moms in History]
Rome won out, however, and Arsinoe was taken captive. She was allowed to live in exile in Ephesus, an ancient Greek city in what is now Turkey. However, Cleopatra saw her half-sister as a threat and had her murdered in 41 B.C.
Fast forward to 1904. That year, archaeologists began excavating a ruined structure in Ephesus known as the Octagon for its shape. In 1926, they revealed a burial chamber in the Octagon, holding the bones of a young woman.
Thur argues that the date of the tomb (sometime in the second half of the first century B.C.) and the illustrious within-city location of the grave, points to the occupant being Arsinoe IV herself. Thur also believes the octagonal shape may echo that of the great Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the?Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. That would make the tomb an homage to Arsinoe's hometown, Egypt's ancient capital, Alexandria. ?
Controversial claim
The skull of the possible murdered princess disappeared in Germany during World War II, but Thur found the rest of the bones in two niches in the burial chamber in 1985. The remains have been debated every step of the way. Forensic analysis revealed them to belong to a girl of 15 or 16, which would make Arsinoe surprisingly young for someone who was supposed to have played a major leadership role in a war against Rome years before her death. Thur dismisses those criticisms.
"This academic questioning is normal," she told the News-Observer. "It happens. It's a kind of jealousy."
In 2009, a BBC documentary, "Cleopatra: Portrait of a Killer," trumpeted the claim that the bones are Arsinoe's. At the time, the most controversial findings centered on the body's lost skull. Measurements and photographs of the incomplete skull remain in historical records and were used to?reconstruct the dead woman's face.
From the reconstruction, Thur and her colleagues concluded that Arsinoe had an African mother (the Ptolemies were an ethnically Greek dynasty). That conclusion led to splashy headlines suggesting that Cleopatra, too, was African.
But classicists say the conclusions are shaky.
"We get this skull business and having Arsinoe's ethnicity actually being determined from a reconstructed skull based on measurements taken in the 1920s?" wrote David Meadows, a Canadian classicist and teacher, on his blog?rogueclassicism.
Not only that, but Cleopatra and Arsinoe may not have shared a mother.
"In that case, the ethnic argument goes largely out of the window," Cambridge classics professor Mary Beard wrote in the?Times Literary Supplement?in 2009.
Without more testing, the bones remain in identification limbo.
"One of my colleagues on the project told me two years ago there is currently no other method to really determine more," Thur told the News-Observer. "But he thinks there may be new methods developing. There is hope."
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Green Day's Armstrong comes clean on drink, prescription drugs
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong said alcohol and prescription drug abuse forced him into rehab last year after sessions when he would black out and have no memory of what he had done.
"I couldn't predict where I was going to end up at the end of the night," Armstrong, 41, the lead vocalist and songwriter for the California punk rock band told Rolling Stone magazine in an interview.
"I'd wake up in a strange house on a couch. I wouldn't remember how. It was a complete blackout," he said, opening up about years of addiction to drink and prescription drugs.
Green Day canceled their fall tour last year and postponed other dates after Armstrong entered treatment for what was described at the time only as "substance abuse."
Armstrong said he decided finally to seek help after an onstage rant at the IHeartRadio music festival in Las Vegas in September 2012, where he angrily smashed his guitar after being told the band needed to wrap up their time on stage.
Referring to the Las Vegas incident, Armstrong said "I remember tiny things."
"The next morning, I woke up. I asked (my wife) Adrienne, "How bad was it?" She said, "It's bad." I called my manager. He said, "You're getting on a plane, going back to Oakland and going into rehab immediately," the singer told the magazine in an advance excerpt released on Tuesday.
The band said in December that it would return to the road in March and Armstrong thanked fans for their support.
Green Day, formed in the late 1980s, has sold more than 65 million records worldwide, won five Grammys and produced hit albums such as 1994's "Dookie," and 2004's "American Idiot."
They are due to kick off their tour in Chicago on March 28.
Armstrong's full interview with Rolling Stone will be available on U.S. newsstands on Friday.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Jill Serjeant and Eric Walsh)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/green-days-armstrong-comes-clean-drink-prescription-drugs-014338456.html
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This Could Be The World?s First 3D-Printed Car
With 3D printing on the verge of going mainstream, you can manufacture almost anything. As of November 2010, you can add a 3D-printed car to that list, too.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/PNO50sHwv-g/
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Huawei, LG pitch tents in growing Firefox OS camp
While we doubt Huawei or LG were singing "I'm late, I'm late for a very important date..." at MWC this year, in hindsight they likely would have enjoyed sharing what arguably became the biggest deal of this show. Unfortunately the two handsets we caught up with at Telefonica's booth were behind glass and no amount of reason was going to see them sprung. Obviously the Huawei offering isn't close to ready as it is running on an Android set, though, the LG while powered off certainly looked like a complete housing featuring the requisite home button. So it would seem Firefox OS has become a waiting game as we sit and tally what other manufacturers feel it's safe to jump on board. Short gallery of the two devices under glass are just below.
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
USD/CHF: Swiss Franc trading higher this morning | GCI Forex News
GCI Forex News - USD/CHF: Swiss Franc trading higher this morning
USDCHF Movement
For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD rose marginally against the CHF and closed at 0.9316.
In the Asian session, at GMT0400, the pair is trading at 0.9300, with the USD trading 0.17% lower from yesterday?s close.
The pair is expected to find support at 0.9241, and a fall through could take it to the next support level of 0.9183. The pair is expected to find its first resistance at 0.9349, and a rise through could take it to the next resistance level of 0.9399.
Ahead in the day, the Swiss employment numbers for fourth quarter of 2012 are set to be released at 08:15 GMT. The Q3 employment level stood at 4.1 million and investors foresee a drop in the level in the Q4 FY2012.
The currency pair is showing convergence with its 20 Hr and 50 Hr moving averages.
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Deadly storm dumps snow in North, rain in South
Hurricane force winds blew into Texas creating a 'historic' blizzard and whiteout conditions in the Texas-Oklahoma panhandle. Kansas also saw its share of snow as the storm blew north, and blizzard warnings are in effect. The Weather Channel's Mike Seidel reports.
By Ian Johnston and Matthew DeLuca, NBC News
A powerful winter storm continued to hit much of the country Tuesday, with heavy snow spreading from the Plains to the Great Lakes and severe thunderstorms possible in the South, forecasters warned.
The National Weather Service said the storm would ?continue to bring a variety of hazards? to the affected areas. Winds have been gusting up to hurricane strength, with 84 mph recorded at El Paso, Texas.
The storm was blamed for at least two deaths on Monday: Heavy snow caused a roof of a house in Woodward, Okla., to collapse, killing one person inside, and in northwest Kansas, a 21-year-old man was killed when his SUV overturned on an icy patch of Interstate 70. A third death was reported on Tuesday, after a female passenger died in a pickup truck accident on an icy strip of road overnight. Three others were injured in the accident.
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?We have roofs collapsing all over town,? Woodward Mayor Roscoe Hill, Jr., told Reuters. ?We really have a mess on our hands.?
The storm brought the February total in Wichita, Kansas, to 21 inches, breaking a 100-year-old record for the month, NBC station KSN reported. A KSN reporter was covering the storm when a building collapsed under the weight of snow.?
Authorities pleaded with people to stay off the roads because of what Weather Channel meteorologist Greg Postel described as a ?really nasty blizzard.?
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A fallen tree limb blocks his drive as John Cushing shoves snow Tuesday in Kansas City, Mo.
The NWS said that heavy snow would spread from the Plains to the Great Lakes, with ?blizzard conditions possible through early Tuesday.?
?On the south side of the storm system, severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall are possible across portions of the Gulf Coast and Southeast,? it added.
Severe thunderstorms and the threat of heavy rainfall remained possible over sections of the southeastern states and the Gulf Coast on Tuesday, the NWS said, as the south side of the storm system moved through the area.
A waterspout came ashore in Tampa, Fla., damaging a Westin hotel, WTSP reported. Winds of 90 mph were reported in Cedar Key, and trees and power lines were down.?
Charleston, S.C., broke its record for rain for the month with 10.46 inches -- and more was falling.?
In a storm summary message posted at 4 a.m. ET, the weather service said blizzard warnings were in effect for parts of central northern Oklahoma with storm watches and warnings in effect for some places from central Oklahoma into the southern Great Lakes.
In Chicago, the wintry mix could affect voter turnout in the special primary to replace former Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., in the Illinois 2nd District. As much as five inches of slushy snow was expected in the city?s southern suburbs, and a storm watch has been issued for the northern part of the state.
Michael Schumacher / AP
Drivers attempt to deal with tricky conditions on the I-40 service road Monday after a blizzard blasted Amarillo and the Texas Panhandle.
Storm watches and warnings were also in effect for portions of the Appalachians, mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states, while ice storm warnings and freezing rain advisories were in effect for parts of West Virginia.
The NWS warned of high winds in the Appalachians in Tennessee, North Carolina and southern Virginia.
In Texas, residents discovered that even their snowdrifts are bigger as they began to dig out from a whopping 19 inches of snow in Amarillo that stranded as many as 100 motorists in the Panhandle and caused Gov. Rick Perry called out military forces.
Farther south, there were flood and flash-flood warnings and watches for ?much of the Gulf Coast and southeast U.S. from Louisiana to Georgia.?
Flood watches were also in effect for parts of the mid-Atlantic Region, the NWS notice added, as rain was expected throughout the greater Washington, D.C., area on Tuesday. The mix of rain and wind was expected to begin by noon, picking up through?the later part of the day. Meteorologists warned people should expect more rain than sleet as temperatures were likely to remain above freezing. The rain should move out of the area by Wednesday morning, and might yield to sunny skies later in the afternoon.
Commuters in New York City and the tri-state area should also expect to see a late-afternoon cocktail of rain, sleet, and snow. The worst of the storm was likely to hit overnight, though morning commuters might also catch the tail of the storm on Wednesday, forecasters said. As much as six inches of snow could accumulate at higher elevations inland.
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Syria says ready to talk with armed opposition
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Syria is ready to hold talks with its armed opponents, Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said on Monday, in the clearest offer yet of negotiations with rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad.
But Moualem said Syria would continue its fight "against terrorism", a reference to its conflict with anti-Assad rebels in which the United Nations says 70,000 people have been killed.
"We are ready for dialogue with everyone who wants it ... Even with those who have weapons in their hands. Because we believe that reforms will not come through bloodshed but only through dialogue," Russia's Itar-Tass news agency quoted Moualem as saying.
He was speaking in Moscow, a staunch ally of Assad, where he was meeting Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Moaz al-Khatib, head of the opposition Syrian National Coalition, told reporters in Cairo he had not yet been in contact with Damascus about any talks, but said he had postponed trips to Russia and the United States "until we see how things develop".
Syria's government and opposition have both suggested in recent weeks they are prepared for some contacts - softening their previous outright rejection of talks to resolve a conflict which has driven nearly a million Syrians out of the country and left millions more homeless and hungry.
But the opposition has said any political solution to the crisis must be based on the removal of Assad, whose family has ruled Syria since 1970. The government has rejected any pre-conditions for talks aimed at ending the violence, which started as a peaceful pro-democracy uprising.
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The two sides also differ on the location for any talks, with the opposition saying they should be abroad or in rebel-held parts of Syria. Assad's government says any serious dialogue must be held on Syrian territory under its control.
Adding to the difficulty of any negotiated settlement is the lack of influence that Syria's political opposition - mostly operating outside the country - has over the rebel forces on the ground who appear determined to fight on until Assad goes.
Itar-Tass did not report any further comments by the minister on the prospect for talks and did not say whether Moualem spelt out any conditions for starting dialogue.
"What's happening in Syria is a war against terrorism," the agency quoted him as saying. "We will strongly adhere to a peaceful course and continue to fight against terrorism."
The Syrian National Coalition said on Friday it was willing to negotiate a peace deal, but insisted Assad could not be party to any settlement - a demand with which the president appears in no mood to comply.
U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Assad had told him he intended to remain president until his term ends in 2014 and would then run for re-election.
The political chasm between the government and rebels and a lack of opposition influence over rebel fighters has allowed fighting to rage on for 23 months in Syria, while international diplomatic deadlock has prevented effective intervention.
Moualem's comments echoed remarks last week by Minister for National Reconciliation Ali Haidar, who said he was ready to meet the armed opposition. But Haidar drew a distinction between what said might be "preparatory talks" and formal negotiations.
Assad, announcing plans last month for a national dialogue to address the crisis, said that there would be no dialogue with people he called traitors or "puppets made by the West".
(Writing by Dominic Evans; Editing by Alistair Lyon)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-government-says-ready-talk-armed-opposition-agency-091612112.html
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Monday, February 25, 2013
Samsung confirms Galaxy S IV launch on March 14th in NYC
It was true. And then it wasn't. Now, here at MWC in Barcelona, Samsung has finally confirmed its rumored March 14th launch event for the much-anticipated Galaxy S IV. The smartphone giant's latest flagship is set to debut in New York City, apparently by popular demand. "We introduced the Galaxy S III in London last year," Samsung Electronics' mobile division chief JK Shin told Edaily news. "This time we changed the Venue (to New York)... as we were bombarded with requests from US mobile carriers to unveil the Galaxy S IV in the country." As with any such announcement, details are sparse at best, so we'll need to wait a few more weeks before confirming specs and appearance for the Galaxy S III successor. But, as always, you're welcome to shout out your best guesses in the comments.
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/24/samsung-confirms-galaxy-s-iv-launch-on-march-14th-in-nyc/
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Jennifer Lawrence, 'Silver Linings' Win Big At 2013 Indie Spirits
The 'Silver Linings Playbook' star's win was one of four awards the dramedy took home a day before the Oscars.
By MTV News Staff
Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and David O. Russel at the 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards
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Redlands resident Jan Pflaum wants to empower women with her clothing design, Alwayskeepyoursparkle.com. Contributed image.
It?s a simple concept ? keeping your spirits up during the down times. As a former hospice nurse in Las Vegas, Jan Pflaum, 67, saw plenty of suffering, but did her best to keep patients upbeat.
To empower women enduring chemotherapy and radiation, Jan, a widow for 15 years, designed shirts, hats and scarves to promote cancer awareness and to encourage a positive attitude. The clothing is sold through her website, Alwayskeepyourspark.com. Jan hopes to donate a portion of her proceeds ? items cost about $14 apiece ? to nonprofits.
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Saturday, February 23, 2013
Baseball. Friday's Baseball Game vs. Air Force Moved Up to 1 p.m.
Feb. 21, 2013
KINSTON, N.C. - The start time for the Navy-Air Force baseball game on Friday in Kinston, N.C., has been moved up to 1 p.m. The teams were scheduled to play at 6 p.m., but weather concerns forced the game to be moved up earlier in the day.
The teams are slated to play a doubleheader at 2 p.m. on Saturday and a single game at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, however game times for those contests could also change due to poor weather.
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London Irish go back to basics against Wasps
Glen Delaney has promised London Irish will get back to basics in their bid to avoid relegation from the Aviva Premiership.
Irish had won five of their previous six games in all competitions going into Saturday?s 40-16 defeat at Bath.
And forwards coach Delaney said: ?We did not put our best effort on the park, but what we?ve been doing since the end of December has been working for us. We have to put on the park what we have been doing in the last seven weeks.
?Wasps possess dangerous weapons in Joe Simpson, Tom Varndell and Christian Wades. They also have Billy Vunipola and Ashley Johnson to carry in the pack.
?You don?t get in the top four without being a good team. But we have fancied ourselves against the top sides and we can raise our game.?
Delaney, formerly director of rugby at Nottingham, believes there are players in the Championship that Irish should consider for next season. Exiles have been linked with Rotherham centres Fergus Mulchrone and Eamonn Sheridan.
And Delaney said: ?I would not be surprised if those two made it into Premiership clubs.
?I tried to sign Fergus Mulchrone at Nottingham two years ago when he was coming out of Sale. He looked a decent prospect back then.
?There are a lot of very good Championship players out there.
?Jon Fisher has done incredibly well. He was released by London Irish and became battle-hardened at Bedford before rejoining the club.
?There are a lot of guys in the England team who took the Championship route.
?You get players from a very tough competition, who are desperate. Economically they tend to play well above their rate.?
Irish have included Chris Hala?ufia and Ofisa Treviranus in their side to face Wasps.
Treviranus comes in at openside flanker for Jebb Sinclair who is rested. Hala?ufia has recovered from the flu, which kept him out of last weekend?s match, to be named at number 8. Sailosi Tagicakibau has recovered from a knee injury and is named as a replacement. Bryn Evans will captain the side.
London Irish director of rugby Brian Smith said: ?Wasps are a formidable team riding high in the Aviva Premiership so they?ll give us a very tough test on Sunday. In saying that we do pretty well against the top four teams at home and our boys are itching to put in a big performance for our supporters on Sunday.?
London Irish team to face London Wasps:
15. Tom Homer; 14. Topsy Ojo; 13. Guy Armitage; 12. Shane Geraghty; 11. Marland Yarde; 10. Ian Humphreys; 9. Pat Phibbs; 1. Max Lahiff; 2. Scott Lawson; 3. Halani Aulika; 4. George Skivington; 5. Bryn Evans (Captain); 6. Matt Garvey; 7. Ofisa Treviranus; 8. Chris Hala?ufia
Replacements: 16. Davy McGregor; 17. Jerry Yanuyanutawa; 18.Leo Halavatau; 19. Kieran Low; 20. Jamie Gibson; 21. Jon Fisher; 22. Sailosi Tagicakibau; 23. Jack Moates
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Ubuntu on Phones preview now available
IOS and Android finally have some real competition! Ubuntu has announced that the Touch Developer Preview will be available at the Mobile World Congress. The first phone to be supported with Debian Linux derivative operating system will be the Nexus 4. Other phones will, including existing models, will be support later in 2013. Detailed information [...]
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Friday, February 22, 2013
Chicago district disappointed in Jesse Jackson Jr.
CHICAGO (AP) ? Residents in this swath of sprawling Chicago neighborhoods and suburbs have brimmed with loyalty to Jesse Jackson Jr. over the past 17 years, giving him an enthusiastic majority each election ? even after questionable links to ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich, reports of an extramarital affair and a bizarre five-month medical leave.
But the former congressman's guilty plea to charges that he lived off and lavishly spent campaign money for personal use ? on everything from toilet paper to mink capes ? has turned the tide. In territory where it was difficult to scrape up any criticism of Jackson, his Chicago alderman wife or his famous civil rights leader father, the mood is now simply one of disappointment.
"He knew better; it was a very stupid thing to do," said 75-year-old Jeannette Reese, shaking her head as she grocery-shopped at a busy shopping complex. "He and his father came to our church. I thought he was the real thing."
Reese said she had voted for the younger Jackson for years.
Jackson, who resigned from office in November, pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Washington to criminal charges that he engaged in a scheme to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items. He faces up to 57 months ? more than four years ? in prison and a fine, under a plea deal with prosecutors.
It was an emotional day for Jackson, 47, who held back tears as he addressed the federal judge, just hours before his wife pleaded guilty to filing false joint federal income tax returns that knowingly understated the income the couple received. She faces up to two years in prison and a fine.
"I did these things," Jackson told the judge, adding later, "Sir, for years I lived in my campaign."
Jackson first won office in a 1995 special election and developed widespread support from mayors who said he delivered and constituents who valued his family legacy and said he gave them a voice. That support persevered even through an intense primary challenge last year from former one-term U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson who made Jackson's ethical troubles central to her campaign. He came away with the easy majority even as he remained under a House Ethics Committee investigation for ties to Blagojevich, who's serving a federal prison sentence on allegations that he tried to profit from President Barack Obama's former U.S. Senate Seat.
Even the most loyal Jackson supporters who praised him for bringing home nearly $1 billion in federal funding to the district were rattled.
"I hate that circumstances ended up like they did," said Ford Heights Mayor Charles Griffin. His small community south of Chicago ? one of Illinois' poorest ? got a boost in its water system because of Jackson.
Still, Griffin did not want to pile on criticism. "His situation is between the court system and the family," the mayor said.
Next week, voters in the heavily Democratic district head to the polls in a special primary to replace him. The crowded field of candidates includes Halvorson, former state Rep. Robin Kelly and Chicago Alderman Anthony Beale.
Jackson is scheduled to be sentenced June 28 and his wife on July 1. Both Jacksons, who maintain homes in Washington and Chicago, are free until sentencing.
More details emerged in a 22-page statement compiled by prosecutors and filed Wednesday. In it, Jackson admitted that he and his wife used campaign credit cards to buy thousands of personal items worth $582,772.58 from 2005 through April of last year. The most lavish purchases included the spending of more than $43,000 on a gold-plated men's Rolex watch.
Court papers said more than $60,000 was shelled out for restaurant, nightclub and lounge outings. Money was also spent on a washer, a dryer, a range and a refrigerator for the Jacksons' Chicago home.
Jackson even arranged for the use of campaign money to buy two mounted elk heads for his congressional office, according to court documents.
Jackson entered the courtroom Wednesday holding hands with his wife and looking a bit dazzled as he surveyed the packed room. He kissed his wife and headed to the defense table.
After the hearing he shouted to a reporter: "Tell everybody back home I'm sorry I let them down, OK?"
The Chicago Democrat disappeared from the public eye last June for a medical leave, though details on his condition and location were always scarce. Doctors later said he suffers from bipolar disorder and was hospitalized at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.
His attorney said after the court appearance that Jackson's health is "not an excuse" for his actions, "just a fact." Jackson's father has said that his son remains under strict medical supervision.
One attorney, Reid Weingarten, told reporters after the hearing that there's reason for optimism.
"A man that talented, a man that devoted to public service, a man who's done so much for so many, has another day," he said. "There will be another chapter in Jesse Jackson's life."
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Associated Press writers Frederic J. Frommer and Pete Yost in Washington contributed to this report.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/chicago-district-disappointed-ex-congressman-081448785.html
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AntiViral for iOS and Android
AntiViral is out for iOS and Android (both Full and Lite versions).
AntiViral is a fast paced top-down shooter where you fight off hordes of viruses inside the human body.
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McGee leaves Carver HS for Auburn football administrative post
Young lifts Arkansas past Dawgs
Young lifts Arkansas past Dawgs
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - BJ Young hit a spinning layup in the lane with 6 seconds remaining to give Arkansas a 62-60 win over Georgia on Thursday night. The win is the third straight for the Razorbacks,More >>FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - BJ Young hit a spinning layup in the lane with 6 seconds remaining to give Arkansas a 62-60 win over Georgia on Thursday night. The win is the third straight for the Razorbacks,More >>
McGee leaves Carver HS for Auburn football administrative post
McGee leaves Carver HS for Auburn football administrative post
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Carver football coach Dell McGee said on Thursday he is leaving the high school coaching ranks to take an administrative job with the Auburn University football program. The AuburnMore >>COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Carver football coach Dell McGee said on Thursday he is leaving the high school coaching ranks to take an administrative job with the Auburn University football program. The AuburnMore >>
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COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Carver football coach Dell McGee said on Thursday he is leaving the high school coaching ranks to take an administrative job with the Auburn University football program.
The Auburn grad led the Carver program for eight seasons, going 88-19 with seven straight region titles, four trips to the GHSA state semifinals, and the Class AAA state title in 2007. The Tigers have a 44-game region winning streak, dating back to 2006.
McGee played his college ball at Auburn, lettering as a defensive back from 1992-95. He played one season in the NFL, for the Arizona Cardinals.
He is one of three high school coaches hired by new Auburn coach Gus Malzahn over the past week to fill administrative roles. The others are Chip Lindsey of Spain Park and Brent Dearmon of B.C. Rain.
McGee says he'll begin his new duties on Monday.
Source: http://www.wtvm.com/story/21303799/mcgee-leaves-carver-hs-for-auburn-football-administrative-post
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Mailfred Temporarily Archives and Sets Reminders for Gmail Messages
Chrome: When you check your email but don't actually have time to reply to anything it's easy to lose those messages in the clutter of your inbox. Mailfred is a simple Chrome extension that allows you to schedule reminders to followup.
Mailfred works similar to the previously mentioned Boomerang, but it's free to use since it uses an extension and a Google Script to get the job done. When you're in your inbox, you can schedule a reminder for a message at a specific time, or a later date. The message then gets archived and you get a desktop notification from Chrome when it's time to check again. It's a simple extension without a ton of features, but it does its job well.
Mailfred | Chrome Web Store via Addictive Tips
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