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Time catches up with India's traditional bazaars (Reuters)

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) ? Foreign supermarket giants eyeing India may see rich pickings at New Delhi markets like Karol Bagh, where shoppers must negotiate a plethora of dubious-looking power lines, stinking rubbish piled high on sidewalks and cars parked three deep.

There is money in the narrow and clogged streets here, part of India's $450 billion retail sector that ranks as one of the last frontier markets unpenetrated by global retailers.

But the ragged, tiny shops seem a stain on the Asian juggernaut's modern ambitions.

Hard bargaining with often-unscrupulous shopkeepers is needed by shoppers here -- as is patience, when a cocktail of power cuts and summer heat can ruin packaged foods, and tolerance, when the occasional gob of spit flies across the customer's feet.

Such scenes seem ripe for Western-style supermarkets that promise a cheaper and wider range of goods in the comfort of air conditioning for millions of the middle class -- a prospect which moved closer to fruition when the government approved their entry into Asia's third-biggest economy.

"Of course I'm scared for my business. Wouldn't a small elephant be afraid of a giant elephant chasing them?" said 49-year-old Dinesh Kumar Trehan, owner of a small shop in Karol Bagh, established in 1952, where he sells belts and bags.

Until now, people like Trehan have not been concerned. He owns one of an estimated 12 million retail outlets, the highest density in the world, according to Mckinsey.

Despite a rapidly modernising $1.6 trillion economy, supermarkets account for just over 2 percent of India's retail sector. Airports may be spanking new and 3G telephony common, but India's shops rank along with its pot-holed roads as largely unmoved by two decades of economic boom.

While Indian supermarkets have been here for years, their impact has been small and they have been hamstrung by funding problems and poor infrastructure. Enter the likes of Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Carrefour SA and Tesco Plc, which Mckinsey estimates could claim a 25 percent market share in urban areas.

Among many Indians there is innocent enthusiasm for supermarkets that may surprise the West's more complacent consumers.

"Supermarkets are more convenient because you don't have to run around to different shops and bargain with the shopkeepers," 29-year-old Ginni, who works for a chartered accountancy firm, said in a narrow street in New Delhi.

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Ginni, typical of a new middle class increasingly looking for more comforts, waxes lyrical about supermarket "special offers". Put up a supermarket here, she said, and she wouldn't return to this narrow street.

Meanwhile in the air-conditioned Big Bazaar supermarket in Mumbai, posters for 30 percent discounts on rice, cooking oil and onions are dotted throughout the wide aisles.

These supermarkets may also help iron out the obstacles that have seen stubbornly high food inflation, and where a third of food produce rots before it is sold to the consumer due to lack of cold storage facilities and poor roads and railways.

"At the supermarkets, there's bigger quantities, more choice, better products, and you're guaranteed that things are fresh," said Karishma Gundewadi, as she pushed a Big Bazaar trolley in one of Mumbai's sparkling shopping malls.

"Who knows how long some of the things in the small stores have been there? ... I think, as India changes, most of the smaller shops just won't survive."

But it is a transformation that may bring trouble.

Back in 1997, India's biggest listed company, Reliance Industries, was forced to backtrack on plans to open Western-style supermarkets in the state of Uttar Pradesh after huge protests from small traders and political parties.

Shopkeepers are widely seen as the backbone of support for the main opposition Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. Even heavyweights within the ruling Congress party worry that alienating traders could bring a voter backlash in the 2014 general election.

"Only those families who've got enough money can afford to buy things from the mall. People like me can't buy goods from the mall and supermarkets," said Trehan.

But modern supermarkets may find it hard to compete with these small shops offering home delivery and credit. One New Delhi store selling everything from nuts to deodorants also has fake driving licenses on the side.

"For the small things, the 1 rupees, 5 rupees, people come to me," says Vilas Perde, as he sold a small bag of dried chickpeas to a taxi driver for 2 rupees (4 cents) in Mumbai.

"But for the big things, the expensive things, they can go elsewhere," he said, gesturing towards the tall commercial building that loomed over the street.

It was Big Bazaar, and a possible glimpse of the future.

(Additional reporting by Annie Banerji; Editing by John Chalmers and David Holmes)

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Yemen president of 33 years quits amid uprising (AP)

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia ? Yemen's authoritarian President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed Wednesday to step down amid a fierce uprising to oust him after 33 years in power. The U.S. and its powerful Gulf allies pressed for the deal, concerned that a security collapse in the impoverished Arab nation was allowing an active al-Qaida franchise to gain a firmer foothold.

Saleh is the fourth Arab leader toppled in the wave of Arab Spring uprisings this year, after longtime dictators fell in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. The deal gives Saleh immunity from prosecution ? contradicting a key demand of Yemen's opposition protesters.

Seated beside Saudi King Abdullah in the Saudi capital Riyadh, Saleh signed the U.S.-backed deal hammered out by his country's powerful Gulf Arab neighbors to transfer power within 30 days to his vice president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi. That will be followed by early presidential elections within 90 days.

He was dressed smartly in a dark business suit with a matching striped tie and handkerchief, and he smiled as he signed the deal, then clapped his hands a few times. He then spoke for a few minutes to members of the Saudi royal families and international diplomats, promising his ruling party "will be cooperative" in working with a new unity government.

"This disagreement for the last 10 months has had a big impact on Yemen in the realms of culture, development, politics, which led to a threat to national unity and destroyed what has been built in past years," he said.

Protesters camped out in a public square near Sanaa's university immediately rejected the deal, chanting, "No immunity for the killer." They vowed to continued their protests.

President Barack Obama welcomed Saleh's decision, saying it is an important step forward for the Yemeni people. He urged all involved to move immediately to implement the agreement. Obama said the U.S. would stand by the Yemeni people "as they embark on this historic transition" to realize their aspirations for a new beginning, and he acknowledged "important work" done by Gulf allies.

Saleh has clung to power despite the daily mass protests calling for his ouster and a June assassination attempt that left him badly wounded and forced him to travel to Saudi Arabia for more than three months of hospital treatment. He was burned over much of his body and had shards of wood embedded in his chest by the explosion that ripped through his palace mosque as he prayed.

Shortly before Saleh inked the agreement, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the president told him he will travel to New York for medical treatment after signing it. He didn't say when Saleh planned to arrive in New York, nor what treatment he would be seeking.

Since February, tens of thousands of Yemenis have protested in cities and towns across the nation, calling for democracy and the fall of Saleh's regime. The uprising has led to a security collapse, with armed tribesmen battling security forces in different regions and al-Qaida-linked militants stepping up operations in the country's restive south.

For months, the U.S. and other world powers pressured Saleh to agree to the power transfer proposal by the Gulf Cooperation Council, and he agreed then backed down several times before. All the while, the uprising raged, security and the economy deteriorated. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula grew more bold, even seizing some territory.

Even before the uprising began, Yemen was the poorest country in the Middle East, fractured and unstable with a government that had weak authority at best outside the capital Sanaa.

Security is particularly bad in southern Yemen, where al-Qaida militants ? from one of the world's most active branches of the terror network ? have taken control of entire towns, using the turmoil to strengthen their position.

The nation of some 25 million people is of strategic value to the United States and its Gulf Arab allies, particularly Saudi Arabia. It sits close to the major Gulf oil fields and overlooks key shipping lanes in the Red and Arabian seas.

Saleh addressed the country's troubles without mentioning the demands of protesters who have filled squares across Yemen calling for his ouster, often facing deadly crackdowns from his security forces.

He also struck out at those who strove to topple him, calling the protests the protests a "coup" and the bombing of his palace mosque that seriously wounded him in June "a scandal."

Saleh said his ruling party will be "among the principal participants" in the proposed national unity government that is to be formed between his party and opposition parties, who also signed the deal.

Protests leaders have rejected the Gulf proposal from the beginning, saying it ignores their principle demands, which include instituting democratic reforms and putting Saleh on trial. They say the opposition political parties that signed the deal are compromised by their long association with Saleh's government.

Sanaa protest organizer Walid al-Ammari said the deal "does not serve the interests of Yemen."

"We will continue to protest in the streets and public squares until we achieve all the goals that we set to achieve," he said.

The plan Saleh agreed to calls for a two-year transition period in which a national unity government will amend the constitution, work to restore security and hold a national dialogue on the country's future.

The unarmed protesters have held their ground with remarkable resilience, flocking to the streets of Sanaa and other Yemeni cities and towns to demand reforms and braving a violent crackdown by government forces that has killed hundreds.

Their uprising has at times been hijacked by Yemen's two traditional powers ? the tribes and the military ? further deepening the country's turmoil. Breakaway military units and tribal fighters have been battling in Sanaa with troops loyal to Saleh in fighting that has escalated in recent months.

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Hubbard reported from Cairo. Anita Snow contributed to this report from the United Nations.

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Victim of Health Care Wars, Obama's Medicare Chief Steps Aside (The Atlantic Wire)

Donald Berwick, the Medicare chief for the Obama?administration?who is?responsible?for implementing the health care overhaul, will step down December 2 because he cannot get a permanent approval from the Senate, the White House finally confirmed today. Obama had previously appointed Berwick, who is a Harvard professor, during a Congressional recess, but he faced?permanent?approval in the Senate, where Republicans weren't his biggest fans. It seems they took issue with an earlier statement he made praising the U.K.'s ?government run health care. The Associated Press writes:?

Berwick?s fate was sealed early this year when 42 GOP senators ? more than enough to derail his confirmation ? announced their opposition to his nomination. That started a countdown on his temporary appointment. His resignation takes effect Dec. 2.

Berwick?s statements as an academic praising Britain?s government-run health care had become a source of controversy in politically polarized Washington. Although he later told Congress that ?the American system needs its own solution? and Britain?s shouldn?t be copied here, his critics were not swayed.

Maybe Republicans should watch out though. We seem to remember the Senate saying no to a Harvard professor nominated by Obama to lead one of his new programs once before. Then she became a liberal demi-goddess. So, maybe see you soon Dr. Berwick?

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Stocks on track for 6th day of losses on Europe fears (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters) ? Stocks tumbled about 2 percent and were on track for a sixth straight day of losses on Wednesday as frustration over the euro zone debt crisis coupled with weak Chinese factory data sank sentiment.

A weak German bond sale sparked fears the debt crisis was even beginning to threaten Berlin, with the leaders of France and Germany still at odds over a longer-term structural solution.

The poor demand for German government bonds showed that investors viewed investing in the euro zone as being too risky.

Debt problems plaguing Europe and the United States have pressured markets, knocking the S&P down more than 7 percent over the last six sessions. World stocks hit their lowest in six weeks on Wednesday.

"As the selling across German bunds deepens with investors questioning the safety of its debt, investors are slowly realizing that yields may lurch higher across the spectrum, creating yet another leg lower for sentiment. Such a negative feedback loop was hardly in the cards," said Andrew Wilkinson, chief economic strategist at Miller Tabak & Co in New York.

The Dow Jones industrial average (.DJI) slid 201.88 points, or 1.76 percent, at 11,291.84. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index (.SPX) dropped 21.86 points, or 1.84 percent, at 1,166.18. The Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC) took off 51.82 points, or 2.06 percent, at 2,469.46.

All 10 S&P sectors were negative, with financials among the biggest decliners over concerns about exposure to European debt. JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) dropped 3 percent to $28.52 and Citigroup Inc (C.N) lost 3.6 percent to $23.60.

Economically sensitive stocks such as energy and commodity-related issues were also lower. The PHLX oil service sector index (.OSX) dropped 3.4 percent and the S&P materials sector (.GSPM) fell 2.3 percent. Schlumberger Ltd (SLB.N) was down 3.3 percent to $66.66 and DuPont and Co (DD.N) was off 2.6 percent to $44.24.

Volume was light ahead of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, when markets are closed.

One of the few bright spots, Deere & Co (DE.N) climbed 3 percent to $74.05 after quarterly earnings beat expectations and sales climbed 20 percent.

Adding to market worries, data showed Chinese manufacturing shrank the most in 32 months in November, intensifying concerns about a global economic slowdown. U.S. crude oil fell 1.8 percent on fears of reduced demand from China, the world's No. 2 economy.

U.S. data painted a mixed picture and showed little reason for optimism. New jobless claims rose last week and consumer spending barely increased in October, while another report showed new orders for a range of long-lasting manufactured goods rose.

(Reporting by Angela Moon; editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)

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South Korea parliament ratifies U.S. trade deal (reuters)

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Child pornography: Former elementary-school prinicipal gets 30 years (The Christian Science Monitor)

A former elementary-school principal in Iowa has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after admitting he secretly set up a camera in the boys? bathroom in his school to produce child pornography.

Robert Burke of Dubuque pleaded guilty in August to one count of producing child pornography. The activities took place at the Sageville Elementary School in Dubuque.

Chief US District Judge Linda Reade rejected a request by Mr. Burke?s lawyer that he receive a prison sentence of 10 to 20 years. The lawyer had argued that Burke cooperated fully with federal agents once his crimes were discovered. He stressed that his client never physically touched a child in a sexual manner.

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In addition to the 30-year prison term handed down on Monday, Burke was ordered to pay a $25,000 fine and to serve 20 years? probation upon release from prison. No restitution payments were ordered.

Burke told federal agents that he installed the video camera in January of this year. He was arrested in early June.

Officials were able to identify 59 boys who were photographed while standing at a urinal in the public-school bathroom. A number of other victims could not be identified, according to court documents.

Burke saved the recorded videos from his secret bathroom cam and stored them on computer drives at his home.

His activities were discovered after an undercover Federal Bureau of Investigation agent in Washington downloaded eight images of child pornography from an IP address that authorities later traced to Burke?s home computer.

During a raid at Burke?s home, agents found 32,000 images and over 12,000 videos of child pornography. According to court documents, most of the images had been obtained by Burke from the Internet and depicted prepubescent boys.

Agents also uncovered conversations that Burke had on an online chat forum frequented by those interested in obtaining and trading child pornography. During one chat, he allegedly said that he had depictions of ?some boys peeing at urinals.? Burke said the files were not ready for sharing ?right now,? according to court documents.

He is quoted as adding: ?Let me know if you?re interested, and I?ll get those files ready.?

A forensic examination of Burke?s computers showed no evidence that any of the school videos had been shared on the Internet, federal officials say.

?As an elementary school principal, Burke was in a position of trust and authority over his students,? US Attorney Stephanie Rose said in a statement. ?He took advantage of that trust, and he used his position of authority to exploit the children he was supposed to protect.?

She added: ?Although Burke victimized many young children and caused tremendous concern to the entire community, the harm in this case might have been even worse had law enforcement not intervened when it did.?

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Jeremy London: Wanted by Police Following Alleged Assault

Jeremy London is a wanted man.

The actor - best known for his former role on Party of Five and a recent patient on Celebrity Rehab - is on the run after his girlfriend called the Palm Springs Police Department Friday due to an argument over custody of their child that allegedly resulted in an assault.

"This is a false allegation and we understand that the police have to follow protocol in issuing an arrest warrant - standard when any woman files a complaint of domestic abuse," London's rep told People. "However, no such abuse occurred and these allegations will soon be proven false.

"Jeremy's legal counsel is cooperating with authorities and a factual account of the incident is on record. We anticipate Jeremy to be cleared of any wrongdoing as he continues to enjoy fatherhood and embrace sobriety."

London has been involved in a number of unusual incidents over the past year or so, the most bizarre being a kidnapping in the summer of 2010, during which the actor says he was held at gunpoint.

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Samsung in last-stage talks to launch Google TV: exec

SEOUL?? Samsung Electronics, the world's top TV maker, is in last-stage talks with Google to roll out Google TV, the head of Samsung's TV division told reporters on Tuesday.

Yoon Boo-keun, president of Samsung's TV division, said the company planned to unveil its Google TV at an event next year, but not the Consumer Electronics Show in January. He added that Samsung's Google TV offering would differ from those of competitors.

Google TV ? which currently comes built-in on certain Sony television models and on Logitech International set-top boxes ? allows consumers to access online videos and websites on their TVs, as well as specialized apps such as video games.

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Is this Nikon's D800 DSLR?

Grab the salt shaker folks -- if Nikon Rumors is to be believed, what you're gazing at is Nikon's hotly rumored D800 DSLR. The camera is reportedly packing goodies like a massive 36 megapixel sensor capable of 7360 × 4912 resolution, and an ISO range of 100 to 6,400 that's pushable to 25,600. Furthermore, you can expect to find the same 51-point AF system found in the D3s, slots for SD and CF cards, USB 3.0 connectivity and over three-inches of display on back -- all while being "smaller and lighter" than the current D700. Notably, Nikon is apparently stepping up its DSLR video chops with this cam as well, as it's said to be capable of filming 1080p HD video at 30 fps, while 720p grants you up to 60 fps. Of course, this type of primo kit won't come cheap -- if it all proves true you can expect to slap down roughly $3,900 (¥300,000) to make one yours, although, a release date is still anyone's guess. You'll find another shot of this purported beauty after the break and the full rumor rundown at the source link below.

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Egypt stock market drops on political unrest (AP)

CAIRO ? Egypt's benchmark stock index extended its decline for a second consecutive day and airport officials reported a sharp drop Monday in international passenger arrivals as deadly clashes in the capital cast fresh doubts about the country's political stability days before pivotal parliamentary elections.

The Egyptian Exchange's EGX30 index closed 3.99 percent weaker, at 3,862 points, according to the exchange's Web site. The drop surpassed the previous day's 2.4 percent decline sparked by clashes between security forces and protesters in Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square, and pushed the index's year-to-date losses to almost 46 percent.

The protesters are demanding that the ruling military council announce a date for transition to a civilian government. At least 24 people have been killed in the clashes since Saturday across Egypt, the overwhelming majority in Cairo, according to a morgue official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media.

Meanwhile, the Egyptian pound flirted near the 6 pounds to the U.S. dollar mark, reaching levels largely unseen since the height of the Jan. 25 uprising that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak. The pound, which had hit about 5.99 pounds to the dollar, pulled back to around 5.973 pounds to the dollar later in the day. Also, Egypt's 5-year credit default swaps, the cost of insuring the country's debt, stood at 525 basis points compared to 466 basis points on Nov. 18, according to data from financial information provider Markit.

The depreciation pressures, coupled with the soaring debt costs, underscored the country's economic crunch which has been exacerbated by a nearly 40 percent erosion in net international reserves since December.

"Egypt has a massive external financing risk over the next year, and these political events are making matters worse," said Said Hirsh, Mideast economist with Capital Economics in London. "Any kind of political uncertainty is making the situation worse."

The uprising that ousted Mubarak in mid-February sparked a tide of optimism in the country, with millions expecting that nearly three-decades of authoritarian rule best defined by a system of crony capitalism and outright nepotism would be replaced by a transparent, democratic system that offered them at least the opportunity to succeed.

But those expectations have proven far greater than the reality on the ground as mass protests battered the economy, with key foreign revenue sources tourism and foreign investment taking a beating since the start of the year.

Net international reserves were down to $22 billion by the end of October, from $36 billion by the end of last year, according to Central Bank of Egypt figures. At least some of that has gone to supporting the Egyptian currency.

The unrest comes days before parliamentary elections ? the first since Mubarak's ouster. The vote is seen as a milestone in Egypt's transition to a democratic system, but the violence has raised questions about whether the various parties will pull out.

Reflecting the impact of the unrest, airport officials in Cairo said at least two airlines canceled flights from Italy and Syria on Monday because of the unrest in the capital and that the number of arrivals from European nations plunged between 30 to 50 percent. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak with the media.

The cancellations and the drop in arrivals was reminiscent of the mass departures of foreigners from Egypt in the first days of the uprising ? an exodus that heralded the start of the decline of the country's vital tourism sector for the year.

The IMF is projecting Egypt's economic growth to come in at an anemic 1.2 percent this year compared to about 5 percent in 2010.

With key revenue sources hammered the interim government has had to rely on foreign aid, as well as selling treasury bills and bonds to raise money. But yields on two billion, 266-day, treasury bills auctioned on Sunday surged to 14.7 percent ? significantly higher than the 1.5 percent interest rate the IMF had requested on a roughly $3 billion loan it offered the government over the summer.

Egyptian officials turned down that offer, but are now re-evaluating it given the climbing yields they are forced to pay to attract interest in their securities.

"The problem is that this is an interim government, and it's questionable how much power it has with the military council making the decision," said Hirsh. "There's basically no clear economic policy direction on the part of the interim government."

The decision to turn down the IMF loan and turn to T-bills to raise money at higher yields reflects "this sort of contradiction in policy," he said. "It's doesn't make any sense."

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Painted bodies transformed into art in Venezuela (AP)

CARACAS, Venezuela ? Artists are using paint, ornaments and glitter to transform the human body into artwork at a festival in Venezuela.

The annual World Meeting of Body Art involves body painting, tattoo art, performances and workshops. Participants from 18 countries are sharing their creations at the festival in Caracas.

Participants had their bodies painted in bright hues from orange to lime green. Vines appeared to wind down the shoulders of one woman, and a man posed as a statue with his skin painted to look like marble.

Venezuelan artist Ivan Hernandez Rojas says the "body is a canvas with infinite possibilities."

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Activist prof Cornel West returning to NY seminary (AP)

NEW YORK ? Ivy League activist Cornel West is returning to the Union Theological Seminary in New York City.

West tells The New York Times ( http://nyti.ms/vzjwFM) that he'll become a professor of philosophy and Christian practices at Union next summer.

West is a frequent TV and radio commentator. He's written 19 books, including "Race Matters."

West was an assistant professor at Union in 1977.

He departed from Harvard in 2002 after a dispute with its president. He's leaving Princeton on good terms and will remain an emeritus professor there.

He has also taught at Yale.

Union's president, the Rev. Serene Jones, is one of West's former students.

Jones says the seminary is a good place for West to combine "his scholarly commitments and his activism."

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Sprint rides the Express to Budget Town, available now for $20

Do you choo-choo-choose the Sprint Express, or does it choose you? The Now Network's mixing things up this holiday season by adding its own branded device -- in reality, a reworked Huawei Boulder that Sprint slapped its name on -- to the low end of its smartphone lineup. Known simply as the Express, it's a portrait QWERTY Android 2.3 handset that will set you back $20 with a two-year contract (after a $50 mail-in rebate). What you'll get in return for that hard-earned Jackson is a 2.6-inch QVGA (320 x 240) display, 3.2MP camera, 256MB of RAM, 512MB of internal storage (with expandable microSD slot), a 1,500mAh battery and a 3G mobile hotspot that supports up to five devices. We doubt it'll be the first stop on anybody's Black Friday shopping list, but we think it may actually get penciled into the schedule somewhere.

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'Wizard of Oz' Munchkin Karl Slover dies at 93 (AP)

DUBLIN, Ga. ? Karl Slover, one of the last surviving actors who played Munchkins in the 1939 classic film, "The Wizard of Oz," has died. He was 93.

The 4-foot-5 Slover died of cardiopulmonary arrest Tuesday afternoon in a suburban Atlanta hospital, said Laurens County Deputy Coroner Nathan Stanley. According to friends, as recently as last weekend, Slover appeared at events in the suburban Chicago area.

Slover was best known for playing the lead trumpeter in the Munchkins' band but also had roles as a townsman and soldier in the film, said John Fricke, author of "100 Years of Oz" and five other books on the movie and its star, Judy Garland. Slover was one of the tiniest male Munchkins in the movie.

Long after Slover retired, he continued to appear around the country at festivals and events related to the movie. He was one of seven Munchkins at the 2007 unveiling of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame dedicated to the little people in the movie. Only three remain of the 124 diminutive actors who played the beloved Munchkins.

"He has a genuine immortality," Fricke said. "Of the 124 little people, he's one of the handful who got to enjoy this latter-day fame, to have people know who he was and be able to pick him out of the crowd in the movie."

Slover is the first of the three trumpeters to herald the Munchkin mayor when he makes his entrance. Slover had been cast to play the second trumpeter but switched when another actor got stage fight during filiming, said longtime friend Allen Pease, the co-founder of the former Munchkinland Market Days outside Chesterton, Ind.

"Karl didn't know what stage fright meant," he said.

Slover was born Karl Kosiczky in what is now the Czech Republic and he was the only child in his family to be dwarf sized.

"In those uninformed days, his father tried witch doctor treatments to make him grow," Fricke said. "Knowing Karl and his triumph over his early life, you can't help but celebrate the man at a time like this."

He was buried in the backyard, immersed in heated oil until his skin blistered and then attached to a stretching machine at a hospital, all in the attempt to make him become taller. Eventually he was sold by his father at age 9 to a traveling show in Europe, Fricke said.

Slover continued to perform into his late 20s, when he moved to the United States, changed his name and appeared in circuses as part of a vaudeville group known as the Singer Midgets. The group's 30 performers became the nucleus of the Munchkins.

He was paid $50 a week for the movie and told friends that Garland's dog in the movie, "Toto," made more money.

The surviving Munchkin actors found new generations of fans in the late 1980s when they began making appearances around the country.

"It wasn't until the Munchkins started making their appearances in 1989 that they call came to realize how potent the film had become and remained," Fricke said. "He was wonderfully articulate about his memories, he had anecdotes to share."

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Woman with cancer asks '50/50' star on date

By Kurt Schlosser

Fresh off a weekend that saw Justin Timberlake "bringing sexy back"to a Marine Corps ball (thanks to a YouTube invite from Cpl. Kelsey De Santis), another star is the subject of the Internet video date-request trend.

Lindsey Miller is a 26-year-old graduate student living in Los Angeles. She was diagnosed with pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer in October 2010, according to her blog, i am a liver. On Monday, Miller posted the above video asking actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt out for coffee. Levitt is the star of the?recent dramatic comedy "50/50" (trailer below), in which he plays a 27-year-old dealing with a cancer diagnosis.

"Even though I look healthy, dating has been a little difficult because I'm not sure how to explain what I've been going through," Miller says on the video aimed at Gordon-Levitt.?"But, after a year of living with this I've decided to get back on the dating scene and I'd like my first date to be with you."

On her blog, in a post about the video, Miller writes: "I admit: It?s ridiculous. And it feels like i?m making a big leap from being an anonymous cancer "liver" a few months ago to now starring in my own video. But, life is short. So, why not?"

Cpl. De Santis made the same leap in her video asking Timberlake to be her date. A wave of Internet pressure made the actor/singer's decision rather easy. (Actress Mila Kunis also famously received a YouTube invite to a?Marine dance and accepted; her dance is this coming weekend.)

We'll keep you posted on whether Gordon-Levitt responds.

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If I were a presidential candidate...  (The Week)

New York ? A look at what the GOP field should have been asked ? and how the candidates should have responded ? at Saturday's big foreign policy debate

In advance of last Saturday's GOP foreign-policy debate, sponsors CBS and National Journal asked me to suggest questions for the moderators.

Unaccountably, they did not make use of my suggestions. Still, I had posted the list on my blog, and soon got a query from an international friend: Okay, wise guy ? how would you answer them?

Here goes.

1. Mexico is being torn apart by a civil war to control the drug routes to the United States. Many Mexican leaders urge drug legalization in the U.S. in order to move the drug trade away from violent criminals to legitimate business. If a Mexican president asked you to consider such a step, what would you answer and why?

I would answer No. The drugs driving the violence in Mexico are heroin and cocaine, not marijuana. These are severely dangerous drugs, and to make them more available in the U.S. ? especially at a time of economic distress ? would also be severely dangerous. The most useful thing we could do to help Mexico defeat the violence of the drug cartels would be to curtail the flow of guns across the border. About 70 percent of weapons seized in Mexico come from the United States. The weapons flowing out of the U.S. are not shotguns or hunting pieces. They are military-style semi-automatic weapons. They were lawfully suppressed in the U.S. between 1994 and 2004, and reimposing such a ban would do more for Mexico at less cost to the United States than relaxing laws against heroin and cocaine.

2. Canada is our largest trading partner and most important energy supplier. What do you see as the major issues between the U.S. and Canada, and what would you do to strengthen this supremely important relationship?

The costs to the U.S. of invading Iraq were too high, and the benefits to the U.S. too few.

Since the question was written, the Obama administration has jolted the U.S.-Canada relationship by postponing until after the 2012 election a decision on a second pipeline from the Canadian oil sands to the United States. This half-measure threatens to bankrupt the company sponsoring the pipeline, and for minimal environmental benefit. The U.S. will still use and import oil, the oil sands will still be developed. The right policy to discourage the use of oil is to use taxes to accelerate conservation and substitution. During the transition, it's best to rely on the most secure suppliers ? and Canada heads that list.

3. If asked, would you support a U.S. contribution to the fund to stabilize the euro currency? Why or why not?

I would not, but not because I disclaim a U.S. interest in the stability of the euro. The bailout fund is an attempt to avoid a real solution ? a solution that must be undertaken by Europeans themselves. That means a more accommodating policy by the European Central Bank, the issuance of eurobonds to replace bonds floated by weakened southern European governments, stricter controls on member state borrowing, and internal economic reforms within the EU.?

4. Taiwan is China's largest foreign investor. Taiwan and China have an intensifying economic relationship. Taiwan has refused to make the military investments that our military considers necessary to Taiwan's security. Is the U.S. security guarantee to Taiwan obsolete?

Not yet, but Taiwan's actions are awfully discouraging. If they want a security guarantee, they should be contributing more to their own defense. Besides, I think the risk of a Chinese attack on Taiwan is greatly overstated. The real risk is systematic Chinese corruption and perversion of the Taiwanese political process. There's no U.S. guarantee against that.

5. If you had been president in 2010, would Hosni Mubarak still be in power today?

U.S. governments had been urging Mubarak to step down since 1991. I certainly would not have supported the violence against his own people necessary to hold power for Mubarak. But I also had no illusions that what would follow Mubarak would be much of an improvement, and I hope those who imagined that it was Facebook and Twitter that toppled the ruler of a country where half the people live on less than $2 a day feel appropriately silly.

6. Do you believe there is a peaceful way to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons?

Yes. The computer viruses and other non-military instruments used against Iran have successfully delayed that program while avoiding a devastating Middle Eastern war.?

7. It's often said that our present energy policy leaves us dependent on oil suppliers who do not like us. Our top 10 suppliers are:?Canada, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Venezuela, Russia, Algeria, Iraq, Angola and Colombia. The anti-U.S. feeling of the Chavez regime is notorious. Which of the other nine would you describe as a supplier who "does not like us?"

The problem is not any one single supplier, but the shape of the whole oil market, and the effects of rising oil use on the planet's climate. We should be shifting from taxes on work, saving, and investment to taxes on fossil fuels and pollution in an effort to encourage useful changes. Let's redevelop our cities so that people have less need to drive, and re-engineer cars for enhanced efficiency.

8. Afghanistan: At the end of your first term do you think we'll have more or less than 20,000 troops in that country?

What Jon Huntsman said. We are way over-committed to Afghanistan. Worse, the more invested we are in Afghanistan, the more dependent we are on Pakistan ? which manages despite its lack of oil to excel in the "does not like us" department.

9. Iraq: Knowing everything you know now, if you had been in Congress in 2002, would you have voted to authorize force against Saddam Hussein, yes or no?

No. For an Iraqi, there was no price too high to pay to rid the country of Saddam Hussein. For Americans, the issue was not Saddam's badness, but his nuclear weapons program. Knowing that the nuclear program was not a real threat, the invasion was too large a commitment. The world is a better place without Saddam, but as with everything, the question is one of costs and benefits. The costs to the U.S. were too high, the benefits to the U.S. too few.

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Cain vows clear foreign policy after Libya lapse (AP)

URBANDALE, Iowa ? Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain sought to sharpen his grasp on national security and foreign policy while campaigning in Iowa Tuesday, a day after botching his answer to a question about his support for the U.S. role in Libya.

On his first trip to Iowa since decade-old sexual harassment allegations surfaced, Cain indirectly addressed the foreign policy problem by telling more than 200 people at a northeastern Iowa restaurant that the U.S. needed to leave no doubt about its allies and enemies.

"My overriding philosophy relative to national security and foreign policy is an extension of the Reagan philosophy. Peace through strength," Cain said earlier in Dubuque, surrounded by GOP activists and employees from nearby offices. "We need to clarify our relationship with friends and enemies around the world and make sure we stand with our friends."

Cain commented a day after he hesitated during an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial board, first saying he disagreed with President Barack Obama's decision to back Libyan rebels, then adding that he likely would have done the same.

It was the latest in a series of bumps for the Georgia businessman who has risen sharply in national GOP polls despite the setbacks.

A Cain aide later blamed the episode on lack of sleep. But Cain told reporters Tuesday that the apparent reversal was the result of his own contemplative process.

"The Libya comment was a pause to gather my thoughts. I'm not going to back down from that," Cain told reporters. "Remember, if you were being asked seven, eight different questions on seven, eight different topics, and then all of a sudden someone switches to Libya, and they are not clear with the question, before I shoot from the lip, I gather my thoughts. That's all that was."

Cain, who has had success portraying himself as an outsider, has faced intense scrutiny in recent weeks. The most recent glitch prompted him to defend his grasp on foreign policy.

"I believe I have a good enough philosophy of foreign affairs and foreign policy," he told reporters. "Secondly, I also know how to talk to the right people. And that has allowed me to develop a better appreciation for the problems we have."

Cain returned to Iowa for just the second time in three months, and on the heels of a particularly rocky stretch that began with questions about his loyalty to opposing abortion rights ? a problem for influential evangelicals in Iowa.

But that issue was quickly eclipsed by the harassment allegations involving former subordinates when he headed the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s.

Four women say Cain harassed them. He denies the allegations.

Jim Budde, a Republican from nearby Bellevue, said he was leaning toward supporting Cain, but thought Cain took too long to address the harassment charges.

"Politics is a cutthroat business and you've got to address it head-on, and I think he was late on the draw," Budde said. "I think it still hangs over his head."

Cain appeared upbeat on his return to this early voting state. He waded into the audience with a hearty "Good Morning" and complimented their political acumen.

"The state of Iowa is going to set the tone for this upcoming primary season. Why? Because you are informed. You are inspired, to send the message to the rest of the country about what we need to do," Cain said, drawing polite applause.

Cain remains a front-runner in Iowa, which holds its caucuses on Jan. 3, despite his stumbles and sparse campaigning here.

A new Bloomberg News poll of Iowa Republicans showed him clinging to a narrow lead in the state, with Texas Rep. Ron Paul, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich closely bunched at the top.

Cain also had a narrow lead in The Des Moines Register's poll taken in late-October poll, before the harassment allegations became public.

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Bag Week Review: The Chrome Krakow Laptop Bag

What is it? Boy am I enjoying bag week. Incase's Alloy series Compact Backpack was quite the treat, but I have wandering eyes which have now led me to the Chrome Krakow Laptop Bag. The thing about the Krakow is that it can withstand just about anything, which seems to be the trend at Chrome. The company is all about letting you go wild and crazy while keeping your gadgetry safe and snug in your bag. That said, the Krakow falls in line well, and has a design to prove it. The bag sports industrial metal strap adjusters, along with two metal hooks on the straps themselves. Just from looking at it you can tell the bag is made for some heavy wear and tear, made obvious by the nylon construction with polyurethane coating. But what isn't so obvious is the weatherproof military-grade truck tarpaulin liner on the inside. To put it plainly, you'd have trouble getting your laptop wet in this bag.

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Obama urges Congress to reach consensus on deficit (AP)

KAPOLEI, Hawaii ? President Barack Obama is urging Congress to reach consensus on a plan to slash the nation's deficit, saying lawmakers are continuing to stick with "rigid positions" rather than solving the problem.

A committee in charge of cutting the deficit has until Nov. 23 to agree on how to reduce it by at least $1.2 trillion in the next decade.

Any amount less than that would be made up in automatic across-the-board cuts divided evenly between defense and domestic programs.

Obama says at a news conference in Hawaii that he hopes lawmakers will "bite the bullet and do what needs to be done."

He says it appears members of Congress "want to keep jiggering the math" to get a different outcome.

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Video: Crossing the Line, Part 3

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'Dateline NBC,' the signature broadcast for NBC News in primetime, premiered in 1992. Since then, it has been pioneering a new approach to primetime news programming. The multi-night franchise, supplemented by frequent specials, allows NBC to consistently and comprehensively present the highest-quality reporting, investigative features, breaking news coverage and newsmaker profiles.

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Penn State Scandal On Saturday Night Live: Devil Shocked By Sandusky, Paterno, Students (VIDEO)

NEW YORK -- On "Saturday Night Live," even the devil was offended by the Penn State child sex abuse scandal.

"SNL" cast member Jason Sudeikis reprised his role as Satan, appearing with red horns and pitchfork. The devil was informed by "Weekend Update" host Seth Meyers of sex charges against a former defensive coordinator and allegations that university officials failed to report the abuse.

Even he was disturbed by the news. Addressing Penn State students who protested football coach Joe Paterno's firing, the devil spoke directly into the camera, asking, "Do you know how bad that made you look?"

Disgusted by the scandal, the devil says, "Evil isn't what it used to be."

He pledged to quit and said he would return to his old job: customer service for a cable TV company.

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October 30: Plouffe, roundtable

Nearly a year away from the 2012 election, we?ll talk to the president?s 2008 campaign manager, now White House Senior Adviser, David Plouffe. Then author of the definitive new biography on the late Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson; Author of the new book ?The Time of Our Lives,? NBC News Special Correspondent, Tom Brokaw; Former Governor of Michigan, Jennifer Granholm; and Republican strategist, Mike Murphy.

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Funeral for British broadcaster Jimmy Savile

A coffin bearing the body of Sir Jimmy Savile arrives at a Requiem Mass for the broadcaster at St Anne's Cathedral, Leeds, England, Wednesday Nov. 9, 2011. The TV and radio star, who died last month aged 84, will be buried on Thursday in the North Yorkshire seaside resort of Scarborough. (AP Photo/Jon Super).

A coffin bearing the body of Sir Jimmy Savile arrives at a Requiem Mass for the broadcaster at St Anne's Cathedral, Leeds, England, Wednesday Nov. 9, 2011. The TV and radio star, who died last month aged 84, will be buried on Thursday in the North Yorkshire seaside resort of Scarborough. (AP Photo/Jon Super).

Disc jockey and friend Dave Eager arrives at a Requiem Mass for the broadcaster Sir Jimmy Savile at St Anne's Cathedral, Leeds, England, Wednesday Nov. 9, 2011. The TV and radio star, who died last month aged 84, will be buried on Thursday in the North Yorkshire seaside resort of Scarborough. (AP Photo/Jon Super).

Howard Silverman, a close friend of Sir Jimmy Savile, poses for pictures before a Requiem Mass for the broadcaster at St Anne's Cathedral, Leeds, England, Wednesday Nov. 9, 2011. The TV and radio star, who died last month aged 84, will be buried on Thursday in the North Yorkshire seaside resort of Scarborough. (AP Photo/Jon Super).

Disc jockeys Mike Read, left, and Tony Prince pose for pictures before a Requiem Mass for the broadcaster Sir Jimmy Savile at St Anne's Cathedral, Leeds, England, Wednesday Nov. 9, 2011. The TV and radio star, who died last month aged 84, will be buried on Thursday in the North Yorkshire seaside resort of Scarborough. (AP Photo/Jon Super).

Disc jockey Tony Prince poses for pictures before a Requiem Mass for the broadcaster Sir Jimmy Savile at St Anne's Cathedral, Leeds, England, Wednesday Nov. 9, 2011. The TV and radio star, who died last month aged 84, will be buried on Thursday in the North Yorkshire seaside resort of Scarborough. (AP Photo/Jon Super).

LONDON (AP) ? Hundreds of mourners gathered Wednesday for the funeral of TV host Jimmy Savile, a British cultural icon whose distinctive style weathered changing fashions and entertainment eras.

Savile, known for his multicolored tracksuits, blonde locks, gold jewelry and ever-present cigar, died Oct. 29 in his hometown of Leeds, northern England, aged 84.

He hosted "Top of the Pops" and "Jim'll Fix It" ? two TV shows loved by multiple generations of British youth ? and was, in the words of his obituary in the Daily Telegraph, "an eccentric adornment to British public life."

Prince Charles was among those who paid tribute after his death, former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was among his friends, and the Bee Gees among those who sent flowers to Leeds for his funeral.

Savile's funeral cortege completed a circuit of the city before a requiem Mass at St. Anne's Roman Catholic Cathedral.

Tony Prince, one of a generation of DJs Savile mentored, said Savile would have enjoyed the elaborate send-off.

"If there's a heaven, he'll be laughing now if he's got time," Prince said. "Because if there is a heaven, he'll be introducing Elvis on the clouds."

The Mass is part of a three-day memorial celebration planned by Savile, a vigorous self-mythologizer. He often claimed to have organized Britain's first discotheque and to have been the first DJ in the world to use two turntables, which has frequently been disputed.

A working-class lad conscripted to work in a coal mine during World War II, Savile was caught in an explosion and suffered spinal injuries. He then tried his hand as a touring disc jockey ? first in pubs and dance halls and later on radio, including the renowned Radio Luxembourg.

In the 1960s he moved into television, where his odd style ? jocular, cigar-wagging, occasionally yodeling ? made him an improbable star.

Savile was a longtime host of the BBC's weekly music show "Top Of The Pops," launching the program in 1964 and returning to present its final edition in 2006. For almost 20 years from 1975 he also hosted "Jim'll Fix It," in which he arranged for young viewers' wishes to be realized.

Off-screen, he ran more than 200 marathons for charity, led work to collect 20 million pounds ($32 million) for the creation of a national spinal injuries center at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in southern England and did regular shifts as a volunteer porter at Leeds General Infirmary and at Broadmoor, Britain's famous hospital for the criminally insane.

He was knighted in 1990 for his charity fundraising and services to entertainment.

At his funeral, cardiologist Alistair Hall announced that a new unit for heart patients, the Savile Institute, would be set up at the Leeds infirmary with a bequest from the entertainer's will.

Despite his years on youth TV, Savile claimed more than once that he hated children. He never married ? telling one interviewer he'd never been in love and had no emotions ? and lived alone. Part of his home in Leeds was a shrine to his late mother, whom he called The Duchess. After her death in 1973 he spent five days alone with her body.

On Tuesday, several thousand people paid their last respects to Savile in Leeds' Queen's Hotel, where his gold-colored coffin sat surrounded by flowers, photos and the last cigar he ever smoked.

In keeping with his last wishes, Savile will be buried Thursday in the resort town of Scarborough ? at a 45-degree angle in the earth, looking out over the sea.

There is already a memorial bench to him in the town ? he had it installed himself ? bearing the words "Sir Jimmy Savile (but not just yet)."

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