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Readers Lay Down the Law on Vacation Homes

Tips on handling visits from friends and family

Roger Roth

Editor's note: Our cover story in the October issue of Next—"When Your Vacation Home Becomes Everybody's Vacation Home," by Kathleen Hughes—looked at property owners in desirable locales (including Ms. Hughes, with a loft in New York City) who find themselves overrun with visiting family and friends. The article prompted a flood of emails from readers. Here are some highlights.

My husband is known for his temper. (In this case, this is a good thing.) So I just tell everyone who wants to visit, "Sorry, Alfredo does not really like to have guests stay over; you know how he is." I say this with a smile. We do have some people that we like to have stay with us, and they know who they are. Living in Miami with friends all over the world is hard!

Carla Blanco

We are lucky to own a vacation home near Cedar Breaks National Monument in southern Utah. We allow friends and acquaintances to use it for free. We do have very explicit "arrival and departure" instructions that most everyone follows very carefully. Other than the minor frustration of not finding kitchen utensils in their normal places, there has been little extra wear and tear on the home. Our feeling is that we don't really own the house; we just happen to be temporary and fortunate stewards. Therefore, we should be willing to share the beauty of the place.

Lyn Felton
Salt Lake City

We have been living the vacation-home dream for nine years and usually have between 40 and 50 guests over the course of a summer. But after a full week of work, and entertaining on weekends, it sometimes makes me feel like I haven't had a weekend off.

Don't ask me to cook anything more than "drinks on the veranda with appetizers." The "help" we like the best is treating us to dinner for providing three nights' lodging in a popular resort area. The best guests bring what they want to drink. The absolute best guests are the ones who love doing what we suggest without replying, "We've been there before." But we do love our friends and are happy we can share our home.

Ginny Siegel
Park Ridge, Ill.

My husband and I built a home at the Oregon coast 10 years ago. I loved our house, and loved sharing it with friends and family. Unfortunately, 10 years later, the list of people to whom we loaned it, and who repeatedly asked to use it again, became very long. While all were close friends or family, no one can love a house as much as the owner. This spring, after a period where five different groups had used the house since we had last been in it, my husband walked into the house and said "Enough!" There was a broken bed, a broken cabinet door, furniture had been moved into different rooms, food was left behind to mold, and no one had thought to move and stack firewood after using it.

We are now in a moratorium on loaning the house, which has led to many awkward conversations for me, and even some tears on the part of the others. I hope to come back to a middle ground, where people ask to use the house slightly less, and where I am clearer in my expectations to avoid problems in the future.

Julie McMurchie
Portland, Ore.

Our house is our winter/summer/vacation/retirement house. We use the Nancy Reagan line and "just say no" if we don't want visitors. When we do ask people over (which we do quite often), we have long used rules, such as: 1) If you're going to be around for more than a day or two, you must have your own car. 2) We have a well-stocked pantry, two refrigerators and a freezer. Fend for yourselves. 3) If you've come a long way (Europe, India etc.) and have never been to Los Angeles before, and I like you, I will take you on my six-hour "All You Need to See in L.A. Tour." I will never—ever—accompany you to Magic Mountain, Universal Studios, Disneyland or Tijuana. You're on your own.

John Elfmont
Redondo Beach, Calif.

The surest way to end the freeloading is to just say, "Of course you can use the condo. The exterminator is almost sure he got rid of the bedbugs."

Robert Beck Sr.
West Penn Township, Pa.

Five years ago, we bought a lake home in northern Wisconsin and generally enjoy having family and friends visit, but it gets old. I've tired of expecting to have jet skis and snowmobiles ready and gassed up. And who gets to pay for the motor rebuild? We are saying "no" more and more, and found that some expected the same dates year after year. Yikes.

Steve Foley
Elm Grove, Wis.

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Say 'Yes' to the Sleepover, Mom

The Much Maligned Maker of Tired Kids Now Gets Credit As 'Goof Around' Time

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Hannah Kuczmarski, left, and Elsa Kincaid play volleyball. Gretchen Ertl for The Wall Street Journal

Few words strike more fear into the parental heart than these: "Can I have a sleepover?"

"They destroy your children," says Elana Rose of Santa Monica, Calif. "There are certain places I simply will not let my kids go. I know they're either parked in the pantry or they're on YouTube." But Ms. Rose's children, 8-year-old Eden and 6-year-old Auggie, adore the ritual, and so Ms. Rose usually volunteers to host.

Many parents would agree: the best sleepover is the one that doesn't happen, since they can spread lice; invade the family's privacy and create grumpy kids the next day. Still, there are some redeeming aspects, as Molly Baker explains on Lunch Break.

There is a rich vein of sleepover folklore, and it seems every parent has a nightmare story to share. There was the 10-year-old who was allowed to watch "The Hangover" on a sleepover away from home. There was the young guest who decided he'd rather sleep in the master bed than in the spare bed in his friend's bedroom. There was the party where every girl cut her hair at 2 a.m., and the one where every girl went home with a case of head lice.

"So far it's pretty innocent," Ms. Rose says of her kids' sleepovers, adding, "Of course, there's that one who brought the bra, and they all had to try it on."

"Nothing good comes from a sleepover. Best case scenario, they're tired the next day," says Enrique Hervada, whose sons, ages 15 and 13, have never spent a night away.

For all the horror stories, some parents are mounting a defense of the sleepover, if done right. They aim for an even number of children in hopes it prevents someone being left out. They insist on a nap the next day and avoid at all costs two nights in a row.

Many experts say there are benefits to the sleepover, although they are hard to measure. "They provide kids with a big block of time where they are together in person without being directly supervised by an adult," says Lisa Damour, a psychologist and director of the Center for Research on Girls at the Laurel School in Shaker Heights, Ohio.

It's unfortunate that kids don't "goof around" for hours on end the way they used to, she says. There are all kinds of reasons—busy family schedules, safety concerns, fewer neighborhoods—but the result is kids who don't know how fill their own time and solve problems on their own.

The Kincaid family and their neighbors in Saunderstown, R.I., host sleepovers regularly, especially in summer. "Somebody, somewhere in the neighborhood is having a sleepover at least four nights a week," says Robin Kincaid, who has three daughters, ages 18, 15 and 11. "Sleepovers make friends feel like extended family."

Ms. Kincaid says she won't think twice about hosting two or three extra kids overnight. On the morning after a school dance or a soccer game, there might be wall-to-wall sleeping teenagers in the play room. Sometimes, when the whole soccer team sleeps over, there will be tents, a campfire and a sheet draped over the soccer goal for an outdoor viewing of "Bend It Like Beckham."

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A little cookie dough doesn't hurt at a sleepover: From left, Grace Zangari, Elsa Kincaid and Hannah Kuczmarski. Gretchen Ertl for The Wall Street Journal

"We don't want anyone to feel excluded," Ms. Kincaid says. "It can be a crowd, but we enjoy being with our kids and watching their worlds mix."

Music, television, brownies are all standard sleepover gear. Activities change as children grow and acquire new technology.

The Kincaid girls used to play Dance Dance Revolution until midnight; now they choreograph and shoot dance videos and upload them onto their computers (as a rule, they aren't allowed to upload them on YouTube). They used to watch "Grease" and "The Parent Trap" videos rented from the video store. At a sleepover last month, they followed a Michelle Phan beauty tutorial on YouTube, showing how to curl hair with paper bags.

Johanna, the Kincaids' oldest daughter, says she has been attending and hosting sleepovers since the age of 3 or 4. Her most recent was in December, when she was home visiting from her first year of college.

"Facebook is great to keep track of what people are doing and where they are, but a sleepover is good for getting all the juicy details," she says. "Lying in the dark is the best time to have a heart-to-heart. Someone says, 'You still awake?' and then the conversation can go on for hours."

Experts and many parents say a later-than-normal bedtime is not necessarily a problem, as long as it is firm and not subject to negotiation. With teenagers, though, many parents prefer to save their energy for issues that are more urgent than bedtime.

As kids get older, their social circle gets bigger, and so does the potential for bullying, alcohol and explicit media at sleepovers, among other things parents worry about.

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Grace's mom, Dana Zangari, gives her a hug before leaving her for the night. Gretchen Ertl for The Wall Street Journal

Parents, of course, need sleep too, and many of them say there is no good reason to let children stay up until all hours. "I can't sleep until they're all asleep," says Courtney Zanelli of Summit, N.J., whose sons are 16, 14, 13 and 9. "And then in the morning everyone is up early and wants me to make some he-man breakfast."

Peter Brodsky, a father of three in Dallas, is a believer in the benefits of a good long sleepover. "I am actually thrilled to keep the kids the entire next day because I know they'll be busy," he says.

A sleepover is free-form, and more fun than an afternoon playdate, he says. "Last weekend, my son and his three friends were making Zombies versus Marines 3," Mr. Brodsky says. "It was a fully plotted movie and his sister did all the zombie makeup."

The big difference between sleepovers today and those of only 10 years ago is the Internet, says Ken Ginsburg, an adolescent specialist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the author of "Letting Go With Love and Confidence."

"Mistakes can be multiplied immediately," Dr. Ginsburg says. "Kids in groups can be dumber and braver and take chances that normally they wouldn't."

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Three Ways of Looking at a Disaster

Less than a year after the Fukushima tsunami and subsequent nuclear meltdown, three documentaries on the subject are screening at the Berlin Film Festival. Together, they have emerged as some of the festival's most talked-about works.

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All three films convey frustration with the Japanese government's response to the disaster while exploring different facets of the aftermath. For his film "Nuclear Nation," director Atsushi Funahashi collected 300 hours of footage from April through December at an abandoned high school in Kisai, where the Japanese government housed 1,400 evacuees from the town of Futaba, home to part of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Five hundred of the evacuees are still living in the cramped classrooms, sleeping on mattresses among piles of their belongings.

"I wanted to depict this waiting time that you easily neglect," Mr. Funahashi said in an interview.

Viewers watch several families in progressive stages of confusion, mourning and boredom, eating the same boxed lunches each day, trying to find employment and waiting with a mixture of anticipation and dread to return to Futaba. Katsutaka Idogawa, the town's mayor, grapples with the problem of running a town that no longer exists. The film should be released in the U.S. this year.

The film "Friends After 3.11" takes a less intimate approach to the Fukushima aftermath, tracing the growing antinuclear movement among activists, academics and students in Japan. Several engineers and scientists describe the process of a nuclear meltdown in detail while teenage blogger Fujinami Kokoro gives rousing speeches at a nuclear energy protest in Tokyo.

A third film, "No Man's Zone," is more brooding and philosophical. The film, which is looking for a U.S. distributor, is intended as "a requiem, an elegy to a landscape that is lost, lives that are lost," filmmaker Toshi Fujiwara said in an interview.

Using a tripod and a 210 mm lens, Mr. Fujiwara was able to open his film with a steady, up-close shot of wreckage in the 12-mile no-entry zone surrounding the plant, where he filmed for 10 days last April before the area was cordoned off.

Scenes in the film show pristine cherry blossoms, wrecked cemeteries and ghostlike policemen searching for corpses. One man describes seeing his 97-year-old grandmother swept away; another remembers hearing voices crying out from under debris, as for days policemen were unable to enter the area to search for the injured, focusing on efforts on telling relatives to stay calm. "Of course creating a panic [is] not something you want to do. But they just wanted to save face," says Mr. Fujiwara.

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Stocks Notch Broad Gains

U.S. stocks reversed course to finish with broad-based gains, as investors seized on upbeat political remarks on the fiscal negotiations in Washington, and signs that the Federal Reserve could continue buying bonds next year.

Stocks reversed course to finish with broad-based gains, as investors seized on upbeat political remarks on the fiscal negotiations in Washington, and signs that the Federal Reserve could continue buying bonds next year. Barrons's Brendan Conway has details on The News Hub. Photo: Bloomberg.
Why are the markets selling off? Markets were up 100 points before dropping down again, as news of fiscal cliff talks percolated. Steven Russolillo joins Markets Hub with an update on what to watch for. Photo: AP.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 106.98 points, or 0.83%, to 12985.11, rebounding sharply after having fallen as many as 113 points in the first hour of trading.

The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index, meantime, climbed 10.99 points, or 0.79%, to 1409.93, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 23.99 points, or 0.81%, to 2991.78.

All 10 sectors of the S&P 500 were higher on a day that started with all of those sectors in the red. Leading the gains were consumer discretionary and energy stocks. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 1.20 % led the Dow advancers. Chevron CVX -0.17 % and American Express AXP -0.10 % also rose.

Consumer confidence rises to the highest level in more than four years, and the Dow loses 89 points. Is the market crazy? Mark Hulbert discusses on Markets Hub. Photo: AP.

Political and monetary-policy developments in Washington drove trading one day after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said there had been little progress in Congressional negotiations, helping push the Dow down 89 points, or 0.7%, on Tuesday.

On Wednesday, Erskine Bowles, the co-chairman of a high-profile fiscal commission, expressed pessimism about a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. That sent stocks to their day's lows, with the Dow off 113 points at its nadir.

Just minutes later, however, House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said he was optimistic about a deal. That helped stocks pare their losses.

Later in the trading day, President Barack Obama said he was hopeful that the White House and Congress could act to resolve the fiscal cliff before Christmas, urging the public to put pressure on their Congressional representatives.

"The markets want to believe that a deal will be struck. How lasting this deal would be—could it be a six-month or a 12-month deal—we don't know, but the markets are starting to lean in the direction of some sort of an agreement," said Myles Zyblock, chief institutional strategist for RBC Capital Markets in Toronto.

In the final half hour of trading, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Fed will likely continue buying long-term mortgage-backed and Treasury bonds in 2013, pushing stocks on another leg higher.

Data on new home sales for October, meantime, missed estimates as the previous month's figures were revised downward, a sign that the housing recovery remains uneven. The Federal Reserve's "beige book" report of economic conditions described a "measured pace" of economic expansion across the country.

European markets recouped morning losses to finish with slight gains. The Stoxx Europe 600 inched up 0.1%. The region's markets were buoyed by a well-received Italian debt auction in which six-month Treasury bills were sold at the lowest average yield since April 2010. Separately, the European Union approved restructuring plans for four Spanish lenders, which will allow the lenders to receive funding from the European Stability Mechanism.

Asian markets were broadly lower as fiscal cliff worries spread, with Japan's Nikkei Stock Average shedding 1.2% and China's Shanghai Composite dropping 0.9% to a near four-year low.

Crude oil futures pared their losses but still traded about 0.8% lower to settle at $86.49 a barrel, while gold gave up 1.5% to settle at $1,716.50 an ounce. Some traders linked the sudden drop in gold prices, which came at about 8:30 a.m. EST, to a monthly rotation of futures contracts that may have been tripped up by the Thanksgiving holiday. The fall in gold prices was followed by a similar slide in oil prices about half an hour later.

The dollar rose against the euro but fell against the yen. Demand for Treasurys rose, sending the yield on the benchmark 10-year note down to 1.616%.

In corporate news, shares of Costco Wholesale COST 1.51 % rallied to lead the S&P 500 components after the wholesale-club operator said it will pay a special dividend of $7 a share and reported November same-store sales that beat expectations.

Knight Capital KCG 0.30 % Group surged on an offer from high-speed trading firm Getco for $3.50 a share in cash and stock. Later in the day, Virtu Financial LLC and its advisers privately submitted an all-cash offer Wednesday morning that would pay Knight shareholders about $3 a share upfront and would transform Knight into a privately owned company combined with Virtu, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the negotiations.

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters GMCR -1.32 % soared after the company's quarterly earnings and revenue easily beat expectations, benefiting from stronger sales of K-Cup coffee and tea portion packs. Green Mountain also provided a current-quarter earnings outlook that was higher than analyst projections.

Groupon GRPN -1.08 % advanced after The Wall Street Journal reported that the company's board of directors would meet Thursday to discuss whether to begin a search for a new chief executive, citing a person briefed on the matter. Chief executive Andrew Mason said later in the day that he remains the right person to run the daily-deals site, and acknowledged there have been "bumps in the road."

Fresh Market TFM 0.09 % slumped after the specialty grocer met quarterly earnings forecasts but provided a somewhat downbeat full-year outlook.

American Eagle Outfitters AEO -0.25 % climbed after the teen retailer posted higher-than-expected net sales and stronger margins. The company also raised its earnings guidance for the year.

Express rallied after the retailer reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings and provided a current-quarter outlook that was topped analyst projections, boosted by a strong Black Friday performance.

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Daniel Radcliffe limbers up for the title role in 'The Cripple of Inishmaan'

THE WORLD KNOWS HIM for wand-waving wizardry in the "Harry Potter" movies, but Daniel Radcliffe has already done more stage work at 23 than many actors his age—and older.

"I'm very grateful I've been able to do so much on stage," the British actor says. "I talked to a lot of actors who are over a certain age who have never done it, and I don't think they ever will—they could, there's absolutely no reason...

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Obama Says Teamsters Need Less Oversight

Campaign Talks On Issue Preceded Union's Backing

Sen. Barack Obama won the endorsement of the Teamsters earlier this year after privately telling the union he supported ending the strict federal oversight imposed to root out corruption, according to officials from the union and the Obama campaign.

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White Cower

If Eric Holder is serious, he'll say a word in defense of the New York Post.

Attorney General Eric Holder ruffled some few feathers Wednesday, when he gave a Black History Month speech in which he described America as "a nation of cowards" when it comes to "things racial":

Though race related issues continue to occupy a significant portion of our political discussion, and though there remain many unresolved racial issues in this nation, we, average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about race. It is an issue we have never been at ease with and given our nation's history this is in some ways understandable. And yet, if we are to make progress in this area we must feel comfortable enough with one another, and tolerant enough of each other, to have frank conversations about the racial matters that continue to divide us.

We are inclined to disagree with Holder's suggestion that everyday life is impoverished by an insufficiency of "frank conversations" about racial subjects. Often it is just plain sensible to put aside "matters that continue to divide us" and focus on common purposes or interests. What Holder desires sounds nightmarish to us: a cross between "No Exit" and "All in the Family," with none of the latter's wit.

Still, there is a grain of truth to Holder's infelicitous description of America as "a nation of cowards." The subject of race does make people uneasy, and for reasons that go beyond common sense and courtesy. An incident on the same day as Holder's speech illustrates the problem.

On Wednesday the New York Post published a cartoon by Sean Delonas depicting a pair of policemen and a the bullet-riddled body of a chimpanzee. As one of the cops holds a smoking gun, the other says, "They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill."

Reuters describes what happened next:

Hundreds of demonstrators rallied to boycott the New York Post on Thursday, branding the newspaper as racist for publishing a cartoon that appeared to compare President to a chimpanzee.
Demonstrators led by civil rights activist Al Sharpton chanted "End racism now!" outside the parent company's skyscraper in midtown Manhattan and called for the jailing of Rupert Murdoch, whose international media conglomerate News Corp owns the Post. . . .
Because Obama promoted the $787 billion economic stimulus that he signed into law on Tuesday, critics of the cartoon interpreted the dead chimp as a reference to Obama, who became the first black U.S. president on January 20. . . .
"You would have to be in a time warp or in a whole other world not to know what that means," said demonstrator Charles Ashley, 25, a model who did not believe the cartoon was an innocent political joke.
Others said it made light of assassinating Obama, a possibility they said that worries many African-Americans.

Here we should note that News Corp. also owns The Wall Street Journal and this Web site. The Post is standing its ground, declaring in an editorial today:

To those who were offended by the image, we apologize.
However, there are some in the media and in public life who have had differences with The Post in the past--and they see the incident as an opportunity for payback.
To them, no apology is due.

The claim that the cartoon was a racist caricature of President Obama is awfully far-fetched. It played off a news item involving an actual chimp (a story with which we are thoroughly bored, so click here if you want to learn more about it). The president did not write the stimulus bill; indeed, he has been widely criticized for giving congressional Democrats too free a hand in crafting it. And anyone who is familiar with Delonas's surrealistic oeuvre knows that he is an equal-opportunity offender. His work is in the spirit of "South Park," not Stepin Fetchit.

All that notwithstanding, some will say that Delonas should have known better. We see their point, and we remember thinking a couple of years ago, upon seeing the umpteenth simian caricature of George W. Bush, that nobody had better do that if Sen. Obama becomes president. We were aware that that would constitute an invidious stereotype, in a way that it did not when the president was a person of pallor.

But what if someone is unaware of this? Suppose that a columnist or cartoonist is so innocent of racial prejudice that he has never even thought to make a connection between black people and lower primates? Such a person would be a racial kerfuffle waiting to happen. The moment he inadvertently employed an idea or image that carried offensive connotations, he would be pilloried as "insensitive."

Consider the paradox: Racial "sensitivity" requires not eradicating racial stereotypes but keeping them alive--and not only keeping them alive but remaining acutely conscious of them at all times. Delonas and his editors are under attack for seeing "chimp" and failing to think "black guy." Perhaps this is an editorial failing, but it is certainly not a moral one.

Which brings us back to Eric Holder. If Americans are shy about discussing race, a big reason is the culture of intimidation promoted by people like Al Sharpton in the name of racial sensitivity. "Frank discussion" requires a willingness to trust that one's interlocutor is acting in good faith. If Attorney General Holder is serious about promoting racial candor, let him use this incident to make the point. That would show a bit of courage on his part.

This Is Your Final Notice
"Chicago has yet to recoup the $1.74 million cost of President Obama's victory celebration in Grant Park--despite a burgeoning $50.5 million budget shortfall that threatens more layoffs and union concessions," reports the Chicago Sun-Times:

"The Democratic National Committee has not yet paid us,'' Peter Scales, a spokesman for the city's Office of Budget and Management, said Thursday after questions from the Chicago Sun-Times. "We're reaching out to them this week."
Stacie Paxton, a spokeswoman for the Obama-controlled DNC, explained the reimbursement delay by saying, "We are still looking at various costs and bills.'' She would not say whether parts of the bill are disputed.

Wait, the DNC doesn't trust the bill from the city of Chicago? This is a city that has had Democratic mayors continuously for the past 78 years. Isn't it a model of good governance?

The Neediest Cases
Everyone enjoys seeing filthy-rich Wall Streeters get their comeuppance, but the New York Times continues to act as a voice for the merely affluent, who are hurting in this recession:

Anthony Abraham, 33, a management consultant in Chicago, is already figuring he will not be buying a new car, and has canceled a trip to Paris and will be paying back less than planned on his student loans.
Last year, his bonus was around $50,000. This year, it will be half that amount, he figures, give or take a few thousand.
"It makes a real material difference," said Mr. Abraham, who has a $135,000 base salary. His bonus has typically gone to basic lifestyle maintenance, not frivolity, he said, adding, "It's not the kind of money where I could head down to the Ferrari dealership."

We cried because we had no Ferrari. Then we met a man who had no car.

Anniversary Gift
It was a year ago tomorrow, as we noted at the time, that the New York Times published a hit piece on John McCain that said . . . well, actually, let's turn to yesterday's Times to tell us what it didn't say:

An article published on February 21, 2008, about Senator John McCain and his record as an ethics reformer who was at times blind to potential conflicts of interest included references to Vicki Iseman, a Washington lobbyist. The article did not state, and The Times did not intend to conclude, that Ms. Iseman had engaged in a romantic affair with Senator McCain or an unethical relationship on behalf of her clients in breach of the public trust.

It's cute how the Times takes the opportunity to repeat its shot at McCain--but then, he isn't the one who sued the paper for libel. Today's Times reports on the settlement of the suit, in which it notes that last year's article "drew harsh criticism, including from the paper's own public editor, even as the paper argued that it was about public ethics, not sex." The public editor wrote that "if a newspaper is going to suggest an improper sexual affair, whether editors think that is the central point or not, it owes readers more proof than The Times was able to provide."

The original story said, in the second paragraph, that unnamed "top advisers" to McCain had been "convinced the relationship had become romantic." So although yesterday's "note to readers" was technically accurate in saying that the article did not "state" that Iseman had a romantic relationship with McCain, Hoyt understated the case in saying that the paper did "suggest" it.

Libel suits in America are very difficult for plaintiffs to win, so it is remarkable that Iseman extracted from the Times what amounts to an acknowledgment that it had nothing to substantiate the suggestion. We'd say the whole episode hurt the Times's reputation more than Iseman's. Maybe the paper can sue itself.

In other journalism news, the Puffington Host carries a headline we never thought we'd see: "John Gibson Did Not Compare Eric Holder to Monkey With Bright Blue Scrotum (UPDATED)." Apparently this is news because the site earlier had falsely reported that Gibson had done just that.

It was not PuffHo's finest hour, that's for sure, but at least the site didn't take a year to issue a correction!

Homer Nods
The procedural Senate vote on the so-called stimulus package, for which Sen. Roland Burris provided the decisive 60th vote, was not on cloture, as we stated in an item yesterday, but on waiving a rule in the 2008 budget resolution that required supermajority approval of measures that would increase the deficit. The supermajority in question is the same as for a cloture vote--three-fifths of all seated senators--so that the remainder of the item stands.

In the same item, we erred in equating what the Chicago Tribune calls "a Madigan flunky" with an employee of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. Apparently the "flunky" was actually a fellow House member. We've corrected this error.

A persistent reader asks that we correct a statement we quoted Wednesday: "Millions of women in this country are maimed and killed by their husbands or partners," said a statement from the NOW New York State, a chapter of the National Organization for Women. According to Justice Department statistics, fewer than 4,000 women were victims of homicide--committed by anyone, not only spouses--each year between 1999 and 2005. We don't know how many women are "maimed," but it strikes us that our reader is almost certainly right to say that "millions" is a gross exaggeration.

Fortunately, the Stimulus Includes $15 Billion for Chum
"Shark Attacks Drop; Expert Cites Ailing Economy"--headline,, Feb. 19

Dumb Dumb Dumb, Dumb Dumb Iran
"Iran Has More Enriched Uranium Than Thought"--headline, New York Times, Feb. 20

We Hear He's a Big Tipper

  • "Vilsack: USDA Must Serve Eaters as Well as Farmers"--headline, Washington Post, Feb. 5
  • "Feds Find, Serve Stanford in Va."--headline, Washington Times, Feb. 19

But Only if You Declare Them
"Tips Help Prevent Tax Season Scams"--headline, Saginaw (Mich.) News, Feb. 20

'All Right, Mr. DeMille, I'm Ready for My Close-Up'
"Cache of Ice Age Fossils Found in Los Angeles"--headline, Associated Press, Feb. 18

Lessons From Atlantis
"The Risk From Underwater Homeowners"--headline, BusinessWeek, Feb. 19

Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires
"Woods to Return Next Week at Match Play"--headline, Associated Press, Feb. 19

We Hope He Was Wearing a Shirt
" 'Wrinkly' Man Holds Up Pita Pit"--headline, Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader, Feb. 19

No, That Wasn't a Pin You Heard
"For Sprint Nextel, a Drop in Customers and Earnings"--headline, New York Times, Feb. 20

Help Wanted
"PHOTOS: Sheriff's Office Seeks Violent Robber, Yankee Fan"--headline, Seattle Times, Feb. 19

Someone Set Up Us the Bomb
"Crash Snarls 400 Traffic"--headline, Toronto Sun, Feb. 20

Everything Seemingly Is Spinning Out of Control

  • "Second Elephant at Zoo Tests Positive for Herpes Virus"--headline, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Feb. 19
  • "Experts Warn of 'Terminator'-Style Military-Robot Rebellion"--headline,, Feb. 20
  • "Cops Clock Man Driving 137 MPH in '93 Honda Civic"--headline, Associated Press, Feb. 19
  • "Drunk Santa Fell on Me, Woman Claims"--headline,, Feb. 19
  • "Invasion of Aquatic Aliens"--headline, Standard Journal (Rexburg, Idaho), Feb. 17
  • " 'Pull My Finger' iPhone Fart App Dispute Lingers"--headline,, Feb. 18
  • "French Get a Sober Warning to Give Up Wine for Their Health"--headline, Times (London), Feb. 20

News You Can Use

  • "Best Gobbles Come From the Gut"--headline, Tennessean, Feb. 19
  • "Need Some Joy? Stick to Here and Now"--headline, Oklahoman, Feb. 19

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"Carter Voices Confidence in Obama Stimulus Plan"--headline, Associated Press, Feb. 19

The Two-Piece Puzzle
CNN reports on some groundbreaking science:

New research shows that, in men, the brain areas associated with handling tools and the intention to perform actions light up when viewing images of women in bikinis.
The research was presented this week by Susan Fiske, professor of psychology at Princeton University, at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
"This is just the first study which was focused on the idea that men of a certain age view sex as a highly desirable goal, and if you present them with a provocative woman, then that will tend to prime goal-related responses," she told CNN.

To sum up, men are beasts. (Note: The preceding generalization should not be construed as applying to the authors of the stimulus bill.) Now all we need is a study to find out why women wear bikinis.

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Michael Sam: No NFL Teams Have Asked About Being Sexual Orientation

Former Missouri Star Said He Could Fit Into Any Locker Room, Including Miami

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INDIANAPOLIS—Former Missouri defensive end Michael Sam, who is expected to become the first openly gay NFL player, said on Saturday that no teams have asked him about his sexual orientation or anything other than football during meetings in the run-up to May's NFL draft.

Sam, who gave his first news conference since announcing Feb. 9 he is gay, said at the NFL combine here that he could fit into any NFL locker room. That includes, he said, the Miami Dolphins, the recent subject of a report that said their locker room was the scene of homophobic slurs and "bullying."

Sam said he'd be "excited" to be drafted by Miami. And while Sam spent most of his time talking about his decision to come out, he repeatedly said he would rather talk about football.

"I just wish you guys would see me as Michael Sam the football player instead of Michael Sam the gay football player," said Sam. "I wish you guys would just ask me, 'Hey, Michael Sam, how's football going?'"

Sam spoke about coming out while at Missouri and said it is unfair to say word didn't "get out" about his sexual orientation, since he said a majority of the student body knew. He said his teammates were allowed to joke about the situation and said that if anyone at the pro level made insensitive comments, he would simply "have a conversation" with the player.

"Everyone can be normal around me. We joked around because we are a brotherhood, a family," he said.

Sam, who wore on his jacket a "Stand With Sam" button that he said a woman in Missouri gave him, said the greatest moments of the past few weeks have been the outpouring of support from his college community, which gave him a standing ovation at a basketball game. But, he said, he has spent nearly all the time working out and ignoring the media coverage about him. He said he has no endorsements, and he batted down a question that he is a marketing dream whose story could lead to a movie.

As for football, Sam dismissed notions he must switch to linebacker from defensive end because of his size (6 feet 1, 260 pounds), which is considered small for an NFL defensive lineman. He said he is simply a pass rusher and will play anywhere he needs to play to make a roster.

Most NFL insiders believe Sam will be between a third- and fifth-round pick in the draft, and he was universally praised by NFL decision makers this week. Coaches such as the New York Jets' Rex Ryan said he would fit in, and numerous general managers said they would welcome him.

This week's combine, in which players are measured for size, speed and agility, will be key for Sam, who struggled in January's Senior Bowl while playing linebacker. His speed will be an equalizer that could eliminate questions about his size.

"I just want to do what I love to do and that's play football," he said.

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Gee Sam, seems like the only one talking about your bedroom habits is you. If you didn't want people to bring up the issue, why did you bring it up? No doubt there've been other homosexual football players, but they focused on football. Why not you?

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Get drafted...become a reliable starter...have a good career.Go kid.

Those others would include Manti Teo (presently a linebacker for the San Diego Chargers) who, as a Big Man On Campus for 3 years at Notre Dame had only an imaginary "girlfriend" whom he never met. The imaginary "girlfriend" turned out to be a man.

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President Barack Obama stepped up the U.S.'s response to Russia's actions in Ukraine on Thursday by adding to a list of sanctions against close friends and advisers to Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as a bank the U.S. Treasury believes holds much of Russian elite's money. Those listed in italics are lesser officials...

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Comcast, the largest cable provider by subscribers, agreed Thursday to buy No. 2 player Time Warner Cable for about $45.2 billion in stock, or roughly $66.8 billion including assumed debt. The deal, which valued the smaller company at $158.82 a share as of Wednesday's close, easily tops an earlier...

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University of California, Berkeley law professor John Yoo on the Supreme Court case concerning California’s Prop. 8.

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... I ... it ... gets back down to a very simple notion ... of fundamental ... rights fundamental concepts of justice fundamental concepts of Liberty and I look I can see ... we have fifty thousand children in California right now one and thing ... why can't my parents be married to ... me ... welcome back to Opinion Journal why Mary Kissel that was California Attorney General ... Kemal in Paris on gay marriage Supreme Court is hearing two very important cases this week ... we're looking at Berkeley law professor John Yoo here to talk about them ... I which I was start first with ... Hollingsworth versus Kerry ... the crop a case where ... a California law struck down gay marriage by ... Democratic majority now the courts hearing ... on that California's estate declined to defend ... this long ... to stay in ... this case Supreme Court I mean I think there is ... no some conservatives ... who are afraid of the outcome are now hoping the court might take the case now ... but the whole point of the initiative process ... is because the voters of California and didn't trust their elected officials to ... carry out their policies and so these initial process to go around the established government ... so Khona makes sense that you would have the defenders of the initiative we going courts sometimes the people or not the governor or the attorney general which is the case here ... um that's a matter also as a federal solution that's another state law that's for Californians to decide ... who under our Constitution is the best person for the best party to defend a lot ... and usually I would think the Supreme Court should accept that otherwise ... there been other cases of no snow will involve the Arizona immigration law with a court has accepted ... a private parties and accept effectively to defend along rather than elected officials stated that the Supreme Court finds standing in the goes ahead with the prop eight case ... what's the main issue here equal protection under the law ... well there's three different things a quirky due to take the case and I'm standing the second thing is to do which is never done before ... that has passed on the last two chances to do is to say ... these are inputs of protected classes you mention under ... the protection clause of the Constitution so any laws that harm then have to be ... given strict scrutiny or even intermediate scrutiny by the courts ... now the court may not have a majority for that even justice Kennedy who is thought to be the swing fifth justice here ... has been the previous two cases on gay rights ... not gone that way ... then they would be left with much of the trial judge's super Cisco's Judge Vaughn Walker said which was found which was ... the law then ... is unconstitutional or not depending on what the fuel is just the product of of what the locals and switch new Call bigotry or just a trade ... of cases a group and so I think that's a hard thing to do even though the poll showed majority Americans are moving towards favor ... for gay marriage ... it's I think it's a hard thing to say all the people who support are popping all the people who are majorities in the forty two other states that don't have the mantra called the gets ... the move on to the second case U S and the Windsor ... II which the court is hearing Wednesday as some of the funds bonds of marriage act ... Achleitner on aam piece of legislation ... um what is the relationship of this case to the proxy case ... ten years I think some people overlook this that is the court finds ... in the property case ... that the marriage is in the States cannot for having gay marriage ... then the second case about them and comes very easy because you would actually fall if the federal government can also discriminate against gays American said oh mom would have to be struck ... but if the court ... a word to say in the popping case no this is ... an issue up to the states which is mined him personally ... actually I'd been pro gay marriage I think he's had the same rate as the rest of us to be miserable for the rest ... but ... as a pulse members a cost to show that I don't think this through the courts to do to force on all the states ... but if the court went that way then and don't let it becomes a question of Federalists and does the federal government have the right ... to decide for itself what marriage means ... and there doesn't ... I think they do I think just the way we receive estates to sew the federal government does just for federal all federal coming can impose ... its definition of marriage on the states ... should Qeelin define marriage for purposes of our tax code benefits program to someone for sample ... if the state had polygamy ... we once in a federal government to accept polygamy into federal law that Obama's still goes to decide ... its own definitions for its own loss so what does this mean for the Roberts court Roberts court legacy ... is raising the Roberts court I think got off to a bad start for conservatives with disabilities decision last year ... and just wrote chief Justice Roberts said after the decision has been a goal off the mountain fortress of solitude of any property that might tell that to Malta for the summer ... well I think is able to find out whether the man of steel is Rick returned or whether we've got ... someone who's got a little more ... a Jelly bone backbone in response to the political forces around and ... if he's shown he can be browbeat art hacked into ... finding what the popular culture of the reviews wonder whether think is can it ... restores to more modest view the Constitution and the Supreme court's role in our society ... ok Berkeley law school Professor John you think you so much ... for being with us


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Sales tax revenues across the Southern Tier fell during the first half of 2014 compared to the first half of 2013.

Sales tax revenues dropped in Broome by 5.6 percent, down from almost $62 million at the end of June of last year to $58 million this year.

Statewide, revenues increased by 2.4 percent, which represents a reduction in growth. Some counties in the North Country saw dramatic increases in revenue but also raised their tax rate this year.

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Workers want McDonald's to pay them what they are owed.

Tampa, FL - Protesters rallied outside McDonald's over alleged claims the company and its franchisees were not paying their workers for hours they worked.

"Hey, hey, ho, ho, wage theft has got to go!" they chanted.

Several made speeches about why they stood outside the Tampa McDonald's off Bearss and I-275.

"I used to work here and I was asked to come in for meetings, unpaid, on my own time," said Yves Higgins.

Higgins said he used to make $7.80 an hour at the McDonald's.

"We made so little on top of the fact that they were not paying us for hours they required us to come in for," said Higgins.

Other protesters who do not even work for McDonald's were out there, because they support the cause.

"I am angry with McDonald's for not paying people what they could; for not really helping people that work for them, live decently and with dignity," said protester Chuck Leigh, a bishop for a local Catholic Church. "There are so many people at my church who work for minimum wage and they should be paid fairly."

Protesters have been expressing their anger across the country for months, resulting in seven class action lawsuits in New York, California and Michigan. McDonald's said it is reviewing the alleged claims that restaurants are not paying their employees properly -- shaving hours off their times cards, forcing employees to work off the clock and not paying them overtime.

The company released a statement to the media on the allegations Tuesday:

'McDonald's and our independent owner-operators share a concern and commitment to the well-being and fair treatment of all people who work in McDonald's restaurants. We are currently reviewing the allegations in the lawsuits. McDonald's and our independent franchisees are committed to undertaking a comprehensive investigation of the allegations and will take any necessary actions as they apply to our respective organizations. Our restaurants remain open today -- and every day -- thanks to our dedicated employees serving our customers." - Heidi Barker Sa Shekhem, McDonald's Global External Communications

"We take the policy of paying wages for hours worked very seriously. In fact, we pay our employees for meetings and even classes, in addition to a wide range of benefits. This former employee has never expressed any complaints or issues to me or my staff regarding wages." - Blake Casper, local McDonald's Owner/Operator.

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(USATODAY.com) - Southwest Airlines unveiled a broad sale with one-way fares as low as $49 on its shorter routes. Nearly all of Southwest's destinations are on sale, with the carrier saying it will set fares on most nonstop routes at one of four prices: $49, $99, $129 and $149.

But to get the deals, bargain seekers must act quickly -- and navigate some fine print.

The sale runs just three days, ending Thursday (June 5) at midnight in the time zone of the originating city. The sale covers travel from Aug. 25 through Dec. 17, though Fridays and Sundays are excluded on most routes. Other routes have shorter date-of-travel windows and there are a significant number of other days blocked off for flights to Florida and Nevada. Blackout dates for all routes are Sept. 1 and Nov. 21-Dec. 2. And, as in most airline sales, the number of seats offered at the lowest prices are limited and could sell out on individual flights.

For those who can navigate all the fine print, fares of less than $100 are available on dozens of Southwest's shortest routes. Among those: Baltimore-Charlotte; Boston-Baltimore; Boise-Spokane; Chicago-Pittsburgh; Denver-Omaha; St. Louis-Grand Rapids, Mich.; San Francisco.-Las Vegas; Phoenix-San Diego; Sacramento-Portland, Ore.; New Orleans-Nashville; Minneapolis-Kansas City; Los Angeles-Las Vegas. Southwest's sale covers travel periods that are typically slow for airlines in the United States. While demand is strong throughout the summer, it typically tails off among leisure fliers after Labor Day until Thanksgiving. It then drops again during the window between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Several big airlines appear to have matched Southwest's fares, but only on select routes (as of 11:55 a.m. ET). JetBlue, for example, was offering $98 round trips between Baltimore and Boston and between Jacksonville and Fort Lauderdale. US Airways was doing the same for flights between Baltimore and Charlotte and American on the St. Louis-Chicago route.

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When president Obama visits upstate New York today, he will talk about investing in young people.

The "Gotta Go" Button signals a dog's owners that they...well...have to go! (Courtesy: WROC/CBS)

When president Obama visits upstate New York today, he will talk about investing in young people.

Well now, we have the story of a young inventor from Penfield, who even the President might think is awesome.

He's a 20 year old college student who's caught the eye of the largest retailer in the world.

Think of it as an easy button for dogs.

Chad Bingo created "the gotta go" button for his basset hound Gracie--and she puts her paw down to signal she wants let out.

It's every dog lovers dream...and now, 20 year old Chad Bingo from Penfield is creating an easier way for dogs to tell their owners they want to go out.

When Chad’s dog Gracie was a puppy, she would continuously scratch the back door whenever she wanted to go out--causing damage to the door.

One night Chad and his father jokingly put a staples easy button near the door... And to their surprise, Gracie pushed the button signaling that she wanted out.

And it was--Chad joined the young entrepreneurs academy the next year and created the "gotta go" button with training instructions and all-- For gracie--its like clockwork.

Chad is hoping this product makes it big--and to help the process move along, he entered Wal-Mart’s "get on the shelf" competition.

"the gotta go" button made it to the second phase of the competition and now, if he gets enough votes, his product will end up on the shelves of every Wal-Mart in the country.
Now he just needs help.

Chad says he also wants to add some new voices for the button--he says a Morgan freeman voice could be in the works.

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In Charlotte, Finebaum will be part of a package that includes a radio program on ESPN networks, 100 televised appearances annually on ESPN and a TV simulcast of his radio show on the ESPN-owned SEC Network that is launching in August 2014, the WSJ reported. His radio show will begin airing Aug. 1, according to the WSJ.

"It would be the understatement of my life to say I wasn't thrilled," Finebaum said in the WSJ report. "It is incredibly exciting to be part of a new adventure, particularly one that involves the premiere brand in sports along with the pre-eminent conference in sports."

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McClaugherty Raffle

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Ticket holders could win $10,000 or other cash awards and prizes in the McClaugherty Raffle to benefit the Clay Center and the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra.

"The raffle is a great opportunity to help provide educational and cultural opportunities for thousands of kids all across the state by simply buying a ticket," said Sarah Brown, raffle co-chairwoman.

Prizes will be awarded at a drawing party for ticket holders from 5:30 to 7 p.m. March 5 in the Clay Center grand lobby. The party will include free drinks and hors d'oeuvres.

Tickets are on sale now for $100 each, and only 1,000 tickets are available. Ticket holders do not have to be present at the drawing to win. To purchase a ticket, call 304-561-3521.

In addition to the grand prize, cash prizes of $2,000, $1,000 and three $500 prizes will be awarded.

Other prizes include season tickets to the WVSO, Clay Center Presents series and tickets to the symphony gala and to the annual Carnaval fundraiser. Stays at Snowshoe Mountain Resort and Café Cimino will be won, as will gift certificates to Pies & Pints, Ellen's Homemade Ice Cream, Josh Nibert Photography, Geraniums, Petit Jewelry, Young Floral and Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory.

Climb the steps

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Teams and individuals will climb up and down stairs March 23 in a fundraising competition for the American Lung Association in West Virginia.

Participants in the Huntington Fight For Air Climb are asked to raise $100 to climb and $25 to register. The event takes place from 8 a.m. to noon at Marshall University's Joan C. Edwards Stadium, 2001 Third Ave.

"Whether climbing for a winning time or simply to cross the finish line in honor of someone with lung disease, this event is a great physical challenge," says Chaste Barclay, development manager for ALA in West Virginia. "Finishers will have a newfound respect for healthy lungs!"

All proceeds support the Lung Association's fight for lung health. A health fair and kids' fun zone will also be held.

Parking is available in the west lot of the stadium, which drivers can only access through 20th Street.

To register, contact Chaste Barclay at 304-342-6600 or at, or visit

Manna Meal Ice Bowl

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The fourth annual Kanawha Valley Ice Bowl disc golf tournament will begin with an 8 a.m. check-in Feb. 9 at Little Creek Park in South Charleston.

Nonperishable food items will be collected at the event for Manna Meal Inc., and 75 percent of the entrance fee will be donated to the Charleston soup kitchen. Food items needed are macaroni and cheese, canned soup, canned meats and canned fruits.

Entrance fee is $20. The first round is singles; the second round is seeded doubles. Lunch is included and will be served between the first and second rounds.

To register online, visit, or call Jim or Natalie Zellers at 304-744-6073.

Beginners and casual players are welcome. Divisions include open, women and recreational; prizes will be awarded in each division.

Singing valentines

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Members of the ThunderTones Barbershop Chorus will again form quartets and fan out across the Tri-State to deliver "Singing Valentines" Feb. 13-15.

The quartet will deliver a card and sing two romantic songs at a residence, workplace or restaurant. The price is $50.

The singing valentines raise funds to support local music education programs and to preserve and promote barbershop harmony. To order a singing valentine, call 304-302-6683.

Huntington's disease

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Huntington's disease support group meets on the second Saturday of each month from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Saint Francis Hospital. The next meeting is Feb. 9.

Meetings are for patients, families, caregivers, those at risk or anyone affected by Huntington's disease. For more information, contact Debbie Armstrong at or 304-549-3266.

Housing dinner

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The West Virginia Affordable Housing Hall of Fame annual dinner will take place from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. May 2 at Charleston Marriott Town Center.

Virginia Lewis will be honored at the dinner, which includes a reception, guest speakers and entertainment by Bob Thompson.

Cost is $75. Contact Lynn Corrie at 304-720-7636 or at

Hunger essay contest

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Olive Garden restaurants is sponsoring an essay contest for students from the first through 12th grades. Students are asked to convey their ideas for ending hunger in their communities.

The essays of 50 to 250 words are due by March 22.

The grand prize is a three-day family trip to New York City, dinner at the Olive Garden in Times Square, and a $2,500 savings bond. In addition, Olive Garden will provide a $5,000 grant to support hunger initiatives in the winner's community. Winners in each of the 12 grade categories will get a $500 savings bond and a family dinner at their local Olive Garden restaurant.

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WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The captain of the HMS Bounty is still missing after 16-crew members abandoned ship Sunday night. 14 survivors were rescued.

Claudine Christian, 42, was the 15th crewmember rescued Monday after the HMS Bounty sunk off the coast of the Outer Banks. Christian was found unresponsive and later died according to the Bounty’s website.

The ship is a replica of the original Bounty and has been featured in movies, including “Mutiny on the Bounty” and “Pirates of the Caribbean.” It visited Wilmington earlier this year.

The famous replica ship had left Connecticut last week for Florida. As Hurricane Sandy began its path up the East Coast, the Bounty was still out at sea and reportedly tried to go around the storm. But Sunday night, the Coast Guard received a call from the ship’s owner saying the Bounty was rapidly taking on water with no power.

The Bounty’s website says the 63-year-old captain, Robin Walbridge ordered all 15 other crewmembers to abandon ship, using life rafts and cold-water survival suits. Early Monday, about 90 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, the Coast Guard rescued 14. Coast guard swimmers dove into 30-foot waves and survivors were hoisted from the ocean in baskets.

During a phone interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Coast Guard Vice Adm. Robert Parker, Operational Commander for the Atlantic Area, said the Coast Guard got a call from the owner of the Bounty around 9:45 p.m. that the ship was taking on two feet of water per hour off the Outer Banks. He said the crew abandoned ship into canopied, rubber life rafts with about 10 feet of water on board. The Coast Guard said the crew was wearing cold-water survival suits.

Parker said two H-60 helicopters hoisted survivors from the rafts. One helicopter brought on nine crew members. The other brought on five survivors. The Coast Guard says two crew members are adrift at sea.

“We certainly hope for the best, but we’re preparing for the worst,” Vice Adm. Parker said.

“This is something we train for everyday,” Coast Guard Lt. Jenny Fields said. “I mean obviously these conditions expand upon that training quite significantly.”

The survivors were ferried back to land in two Coast Guard helicopters, grateful to be alive.

“As more got into the chopper and they start being able to see their friends and realize that this very dark time was over- they were cheering, hugging, excited– so that pat makes you feel good at the end of the day,” Lt. Fields said.

Hours later, Christian was rescued, but as day turned into night it is their captain that still remains lost at sea.

  • ChefnSurf says:

    ….. as Stupid posts.

    You obviously know less than nothing about the sea, sailing, the Coast Guard’s primary mission of saving lives or honor for that matter. Only a full blown a-hole would suggest that those people should have been left in the ocean to perish.

    I would have to guess, that with your warped perspective, firemen and police officers should also not respond to emergencies for fear of being harmed. Then again, probably not, because that’s something that you personally might need someday unlike the Coast Guard.

  • Dude1 says:

    I guess these idiots wanted a movie made about them by setting sail in a hurricane (like the perfect storm). Da, how stupid can you get, and the Coast Guard should have left them out there instead of risking Coast Guard lives to save them. Fire the captain and bill the owner for costing the taxpayers money. Another one chalked up for graveyard of the Atlantic.

  • GuestUSMC says:

    Not to mention the clowns don’t even know how many are aboard.

  • Guest461 says:

    You should be ashamed of yourself for such a cold-earted comment! There is the possibilty of lost souls with this incident. You should never, ever wish bad on those that have an unfortunate circumstance with the sea.

    Look, just go back to your crack pipe and inhale a few extra doses. You need it badly. Having you comatose is an advantage!

  • taxpayer says:

    You’re an idiot.

  • Mozmom says:

    As a mother of a Tall Ship Sailor, I find your assumptions those of a 10 yr. old.If you knew anything about sailing, skill, and the seriousness that these hard working teachers & crew share, you would not be so careless to say the would put other lives in danger. they learn 1)SHIP 2) Shipmates 3)Guests 4) YOURSELF…And why would a Captain ruin his career and reputation..This is not a high paying Job..

  • Mitchell says:

    ^^^^ not a sailor?

    Square rigged boats are built for high winds. It was a mechanical failure, ding bat. Those boats are safer at sea than banging against a piling 10 feet from shore. That boats has been through many a hurricane before this one. “Another one chaulked up for graveyard of the Atlantic?” AGAIN, not a sailor, as most wrecks happen within 10 miles of shore.

    You want to talk about “costing the taxpayers money?” Let us talk about how many motor boats have run out of gas only to call mayday to the Coast Guard.

    And to the Coast Guard, thank you :)

  • OtherGuest says:

    So if we are going to make judgements about when the Coast Guard should respond, why not just disband the Coast Guard and save all that money?

  • Mac says:

    You’re an idiot! These ships go from event to event showing the technology of an older period! This is a business and they transite from place to place as a result of that business. These are sailors and people you are speaking of! Have some respect. This is no different from the tankers and container ships that supply your daily needs. It is a shame that there are some sailors that may be unaccounted for.

  • Sarah says:

    According to the ship’s own website 17/17 crew have been accounted for and are in life boats or have already been lifted out… the ship is STILL AFLOAT… who to believe??

  • GuestCY says:

    Did you seriously just say disband the Coast Guard & save money? What an ignorant statement. The US Coast Guard is JUST as important to our National Security as the other 4 branches of the US Armed Forces. Think before speaking.

  • Guest1966 says:

    Umm, I’m pretty sure they count the national guard too, so that would make 6 branches of service, talk about dumb! Where you been, the Oaks?

  • taxpayer says:

    “C’mon man whose is the idiot now.”

    I would say the overwhelming concensus of opinion is…wait…wait…
    you are!

  • Guest461 says:

    Great going there braniac! You’ve just won THE prize for the most idiotic and insensitive post of the year (not to mention, just plain out stupid!)!

    You will be very, very safe when the Zombies come! They don’t eat brainless sh**heads!

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  • Grand Ole Party says:

    You are the idiot. Not half an idiot, but a full blown moron.

  • Guest 10101 says:

    If you had the brains an idiot has you’d be twins. Of course, you’re still an insensitive fool.

    Do yourself a favor and stop posting about things you obviously have no knowledge about. You’re just making yourself look bad.

    Here’s a thought: Post something about what you DO know about water and floating objects. You know, something about you and your rubber ducky perhaps.

  • Mojo says:

    I agree. And this position is affirmed by the disastrous results. ‘Hope everyone makes it out alright, but these guys were idiots to set sail into a storm that was warned about well in advance. Set sail in a wooden ship with sails no less.

  • Dude1 says:

    I am not the one floating around in a life raft, so who is the idiot now. Most commercial ships avoid storms like this not sail into them. This ship was on its way to do a show in Florida when it should of been docked in a river somewhere. C’mon man whose is the idiot now.

  • symone says:

    The truth is that these sailors knew what they were getting into and chose to put themselves in harms way. Their decision has cost lives. The coast guard should not be expected to put themselves in harms way for people who were warned ahead of time. Just like the people who chose to stay behind when asked to evacuate. You are on your own! Don’t expect someone to try to rescue you because of your own stupidity.

  • William E Halpin says:

    FYI the primary mission of the Coast Guard is Law Enforcement while Search & Rescue is amoung the many other duties these professional men and women perform.

  • Dude1 says:

    Lee me see, I am going to get on a sailboat and go from point A to point B in the ocean with a Hurricane in between. Did they stop by Washington and get some politicians to run the boat!!! Sounds like it, or maybe the captain is related to Mayor Saffo.

  • Mojo says:

    You’re so wrong. No one suggests they are wrong for performing their business… but one needs to make intelligent decisions when lives as well as their livelihoods are on the line. They clearly should not have set sail. The entire Norfolk-based U.S. Atlantic Fleet scrambled out of the way of this storm. Commercial airlines as well as air cargo carriers make business off flying people and things around the world, but they check the weather before they go anywhere. Hence flights getting cancelled into and out of the northeast right now.

  • Guest Eddie P. says:

    Why anyone would dignify rudeness with a response is beyond me. Let them wallow in their ignorance alone. Ignore that troll.

  • RSimmons says:

    The Bounty was due in its winter home of St Petersburg Fla for a show and tour on Nov.11 and 12. The ship was in New London Ct last week. No good reason to sail south in the storm. The ship only had a draft of about 14′ and could have waited out the storm in any number of protected harbors and “storm holes” in New England and still make it under power to St Pete by the 11th (about 10 days at 6 knots)

    Had the Bounty survived the voyage through the hurricane it’s fame and marketability would have certainly increased.

    The owner of the Bounty have been trying to sell her since 2010. recently re-listed with a broker

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WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Wave Transit held the first of two public hearings Wednesday on service reductions here in the Port City.

Wave wants to eliminate 3 routes including one that runs through the heart of downtown.

One of the routes on the chopping block is the 207, which transports students to Cape Fear Community Colleges North Campus on North College Road.

“Now they are going to snatch this bus out from under us. There are a lot of us that are depending on this bus,” said Shannon Dunn.

Dunn fought back tears at Wednesday’s public transit hearing. She says she moved to Wilmington to start her life over again and to attend cosmetology school.

“I ride first thing in the morning and I ride every afternoon. This bus is loaded with people,” said Dunn.

About a dozen people attended Wednesday’s meeting including Alexus Smith.

“I can only speak for the students. It’s going to hurt us a lot, because I don’t know how else I am supposed to get there,” said Smith.

Transit officials say the cuts are due to a lack of funding by the county.

“A lot of students depend on this bus to get all the way out to the north campus which is in Castle Hayne, which is a long way. If you don’t have a car or don’t have a way to go this is the only way to better yourself,” said Dunn.

If approved, the route reduction is tentatively scheduled for September 30. There will be another public hearing Thursday at noon at Forden Station near Costco.

  • taxpayer says:

    Calculate the revenue generated by the riders to/from the North campus of CFCC. Then determine how much it costs for one round trip to operate the bus. I think you’ll find that WAVE is a money-losing, taxpayer-sucking enterprise.

  • real talk says:

    bus 204 is need just as well as the 207 cut the one to the beaches

  • Guest2020 says:

    Route 204 to Leland should be the first one to get cut. Route 106 should get cut before 207. Getting to college is more important than getting to the mall.

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The average person won't be able to buy a self-driving model anytime soon because it's too expensive at this point. But that doesn't mean you can't try out some of the technology today. Take the adaptive cruise control, for example.

"Adaptive cruise control can bring the car to a complete stop as well as start the car when traffic gets moving again, so you can literally be in stop and go traffic and not put your feet on the pedals at all," Hellwig says.

Or there are lane departure warnings that auto correct when you veer outside the lines... headlights that adapt to changing weather conditions... and new blind spot technology that gives you an audible or visual warning in your mirrors letting you know that a car is there.

And guess what? These options aren't just popping up in the luxury market anymore. When Aimee Goodman went new car shopping recently, she was sold when she realized she could get high tech for low price.

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The car she picked is priced in the mid 20's, but offers blind spot assistance and windshield wipers that will turn on as soon as it senses moisture on the windshield.

Some complain that all the high tech help will put drivers at a disadvantage. The concern:

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Aimee says it makes her feel more confident.

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Some automakers are now working on creating cars that will take over the wheel in an emergency. There are still many obstacles on the road to self-driving cars and autonomous features, many of which would require laws to be drawn up to deal with things like who might be at fault if an accident did happen in a self-driving car.

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“When Eli, Jack and I started SanDisk in 1988 we knew flash memory had great potential. The company’s growth and impact have far exceeded our expectations,” said Sanjay Mehrotra, SanDisk’s co-founder, president, chief executive officer.

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Smart Taskbar – Launch Any App in 2 Steps

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Smart Taskbar is launcher/task switcher/app organiser written by XDA forum member jerryfan2000 and features a mini side bar for super fast app launching.  The side bar is hidden until you slide your finger or click on a transparent trigger icon on the screen. One of the benefits of Smart Taskbar is that it frees up your home screen for more widgets instead of app shortcuts.

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