US tourist in critical condition in Cayman Islands (AP)

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico ? A 16-year-old girl from New York state is in critical condition after a jet ski collided with the banana boat on which she was riding in the Cayman Islands.

A police official who was not allowed to be named under department policy said Saturday that the unidentified girl will soon be airlifted to a hospital in Florida. Authorities said the banana boat that the teenager and a 24-year-old woman were riding on Thursday collided with a jet ski driven by a 17-year-old boy. The woman was released from the hospital.

Police said all three involved in the collision were cruise ship passengers.

The official did not know the girl's hometown and had no further details on how the collision occurred.

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Newt Gingrich Inc.: How The GOP Hopeful Went From Political Flameout To Fortune

The Washington Post:

Anyone who doesn?t believe in an afterlife must not live in Washington. Rarely, however, has reincarnation been so lucrative as it has for the man who now tops some polls for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

Read the whole story: The Washington Post

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NBA owners, players reach tentative deal

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2011 file photo, NBA commissioner David Stern speaks during a news conference in New York. The NBA is entering a season Stern calls "nuclear winter." The players have rejected the league's latest proposal and begun disbanding their union in preparation for going to court. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2011 file photo, NBA commissioner David Stern speaks during a news conference in New York. The NBA is entering a season Stern calls "nuclear winter." The players have rejected the league's latest proposal and begun disbanding their union in preparation for going to court. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

NEW YORK (AP) ? NBA owners and players reached a tentative agreement early Saturday to end the 149-day lockout.

After a secret meeting earlier this week, the sides met for more than 15 hours Friday, working to try to save the season. This handshake deal, however, still must be ratified by both owners and players.

"We've reached a tentative understanding that is subject to a variety of approvals and very complex machinations, but we're optimistic that will all come to pass and that the NBA season will begin Dec. 25," Commissioner David Stern said.

The league plans a 66-game season and aims to open camps Dec. 9.

"We thought it was in both of our best interests to try to reach a resolution and save the game," union executive director Billy Hunter said.

The Christmas Day deadline created a sense of urgency because that schedule is traditionally a showcase for the league. This season's three-game slate was to include Miami at Dallas in an NBA finals rematch, plus MVP Derrick Rose leading Chicago into Los Angeles to face Kobe Bryant and the Lakers.

A majority on each side is needed to approve the agreement. The NBA needs votes from 15 of 29 owners. (The league owns the New Orleans Hornets.) Stern said the labor committee plans to discuss the agreement later Saturday and expects them to endorse it and recommend to the full board.

The union needs a simple majority of its 430-plus members. That process is a bit more complicated after the players dissolved the union Nov. 14. Now, they must drop their antitrust lawsuit in Minnesota and reform the union before voting on the deal.

Because the union disbanded, a new collective bargaining agreement can only be completed once the union has reformed. Drug testing and other issues still must be negotiated between the league and the players.

The settlement first was reported by CBSSports.com.

When last talks broke down, the sides were still divided over the division of revenues and certain changes sought by owners to curb spending by big-market teams that players felt would limit or restrict their options in free agency.

On Nov. 14, players rejected the owners' proposal, which included opening a 72-game schedule on Dec. 15, announcing instead they were disbanding the union, giving them a chance to win several billion dollars in triple damages in an antitrust lawsuit.

Two days later, players filed two separate antitrust lawsuits against the league in two different states. On Monday, a group of named plaintiffs including Carmelo Anthony, Steve Nash and Kevin Durant filed an amended federal lawsuit against the league in Minnesota, hoping the courts there will be as favorable to them as they have been to NFL players in the past.

Now, players will dismiss that lawsuit and get back to the business of basketball.

The previous CBA expired at the end of the day June 30. Despite a series of meetings in June, there was never much hope of a deal before that deadline, with owners wanting significant changes after saying they lost $300 million last season and hundreds of millions more in each year of the old agreement, which was ratified in 2005.

Owners wanted to keep more of the league's nearly $4 billion in basketball revenues to themselves after guaranteeing 57 percent to the players under the old deal. And they sought a system where even the smallest-market clubs could compete, believing the current system would always favor the teams who could spend the most.

Initially, the salary cap emerged as the biggest obstacle. Owners first proposed a hard cap, but players fought hard to maintain the current system that allows teams to exceed the cap through the use of various exceptions.

The league was adamant the system needed some adjustment, because the old rules gave too many advantages to teams who could afford to keep adding to their payrolls. So the league's proposals targeted the highest-spending teams, seeking to eliminate the use of the midlevel exception by teams over the luxury tax and prevent them from participating in sign-and-trade deals.

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Occupy movements nationwide celebrate holiday

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Most Americans spent Thanksgiving snug inside homes with families and football. Others used the holiday to give thanks alongside strangers at outdoor Occupy encampments, serving turkey or donating their time in solidarity with the anti-Wall Street movement that has gripped a nation consumed by economic despair.

In San Francisco, hundreds of campers at Justin Herman Plaza in the heart of the financial district prepared turkey dinners that were handed out by volunteers, church charities and supporters of the movement against social and economic inequality.

Across the bay in Oakland, where protesters and police previously clashed when an Occupy encampment was broken up, occupiers enjoyed a Thanksgiving feast outside City Hall with music and activist speakers, including Clyde Bellecourt, co-founder of the Minnesota-based American Indian Movement.

And in New York, Occupy organizers distributed Thanksgiving meals at Zuccotti Park, where the protest movement began on Sept. 17 before spreading nationwide. Protesters were evicted from the park on Nov. 15.

"So many people have given up so much to come and be a part of the movement because there is really that much dire need for community," said Megan Hayes, a chef and organizer with the Occupy Wall Street Kitchen in New York. "We decided to take this holiday opportunity to provide just that ? community."

She said some 3,000 meals were distributed.

The movement's slogan, "We are the 99," refers to the growing wealth gap between the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans and the remaining 99.

The movement was triggered by the high rate of unemployment and foreclosures, as well as the growing perception that big banks and corporations are not paying their fair share of taxes, yet are taking in huge bonuses while most Americans have seen their incomes drop.

In New York, restaurants and individual donors had prepared more than 3,000 meals for the traditional Thanksgiving feast, said Haywood Carey, 28, of Chapel Hill, N.C., who was volunteering his time serving meals and said the celebration was a sign of Americans' shared values.

"The things that divide are much less than the things that bind us together," Carey said, as the crowd ate to the old spiritual anthem, "Let it Shine" by a guitarist and a bongo player.

In Las Vegas, Occupy organizer Sebring Frehner said protesters had a potluck Thanksgiving meal at their campsite near the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He said he was happy to skip the traditional meal at home.

"Instead of hunkering down with five or six close individuals in your home, people you probably see all of the time anyway, you are celebrating Thanksgiving with many different families ? kind of like the original Thanksgiving," Frehner said.

Trisha Carr, 35, spent her holiday at the Occupy encampment at City Hall in Philadelphia. She has been out of work for more than two years and lost her car and home. She's been living in an Occupy tent for several weeks.

"Some days are harder than others," Carr said.

The sunny, crisp weather Thursday put her in a good mood, and she watched the annual Thanksgiving parade before coming back to the encampment for a plate full of turkey and fixings.

Carr said her job search has been fruitless, and government needs to do more to help people like her.

"I had the benefits, I had money in my pocket, I had health care ? I had it all," Carr said. She later added: "There should be no reason why people aren't working."

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AP writers Kathy Matheson in Philadelphia; Chris Hawley in New York; and Cristina Silva in Las Vegas contributed to this report.

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Levi Ben-Shmuel: Suffering, Thanksgiving and the Book of Job

For millions of Americans, this Thanksgiving will require people to dig deep within themselves in order to truly give thanks. The spiritual teaching on gratitude, celebrated in great style on Thanksgiving, is not an easy one to follow if you are homeless, broke, sick without health insurance or have exhausted hope that things are going to get better anytime soon.

A classic statement on giving thanks is the first verse of Psalm 118, "Thank God for He is good, for His kindness endures forever." The implications of this verse are clear. No matter what, God is always good and is worthy of receiving our thanks.

In a world filled with suffering, this is not an easy verse to wrap our heads around. If you are deeply suffering personally, or if you are feeling the intense suffering that fills the news in this country and around the world, how can you feel God's goodness in the face of tragedy and disaster?

Isaiah 45:7 describes the God who is always good in stark terms, "I form light and create darkness; I make peace and create evil; I the Unnamable do all these things." Here is God taking ownership of the darkness. What is so good about that?

The Book of Job provides insight into this God of light and darkness and why it is proper to give thanks no matter what. Job's story is challenging. He is a man described as tam v'yasher -- that is, wholesome and righteous. Job is successful. He does everything he can to be good and avoid evil. Yet God allows the Accuser, the Satan, to test Job in a way that would break many people.

As difficult as his life gets, as much as he cries out to God for answers as to why his life is in ruins, the one thing he does not do is reject God, the source of life. The excellent Stephen Mitchell translation conveys Job's frustration toward God:

...because God has tricked me,
? ? ? ? and lured me into his trap.
I call, but there is no answer;
? ? ? ? I cry out, and where is justice?
He made my road impassable,
? ? ? ? covered my path with darkness,
Stripped me of my honor,
? ? ? ? knocked the crown from my head.
He broke me, rooted me up,
? ? ? ? left me in little pieces.
His anger set me on fire;
? ? ? ? his hatred burned me to ashes.

Even at the depth of Job's suffering, he engages God. Job rejects the call from his wife to curse God and die. He refuses to become bitter about his circumstances. He does not cut himself off from the ability to give thanks. Job doesn't deny his own pain; he uses it as a gateway to go deeper into his relationship with God.

When God finally responds to Job's anguish, it is in surprising terms:

Where were you when I planned the earth?
? ? ? ? Tell me, if you are so wise.
Do you know who took its dimensions,
? ? ? ? measured its length with a cord?
What were its pillars built on?
? ? ? ? Who laid down its cornerstone,
while morning stars burst out singing
? ? ? ? and the angels shouted for joy!

God takes Job out of his limited understanding of life and gives him insight into the glory of Creation, the unfathomable magnificence of God's design. Job is speechless before this display of unimaginable power and mystery. He sees his own life in a different way and is transformed by the experience. Job can now see God's goodness to a depth that was impossible before his own experience of the darkness.

As Job learned and Isaiah stated, God is an energy that encompasses all of life, the light and the dark. It is beyond human understanding to comprehend the plans of the Creator. Yet, if we are willing to endure our suffering and not give up on God, it is possible to reach a place inside of ourselves where we deeply know God is good and always cares about us.

As the great spiritual traditions teach, in essence God is love. The Book of Job shows us it is not always easy to see that love acting in our lives. But the book also points a way for us to navigate through despair. It is not a painless path, but the ability to see God in a greater light, to touch the Divine in difficult times, holds out the potential for rewards that deeply feed the soul and lead to renewed hope and faith.

I wish you a very happy Thanksgiving!

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Tornado still takes heavy toll on Joplin, six months later (Reuters)

JOPLIN, Mo (Reuters) ? New houses, stores and office buildings are popping up from a tornado's ruins, but Rachael Lasley can only see the emptiness.

"I've lived my whole life here and it's not like Joplin anymore," Lasley, 36, said as she shielded her face from a cold wind whipping around a trailer park that is her temporary home. "My childhood memories are gone -- my elementary school, the playground, restaurants."

Joplin, Missouri on Tuesday observes the sixth-month anniversary of the EF-5 tornado May 22 that killed 161 people and destroyed some 900 buildings. The city is sponsoring a memorial service to honor victims and thank hundreds of volunteers who helped clean up the city.

While many in Joplin strike an upbeat tone about recovery, people who lost homes and loved ones still struggle mightily with their emotions and the upheaval in their lives.

Thousands of residents take part in state-sponsored counseling programs, including about one-third of the 7,700 public school students, officials said.

Stresses caused by the tornado, such as cramped or shared living space and financial hardships, have contributed to a 30 percent jump in cases of domestic violence and child abuse since the tornado, compared to a year ago, social service agencies report.

The mental health community is reaching out with billboards that read "Don't Let One Disaster Lead to Another."

Many families have moved multiple times since the tornado.

Christina Lackey, her husband and two small children stayed in a relative's living room, then a hotel and now rent a house outside town while their house is rebuilt. But they worry that ongoing construction delays will prevent them from moving before insurance stops covering their rent in March.

"It's real frustrating because it's going to take so long to get our lives put back together," Lackey said.

She said their 3 1/2 year old daughter still has scary memories of the tornado. On the 4th of July, for instance, fireworks "freaked her out," Lackey said.

Lisa Orem, director of special services for Joplin schools, said even children who did not lose a home in the tornado are shaken by the loss of places they knew so well.

Dannielle Robertson copes with the loss of her home and her mother, Vicki Robertson, 66, who died when the tornado slammed into her duplex. Robertson lives in what residents call "FEMAville," a barracks-like modular home park in a flat, open space in the northern part of Joplin. Homes were built by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The park has been the scene of several meth lab busts and violent crimes, Robertson said. She is trying to move but rental property is scarce and rent is rising out of the price range of a lot of people, she said.

Only recently, Robertson said, has she been able to drive through once-familiar parts of Joplin without crying. "To see those vast miles of empty space, it's so sad," she said.

Even new buildings are reminders of that awful day. Michael Madl lost a friend, Charlie Gaudsmith, 21, when the tornado tore through Wal-Mart while he was shopping. The new Wal-Mart opened earlier this month.

"I'd like to go there, but emotionally I don't think I could," Robertson said. He has found strength since the tornado by volunteering much of his time helping pack donated supplies for victims.

One of the most wrenching deaths that day occurred when the tornado pulled 18-year-old Will Norton out of the sunroof of his destroyed SUV two blocks from his home. His father, Mark Norton, was in the passenger seat but survived.

The Nortons were returning from high school graduation ceremonies when the tornado hit. Will Norton is talked about often, said a friend, Emma Cox. He was a popular kid, but never into cliques, she said.

"He had a Halloween party and invited everybody," Cox said.

Mark Norton said he has taken solace in the kind things people have said about Will, including one woman who said her introverted son decided to be more outgoing and involved in his first year of college because of Will's death.

"He realized life can be short and you can't waste years," Norton said.

The memorial service Tuesday is planned in Cunningham Park, where 161 trees will eventually be planted in memory of each tornado victim. Relatives of all victims have been invited to the service.

Robertson said the tree for each victim will be a symbol of renewal.

"It's part of the rebuilding of Joplin," she said. "A tree will be standing. That's important."

(Writing and reporting by Kevin Murphy; Editing by Mary Wisniewski and Greg McCune)

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Roots welcome Bachmann with pointed song (AP)

NEW YORK ? Jimmy Fallon's house band the Roots didn't have a warm welcome for Republican presidential contender Michele Bachmann when she appeared on the NBC show early Tuesday.

As Bachmann strode on to the stage at Fallon's "Late Night," the show's band played a snippet of a 1985 Fishbone song called "Lyin' Ass B----."

The song begins with a distinctive "la la la la la la la la la" refrain ? the only words audible before Bachmann, smiling and waving to the audience, sat down.

The song itself, about a relationship gone wrong, isn't political. Among its cleanest lyrics: "She always says she needs you, but you know she really don't care."

Roots' bandleader Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson said later Tuesday that the song was a "tongue-in-cheek and spur of the moment decision.

"The show was not aware of it and I feel bad if her feelings were hurt," Thompson said. "That was not my intention."

Bachmann's campaign had no immediate comment.

Fallon joked on Twitter that Thompson was grounded. The show itself didn't have any comment.

The Roots frequently make sly, often obscure, song choices as Fallon's guests are introduced.

When Fox Business Network's Lou Dobbs came out, they played part of Genesis' "Illegal Alien," a reference to Dobbs' frequent commentaries on the topic. Current TV host Keith Olbermann, formerly of MSNBC, heard part of Klymaxx's "I Miss You." Kathie Lee Gifford was saluted with UB40's "Red Red Wine," a reference to the drink she often shares on-air with "Today" co-host Hoda Kotb.

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AP Music Writer Nekesa Mumbi Moody contributed to this report.

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Seattle Mariners outfielder Greg Halman killed (AP)

THE HAGUE, Netherlands ? Seattle Mariners outfielder Greg Halman was stabbed to death early Monday and his brother was arrested as a suspect, Dutch police said.

Rotterdam Police spokeswoman Patricia Wessels said police were called to a home in the port city in the early hours of the morning and found the 24-year-old Dutch player bleeding from a stab wound.

The officers and ambulance paramedics were unable to resuscitate Halman.

Wessels said the officers arrested Halman's 22-year-old brother. She declined to give his name, in line with Dutch privacy rules.

"He is under arrest and right now he is being questioned," Wessels told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "It will take some time to figure out what exactly happened."

No charges have been filed in the case.

Halman hit .230 in 35 games and made starts at all three outfield positions for the Mariners in 2011 before being optioned to Triple-A Tacoma.

Because he played professionally in the United States, Halman was not part of the Netherlands team that won the Baseball World Cup in Panama last month. The Dutch beat Cuba 2-1 in the final to become the first European team to win the title.

Born in the city of Haarlem, Halman played in the Dutch Pro League and was part of the gold-medal winning Dutch squad at the 2007 European Championship.

Former major leaguer Robert Eenhorn, the technical director of the Dutch baseball association, said he was devastated by the news.

"The only thing I can say right now is we are deeply shocked," Eenhorn, who played for the New York Yankees and Anaheim Angels in the 1990s, told the AP. "All our thoughts are with his family and how they are going to have to deal with this tremendous loss."

Halman was in Europe this month as part of the European Big League Tour, an initiative organized by Baltimore Orioles pitcher Rick Van den Hurk in which major leaguers gave clinics to children. Van den Hurk is also Dutch.

"It's really sad and it's really terrible the way it happened," International Baseball Federation President Riccardo Fraccari said. "We mourn for him and respect his family's sorrow."

Massimo Fochi, the vice president of the Italian baseball federation, said he met Halman less than two weeks ago at a European Big League Tour event in Parma.

"He was a great guy and the most appreciated by the kids," Fochi said. "His passing away is really painful."

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Britain wins 5 International Emmys

Lady Gaga, left, and producer Nigel Lythgoe arrive in the press room after she presented him with the Founders Award at the 39th International Emmys, on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)

Lady Gaga, left, and producer Nigel Lythgoe arrive in the press room after she presented him with the Founders Award at the 39th International Emmys, on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)

Producer Nigel Lythgoe poses with the Founders Award at the 39th International Emmy Awards, on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)

Archie Panjabi, center, presented the International Emmy Directorate Award to Subhash Chandra, left, chairman of India's Zee TV, and Citigroup Chairman Richard Parsons at the 39th International Emmy Awards, on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)

Archie Panjabi poses for photos after presenting an award at the 39th International Emmy Awards, on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)

Lady Gaga, left, and producer Nigel Lythgoe pose for photos after she presented him with the Founders Award at the 39th International Emmys, on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)

NEW YORK (AP) ? Christopher Eccleston and Julie Walters garnered the main acting awards as British TV productions won five International Emmys on Monday, including two for the BBC crime anthology "Accused."

"Accused," written and created by Jimmy McGovern, received the Emmy for best drama series at the 39th Annual International Emmy Awards ceremony at the Hilton New York Hotel. The anthology tells the stories of people accused of crimes as they sit in holding cells beneath the courtroom awaiting the verdict in their trials.

The ceremony kicked off with a surprise appearance by Lady Gaga, wearing a tatooed thigh-revealing, floor-length black gown and oversize sunglasses, who presented the honorary International Emmy Founders Award to Britain's Nigel Lythgoe, executive producer of "American Idol" and "So You Think You Can Dance?"

Gaga praised Lythgoe as her favorite producer and expresed gratitude for "all of the early opportunities he gave me to perform on TV." She also cited the more than $140 million he has raised for charity through "Idol Gives Back" and his Dizzy Feet Foundation that provides scholarships to young dancers.

"He has always helped to nurture and foster my ideas no matter how crazy or demographic-unfriendly they may have been," said Gaga, who appeared on last season's "Idol" finals. "He always spoke poetically about the pursuit of widening the boundaries of love and acceptance in TV."

Lythgoe returned the favor by calling Gaga "the most creatively talented woman in the world of show business right now." But he couldn't resist taking a few good-natured jabs at former "Idol" judge Simon Cowell, who received the Founders Award last year.

"I now call Simon Lord Voldemort because he must not be named because every time I name him the press thinks we're enemies and we're fighting each other," Lythgoe said. "That's not true at all. Simon has no enemies whatsover in the world. He just has a lot of friends who hate him."

"Accused" originally wasn't even among the nominees in the drama category. But it ended up replacing another British crime show "Sherlock" after it was determined that the updated version of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries had also been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the U.S. The rules bar a program from being entered into the two Emmy competitions in the same year.

Eccleston, the former "Doctor Who" star, won the best actor award for his role in an episode of "Accused," in which he played a financially stressed, lapsed Catholic plumber who's struggling with an adulterous relationship and coming up with the money to pay for his daughter's wedding. After praying to God, he finds a packet of 20,000 pounds in the back of a taxi, doubles his money on the roulette wheel, but ends up on trial after the windfall turns out to be forged notes.

Walters, who earlier won a British BAFTA TV award for the same role, was chosen best actress for the TV film "Mo." She portrayed the late Mo Mowlam, the unorthodox British politician who battled a brain tumor which she concealed from Prime Minister Tony Blair while working to forge the 1998 Northern Ireland peace accord.

The other British winners both centered around teenagers in unusual circumstances. "Gareth Malone Goes to Glyndebourne" won in the arts programming category for its account of the staging of a new opera by untrained teenagers at the renowned British opera house. The Emmy for non-scripted entertainment went to "The World's Strictest Parents," which takes unruly British teenagers and sends them abroad to spend 10 days living with a strict host family.

Forty nominees from a record 20 countries were competing in 10 categories for International Emmys, honoring excellence in television programming outside the U.S., at the ceremony hosted for the second straight year by former "Beverly Hills 90210" star Jason Priestley.

The award in the TV Movie/Mini-Series category went to Sweden's "Millennium," based on the late Stieg Larsson's best-selling trilogy that follows investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the anti-social computer hacker Lisbeth Salander as they unravel various crimes.

A real-life family drama, Canada's "Life with Murder," about parents struggling to decide how to relate to their son after he's accused of killing his younger sister, was chosen the best documentary.

Other winners included Portugal's "Lacos de Sangue" ("Blood Ties") for best telenovela; the Belgian hidden camera show "Benidorm Bastards" for best comedy, and Chile's "Con Que Suenas?" ("What Is Your Dream?") in the children & young people category.

Actress Archie Panjabi ("The Good Wife") and Citigroup chairman Richard Parsons presented the honorary International Emmy Directorate Award to Indian media mogul Subhash Chandra, who broke a government monopoly by launching India's first privately owned television channel nearly 20 years ago. His Zee TV network now reaches more than 600 million viewers worldwide.

The awards are sponsored by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, which includes media and entertainment figures from more than 50 countries and 500 companies.

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(Bmore Music) Guest Post: Katrina Ford Occupies Baltimore

By Brett Yale ? Celebration's Occupy performance shut down by Baltimore Police.

"Great Pyramid" tarot card painting by Katrina Ford

"Great Pyramid" is the final statement on side A of Celebration's most recent LP, Hello Paradise. The band channels a card in the tarot that deals "the boss, the king, male influence and authority, planning, building, construction, seeking stability, ambition and confidence, tradition, order, and structure." The song begins with a simple question,??Hey Kingdom, where do your ambitions lie??

It concludes with Katrina Ford demanding you to "stand up, to the top." Last weekend, Ford's band, Celebration, were asked by Occupy Baltimore to play at McKeldin Square, the site of Occupy Baltimore's encampment. The Baltimore Police Department got wind of the performance, and shut it down before it could even take place, threatening to confiscate instruments and "remove" individuals that performed.

Now more than ever is a good time to "stand up, declare damn! God damn! I?m alive!? To be alive is to be free, and we can all at least agree on the right to freedom. Right?

The following is an open letter to the universe from Celebration's Katrina Ford.

"OWS! Occupy! Occupy! The idea is grand and hopeful, it has crept in and gained momentum and support from across the globe. I feel my depression finally lifting. OWS to me, is a tribal community of care in a world I thought had forgotten how to dream big. The cat is out of the bag, on the street, and the world is watching!

"I believe the more it is resisted and evicted the more it will grow, which is beautiful and scary to me. Beautiful because of the utopian ideals that it represents, to see people sharing and believing that we can make a better life for ALL, not just the 1%. Scary because the resistance has shown it's true colors, and they are violently violating the law they represent, AND they have weapons.

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"As I watch video after video of these brutalities I ask, Where's the humanity? Has basic human rights gone straight down the tube?!

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"A month ago, representatives from Occupy Baltimore contacted us and asked us to come down and play. We had been to Mckeldin Square a few times over the past few weeks and wanted to help. It's cold and sometimes boring standing around waiting for a wave. We hoped by bringing some dancing and music we'd give them some much needed entertainment and something to bounce around and warm up to. So we agreed on a date and started to plan our equipment to fit the space and energy limitations.

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"The Baltimore Sun announced our upcoming performance, which alerted the authorities. A week before the day, Occupy Baltimore was told by the city that no generators could be used for the performance and that they would require them to have security for the event. So at the news we scrambled to find a battery powered version of us.

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"On the day of the show, police showed up to the encampment and told Occupy that if we brought in any PA it would be confiscated. Furthermore, if anyone performed they would be "removed." So we left our bongos and pump organ at home and showed up empty handed. We had to at least explain to our friends why we couldn't play.

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"After an hour of standing around and asking ourselves questions like "if I clap my hands is that performing?" or "will they arrest me if I sing and stomp on the street?" We saw the humor in it and felt like the heroes of Footloose. Then I began to see the gravity. We dared not challenge it at the request of Occupy, they felt like their relations with the city had been good but strained and didn't want to push it. We had all but given up, then at some point two of the officers walked over to bridge the gap, so we thought.

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"It ended up being a dodgy conversation on what kind of music will be played and what equipment they allowed. Basically it was micro diced until we were left with no real option. They didn't want us to make any noise, we had no permit to.

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"We feeling somewhat of a coitus interruptus, pulled together a renegade performance at Holy Frijoles later that night. As for playing directly for Occupy we are still waiting word to see if we can perform SOMETHING for the big day this coming Saturday and I'm still determined to bring a little celebration to the movement.

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"I am part of the 99% and I am behind it 100%. ---K. Ford"

Posted on November 18, 2011. More on: celebration, occupy baltimore, ows, friends records, hello paradise, katrina ford

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Engadget Podcast 265 - 11.18.2011

There's no better way to live out your TGIF dreams than to kick back with a stack of tablets and a a nice, tall glass of The Engadget Podcast...unless it's The Engadget Podcast with a side of Engadget father (and gdgt co-founder) Peter Rojas. Come with us as we take audio tours of The Modern Cloud and The Modern Bookstore, with a brief stop at your virtual homes to answer your burning-est questions about the week in tech.

Host: Tim Stevens, Brian Heater
Guests: Peter Rojas (gdgt)
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: More Than A Feeling

01:20 - Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ first impressions (video)
05:32 - Qualcomm announces Snapdragon S4 Liquid mobile development platform tablet on The Engadget Show, we go hands-on (video)
10:08 - Amazon Kindle Fire review
13:00 - Amazon Kindle Touch review
18:19 - Kobo Vox unboxing and hands-on (video)
26:05 - Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet unboxing and hands-on (video)
41:51 - Google Music drops beta, MP3 store and Google+ integration along for the ride (updated)
43:07 - Google Music Artist Hub helps musicians promote, sell music (video)
44:00 - Google partners with Universal, EMI, Sony Music, 23 independent labels on Google Music, scores exclusive content
45:00 - Hands-on with Google Music MP3 store for web and the new Music app
47:56 - iTunes Match goes live: sync up your entire music collection for $24.99 a year
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Occupy London protesters vow to stay at St. Paul's (AP)

LONDON ? Protesters camped outside St. Paul's Cathedral in London said Thursday they are staying put as a deadline passed for them to take down their tents or face legal action.

London officials attached eviction notices to the tents Wednesday, demanding they be removed from the churchyard by 1800 GMT (1 p.m. EST) Thursday.

The Occupy London group said no one had left by the deadline, and marked its passing with a rally and a minute of silence outside the cathedral.

"The general feeling is excitement at the moment," said protester Nathan Cravens, 27. "It's brought us together."

The City of London Corporation says that if the tents are not removed it will go to court seeking an eviction notice. The first hearing will likely be next week, but the process could take months.

More than 200 tents have been pitched outside the famous domed church since Oct. 15 in a protest against capitalist excess inspired by New York's Occupy Wall Street.

Police in the U.S. have been moving in to clear away similar protests, breaking up camps in Portland, Oregon, Oakland, California and New York's Zuccotti Park over the past few days.

Cravens said there was anxiety in London that the same thing could happen here.

"The concern is that it will set a precedent," he said.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/europe/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111117/ap_on_re_eu/eu_occupy_london

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Summary Box: Metals plunge on new Europe worries (AP)

METALS PLUNGE: December palladium fell nearly 8 percent to close at $603.70 an ounce. Copper for December delivery dropped 3 percent to close at $3.3825 per pound.

ECONOMIC WORRIES:Traders were worried that a spiraling financial crisis in Europe could slow growth and cut demand for industrial metals. It would also slow inflation, which undermines demand for precious metals.

CROPS DOWN: Corn for December delivery fell 28.25 cents, or 4 percent, to settle at $6.145 per bushel. December soybeans lost 19.5 cents, or nearly 2 percent, to $11.6825 a bushel. December wheat fell 24.25 cents, or nearly 4 percent, to finish at $5.925 per bushel.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111117/ap_on_bi_ge/us_commodities_review_summary_box

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'Macho' Guys More Accepting of Safe Sex (LiveScience.com)

In a turnaround on the usual stereotype of macho, testosterone-laden guys making risky life choices, a new study finds that young men with higher levels of this sex hormone are more likely to accept safe-sex practices.

The research focused on a population of 18- and 19-year-old men in their first year of college, a time when many are just beginning their sexual lives, said study researcher Sari van Anders, a behavioral neuroendocrinologist at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

The study found that men with higher testosterone levels were more likely to have an accepting attitude toward condoms and protected sex. The finding may reveal that for young college men, insisting on safe sex could feel like a riskier move than unprotected sex, van Anders told LiveScience.

"There's this body of research showing that people often view safer sex behaviors and people who engage in them in a somewhat negative light," van Anders told LiveScience. Thus, she said, the "social risk" of insisting on using a condom might require more boldness and confidence than having unprotected sex. [6 Gender Myths Busted]

Bold moves

Testosterone is linked to boldness and confidence, as well as in perilous decisions, such as making high-risk financial bets. But the concept of risk is culturally defined, van Anders said. In the case of sex, the obvious risk would be of pregnancy or sexually transmitted infections (STI). But for some people, those risks seem far-off and unlikely, she said, while the risk of having a partner think you're untrustworthy or already infected if you insist on using a condom is very immediate.

"Do you care more about the possibility of acquiring an STI, which might seem unlikely despite all these educational efforts, or do you care more about your partner right now, potentially thinking negative things about you?" van Anders said, adding that cultural ideas about sexuality can actually influence how hormones such as testosterone are linked to attitudes and behaviors.

As part of a larger study on hormones and behavior in college freshmen, van Anders and her colleagues asked 78 men, who were mostly heterosexual and from high-income families, to answer questionnaires about their health, sexual activity and attitudes toward condom use and other safe-sex practices. Each guy provided a saliva sample, from which the researchers extracted a measurement of testosterone levels.

Of the participants, 46 percent had already engaged in vaginal or anal sex, while the rest had not. But because the researchers were studying attitudes about safe sex and not actual safe-sex behaviors, they were able to include even sexually inexperienced men in the study.

Testosterone and safe sex

The results revealed that men with higher testosterone levels had more positive attitudes about safe sex. They were also more likely to say they'd use a condom even if there were obstacles such as social stigma in the way, the researchers reported online Nov. 14 in the Journal of Sexual Medicine. The lower-testosterone men showed less acceptance toward condoms, and they were less likely to say they'd try to use a condom in a situation where doing so was awkward or otherwise difficult.

The results were strongest for men who were sexually active, possibly because their attitudes were based on actual behaviors, van Anders said, though more research would be needed to test this.

"One of the things that is interesting about these results is that they're one of the first to demonstrate a link between higher testosterone and less risk-taking in any domain," she said.

Because environment can also alter hormones, van Anders urged caution against assuming testosterone causes safer sex attitudes. It's also possible that men get a boost in ego ? and testosterone ? from safe-sex practices, because it marks them as knowledgeable about sex and bumps up their social status, or simply because sexuality itself can increase testosterone. Testosterone is linked to status and reward, van Anders said.

The research is preliminary, van Anders said, and she and her colleagues plan to investigate whether testosterone is linked to actual behaviors, not just attitudes. They're also interested in finding out whether the testosterone-safe sex link holds up in more diverse groups of people.

"Perhaps safer sex seems especially risky and status-oriented for college-age straight-identified men who are just starting out," van Anders said. "There might be a different association in groups where safe sex doesn't require boldness, so social identity might be a big factor."

You can follow LiveScience senior writer Stephanie Pappas on Twitter @sipappas. Follow LiveScience for the latest in science news and discoveries on Twitter @livescience?and on Facebook.

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Health Tip: Getting Ready for Childbirth (HealthDay)

(HealthDay News) -- Creating a birth plan means making a list of your preferences for labor and delivery.

The American Academy of Pediatricians says birth-planning should include your preferences about:

• Whether someone calls the doctor's office when you go into labor, or do you simply head for the hospital?
• Transportation to the hospital.
• Where you'll deliver, who will be present and who you would like to deliver your baby.
• Your preferences for position during labor, and pain management options.
• Your preferences if unexpected circumstances arise, including the possibility of cesarean section.
• In the event that you deliver early, does the facility have the resources to care for a premature baby?

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20111118/hl_hsn/healthtipgettingreadyforchildbirth

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UK Galaxy Nexus availability updated -- some delayed until next week

As the confirmed (and re-confirmed) UK Galaxy Nexus launch date approaches, we're hearing more and more reports of delays in shipping handsets out to customers. British online retailer Clove, which is usually pretty accurate with its release dates, now expects its first batch of Nexii next Wednesday, Nov. 23. Clove says "this will be part of the first batch of SIM-free stock that is available in the UK". Many of the other retailers we spoke to said the most recent date they had from Samsung was Nov. 17, but that they had yet to receive stock, and couldn't guarantee that they'd have any on launch day.

Meanwhile, Three UK -- which started taking pre-orders yesterday -- has said it won't be able to fulfill its pre-orders until next Tuesday, Nov. 22, due to "stock delays". Three adds that it's still expecting its retail stores to receive stock on the 18th, but that it can't fully confirm this yet.

So far the only place that's definitely stocking the Galaxy Nexus on the official launch date of Nov. 17 is Phones4U. However it seems you'll need to jump on a 24-month service agreement to get your launch-day Nexus, as the retailer isn't selling any unlocked or Pay As You Go stock.

We'll keep you updated with any more details in the hours and days ahead.

Source: @ThreeUK, Clove Blog

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Who's afraid of big tech? Not Buffett, who buys IBM stake (Reuters)

(Reuters) ? Warren Buffett has always made his distaste for technology investments clear, but on Monday he changed his ways in spectacular fashion.

The Berkshire Hathaway chief executive said he has bought nearly $11 billion of International Business Machines Corp stock in the last eight months, building a roughly 5.5 percent stake that potentially makes him the largest shareholder in the company.

It was a surprise reversal for Buffett, who has always said he would not invest in technology because he largely did not understand it. But in an interview on cable television network CNBC, Buffett said he was struck by IBM's ability to retain corporate clients, which made it indispensable in a way that few other services are.

"It's a company that helps IT departments do their job better. It is a big deal for a big company to change auditors, change law firms" or to switch to a new technology vendor, Buffett said.

"I don't know of any large company that really has been as specific on what they intend to do and how they intend to do it as IBM," said Buffett, who teased CNBC's anchors for a few minutes with a guessing game about what the major investment was before unveiling the IBM news.

IBM shares, which have a market value of about $220 billion, were up 0.2 percent to $187.79 in afternoon trading. Earlier they hit $189.84, nearing the all-time high of $190.53 that the stock touched in mid-October.

Buffett, known as one of the best value investors of all time, appeared to have come to IBM late in the game -- a year ago the stock was a third lower than it is now. Buffett himself said he should have paid more attention to IBM five years ago.

Yet technology analysts said he had still gotten a good deal.

"Maybe he could have gotten a better price ... but if you look at Warren Buffett's investment policy I would assume this is a long term investment," said Collins Stewart analyst Louis Miscioscia. "This is not your father's IBM; the management has done a good job of cost control, returning cash to shareholders."

CHANGE OF PLANS

Though it seems like a contrarian move, one long-time Berkshire investor speculated that Buffett was buying IBM for its services business rather than its technology platform.

"It's going to be one of the four or five 'generals' in the portfolio," said Steve Check, chief investment officer of Check Capital Management, a California firm.

Another long-standing Berkshire shareholder said the investment was also a global play.

"More confirm(ation) that he sees international as more important," said Michael Yoshikami, chief executive of wealth manager YCMNET Advisers, which manages about $1 billion and holds Berkshire shares.

The investment fits with Buffett's desire to make big bets. Earlier this year, in his annual letter to investors, he joked about having a loaded elephant gun ready to make big deals.

He has followed through on that, buying chemicals company Lubrizol, investing $5 billion in Bank of America Corp and taking the IBM position.

Though Berkshire started buying IBM shares in March, Buffett's comments suggested the firm did not cross reporting thresholds on the investment until the third quarter, which let him keep the stake secret until Monday.

Buffett has also previously asked for, and received, the right to keep some investments temporarily confidential on the grounds that, given his notoriety, if his trades were to be known, masses of investors might try to pile in as well.

The IBM stake was so confidential, in fact, that the company had no idea Buffett was investing in it until he disclosed that he had bought 64 million shares on TV on Monday. An IBM spokesman declined to comment.

According to Thomson Reuters data, Buffett's 5.5 percent position in IBM would tie him with State Street Corpinvestment management affiliate State Street Global Advisors for the largest stake in the company.

During the third quarter, IBM shares traded in a range of $157.14 to $185.61, suggesting that no matter when Buffett bought, he is still up on his investment at least $160 million.

The median analyst price target for the stock is $200, with 14 of 28 analysts rating it a "strong buy" or "buy" and the rest rating it a "hold," according to Thomson Reuters data.

NOT BUYING EUROPE

One thing Buffett is not buying is European banks.

Buffett comes up whenever there is talk of a large European bank needing to raise capital, particularly in the current environment of writedowns on sovereign debt.

But he told CNBC that he would need to understand European banks better before investing, and that he has not yet seen an investment opportunity there in which he wants to take part.

The "Oracle of Omaha" and Berkshire Hathaway chief executive said he expects Europe's economy to show improvement 10 years from now, but getting there will be difficult.

In a three-hour interview, Buffett also disclosed that he was interviewed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in June about David Sokol, his former heir apparent who left Berkshire amid scandal earlier this year.

Sokol left the company after it emerged he had bought shares in Lubrizol while trying to convince Buffett to acquire it.

Buffett said he had an informal interview with the SEC, which was not a deposition and was not transcribed by a court reporter. He told CNBC the SEC had questions it wanted answered, and he and Berkshire were cooperating.

The Sokol episode turned into a major scandal for Berkshire earlier this year, with Buffett conceding at the company's annual meeting that he had handled the matter poorly. (Reporting by Ben Berkowitz in New York, additional reporting by Nicola Leske in New York and Jim Finkle in Boston; Editing by Tiffany Wu and Gerald E. McCormick)

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111115/bs_nm/us_berkshire

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Twain stalker released with credit for time served (AP)

TORONTO ? A former doctor who admitted to stalking Canadian country star Shania Twain has been released from jail with credit for time served.

Giovanni Palumbo pleaded guilty in September to criminal harassment and had been in custody since being arrested at Canada's top music awards in March, where he showed up with a greeting card to give to Twain.

A judge sentenced Palumbo to three years of probation on Tuesday. He is not allowed within 0.5 miles (0.8 kilometers) of Twain, her family or any of her professional staff. He's also not allowed to contact her or communicate with her and has been ordered to continue counseling.

Defense lawyer Gary Barnes said his client has a mental health issue.

Twain previously testified by video link and described the numerous lovelorn letters Palumbo had mailed to her homes in Ontario and Switzerland and discussed the feelings of fear and vulnerability conjured by his unwanted visits. He was seen at her family cottage, her grandmother's funeral and at the Juno Awards in March.

After hearing Twain's testimony, Palumbo decided to plead guilty but several more court dates followed due to legal wrangling over a psychiatric evaluation that had been requested by the prosecution ahead of sentencing.

That continued Tuesday, with Dr. Helen Ward telling court that Palumbo suffers from bipolar disorder, a narcissistic personality disorder and shows obsessive-compulsive traits.

Still, she found him criminally responsible for his actions, noting that at the time of his arrest, Palumbo seemed capable of differentiating between right and wrong.

"He knew exactly what he was doing," Ward told the court. "He just didn't care."

Palumbo was volatile throughout his trial, and had several more outbursts during his latest court appearance. When Ward described his narcissistic traits, Palumbo shouted: "I'm not narcissistic ? I agree you're all superior to me."

Earlier, during testimony from the police officer who arrested him, Palumbo again couldn't resist interrupting.

"I am innocent. I have never harmed anyone or anything in my entire life and I don't intend to harm anyone or anything in my entire life," said Palumbo, who used to work as an assistant surgeon but has since lost his medical license.

Barnes said he thought Palumbo's condition had worsened over the course of his incarceration. He also argued that if Palumbo had been sentenced in the weeks immediately following his arrest, he would never have been handed the nearly eight months of jail time he wound up serving.

While Barnes confirmed at various points over the course of the trial that Palumbo remained in love with Twain, he said Tuesday he wasn't sure if that was still the case. But he said he hoped Palumbo wouldn't try to contact the country-pop star again.

"If he did breach the probation order, he knows where he's going to end up," he said.

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UK Blackberry users pass 8 million mark (Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters) ? Research In Motion Ltd (RIM), the maker of Blackberry smartphones, said its subscriber base in the UK had passed the 8 million milestone as it unveiled a new cloud-based music service in the country

Blackberry, once an dispensable executive accessory, has been winning younger subscribers attracted by its BBM messenger service.

However its share of the global market has dwindled in the face of competition from Apple Inc and other makers, particularly those running Google Inc's Android operating system.

Blackberry's reputation also suffered a blow in recent weeks from an extended breakdown of its email and messaging service which hit a large number of users globally.

Figures from market analyst Gartner released on Tuesday showed RIM's smartphone share dropped to 10 percent in the United States in the third quarter, its lowest so far.

The music service, which will cost 4.99 pounds a month, allows users to build a profile of 5O tracks which can be shared with friends using the BBM service, the company said.

(Reporting by Paul Sandle; Editing by David Holmes)

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/europe/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111115/tc_nm/us_britain_blackberry

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Italy anxiously awaits reaction to new premier (Reuters)

ROME (Reuters) ? Italy anxiously awaits the reaction of financial markets Monday to the appointment of former European Commissioner Mario Monti to head a technocratic government, hoping it will end a disastrous week for the euro zone's third largest economy.

In a frenetic weekend of political activity, Italy's parliament approved a package of economic reforms agreed with European leaders, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigned and President Giorgio Napolitano appointed Monti, a respected international figure as head of a new government.

The whole hurried process, much faster than is normal, was designed to calm markets which last week pushed Italy's borrowing costs to the levels that forced Portugal, Greece and Ireland to seek bailouts.

The first test will come Monday when the Treasury offers up to 3 billion euros worth of 5-year BTP bonds in an auction that will show how far fragile confidence in Italy's battered public finances has been restored.

Because the euro zone cannot afford the much bigger bailout that would be needed to save its third largest economy, the crisis threatened a European financial meltdown.

Napolitano said after nominating Monti that there must be an extraordinary effort to address the crisis and Italy could not wait for elections to solve political paralysis. He said Italy must recover the trust of investors and European institutions.

Monti said he would work urgently to form a government and to pull Italy out of the crisis. The new government is thought likely to be a tight cabinet of around 12 technocrats and to be appointed within days.

"I intend to fulfil this task with a great sense of responsibility in the service of our country. In a moment of particular difficulty for Italy, in a turbulent situation for Europe and the world, the country needs to meet the challenge," Monti said after his nomination.

UNPOPULAR MEASURES

Italy's borrowing costs soared to way above a "red line" of 7 percent last week but markets calmed once it became clear that Berlusconi would go and Monti take his place.

Berlusconi went on television Sunday and said he had resigned out of a sense of responsibility and to protect Italy from speculators. He expressed sadness that thousands of protesters yelling insults including "clown" had jeered him when he went to Napolitano's palace to hand in his resignation.

Monti's government will try to push through reforms agreed by Berlusconi with euro zone leaders to cut Italy's massive debt and revive a chronically stagnant economy. But he could face opposition from right and left to some of the more unpopular measures on pensions and the labor market.

There are clear signs that he will face problems, with Angelino Alfano, secretary of Berlusconi's PDL party, saying there was "huge opposition" among its members despite promising its support to the new prime minister.

The devolutionist Northern League, Berlusconi's partner in the center-right coalition, also said Monti would face an uphill battle in getting parliamentary support for the reforms from a disparate group of parties supporting the technocratic government.

Italy's political turmoil was very much centred around the flamboyant and scandal-plagued figure of Berlusconi and thousands of demonstrators partied in the streets of Rome on Saturday after he resigned.

The normally ebullient media magnate cut a forlorn figure as he stared from his car, looking pale and drawn, when he left Napolitano's palace.

Top European Union officials and German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed signs of an end to the weeks of uncertainty, with Merkel saying the approval of a reform package in parliament Saturday was "heartening."

"I hope that confidence in Italy is restored, which is crucial for a return to calm throughout the euro zone," she said ahead of a party conference in Leipzig.

Berlusconi, one of Italy's richest men, had dominated the country since bursting onto the political scene in 1994.

The next election is not due until 2013 but there are widespread predictions Monti will not last until then, making way for polls once he passes the reforms promised to Europe.

(Additional reporting by Roberto Landucci, Massimiliano Di Giorgio, Paolo Biondi, James Mackenzie and Philip Pullella; Editing by Janet Lawrence)

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111113/wl_nm/us_italy

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