Dan Henderson gets bigger payday than Ronda Rousey, but disclosed sums don?t tell whole story

The California Athletic Commission announced the reported salaries from UFC 157 over the weekend. While Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche dominated headlines with the first female bout in UFC history, it was Lyoto Machida and Dan Henderson who made the biggest sums of reported money after squaring off in 157's co-main event.

Here are the reported salaries of the top five fights from the card (via MMA Weekly):

Ronda Rousey: $90,000 (includes $45,000 win bonus) def. Liz Carmouche: $12,000

Lyoto Machida: $200,000 (no win bonus) def. Dan Henderson: $250,000

Urijah Faber: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus) def. Ivan Menjivar: $17,000

Court McGee: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus) def. Josh Neer: $16,000

Robbie Lawler: $105,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Josh Koscheck: $78,000

It may stand out to the casual fan that Rousey and Carmouche made much less money on paper than Henderson and Machida. But there are a few things to consider as the money disclosed here is only what promoters are required to report by law.

[Also: Concern is growing among devoted followers of popular UFC fighter Wanderlei Silva]

It does not include money the fighters make of pay-per-view sales. Quite often, fighters at the top of the card will make a percentage of the pay-per-view profits. Early reports have UFC 157 with 400-500,000 pay-per-views, so it could mean a good payday for the headliners.

The UFC also is known to give out "locker room bonuses," or extra money because of a good performance that they are not required to report to the athletic commissions.

During the run-up to UFC 157, Carmouche talked about how she didn't have much furniture in her home and drove a rundown car. UFC president Dana White promised after the fights that her furniture-less days are over.

"She going to have a kitchen table, and a couch, and whatever else the [expletive] she wants," White said.

Also, Henderson and Machida are UFC veterans whose payouts are decided by their contracts well in advance of their fights. Rousey and Carmouche were the main event because the UFC standard is to put the championship fight as the main event. Henderson and Machida taking home more listed money is akin to Mike Trout making $480,000 and Vernon Wells making $21 million for the Los Angeles Angels. Trout finished second in American League MVP voting but makes much less because he's a rookie and not a veteran like Wells.

To use another example, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick made much less money than backup Alex Smith. Kaepernick will eventually get paid as his star blossoms but it doesn't change the paycheck he took home from the Super Bowl.

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How P&G opened its doors to innovation ? Business Management ...

For generations, Procter & Gamble innovated from within. The giant consumer products company that makes Tide detergent and Crest toothpaste conducted research-and-development veiled in secrecy.

Under A.J. Lafley, P&G?s now-retired CEO, the company?s closed innovation process began to open up. The firm began to partner with universities, suppliers and other companies with the goal of joining forces to create new products.

Lafley initiated this shift in 2000 when he concluded that P&G?s internal labs could not keep pace with fast-changing consumer trends. The company?s huge size also meant its innovation teams needed to keep producing hit after hit just to maintain organic growth targets. This pressure became unsustainable.

As a result, Lafley embarked on a new path. He devised the ?Connect + Develop? initiative in which P&G abandoned its long-standing tradition of relying solely on its own in-house breakthroughs. For the first time, it looked outside for new ideas.

To facilitate such a dramatic turnaround in P&G?s entrenched culture, ?Lafley encouraged employees to look for inventive ideas wherever they could find them. He welcomed key outsiders, from scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratories to entre??preneurs and inventors, to participate in P&G?s once-secretive research discussions. The company even staged online contests in which outside experts could compete to solve technical problems.

In another startling move, P&G and Google exchanged employees for a few weeks in 2008. Lafley?s team gained insight into online marketing while Google learned about building a brand.

Thanks to this new approach, P&G has doubled its innovation success rate while reducing its research-and-development costs. Examples of new products include the highly profitable Swiffer duster (adapted from a product invented in Japan) and Mr. Clean Magic Eraser (licensed from German chemical firm BASF).

? Adapted from Need, Speed, and Greed, Vijay Vaitheeswaran, HarperBusiness.

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Elon professor has 'silent conversations' with students, faculty | The ...

In one of the large Lakeside Conference Rooms at Elon University, there is a simple arrangement: two chairs facing each other, an oriental rug and a plain sign asking for silence. Ken Hassell, associate professor of art, sits silent and motionless in one of the chairs with a blanket over his lap.

His eyes are closed until a visitor sits across from him. Then his performance begins. He looks directly into the eyes of the visitor until they leave.

For seven hours a day for three days, Hassell performed for the Department of Art and Art History?s biennial faculty exhibition.

This meditative performance will open up different ways of experiencing another human being in a nonjudgmental atmosphere, Hassell said.

Ken Hassell and junior Caroline Hood silently converse Feb. 26 in one of the new Lakeside Conference Rooms. Photo by Stephanie Butzer, arts & entertainment editor.

?I was pretty nervous,? said senior David Wood. ?I sat down and my heart was pounding a little bit. We were staring at each other and he calmed me down. Even though there were no words you feel vey relaxed in there.?

The performance?s goal was to expel premeditated and definite ways of examining others. ?Hassell said he hopes each individual interaction will help both parties to experience each other in a way that exceeds formulaic identity.

?My intention, in this context, is for the participants, the audience and the entire university to be a part of this process that might provoke conversations and insights into diversity and inclusiveness well beyond this performance and into the classroom and daily life,? Hassell said in a media release.

All Hassell asks of his visitors is for their silence during the ?conversation.?

?I gave it a shot,? Wood said. ?I?ve never done this before. It interested me to see how I feel and we saw other people do it. Some people were crying and laughing. But it was a good experience and I?ll probably never get to do it again.?

Hassell is re-fabricating an idea that originally came from Marina Abramovic?s performance art. She created the idea at the Museum of Modern Art in 2010 by sitting in a wooden chair for seven hours a day. Museum visitors were invited to sit across from her.

Hassell was quick to acknowledge that his presentation is very different from Abramovic?s. While she carried out her art in the MoMA, Hassell performed in the private university in North Carolina where there are many students, faculty members and staff.

In both Abramovic and Hassell?s performances, the participant and artist are on an equal level of power, understanding and inclusiveness. For each to work, there must be public involvement.

?I think that people underestimate how difficult it is to sit there and really be silent,? Wood said. ?He has that self-control and strength it takes to sit there and just stare at someone and have no emotions. For that amount of time, it?s pretty hard.?

Freshman Osca Opoku sat in the chair facing Hassell for almost 20 minutes.

?After a while I started to feel ? and we had been pretty still for a while ? like I might be looking in a mirror and he might be me,? Opoku said. ?It sounds kind of crazy but it?s a very interesting experience. I think you have to try it for yourself to see what you feel.?

At the end of the second day, Hassell said he felt exhausted. He had interacted with many students and faculty with a lot of downtime in between visits. Some people stayed for less than a minute while others silently ?conversed? with him for almost half an hour. He said those who stay longer tend to get more out of the experience.

?After a while, they transform,? Hassell said. ?They become different. There?s something happening within themselves that allows their face to almost transform in some way and show something different about them. It?s just remarkable to me.?

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Pujols to begin running, preparing for opening day

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) ? Albert Pujols is nearly ready to start running on the field in the Los Angeles Angels slugger's deliberate recovery from offseason surgery on his right knee.

Pujols is taking batting practice and running on a treadmill at spring training, and he participated in fielding drills Tuesday. He's expected to start running on the field later this week. The $240 million first baseman isn't expected to play in a Cactus League game until mid-March, but Angels manager Mike Scioscia has no doubt Pujols will be ready for opening day.

Pujols is the Angels' only position player who hasn't played a game in spring training yet. New right fielder Josh Hamilton debuted for Los Angeles against Arizona on Tuesday.

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Film of Austrian girl's hostage ordeal premieres

VIENNA (AP) ? The story of Natascha Kampusch, who grew from a 10-year old to a young woman as a captive of a sadistic abductor, is now a movie.

The film depicting her more than eight-year long ordeal premiered late Monday in Vienna. Titled "3096 Days," the English-language film is based on Kampusch's biography.

Thure Lindhardt, who played abductor Wolfgang Priklopil, says the role was "challenging," while Campbell-Hughes describes her portrayal of Kampusch as "a very great responsibility."

Prominent Austrians in the audience came away impressed. Former Interior Minister Karl Blecha said the film succeeded in depicting the horrors of Kampusch's torment.

Kampusch was snatched off a Vienna street when she was 10 and held prisoner until she fled in August 2006. Priklopil committed suicide within hours of her escape.

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Pistorius representatives name substance found

FILE - In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 Olympic athlete, Oscar Pistorius, in court in Pretoria, South Africa, for his bail hearing charged with the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Even if Pistorius is acquitted of murder, firearms and legal experts in South Africa believe that, by his own account, the star violated basic gun-handling regulations by shooting into a closed door without knowing who was behind it, exposing himself to the lesser but still serious charge of culpable homicide. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

FILE - In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 Olympic athlete, Oscar Pistorius, in court in Pretoria, South Africa, for his bail hearing charged with the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Even if Pistorius is acquitted of murder, firearms and legal experts in South Africa believe that, by his own account, the star violated basic gun-handling regulations by shooting into a closed door without knowing who was behind it, exposing himself to the lesser but still serious charge of culpable homicide. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

FILE - in this photo taken Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius stands in the dock during his bail hearing at the magistrate court in Pretoria, South Africa. Even if Pistorius is acquitted of murder, firearms and legal experts in South Africa believe that, by his own account, the star violated basic gun-handling regulations by shooting into a closed door without knowing who was behind it, exposing himself to the lesser but still serious charge of culpable homicide. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe-File)

FILE - In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius stands in the dock during his bail hearing at the magistrate court in Pretoria, South Africa. Even if Pistorius is acquitted of murder, firearms and legal experts in South Africa believe that, by his own account, the star violated basic gun-handling regulations by shooting into a closed door without knowing who was behind it, exposing himself to the lesser but still serious charge of culpable homicide. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe-File)

JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? Oscar Pistorius' representatives have named the substance found in his bedroom after the shooting death of his girlfriend as Testis compositum and said Wednesday it is an herbal remedy used "in aid of muscle recovery."

A product called Testis compositum is also marketed as a sexual enhancer, good for lack of stamina. Some online retailers advertise oral and injectable forms as testosterone boosters and say it can aid sexual performance.

South African police said during Pistorius' bail hearing that they found needles in Pistorius' bedroom along with the substance, which they initially named as testosterone. Prosecutors later withdrew that statement identifying the substance and said it had been sent for laboratory tests and couldn't be named until those tests were completed.

Pistorius family spokesperson Lunice Johnston said in an email to The Associated Press on Wednesday that the athlete's lawyers had confirmed that the substance is Testis compositum. In court last week, Pistorius' defense lawyer Barry Roux said the substance was not banned by sports authorities, but it had been unclear what it was and what the exact name was.

A product called Testis Compositum is made by Biologische Heilmittel Heel GmbH, based in Baden-Baden, Germany. The company website says it is one of the world's leading makers of homeopathic combination medications.

A U.S. subsidiary, Heel USA Inc., markets the product in tablet form only and spokeswoman Joan Sullivan said she didn't know if injectable versions are sold in other countries. Heel USA's website says the product provides temporary relief for men's "sexual weakness" and lack of stamina.

The U.S.-sold tablets contain 23 ingredients, including pig testicles, pig heart, pig embryo and pig adrenal gland, cortisone, ginseng and other botanicals. It also contains several minerals, according to a list Sullivan provided.

Charles Yesalis, a Penn State professor emeritus and expert on steroid use in sports, said animal steroids likely wouldn't have an athletic performance-enhancing effect unless taken in huge quantities. Even so, he said many elite athletes would be wary of using such supplements because they can be laced with banned substances and few would want to risk it.

The company website listed a South African subsidiary as ModHomCo (Pty) Ltd., based in Centurion, near Pretoria. That company couldn't immediately be reached for comment.

Pistorius was charged with premeditated murder in the Feb. 14 shooting death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. He says he shot her by accident after mistaking her for an intruder in his home. Prosecutors allege he intended to kill her.

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AP Medical Writer Lindsey Tanner in Chicago contributed to this report.

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Buffy's Mom On 'The Following': Kristine Sutherland Guest Stars (VIDEO)

Yep, that was Buffy's mom on "The Following."

Kristine Sutherland, a.k.a. Joyce Summers to legions of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" fans, appeared in the Monday, Feb. 25 episode of the Fox drama as Agent Parker's (Annie Parisse) mother in flashbacks to the time the agent confronted her parents 15 years after fleeing a cult.

Post-"Buffy," Sutherland's other TV credits include "Comanche Moon" and "One Life to Live." "Buffy" creator Joss Whedon recently revealed that killing off Sutherland's character was one of the toughest deaths he's ever written. Hey, at least she's alive (in a flashback) on "The Following."

"The Following" airs Mondays at 9 p.m. EST on Fox.

• "The Following"

  "The Fall": Ryan Hardy (Kevin Bacon) is at the mercy of Joe Carroll's (James Purefoy) followers with the FBI at his back. Meanwhile, Claire (Natalie Zea) runs into trouble when she meets Charlie (guest star Tom Lipinksy), a new follower in the Monday, Feb. 25 episode of "The Following" at 9 p.m. on Fox. Pictured: Shawn Ashmore and Kevin Bacon

• "Castle"

  "Hunt": It's part two of an epic "Castle" two-parter. The FBI has failed to get Castle's daughter back so he takes matters into his own hands. James Brolin guest stars as Castle's dad on the Monday, Feb. 25 episode of "Castle" at 10 p.m. on ABC. Pictured: Nathan Fillion

• "The Mindy Project"

  "The One That Got Away": Mindy (Mindy Kaling) reunites with her first kiss, Sam (Seth Rogen) on the Tuesday, Feb. 26 episode of "The Mindy Project" at 9:30 p.m. on Fox. Pictured: Seth Rogen and Mindy Kaling

• "Smash"

  "The Song": Ronnie (Jennifer Hudson) does a Bravo special and struggles to assert herself with her overbearing mother (Sheryl Lee Ralph). Meanwhile, Karen (Katharine McPhee) gets Jimmy (Jeremy Jordan) a big opportunity, but his pride may get in the way on the Tuesday, Feb. 26 episode of "Smash" at 10 p.m. on NBC. Pictured Megan Hilty, Katharine McPhee

• "Survivor: Caramoan -- Fans vs. Favorites"

  "There?s Gonna be Hell to Pay": Alliances shift and unrest ensues. Plus, Corinne and Malcolm's bond leads to a discovery that could liven up the game on the Wednesday, Feb. 27 episode of "Survivor" at 8 p.m. on CBS. Pictured Edward "Eddie" Fox of the Gota Tribe.

• "Arrow"

  "Dead to Rights": DC Comics scribe Geoff Johns penned the episode that sees Oliver (Stephen Amell) learning that Deadshot (Michael Rowe) is still alive and Malcolm (John Barrowman) is his next target on the Wednesday, Feb. 27 episode of "Arrow" at 8 p.m. on The CW. Pictured: Stephen Amell

• "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"

  "Last Woman Standing": David Cassidy guest stars as Peter Coe, a prominent poker player in town for a tournament, on the Wednesday, Feb. 27 episode of "CSI" at 10 p.m. on CBS. Pictured: David Cassidy

• "The Americans"

  "Comint": An agent crumbles under emotional distress and threatens to destroy the network of KGB informants. Meanwhile, Philip and Elizabeth (Keri Russell) infiltrate the FBI's new communications encryption system on the Wednesday, Feb. 27 episode of "The Americans" at 10 p.m. on FX. Pictured: Keri Russell

• "Community"

  "Alternative History of the German Invasion": The study group begins their European History class with Professor Noel Cornwallis (Malcolm McDowell). Meanwhile, Change (Ken Jeong) returns to Greendale on the Thursday, Feb. 28 episode of "Community" at 8 p.m. Pictured: Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Alison Brie, Joel McHale, Malcolm McDowell, Yvette Nicole Brown, Donald Glover

• "Malibu Country"

  "Oh Brother": Reba (Reba McEntire) gets a surprise visit from her brother Blake (Blake Shelton). Blake's armed with a plan to make their mother's (Lily Tomlin) BBQ sauce into a business on the Friday, March 1 episode of "Malibu Country" at 8:30 p.m. on ABC. Pictured: Lily Tomlin, Juliette Angelo, Blake Shelton, Reba McEntire

• "Once Upon a Time"

  "The Queen is Dead": Mary Margaret (Ginnifer Goodwin) and David (Josh Dallas) try to stop Regina (Lana Parrilla) and Cora (Barbara Hershey) from getting Rumplestiltskin's dagger. Lesley Nicol of "Downton Abbey" fame guest stars on the Sunday, March 3 episode of "Once Upon a Time" at 8 p.m. on ABC. Pictured: Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas

• "The Good Wife"

  "Going for the Gold": Elsbeth (Carrie Preston, left) must resort to creative measures to help Eli (Alan Cumming, right) defend himself against the Justice Department, on Sunday, March 3 episode of "The Good Wife" at 9 p.m. on CBS. Pictured: Carrie Preston and Alan Cumming

• "Girls"

  "It's Back": Hannah (Lena Dunham) attempts to hide her anxiety about her book from her visiting parents (Becky Ann Baker and Peter Scolari) and Marnie (Allison Williams) is stunned to learn that Charlie (Chris Abbott) has started a successful app company on the Sunday, March 3 episode of "Girls" on HBO at 9 p.m. Pictured: Lena Dunham and Jemima Kirke

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'Breaking Amish' to return for second season

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Sabrina, Abe, Rebecca, Jeremiah and Kate from TLC's "Breaking Amish."

By Ree Hines, TODAY contributor

It's back -- or it will be soon! TLC's controversial docuseries, "Breaking Amish," is set to return for a second season in May.

On Monday, the network announced that Abe, Rebecca, Kate, Sabrina and Jeremiah are all onboard for the new season, which will follow the group as they attempt to make a new life for themselves in Florida.

The announcement promised "more love triangles, dramatic moments between the roommates, a number of surprise visits, financial woes, and major career decisions," but for many viewers, those moments won't be the only reason to tune in.

After all, there's just as much appeal is trying to figure out if the on-screen action is the real deal.

Shortly after the freshman season of the show launched in 2012, rumors began to circulate about the Amish and Mennonite stars and whether or not they were they really leaving their old lifestyles behind for the first time. While some of those rumors were cleared up or confirmed last season, including those about a previous marriage and a secret baby for one cast member, other mysteries about the group remain.

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Hathaway wins Oscar for best supporting actress

Actress Anne Hathaway arrives at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday Feb. 24, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP)

Actress Anne Hathaway arrives at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday Feb. 24, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP)

Actress Anne Hathaway arrives at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday Feb. 24, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP)

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Anne Hathaway has won the Academy Award for best supporting actor for her teary, show-stopping performance in "Les Miserables."

Hathaway famously cropped her hair on camera playing the gaunt Fantine, and her full-throated, one-take rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream" was classic Oscar-winning stuff. She was one of the night's most obvious shoo-ins, having swept the major awards leading up to the Oscars.

It's Hathaway's first Oscar. She was previously nominated in 2008 for "Rachel Getting Married."

The other nominees Sunday night were Amy Adams ("The Master"), Sally Field ("Lincoln"), Helen Hunt ("The Sessions") and Jacki Weaver ("Silver Linings Playbook").

The 85th Academy Awards are airing live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles with host Seth MacFarlane.

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Lowe's 4Q net income tops expectations

NEW YORK (AP) ? Home improvement retailer Lowe's Cos. credits cleanup efforts after Superstorm Sandy and its new pricing strategy for fourth-quarter earnings that surpassed Wall Street expectations.

The results are a sign that people are beginning to feel better about spending money on their homes as the housing market slowly recovers. Analysts will be watching Lowe's larger rival Home Depot's earnings report on Tuesday to see if its results show a similar story.

Lowe's CEO Robert Niblock said the company is seeing a pickup in spending even in areas of the country hit hardest by the housing slump, like Florida, Arizona and California.

"Rising home values have given homeowners additional confidence in spending on their homes," Niblock said in an interview with The Associated Press.

Lowe's net income fell 11 percent from last year's quarter, which included an extra week of revenue. Its earnings forecast for the year was below expectations but its revenue projection beat the consensus.

Mooresville, N.C.-based Lowe's has revamped its pricing structure, offering what it says are permanent low prices on many items across the store instead of fleeting discounts. It has also focused on hiring more workers and improving its inventory. In January it said it planned to hire 45,000 seasonal workers ahead of its busy spring season and add 9,000 part time employees on a permanent basis.

In a call with analysts, Chief Customer Officer Greg Bridgeford said the pricing strategy helped spur strong sales of cabinets and countertops, tools and outdoor power equipment.

During the quarter, the number of transactions fell 6.9 percent, mainly due to the extra week in the quarter a year ago. But average ticket rose 2.1 percent to $62.37.

Lowe's net income totaled $288 million, or 26 cents per share, for the three months ended Feb. 1. That's down from $322 million, or 26 cents per share, a year ago. Analysts expected 23 cents per share, according to FactSet.

There were 11 percent fewer shares outstanding in the latest quarter than a year ago. That increases the value of each share. An extra week in the quarter last year had boosted year-ago earnings by 5 cents per share.

Revenue fell 5 percent to $11.05 billion from $11.63 billion. Analysts expected $10.85 billion. Revenue in stores open at least one year rose 1.9 percent. The measure is a key gauge of a retailer's fiscal health because it excludes stores that open or close during the year.

Morningstar analyst Peter Wahlstrom said the quarter was generally good and in line with his expectations, helped by better gross margins ? the amount of each dollar in revenue a company actually keeps ? and a lower share count.

Standard & Poor analyst Michael Souers kept his "Sell" recommendation on the stock.

"While we see a modest recovery in housing, we see rising interest rates as a threat to home refinancing, a key driver of remodeling," he said.

For the fiscal year, net income rose 7 percent to $1.96 billion, or $1.69 per share, from $1.84 billion, or $1.43 per share. Revenue edged up to $50.52 billion from $50.21 billion last year.

Lowe's, which operates 1,754 stores in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, expects fiscal 2013 net income of $2.05 per share. Analysts expect $2.10 per share.

The company expects revenue to rise 4 percent, implying revenue of $52.54 billion. Analysts expect $51.69 billion.

Shares slipped 2 cents to $37.65 in morning trading Monday. They have traded in a 52-week range of $24.76 to $39.98.

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Oil price gains to above $94 on weaker dollar

The price of oil rose by more than a dollar Monday, to above $94 a barrel, as it recovered from sharp drops last week and echoed strong gains in European stock markets.

By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for April delivery was up $1.11 to $94.24 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 29 cents to settle at $93.13 in New York on Friday.

Oil dived last week on the possibility that the Federal Reserve might stop offering monetary stimulus, which its most recently released minutes suggested was possible. That would strengthen the dollar, making crude more expensive for international investors, and shut off a supply of money that some say had been fueling speculative trades in commodity markets.

The price of crude stabilized Friday, helped by the European Commission's prediction that the recession afflicting the economy of the 17 countries sharing the euro will bottom out during the first half of the year.

Investors, meanwhile, are keeping an eye on a new round of talks beginning Tuesday in Kazakhstan between Iran and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program.

Iran, nominally one of the world's top oil producers, has had to make substantial output cuts because U.S.-led sanctions are greatly limiting its crude exports.

Also supporting prices was a broad rise in stock markets that suggested a more positive view of global economic growth. The gains were driven by Japan, where investors expected the next head of the Bank of Japan to be supportive of looser monetary policy to kick-start growth.

That helped offset a survey showing Chinese manufacturing declined to a four-month low in February. While the survey temporarily sent oil prices to a session low of $92.96, some analysts said the result may not be as bad as it seems because of the weeklong Lunar New Year holiday, which fell in mid-February this year.

In London, Brent crude was up $1.55 to $115.65 on the ICE futures exchange in London.

In other energy futures trading on Nymex:

? Wholesale gasoline was up 5.18 cents at $3.3176 a gallon.

? Heating oil added 3.99 cents to $3.1417 a gallon.

? Natural gas jumped 10.9 cents to $3.40 per 1,000 cubic feet.

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Italians head to polls in crucial vote for Europe

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Supporters cheer comedian-turned-political agitator, Beppe Grillo, as he arrives for his final rally in Rome's Piazza San Giovanni on Friday. Italians are fed up, and no one is tapping that emotional vein better than comic-turned-political agitator Grillo and his anti-establishment 5 Star Movement.

By Catherine Hornby, Reuters

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ROME - Italians began voting on Sunday in one of the most closely watched elections in years, with markets nervous about whether it will produce a strong government to pull Italy out of recession and help resolve the euro zone debt crisis.?

A huge final rally by anti-establishment-comedian-turned-politician Beppe Grillo on Friday before a campaigning ban kicked in has highlighted public anger at traditional parties and added to uncertainty about the election outcome.?

Voters started casting their ballots at 7 a.m. (1 a.m. ET). Polling booths will remain open until 9 p.m. (4 p.m. ET) on Sunday and between?6 a.m. and 2 p.m.?(midnight and 10 a.m. ET) on Monday. Exit polls will come out soon after voting ends and official results are expected by early Tuesday.?

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Comedian-turned-political agitator, Beppe Grillo, speaks during his final rally in Rome's Piazza San Giovanni on Friday.

The election is being followed closely by financial markets with memories still fresh of the potentially catastrophic debt crisis that brought technocrat Prime Minister Mario Monti to power more than a year ago.?

Italy, the euro zone's third-largest economy, is stuck in deep recession, struggling under a public debt burden second only to Greece's in the 17-member currency bloc and with a public weary of more than a year of harsh austerity policies.?

Economic austerity has fueled anger among Italians grappling with rising unemployment and shrinking disposable incomes, encouraging many to turn to Grillo, who has tapped into a national mood of disenchantment.?

Final polls published two weeks ago showed center-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani with a 5-point lead, but analysts disagree about whether he will be able to form a stable majority that can push though the economic reforms Italy needs.?

Bersani is now thought to be just a few points ahead of center-right rival Silvio Berlusconi, the four-times prime minister who has promised tax refunds and staged a media blitz in an attempt to win back voters.?

Berlusconi criticism?
Berlusconi hogged the headlines on Sunday after he broke the campaign silence the previous evening attack magistrates, saying they were "more dangerous than the Sicilian mafia" and had invented allegations he held sex parties to discredit him.?

The 76-year-old billionaire, who faces several trials on charges ranging from fraud to sex with an underage prostitute, was criticized by his election rivals for making the comments after the campaigning ban had come into force.?

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Silvio Berlusconi, leader of People of Freedom party, appears on a screen during his political rally in Naples Friday.

While the center left is still expected to gain control of the lower house, thanks to rules that guarantee a strong majority to whichever party wins the most votes nationally, a much closer battle will be fought in the Senate, which any government also needs to control to be able to pass laws.?

Seats in the upper house are awarded on a region-by-region basis, meaning that support in key regions can decisively influence the overall result.?

Pollsters still believe the most likely outcome is a center-left government headed by Bersani and possibly backed by Monti, who is leading a centrist coalition.?

But strong campaigning by Berlusconi and the fiery Grillo, who has drawn tens of thousands to his election rallies, have thrown the election wide open, causing concern that there may be no clear winner.?

Surveys have shown up to 5 million voters are expected to make up their minds at the last minute, adding to uncertainty.?

Italy's Interior Ministry urged some 47 million eligible voters to not let bad weather forecasts put them off, and said it was prepared to handle snowy conditions in some northern regions to ensure everyone had a chance to vote.?

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Finchem says PGA Tour opposes ban on anchoring

MARANA, Ariz. (AP) ? PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem threw a big wrinkle into the plan to outlaw the anchored putting stroke when he said Sunday the tour opposed the ban because there was not enough evidence to suggest players had an advantage by using a long putter.

"We hold the USGA in highest regard as a key part of the game of golf," Finchem said. "We don't attempt to denigrate that position in any way whatsoever. It's just on this issue, we think if they were to move forward they would be making a mistake."

The U.S. Golf Association and the Royal & Ancient Golf Club announced Nov. 28 a proposed rule that would prohibit players from anchoring the club to their body, the method used for belly putters and broom-handled putters that are pressed against the chest.

Three of the last five major champions used a belly putter.

The governing bodies are nearing the end of a 90-day comment period before deciding whether to adopt the rule, which would not take effect until 2016. Finchem has been meeting with his players the last few months, with USGA executive director Mike Davis presenting the rule to a player meeting in San Diego last week. Finchem sent a letter to the USGA and R&A on Friday to state the tour's position.

The PGA of America also opposes the ban.

"I think the essential thread that went through the thinking of the players ... was that in the absence of data or any basis to conclude that there is a competitive advantage to be gained by using anchoring, and given the amount of time that anchoring has been in the game, that there is no overriding reason to go down that road," Finchem said.

The long putter has become a polarizing issue in recent years, even though it has been around for the last four decades.

The USGA and R&A said they wanted to ban the anchored stroke because they felt it took too much skill out of the game. Its goal was to define the golf stroke as the club moving freely through the entire swing. They conceded in November there was no empirical data, only a recent spike in more players using long putters.

Finchem wanted to make clear that the PGA Tour was not in a "donnybrook" with the USGA over who sets the rules. Rather, he was responding to its request for comment. Even so, it puts the USGA in a position of going through with the ban or backing down because the PGA Tour opposes it.

Finchem has said over the last month that while slightly different rules for the PGA Tour are acceptable, he did not think anchoring would be one of them. And he did not indicate which direction the tour would go if the USGA followed through with the ban.

"I haven't spent much time worrying about that," Finchem said. "That would be speculation, and I haven't really thought about it. I've thought more about some areas of bifurcation, whether it would work or not. But I think that the focus here ought to be, if possible, to go down the same road, everybody go down the same road on anchoring, and that's certainly where we are right now.

"We just hope they take our view on it," he said. "We'll see."

The USGA issued a statement that it is listening to "many productive conversations across the golf community" on the proposed rule.

"As we consider the various perspectives on anchoring, it has always been our position that Rule 14-1b aims to clarify and preserve the traditional and essential nature of the golf stroke, which has helped to make golf a unique and enjoyable game of skill and challenge," the statement said.

The USGA said it would decide on the proposed rule in the spring.

The tour's opposition to the anchoring ban was not surprising. Finchem met with his 16-member Player Advisory Council and policy board last week, and several players had indicated that the tour would go against the USGA.

Where it leads is still up in the air.

Finchem said the lack of empirical data was a problem, along with the fact golf's governing bodies have allowed long putters over the last two generations of golf. He suggested that if the USGA had tried to ban the anchored stroke in 1975, not many would have protested.

"I think we could understand it if for some reason or another ... it had negative results for the game of golf," Finchem said. "We have to look at it from the standpoint of is it good, bad or indifferent for the game as a whole ? professional level, amateur level ? and we conclude that it's not (a bad thing)."

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Investors face another Washington deadline

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Investors face another Washington-imposed deadline on government spending cuts next week, but it's not generating the same level of fear as two months ago when the "fiscal cliff" loomed large. ...

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Grants for Veterans Going to College

WEYERS CAVE --Community colleges in Virginia received grants to help put veterans back to work. The grants are from the Virginia Industry Foundation, or VIF.

Some of the grants will go to the Valley. The grants will help veterans attending Blue Ridge Community College.

Grants will be offered to military veterans who are going into manufacturing careers. The plan is called M2M, Military to Manufacturing.

This program will be used at community colleges around the state. The goal is to help veterans transition from the military into a new field.

A spokeswoman with the VIF said the organization wanted to have an 81-percent placement rate after vets graduate. Veterans at Blue Ridge Community College said opportunities like these could open new doors.

"This means it's going to be a second chance at life, I mean, the opportunities are hard when you first get out of the military, I can vouch for that personally. Coming to school has helped me striving for my own dreams and that right there is going to help other veterans for what they are striving for," said Cpl. Keith G., II.

The program will also offer veterans a certification in the manufacturing field. The grant will also go towards any remedial classes needed to graduate.

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Brian Fryer headed to Canadian Football Hall of Fame

Former Edmonton Eskimo and University of Alberta Golden Bears receiver Brian Fryer is headed to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.

The news was announced this afternoon on TSN by another former Eskimo, in 2012 Hall of Fame inductee Damon Allen.

Fryer goes in after a CIS career that saw him named a three-time Canada West all-star in four years at the U of A. He left the school second all-time in Canada West history in receiving yards in a season (1,068), receptions in a season (58), had the most receiving touchdowns in a season (14), the most receiving career receiving yards (2,655) and most career receptions (136).

While playing for the Bears, Fryer had a string of impressive accomplishments:

• - Five all-purpose touchdowns in a single game in 1973.
• - First Canadian university player to have over 1,000 receiving yards.
• - Set the single-game receiving yards record (227).
• - First winner of the Bill Woywitka Trophy (team MVP).

Fryer went from the U of A to the Washington Redskins, who took him 234th overall in the 1976 NFL draft. He joined the Eskimos in 1978, just in time to be a part of Edmonton?s five-in-a-row championship run in the CFL. He?s gone on to be the executive director of Football Alberta. Fryer was an Alberta High School Sports Hall of Fame inductee in 2008.

The other five inductees to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame are former Toronto Argonaut and Calgary Stampeder Dan Ferrone (player); former Hamilton Tiger-Cats Miles Gorrell (player) and Earl Winfield (players); longtime referee John Ireland (builder) and former St. Francis Xavier coach, Atlantic Bowl and the Canadian College Bowl/Vanier Cup ?founder Don Loney (builder).

For full details, check the CFL?s press release.

The Eskimos will host the hall of fame induction weekend this year, which is also the 50th edition of the event. The date will be set for the induction shortly after the release of the 2013 CFL schedule, with CFL alumni and fans encouraged to attend. Eskimos season seat holders have first crack at the best seats for the Hall of Fame weekend events.

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Jay-Z & Justin Timberlake Announce ?Legends Of The Summer? Tour

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N. Korea: Nuclear test will keep 'hostile' US at bay

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects a Korean People's Army Unit in this undated picture released by the official KCNA news agency on Thursday.

By David Chance, Reuters

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea has bolstered its defenses against a "hostile" United States with its third nuclear test, it said on Thursday, noting that countries that had bowed to U.S. pressure to abandon their nuclear plans had suffered "tragic consequences."

Pyongyang?carried out its largest nuclear test to date last week, in defiance of U.N. resolutions, prompting warnings of tougher sanctions for the isolated and impoverished state and its young ruler, Kim Jong Un.

Libya abandoned its nuclear program in 2003 in a bid to mend relations with the United States and later saw leader Moammar Gadhafi overthrown in an uprising that was eventually supported militarily by Washington.

North Korea releases a new propaganda video calling the U.S. hostile and showing images of President Obama superimposed with flames. Meanwhile, residents line the streets of Pyongyang celebrating the country's recent nuclear test. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

In apparent reference to Libya, North Korea said it never backed down.

"The tragic consequences in those countries which abandoned halfway their nuclear programs... clearly prove that the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) was very far-sighted and just when it made the (nuclear) option," North Korea's KCNA news agency said.

Kim staged the latest test in response to tighter U.N. sanctions imposed in January after the country launched a long-range rocket last year in a move that critics said was designed to prove technology for an intercontinental ballistic missile.

North Korea has recently stepped up its rhetoric against South Korea, threatening to destroy its rich, democratic neighbor.

Most military assessments suggest that North Korea would lose any war against the U.S.-backed South and that its leaders would not risk a major conflict.

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Police add more confusion to Oscar Pistorius case

Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius stands inside the court as a police officer looks on during his bail hearing at the magistrate court in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. A South African judge says defense lawyers will need to offer "exceptional" reasons to convince him to grant bail for Oscar Pistorius, when a hearing resumes Wednesday. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius stands inside the court as a police officer looks on during his bail hearing at the magistrate court in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. A South African judge says defense lawyers will need to offer "exceptional" reasons to convince him to grant bail for Oscar Pistorius, when a hearing resumes Wednesday. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Investigating officer Hilton Botha, sits inside the court witness box during the Oscar Pistorius bail hearing at the magistrate court in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Olympic athlete Pistorius is charged with premeditated murder for the Feb. 14 shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. The bail hearing continues. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius stands inside the court as a police officer looks on during his bail hearing at the magistrate court in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. A South African judge says defense lawyers will need to offer "exceptional" reasons to convince him to grant bail for Oscar Pistorius, when a hearing resumes Wednesday. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

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PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) ? The prosecution case against Oscar Pistorius began to unravel Wednesday with revelations of a series of police blunders and the lead investigator's admission that authorities have no evidence challenging the double-amputee Olympian's claim he killed his girlfriend accidentally.

Detective Hilton Botha's often confused testimony left prosecutors rubbing their heads in frustration as he misjudged distances and said testosterone ? banned for professional athletes in some cases ? was found at the scene, only to be later contradicted by the prosecutor's office.

The second day of what was supposed to be a mere bail hearing almost resembled a full-blown trial for the 26-year-old runner, with his lawyer, Barry Roux, tearing into Botha's testimony step by step during cross examination.

Police, Botha acknowledged, left a 9 mm slug from the barrage that killed Reeva Steenkamp inside a toilet and lost track of illegal ammunition found inside the house. And the detective himself walked through the crime scene without wearing protective shoe covers, potentially contaminating the area.

Authorities, Roux asserted, were selectively taking "every piece of evidence to try to extract the most possibly negative connotation and present it to the court."

The case has riveted South Africa, with journalists and the curious crowding into the brick-walled courtroom where Pistorius, dubbed the Blade Runner for his prosthetic legs, faces a charge of premeditated murder in the Valentine's Day slaying.

Pistorius says he mistook Steenkamp for an intruder and shot her out of fear, while prosecutors say he planned the killing and attacked her as she cowered behind a locked bathroom door.

The day seemed to start out well for the prosecution, with Botha offering new details of the shooting that appeared to call into question Pistorius' account of the moments leading up to the 29-year-old model's death.

Ballistic evidence, he said, showed the bullets that killed her had been fired from a height, supporting the prosecution's assertion that Pistorius was wearing prosthetic legs when he took aim at the bathroom door. The athlete has maintained he was standing only on his stumps, and felt vulnerable and frightened as he opened fire from a low position.

Projecting a diagram of the bedroom and the bathroom, prosecutor Gerrie Nel said it showed Pistorius had to walk past his bed to get to the bathroom and could not have done so without seeing that Steenkamp was not asleep there.

"There's no other way of getting there," Nel said in disputing Pistorius' claim that he had no idea Steenkamp was no longer in bed when he pumped four bullets into the bathroom door, striking her with three.

Botha backed the prosecutor up, saying the holster for Pistorius' 9 mm pistol was found under the left side of the bed, where Steenkamp slept, and it would have been impossible for Pistorius to get the gun without checking to see if she was there.

"I believe that he knew that Reeva was in the bathroom and he shot four shots through the door," the detective said.

Botha described how bullets struck Steenkamp in the head and shattered her right arm and hip, eliciting sobs from Pistorius, who held his head in hands.

However, when asked if Steenkamp's body showed "any pattern of defensive wounds" or bruising from an assault, Botha said "no." He again responded "no" when asked if investigators found anything inconsistent with Pistorius' version of events, though he later said nothing contradicted the police version either.

Testimony began with the prosecutor telling the court that before the shooting, a neighbor heard "nonstop" shouting between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. at Pistorius' upscale home in a gated community in the capital, Pretoria.

However, Botha later said under cross examination that the witness was in a house 600 yards (550 meters) away, possibly out of earshot. He cut that estimate in half when questioned again by the prosecutor, as confusion reigned for much of his testimony.

At one point, Botha told the court that police found syringes and two boxes of testosterone in Pistorius' bedroom ? testimony the prosecution later withdrew, saying it was too early to identify the substance, which was still being tested.

"It is not certain (what it is) until the forensics" are completed, Medupe Simasiku, a spokesman for South Africa's National Prosecution Agency, told The Associated Press. It's not clear if it was "a legal or an illegal medication for now."

The defense also disputed the claim. "It is an herbal remedy," Roux said. "It is not ... a banned substance."

Still, Botha offered potentially damaging details about Pistorius' past, saying the athlete was once involved in an accidental shooting at a restaurant in Johannesburg and asked someone else "to take the rap."

The runner also threatened men on two separate occasions, Botha said, allegedly telling one he'd "break his legs."

The detective said police found two iPhones in Pistorius' bathroom and two BlackBerrys in his bedroom, and none had been used to phone for help. Guards at the gated community did call the athlete, Botha said, and all he said was: "I'm all right," as he wept uncontrollably.

Roux later suggested that a fifth phone, not collected by the police, was used by Pistorius to call for help.

The question now is whether Botha's troubled testimony will be enough to convince Chief Magistrate Desmond Nair to keep Pistorius in prison until trial. While Pistorius faces the harshest bail requirements under South African law, the magistrate has said he would consider loosening them based on testimony in the hearing. Final arguments were scheduled for Thursday.

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Gerald Imray reported from Johannesburg. Associated Press writer Michelle Faul in Johannesburg contributed to this report.

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Jon Gambrell can be reached at www.twitter.com/jongambrellAP. Gerald Imray can be reached at www.twitter.com/geraldimrayAP.

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Apple : Je iphone herstarten bij vastloper

Elk apparaat waar een processor inzit, loopt wel eens vast. Bij de iPod komt het wel eens voor en bij de iPhone is het natuurlijk niet veel anders. Mocht het gebeuren dat het scherm niet meer reageert, de knopjes ?dood? lijken of de iPhone helemaal niet meer aan gaat (en je weet zeker dat de batterij niet leeg is), dan zijn er verschillende oplossingen die je kunt uitproberen. De 5 oplossingen die de meeste kans op succes bieden, lees je in onderstaande link.

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