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CAMARILLO, CA ? (Marketwire) ? 10/26/11 ? Salem Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: SALM), a leading U.S. radio broadcaster, Internet content provider, magazine and book publisher targeting audiences interested in Christian and family-themed content and conservative values, today announced some management changes. These changes have been implemented to better serve Salem-s unique customer base. Additionally, these promotions further display Salem-s commitment to promote successful employees from within.

Ron Walters is promoted to Senior Vice President, Ministry Relations. The primary focus of Ron-s role will be to expand and enhance the relationship Salem stations have with national and local ministry partners as well as with the local church communities in each Teaching and Talk market. After the first of the year Ron will be relocating to an office in the Seattle area.

Chris Gould moves from General Manager of Salem-s Tampa and Sarasota cluster to VP, National Program Development and will be based in Salem-s corporate office in Camarillo, CA. Chris will replace Ron Walters in the area of national ministry program sales for Salem-s Teaching and Talk stations.

Barb Yoder replaces Chris Gould as General Manager of Tampa and Sarasota Florida cluster. Barb has been General Sales Manager for Tampa since 2007. With Barb-s promotion, a search is underway for a new GSM in this market.

Salem Communications Corporation is the largest commercial U.S. radio broadcasting company that provides programming targeted at audiences interested in Christian and family-themed radio content, as measured by the number of stations and audience coverage. Upon completion of all announced transactions, the company will own and/or operate a national portfolio of 96 radio stations in 37 markets, including 60 stations in 22 of the top 25 markets. Salem also programs the Christian-themed talk format on SiriusXM Radio, channel 131.

Salem also owns , a national radio network that syndicates talk, news and music programming to approximately 2,000 affiliated radio stations and Salem Media Representatives, a national media advertising sales firm with offices across the country.

In addition to its radio broadcast business, Salem owns an Internet and a publishing division. Salem Web Network is a provider of online Christian and conservative-themed content and streaming and includes websites such as Christian faith focused Christianity.com, Questions and Answers about at Jesus.org, focused Crosswalk.com?, online at BibleStudyTools.com, at GodTube.com, a leading website providing at WorshipHouseMedia.com and ministries online at OnePlace.com. Additionally Salem owns news leader Townhall.com? and HotAir.com, providing conservative commentary, news and blogging. Salem Publishing circulates Christian and conservative magazines such as Homecoming? The Magazine, YouthWorker Journal, The Singing News, FaithTalk Magazine, Preaching and Townhall Magazine. Xulon Press is a provider of services targeting the Christian audience.

Company Contact:
Evan D. Masyr
Salem Communications
(805) 384-4512

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Nokia unveils Windows smartphones to catch rivals (AP)

HELSINKI ? Nokia Corp. on Wednesday launched its long-awaited first Windows cellphones, hoping to claw back market share it has lost in the tough, top-end smartphone race to chief rivals, Apple Inc.'s iPhone, Samsung and Google's Android software.

But some analysts say it may be too little, too late, for the world's top mobile phone maker.

With price tags of euro420 ($580) and euro270, the Lumia 800 and 710 are based on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 7 software and come eight months after Nokia and the computing giant said they were hitching up.

"Lumia is reasonably good ... but it's not an iPhone killer or a Samsung killer," Neil Mawston from Strategy Analytics said. "But where Nokia does stand out is on their price ? it looks like they are going to be very competitive."

Lumia 800, with Carl Zeiss optics and 16GB of internal memory, will be available in selected European countries in November, including France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and Britain. It will be sold in Hong Kong, India, Russia, Singapore and Taiwan before the year-end.

Lumia 710, with a 1.4 GHz processor, navigational applications and Nokia Music ? a free, mobile music-streaming app ? will first be available in Hong Kong, India, Russia, Singapore and Taiwan toward the end of the year.

The company's share price jumped almost 3 percent in an otherwise depressed market on the Helsinki Stock Exchange but settled, closing almost unchanged at euro4.80 ($6.68).

Nokia also unveiled four cheaper smartphones aimed at emerging markets ? the Asha range priced euro60 to euro115 ? with cameras, navigation applications and fast downloads ? in a bid to help "the next billion" users connect to the Internet, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said at the Nokia presentation in London.

Equipped with QWERTY keyboards and some with the popular dual SIM cards, the Asha handsets will be shipped globally in the fourth quarter or early 2012.

Nokia, which claims 1.3 billion daily users, has been the world's biggest handset maker since 1998, selling 432 million devices last year ? more than its three closest rivals combined. But after reaching its announced global goal of 40 percent market share in 2008, it has struggled against rivals making cheaper handsets in Asia, and its share has shrunk to 24 percent earlier this year.

Worse still, Nokia's sales in the more lucrative smartphone market crashed 39 percent in the third quarter as it continued to be squeezed in the low end by Asian manufacturers like ZTE and in the high end by the iPhone, Research in Motion's Blackberry, Korea's Samsung Electronics and Taiwan-based HTC Corp.

The iPhone has set the standard for smartphones among many design-conscious consumers, the Blackberry has been the favorite of the corporate set and increasingly Google Inc.'s Android software has emerged as the choice for phone makers that want to challenge the iPhone.

Samsung and HTC ? snapping at Nokia's heels for third place in topend smartphones behind the iPhone and Samsung ? are the biggest users of the Android platform.

Nokia is still operating Symbian software, older than Apple's software and considered clumsy by many, although it has been upgraded. Nokia also introduced the MeeGo platform in its flagship N9 model launched last month.

Elop has said Windows software will become the main platform for Nokia smartphones but that it won't stop developing Symbian or MeeGo.

Mawston says Nokia has been pushed into a corner as Symbian was unable to compete with other operating systems and MeeGo took too long to develop.

"It's a risk that they may be juggling too many balls at once," Mawston said. "They were pushed into a multi-platform strategy for at least the short-term, but given the competitive situation with Symbian and MeeGo they really had no choice but to develop a third (platform) and juggle all three at once."

Elop described the Lumia phones as a "new dawn" for Nokia.

"Lumia is light ... Lumia is the first real Windows Phone," Elop declared to the London audience.

He acknowledged that since he took over the Nokia leadership a year ago there had been "some difficult moments and some tough decisions to make," including more than 12,000 layoffs, but was upbeat about the future.

"Eight months ago, here in London we outlined a new direction for Nokia," Elop said. "Since then we've gone through a significant transition and we are playing to win ? no holding back, no hesitation, no second guessing."

Ovum analyst Nick Dillon said the success of the new Windows devices will be critical.

"The challenges which Nokia faces are significant ? many potential Windows Phone customers will have already bought an Android or iPhone and will have some form of attachment to those platforms," Dillon said. "Nokia will have a challenge to convince them to switch to what is a largely unknown, and therefore risky, alternative."

Nokia, which according to Strategy Analytics, is the world's top seller of dual SIM card handsets, sold 18 million such devices in the third quarter.

"Dual SIM is really something Nokia should have been doing in 2007 and 2008 when the market really started rocketing quite aggressively," Mawston said. "Like with smartphones really, they're two or three years behind and are gradually playing catch-up."

The Espoo-based company, near Helsinki, employs 136,000 people ? up from 132,000 a year ago.

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Wayne State University study of heroin users to examine links between stress, drug use

Public release date: 25-Oct-2011
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Contact: Julie O'Connor
julie.oconnor@wayne.edu
313-577-8845
Wayne State University - Office of the Vice President for Research

A Wayne State University researcher is using a three-year, $1.55 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health to learn more about the links between stress and drug use by applying behavioral economics.

Mark Greenwald, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences in the School of Medicine and director of the Substance Abuse Research Division, will study a group of heroin users to see how pharmacologically induced stress affects their decisions to seek money or drugs when given the choice. Over the next three years, 30 participants will be selected from more than 100 heroin-addicted volunteers who currently are not being treated; then, they will undergo extensive screening.

"The application of this research is potentially much more far reaching than heroin abuse or even substance abuse," Greenwald said, adding that it also could affect treatment for other addictive disorders or obesity.

While medications exist to treat drug addiction, alcohol abuse and cigarette smoking, he said, they don't directly tackle stress, which is the focus of his study and one of the key precipitators of drug use and relapse.

"In biological terms, stress means pushing the organism beyond its normal homeostatic limits so that it's forced to adapt to a more challenging situation, and that produces both biological and behavioral effects," Greenwald said. "Those are things we're capable of measuring in a controlled, experimental human laboratory setting."

Study participants will be given different oral doses of yohimbine, which has been shown to increase drug-seeking behavior, and different oral doses of hydrocortisone, another stress inducer. During the inpatient study period, participants will be stabilized on buprenorphrine, a medication known to mitigate heroin withdrawal symptoms.

During multiple three-hour sessions, each participant will be presented with 12 opportunities to work on a computer task for money or the drug Dilaudid, an opioid painkiller whose effects are similar to that of heroin. With each choice they make, however, the response cost the "price" of earning money or the drug exponentially increases. Before the work sessions, they will receive placebo, yohimbine alone, hydrocortisone alone, or the combination of yohimbine and hydrocortisone, in random order. During each session participants will be given the chance to work for money, drugs or a mixture of both, or they may choose not to work at all.

Researchers then will record how varying the levels of stressors or withholding them affects drug-seeking behavior. Greenwald predicts that higher stress levels will result in more drug seeking. He said that actually measuring those levels is a chance to develop a deeper appreciation for the mechanisms by which stress increases drug use. For instance, the behavioral economic approach will be used to examine whether stressors increase drug seeking regardless of drug price, or only when drug price is high.

Researchers will track some biological reactions and note participants' self-reported mood changes. Learning and memory functions known to be sensitive to emotion-inducing situations also will be measured.

In an experimental setting, Greenwald said, money has been shown to be a good generalized alternative to drugs, and that combining non-drug incentives with anti-stressor medication could be used to drive down drug demand. He believes his study will have broad importance because it will enable better understanding of how stress might increase drug use of all types, and perhaps at different phases of the addiction cycle.

That understanding could lead to more individually tailored treatments that combine anti-stress medications, other medications and behavior therapies, Greenwald said, adding that combining therapies works better than using them in isolation. Treatment in many cases can be a better alternative to the incarceration that many substance abusers now face.

"There's good reason to think that more cost-effective use of resources than just across-the-board incarceration can tip the balance in favor of treatment," he said. "Our hope is that in the long run it will be a great benefit to all substance abusers and society in general, given that stress is something that can lead to the initiation of drug use. Hopefully that will help society by bringing down the costs of dealing with substance abuse so we can allocate our resources elsewhere."

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Wayne State University is one of the nation's pre-eminent public research universities in an urban setting. Through its multidisciplinary approach to research and education, and its ongoing collaboration with government, industry and other institutions, the university seeks to enhance economic growth and improve the quality of life in the city of Detroit, state of Michigan and throughout the world. For more information about research at Wayne State University, visit http://www.research.wayne.edu

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Wayne State University - Office of the Vice President for Research

A Wayne State University researcher is using a three-year, $1.55 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health to learn more about the links between stress and drug use by applying behavioral economics.

Mark Greenwald, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences in the School of Medicine and director of the Substance Abuse Research Division, will study a group of heroin users to see how pharmacologically induced stress affects their decisions to seek money or drugs when given the choice. Over the next three years, 30 participants will be selected from more than 100 heroin-addicted volunteers who currently are not being treated; then, they will undergo extensive screening.

"The application of this research is potentially much more far reaching than heroin abuse or even substance abuse," Greenwald said, adding that it also could affect treatment for other addictive disorders or obesity.

While medications exist to treat drug addiction, alcohol abuse and cigarette smoking, he said, they don't directly tackle stress, which is the focus of his study and one of the key precipitators of drug use and relapse.

"In biological terms, stress means pushing the organism beyond its normal homeostatic limits so that it's forced to adapt to a more challenging situation, and that produces both biological and behavioral effects," Greenwald said. "Those are things we're capable of measuring in a controlled, experimental human laboratory setting."

Study participants will be given different oral doses of yohimbine, which has been shown to increase drug-seeking behavior, and different oral doses of hydrocortisone, another stress inducer. During the inpatient study period, participants will be stabilized on buprenorphrine, a medication known to mitigate heroin withdrawal symptoms.

During multiple three-hour sessions, each participant will be presented with 12 opportunities to work on a computer task for money or the drug Dilaudid, an opioid painkiller whose effects are similar to that of heroin. With each choice they make, however, the response cost the "price" of earning money or the drug exponentially increases. Before the work sessions, they will receive placebo, yohimbine alone, hydrocortisone alone, or the combination of yohimbine and hydrocortisone, in random order. During each session participants will be given the chance to work for money, drugs or a mixture of both, or they may choose not to work at all.

Researchers then will record how varying the levels of stressors or withholding them affects drug-seeking behavior. Greenwald predicts that higher stress levels will result in more drug seeking. He said that actually measuring those levels is a chance to develop a deeper appreciation for the mechanisms by which stress increases drug use. For instance, the behavioral economic approach will be used to examine whether stressors increase drug seeking regardless of drug price, or only when drug price is high.

Researchers will track some biological reactions and note participants' self-reported mood changes. Learning and memory functions known to be sensitive to emotion-inducing situations also will be measured.

In an experimental setting, Greenwald said, money has been shown to be a good generalized alternative to drugs, and that combining non-drug incentives with anti-stressor medication could be used to drive down drug demand. He believes his study will have broad importance because it will enable better understanding of how stress might increase drug use of all types, and perhaps at different phases of the addiction cycle.

That understanding could lead to more individually tailored treatments that combine anti-stress medications, other medications and behavior therapies, Greenwald said, adding that combining therapies works better than using them in isolation. Treatment in many cases can be a better alternative to the incarceration that many substance abusers now face.

"There's good reason to think that more cost-effective use of resources than just across-the-board incarceration can tip the balance in favor of treatment," he said. "Our hope is that in the long run it will be a great benefit to all substance abusers and society in general, given that stress is something that can lead to the initiation of drug use. Hopefully that will help society by bringing down the costs of dealing with substance abuse so we can allocate our resources elsewhere."

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Wayne State University is one of the nation's pre-eminent public research universities in an urban setting. Through its multidisciplinary approach to research and education, and its ongoing collaboration with government, industry and other institutions, the university seeks to enhance economic growth and improve the quality of life in the city of Detroit, state of Michigan and throughout the world. For more information about research at Wayne State University, visit http://www.research.wayne.edu

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Police detain 12 in protest rally in Moscow (AP)

MOSCOW ? Police have dispersed an unauthorized opposition rally against the Kremlin's control over elections in Russia and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's decision to run for a third presidential term in the next election. At least 12 activists were detained in central Moscow on Monday.

Associated Press reporters saw the protesters rounded up and dragged off in police vans.

The activists were holding the unauthorized rally outside the building of the Russian Election Commission, chanting: "Down with illegal elections!" The protesters were referring to the upcoming parliamentary and presidential election in December and March, respectively.

President Dmitry Medvedev announced last month that he would not run for a second term but would support the candidacy of Prime Minister Putin, who was the country's president in 2000-2008. The swap has caused an outrage among liberal and leftist groups who accuse Putin and Medvedev of highjacking the vote.

Most Russian television stations are state-controlled, which means they do not cover opposition groups. Many prominent opposition leaders and civic activists have never been interviewed on major television channels.

Police started rounding up the demonstrators once the small rally's organizer, Sergei Udaltsov, told the group that each of them could hold a one-man picket which requires no official permission.

Udaltsov, the leader of the Left Front, was detained along with his supporters. He is a regular at opposition rallies in Moscow, most of which are unauthorized. He has been detained at least 11 times this year and has served more than 30 days in jail. Udaltsov got out of jail Saturday after serving 10 days for disobeying police orders at another rally.

Opposition rallies are regularly banned in Moscow, while authorities routinely deny registration to those groups and bar them from running for seats in regional and federal legislatures.

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Breast Cancer Awarness Day ? CBS Atlanta

Come join in the fight against breast cancer by attending Breast Cancer Awareness Day at Lynwood Park U.C.O.G.I.C. Inc. The event will take place on Sunday, October 23 at 11 A.M until 2 P.M.? The address is 1424 Windsor Parkway, Atlanta, Georgia. If you can?t make it to this one, make sure you make it to the next breast cancer event in a community near you. Lets join together and put an end to this deadly disease!

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OU, Wisconsin fall, LSU-Bama set for 1 vs. 2 game

LSU head coach Les Miles, center, sings the LSU fight song with safety Eric Reid (1), wide receiver Armand Williams (81) and others after their NCAA college football game against Auburn in Baton Rouge, La. Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. LSU won 45-10 to remain undefeated. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

LSU head coach Les Miles, center, sings the LSU fight song with safety Eric Reid (1), wide receiver Armand Williams (81) and others after their NCAA college football game against Auburn in Baton Rouge, La. Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. LSU won 45-10 to remain undefeated. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Alabama running back Trent Richardson (3) leaps across the goal line past Tennessee defensive back Brent Brewer (17) and linebacker Austin Johnson (40) to score a touchdown in the third quarter of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct, 22, 2011, in Tuscaloosa Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

NEW YORK (AP) ? No. 1 LSU and No. 2 Alabama have locked in their spots for the biggest regular-season game in Southeastern Conference history.

The Tigers and Crimson Tide held the first two spots in The Associated Press Top 25 released Sunday after huge victories a day earlier. With both heading into an off week, LSU and Alabama are virtually assured of meeting on Nov. 5 in Tuscaloosa as the top two teams in the country.

It'll be the second 1 vs. 2 matchup involving SEC teams, but the first time came in the conference championship game.

"It is going to be one of the best games ever," LSU defensive end Sam Montgomery said. "Basketball, football, video games, whatever ? it is going to be the most competitive thing that I have ever been a part of. These guys (Alabama) are just like us. They are big, fast and strong. Two great teams are going to be facing each other in two weeks."

Oklahoma, the preseason No. 1, dropped eight spots to No. 11 after its first loss of the season. The Sooners fell 41-38 to Texas Tech on Saturday night, snapping a 39-game home winning streak. The Red Raiders moved into the ranking for the first time this season at No. 19.

Wisconsin also dropped eight spots after its first loss of the season, falling to No. 12 following a 37-31 loss to Michigan State on the final play of the game. The Spartans moved up six spots to No. 9.

LSU received 49 first-place votes from the media panel. Alabama got nine and No. 5 Boise State had one.

Oklahoma State is No. 3, followed by fellow unbeatens Stanford, Boise State and Clemson. The Cowboys have their best ranking since Nov. 19, 1984, when they were also No. 3.

In the USA Today coaches' poll, LSU replaced Oklahoma as No. 1, followed by Alabama at No. 2, Stanford at No. 3, Oklahoma State at No. 4 and Boise State at No. 5.

The Harris poll top five was LSU, Alabama, Stanford, Oklahoma State and Boise State.

Those two polls are used in the BCS standings, which were due out Sunday night.

In the AP rankings, No. 6 Clemson has its highest ranking since 2000, when the Tigers spent four weeks at No. 5.

No. 6 Clemson has its highest ranking since 2000, when the Tigers spent four weeks at No. 5.

No. 7 Oregon, Michigan State, Arkansas and undefeated Kansas State round out the top 10.

Moving into the rankings this week along with Texas Tech were No. 20 Southern California, No. 21 Penn State and No. 24 Cincinnati, which is ranked for the first time this season.

Falling out after losses were Washington, Georgia Tech, Illinois and defending national champion Auburn.

Nos. 13-18 were Nebraska, South Carolina, Virginia Tech, Michigan and Houston, which has its best ranking since 2009.

Joining the four teams moving into the rankings at the bottom were No. 22 Georgia, No. 23 Arizona State and No. 25 West Virginia.

For Alabama and LSU, the No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup likely will decide which of the SEC West rivals plays in the conference championship and could ultimately determine which teams plays for the national title in New Orleans on Jan. 9.

LSU's only appearance in a 1-2 game was in the BCS title game in 2008. This will be Alabama's sixth No. 1 vs. No. 2 game, but first in the regular season.

The last time there was a No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup in college football not played in a bowl or conference title game was 2006, when No. 1 Ohio State beat No. 2 Michigan on the final weekend of the Big Ten's regular season and went on to lose the BCS championship game to Florida. Earlier that season, top-ranked Ohio State also played No. 2 Texas.

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AP Sports Writer Brett Martel in Baton Rouge, La., contributed to this report.

Associated Press

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Gaddafi has bullet in head and in abdomen: source (Reuters)

MISRATA (Reuters) ? Muammar Gaddafi's body has a bullet in the head and a bullet in the abdomen, a medical source told Reuters on Sunday.

Earlier, a doctor involved in an overnight autopsy on the former Libyan leader's body told Reuters he had died from a gunshot wound.

"There are multiple injuries. There is a bullet in the abdomen and in the brain," the medical source said.

The autopsy was carried out at a morgue in the city of Misrata, about 200 km (130 miles) east of Tripoli. Local officials said Gaddafi's body would now be brought back to the cold store at an old market in Misrata where it has been on public display.

(Reporting by Rania El Gamal; Writing by Barry Malon)

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Ohio governor to sign order on "dangerous animals" (Reuters)

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) ? Ohio Governor John Kasich plans to sign an executive order on Friday covering "dangerous wild animals," days after a collector caused a panic by releasing dozens of tigers, lions, bears and other animals.

The governor's office said Kasich, a first-term Republican, planned to sign and discuss an executive order on Friday afternoon, a day after two state lawmakers said they would propose legislation to restrict private ownership of dangerous exotic animals.

Kasich had let lapse a rule put in place by his Democratic predecessor Ted Strickland in January that restricted private breeding and purchase of exotic animals and stripped ownership rights from people convicted of animal cruelty.

A spokesman for Kasich said Strickland's rule was correct in principle but not enforceable and raised doubts about whether Ohio could restrict ownership of non-native wild animals. It also made no provision for dealing with seized animals.

Kasich had set up a task force which was expected to make recommendations in a month.

Ohio is one of seven states that does not restrict ownership of such exotic animals. The others are North and South Carolina, Alabama, West Virginia, Nevada and Wisconsin.

Terry Thompson, 62, apparently released 56 animals from his collection on Tuesday and then killed himself at his farm near Zanesville, Ohio.

Authorities hunted down and killed 49 of the animals and buried them on Thompson's property. Three leopards, a young grizzly bear and two macaque monkeys were recaptured and sent to the Columbus Zoo animal hospital.

The animals hunted down included 18 Bengal tigers, which are endangered, and numerous adult lions.

Schools were closed, residents told to remain inside and emergency signs posted warning motorists to stay in their cars while authorities searched for the missing animals.

Animal welfare groups pleaded in the aftermath of the panic for tighter restrictions or a ban on private ownership of exotic animals.

Federal law regulates the interstate transport of big cats, but states regulate their ownership. A similar federal law on the transport of primates failed to pass Congress.

(Writing by David Bailey; Editing by Greg McCune)

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'Twilight' stars to be immortal ? in cement

?The Twilight Saga? trio ? Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner ? are going to be immortalized, but instead of becoming undead bloodsuckers, the stars are getting the concrete treatment.

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The honor is one of the rarest in Hollywood, with only 250 stars having been selected to leave their mark over the years.

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The iPhone 3GS is still a huge seller according to AT&T

The iPhone 3GS is still selling in huge numbers according to President and CEO of AT&T Mobility, Ralph de la Vega. Speaking on a conference call for analysts, he discussed the impact of the recent price reductions on the iPhone 4 8GB model and more importantly the...

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Gogobot Takes Social Travel Discovery Platform Mobile With iOS App

Travel discovery startup Gogobot is making its first entry into the mobile space today with a new, free iOS app. In case you aren't familiar, Gogobot is sort of like a Yelp for travel. The site leverages social data from Facebook, Foursquare and other services. You can navigate Gogobot by searching for places or things and see where a particular user has gone by navigating his or her passports. Check out our launch post from last year for a detailed review of the service.

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Now entrenched at 145, Tyson Griffin is gunning for Jose Aldo?s belt

Between injuries and tough decisions not going his way Tyson Griffin has become sort of a forgotten man in the UFC. The featherweight is trying to change that in his new weight class. One that he believes is lot more competitive than many who cover and follow the sport. Jose Aldo is not unbeatable according to Griffin.

"To be honest, he doesn't use his jab much. There's ways to pick him apart on that aspect," Griffin told ESPNRadio1100/98.9 FM.

Griffin said Florian simply wasn't athletic enough to keep up with the UFC's featherweight champ. Florian was able to slow down the fight at times and score takedowns.

"Allowing himself to get caught against the fence, can allow him to get taken down even more against someone who knows how to get someone down on the ground there," said Griffin.

Up next for Griffin is Bart Palaszewski at UFC 137? on Oct. 29. Check out Griffin's website. To benefit Boys Town of Nevada, he's running a UFC 137 ticket giveaway.

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Schwab 3Q net income up 77 percent (AP)

DES MOINES, Iowa ? Discount broker Charles Schwab Corp. said Monday its third-quarter net income rose 77 percent as more investors turned to the company's advisory services amid increased market volatility and stock trading increased.

The San Francisco-based company posted net income of $220 million, or 18 cents per share, compared with $124 million, or 10 cents per share, a year ago. The year-ago profit was $218 million excluding certain charges.

Revenue rose 11 percent to $1.18 billion from $1.06 billion a year earlier.

The results missed the estimates expected by analysts surveyed by FactSet. They expected earnings per share of 19 cents and revenue of $1.19 billion.

Shares of Charles Schwab fell 81 cents, or 6.4 percent, to close at $11.94 Monday. They've traded between $10.56 and $19.69 in the past 52 weeks.

Client assets grew 7 percent to $1.58 trillion, which includes $655.4 billion in the investor services segment of the business, which was up 2 percent from a year ago, and $640.1 billion in adviser services, up 5 percent. Other institutional services assets grew 30 percent to $280.9 billion.

Clients opened 191,000 new brokerage accounts during the period, up 14 percent. The company ended the quarter with 8.5 million active brokerage accounts, 769,000 banking accounts and 1.46 million retirement plan participants.

CEO Walt Bettinger said the business environment weakened further in the third quarter, but clients stayed with their long-term investing plans.

"Their cash holdings at Schwab remained close to pre-crisis levels, and they were consistently net purchasers of securities," he said. "Our full-service capabilities were in demand during the recent quarter as enrollments in our advisory solutions continued at a strong pace."

Net interest revenue jumped nearly 14 percent to $443 million from $387 million. That gain was largely the result of growth in interest-earnings assets. The average rate earned on those assets was 1.82 percent in the latest quarter, slightly below the 1.89 average in the year-ago quarter.

Net trading revenue grew to $248 million from $182 million.

Expenses fell to $821 million from $864 million.

Bettinger said effective expense discipline will be key to the company's near-term profitability as economic conditions remain challenging.

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Rangers-Cardinals: A capsule look at World Series (AP)

A look at the best-of-seven World Series between the Texas Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals:

Schedule: (All times EDT) Game 1, Wednesday, at St. Louis (TBA); Game 2, Thursday, at St. Louis (TBA); Game 3, Saturday, at Arlington, Texas (TBA); Game 4, Sunday, at Arlington, Texas (TBA); x-Game 5, Monday, Oct. 24, at Arlington, Texas (TBA); x-Game 6, Wednesday, Oct. 26, at St. Louis (TBA); x-Game 7, Thursday, Oct. 27, at St. Louis (TBA). (All games on FOX).

x-if necessary.

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Season Series: Did not play.

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Projected Lineups:

Rangers: 2B Ian Kinsler (.255, 32, 77, 121 runs, 30 SBs), SS Elvis Andrus (.279, 5, 60, 96 runs, 37 SBs), CF Josh Hamilton (.298, 25, 94 in 121 games), DH Michael Young (career-high .338, 11, 106 with 213 hits), 3B Adrian Beltre (.296, 32, 105), C Mike Napoli (career highs .320, 30, 75 in 113 games), RF Nelson Cruz (.263, 29, 87 in 124 games), LF David Murphy (.275, 11, 46), 1B Mitch Moreland (.259, 16, 51).

Cardinals: SS Rafael Furcal (.231, 8 HRs, 28 RBIs, 9 SBs with Dodgers and Cardinals), CF Jon Jay (.297, 10, 37), 1B Albert Pujols (.299, 37, 99, 105 runs), RF Lance Berkman (.301, 31, 94, .412 OBP), LF Matt Holliday (.296, 22, 75, .388 OBP), 3B David Freese (.297, 10, 55), C Yadier Molina (.305, 14, 65, both career bests), 2B Ryan Theriot (.271, 1, 47, 442 ABs, 18 errors) or Skip Schumaker (.283, 2, 38) or Nick Punto (.278, 1, 20, 133 ABs).

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Projected Rotations:

Rangers: LH C.J. Wilson (16-7, 2.94 ERA, career-high 223 1-3 IP, 206 Ks, 74 walks), RH Colby Lewis (14-10, 4.40), LH Derek Holland (16-5, 3.95, 4 shutouts; 10-1 with 2.77 ERA in last 15 starts), LH Matt Harrison (14-9, 3.39).

Cardinals: RH Chris Carpenter (11-9, 3.49, 237 1-3 innings, 191 Ks, 4 CGs, 2 shutouts), LH Jaime Garcia (13-7, 3.56, 2 shutouts), RH Edwin Jackson (12-9, 3.79 with White Sox and Cardinals; 5-2, 3.58 for St. Louis since trade-deadline deal), RH Kyle Lohse (14-8, 3.49 ERA, 1 shutout).

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Relievers:

Rangers: RH Neftali Feliz (2-3, 2.74, 32/38 saves), RH Mike Adams (2-3, 2.10, 1 save in 27 games for Rangers; 3-1, 1.13 in 48 appearances for Padres), RH Alexi Ogando (13-8, 3.51 in 31 games, 29 starts, for converted reliever who returned to bullpen for postseason), LH Michael Gonzalez (2-2, 4.39 in 56 games for Rangers and Orioles), LH Darren Oliver (5-5, 2.29, 61 games), RH Scott Feldman (2-1, 3.94 in 11 games, 2 starts, since return from microfracture surgery on right knee), RH Koji Uehara (2-3, 2.35 in 65 games for Rangers and Orioles), RH Yoshinori Tateyama (2-0, 4.50, 1 save, 39 games).

Cardinals: RH Jason Motte (5-2, 2.25, 9/13 saves, 78 games), RH Fernando Salas (5-6, 2.28, 24/30 saves), RH Octavio Dotel (3-3, 3.28, 2 saves), LH Marc Rzepczynski (0-3, 3.97), RH Lance Lynn (1-1, 3.12, 1 save, 18 games, 2 starts, 40 Ks, 34 2-3 IP), LH Arthur Rhodes (0-1, 4.15 in 19 games with Cardinals; 3-3, 4.81, 1 save in 32 games with Rangers), RH Mitchell Boggs (2-3, 3.56, 4 saves), RH Kyle McClellan (12-7, 4.19, 43 games, 17 starts).

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Matchups:

Quite a contrast in history, these two clubs. The favorite team for generations of fans all over the Midwest, the Cardinals are instantly recognizable with their red birds on the bat and loyal support in baseball-mad St. Louis. They own 10 World Series titles, second-most behind the New York Yankees (27), and are looking for their second championship in six seasons. Meanwhile, the Rangers franchise began play as the expansion Washington Senators in 1961. The team moved to Texas, with Ted Williams as manager, and changed its name in 1972. ... The Rangers were strangers to October success for the club's first 49 years. They were the only current major league franchise that had never won a playoff series until last season's run to the Fall Classic, where they lost in five games to San Francisco. Turns out, that taste of near triumph was not enough for this team. Even after losing ace lefty Cliff Lee in free agency, Texas appeared confident all season and determined to get back to the big stage for a chance at taking care of unfinished business. ... The last team to win the World Series one year after losing it was Oakland (1988-89). Texas is the first team to repeat as AL champions since the New York Yankees won four straight pennants from 1998-2001. ... Texas hasn't lost consecutive games since dropping three in a row to Boston from Aug. 23-25. ... The only time these teams met in interleague play was June 2004, when the Cardinals took two of three in Texas. St. Louis scored 27 runs during the weekend series, but the Rangers beat Carpenter 7-2. ... The matchup between two of baseball's deepest bullpens should be fascinating. Cardinals manager Tony La Russa was extremely aggressive during the NL championship series against division rival Milwaukee, pulling his starters early at the first sign of real trouble. It worked, thanks to poised performances from unheralded arms such as Lynn, Motte, Salas, Dotel and Rzepczynski. La Russa wanted an eight-man bullpen with enough right-handers to attack Milwaukee's big ri ght-handed bats. He faces a similar scenario against Texas, especially after Cruz went on a record tear to win MVP honors in the ALCS. ... Rangers skipper Ron Washington has a host of weapons in his 'pen, too. Ogando, an All-Star starter this season, tamed the Tigers in the ALCS along with Feliz, Feldman, Adams and Oliver. ... With three left-handers in the Texas rotation, Theriot and outfielder Allen Craig (.315, 11, 40, 200 ABs) could see significant playing time for the Cardinals. Freese, the NLCS MVP who is enjoying a big postseason, might also move up in the lineup, with Jay dropping down toward the bottom. ... Even though they boast some bruising right-handed bats in the middle of the order, the Cardinals had trouble with a pair of lefties in the NL playoffs: Philadelphia's Cole Hamels and Milwaukee's Randy Wolf. St. Louis did rally against Lee to springboard a stunning upset of the heavily favored Phillies in the first round. ... Texas has been waiting for a big start from Wilson this postseason. A potential free agent after the World Series, perhaps he's feeling the pressure. The lefty is 0-2 with an 8.04 ERA in 3 outings. ... Pujols can also become a free agent this fall. He's having a strong postseason, and if he leaves St. Louis it would be a surprise. ... The wild-card Cardinals have home-field advantage in the World Series because the NL won the All-Star game for the second straight year after a long drought. ... The versatile Young can start at 1B when NL rules eliminate the DH in St. Louis. Moreland was 2 for 19 (.105) in the playoffs. ... Rhodes can get his first ring either way. He was released by Texas on Aug. 8 and signed with St. Louis three days later. ... The Rangers sent Oliver to the Cardinals at the July 1998 trade deadline.

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Big Picture:

Rangers: Texas set a franchise record with 96 victories and won its second consecutive AL West title after more than a decade out of the playoffs. This is the Rangers' fifth time in the postseason, all as division winners (1996, 1998, 1999, 2010, 2011). ... Texas finished the regular season winning its last six games, and 14 of 16, to hold off Detroit for home-field advantage in the first round. That came in handy when the teams met in the ALCS as the Rangers went 3-0 at home to eliminate the Tigers with a 15-5 romp in Game 6. ... The Rangers have increased their win total each year under Washington, who is in his fifth season. ... Though they lost Lee to Philadelphia in the offseason, the Rangers bulked up their offense with the additions of Napoli in a trade and free-agent Beltre, who chose Texas over the Angels. Beltre, who missed six weeks with a strained left hamstring, hit 12 homers in the last 16 regular-season games. Then he homered three times in the Game 4 clincher at Tampa Bay during the division series. ... Napoli ended the regular season with consecutive two-homer games at Los Angeles, where he had previously played. Then he had a go-ahead homer in Game 3 of the division series after a key two-run single in Game 2 when Rangers fans were chanting his name. He batted .316 with a HR and 5 RBIs in the AL playoffs. Murphy quietly hit .391. ... The Rangers had three players with 30 homers (Kinsler, Beltre and Napoli) for the first time since 1999 (Ivan Rodriguez, Juan Gonzalez and Rafael Palmeiro). ... Young, the longest-tenured Rangers player, requested a trade last winter after Beltre joined the team. Young played 3B the past two seasons after previously being a shortstop and second baseman for Texas. Napoli was a catcher who also played first base and DH, the two spots expected for Young after Beltre signed. Once he got to spring training, Young put his focus on the field and in his 11th season hit a career-best .338 while splitting time between DH and the infield. He was struggling in the playoffs b efore breaking out with 5 RBIs in Game 6 against Detroit. ... After winning the AL MVP award last season, Hamilton was only a dozen days into the new season when he sustained a non-displaced fracture at the top of his right arm when he tried to score with a daring dash on a foul popup at Detroit. He was out six weeks. ... The Rangers were already in first place to stay when Hamilton and Cruz (strained right quadriceps) returned to the lineup May 23. ... Texas led the majors with a .283 batting average, was second with 210 homers and third with 855 runs. The Rangers also had a major league-low 930 strikeouts. ... The team's 3.79 ERA was its lowest since the club-record 3.31 in 1983. ... The staff had 1,179 strikeouts, two off the team record set last year, and the 461 walks were the fewest in a full season since 1978.

Cardinals: A resilient team that was written off after 20-game winner Adam Wainwright underwent reconstructive elbow surgery in February, St. Louis looked finished on Aug. 25, when it was 10 1/2 games behind the Braves for the NL wild card. The low point was getting swept in a three-game series against the Dodgers at home. At one point, La Russa worried that his club might finish below .500. Having climbed a nearly impossible peak with the help of Atlanta's collapse, the confident Cardinals (90-72) appear loose and determined. They're dangerous, too, with a lineup anchored by the big three of Pujols, Holliday and Berkman finally producing with consistency. Carpenter became an ace again after Wainwright went down and the 2005 NL Cy Young Award winner was a horse down the stretch, winning 10 of his last 12 regular-season decisions following a 1-7 start. He threw a three-hitter for a 1-0 win at Philadelphia in Game 5 of the division series, outpitching old pal Roy Halladay to finish off the Phillies, and then found himself in the middle of the storm before the NLCS opener. Milwaukee pitcher Zack Greinke said Brewers players don't like Carpenter because they think he has a "phony attitude" when he barks at batters from the mound. Carpenter took the high road, at least publicly, and went five innings for a Game 3 win without his best stuff. Carpenter also was a big key to St. Louis' surprise championship in 2006. ... The Cardinals are in the postseason for the ninth time in La Russa's 16 seasons and second time in three years. They finished with seven more regular-season wins than the 2006 World Series champs. This playoff charge is as improbable as the one five years ago, when St. Louis backed into the postseason with 83 wins. ... Heading into free agency for the first time, Pujols just missed extending his career streak of 10 consecutive seasons with 30 homers, 100 RBIs and a .300 batting average. ... Deadline deals for Furcal and Jackson paid off, although Furcal struggled defensively down the stretch, committing five errors in a six-game stretch in the waning days. ... The hard-throwing Motte was successful overall in an audition for the 2012 closer job after developing a reliable off-speed pitch to complement his high-90s (mph) fastball. He was outstanding in the playoffs, too. ... The Cardinals overcame adversity down the stretch. Motte was wild as they blew a four-run lead in the ninth inning against the Mets in game No. 156. In game No. 157, McClellan gave up a tiebreaking homer in the eighth. And after dropping the playoff opener, St. Louis was down 4-0 to Lee in Game 2 at Philadelphia before rallying to win the game and the series. ... Holliday got rolling in the NLCS and appears to be recovered from an inflamed tendon on his right ring finger. ... St. Louis hit into an NL-record 169 double plays, breaking the mark set by the 1958 Cardinals, but compensated with a .273 average that was the best among playoff teams. The Cardinals also led the NL with 4.68 runs per game and a .288 average with runners in scoring position.

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Watch For:

? Cruz Control. The Rangers' right fielder did it all in the ALCS, putting on an unprecedented power show and cutting down a runner at the plate with a rocket throw in a crucial situation. He had six homers and 13 RBIs ? both major league records for a postseason series ? and finished 8 for 22 (.364) with two doubles. He seems to enjoy the spotlight, too. Cruz was 15 for 40 (.375) with 5 HRs, 5 doubles and 8 RBIs in the AL playoffs last season before going 4 for 20 (.200) with a homer and 3 RBIs in the World Series.

? Fond Farewell? Pujols got a standing ovation before his final regular-season game at home and he'll get at least two more doses of love from adoring St. Louis fans in the World Series. The three-time MVP has had nothing of substance to say about his impending free agency since cutting off negotiations on a long-term deal before the start of spring training. Rather than allowing Pujols' situation to paralyze them, the Cardinals have already started planning for next season by signing Berkman to a one-year deal and Carpenter to a two-year extension. They've also stated interest in retaining Furcal.

? Young At Heart. Young adapted to his new role this year and had a team-high 159 starts, the ninth time in 10 seasons he played at least 155 games. He started 69 as the DH, 39 at third base, 36 at first, 14 at second and one at shortstop. He became the only player to have at least 200 hits (213) while playing 35 games or more at three different positions. Before last year, Young had played 1,508 regular-season games without tasting the postseason. This year, Game 1 of the World Series is scheduled on his 35th birthday.

? Spark Plug. The scrappy Schumaker, who can also play the outfield, missed the NLCS because of a strained muscle on his right side. He expects to be available for the World Series. Schumaker went 6 for 10 in the division series with 2 doubles and 3 RBIs. He drove in the only run against Halladay in the first inning of Game 5.

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Another Legal Challenge to Sunset Park Rezoning | Brownstoner

The community groups that recently lost their legal challenge against the 2009 rezoning of Sunset Park have filed an appeal, according to The Eagle. The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) and South Brooklyn Legal Services say the 128-block rezoning has the potential to cause the displacement of Sunset Park?s low-income Asian and Latino communities, particularly on Third, Fourth and Seventh avenues, where the zoning was changed from residential to commercial. The groups charge the city didn?t properly conduct an environmental review as part of the rezoning. The Eagle quotes AALDEF staff attorney Bethany Li as saying the following: ?Once you account for all the changes due to the rezoning, the amount of affordable housing and commercial space will significantly decrease. We hope the court will rule in favor of the Asian and Latino immigrants who want to preserve their Brooklyn neighborhood.?
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FIFA bans Jamaica's Burrell in bribery plot

By GRAHAM DUNBAR

AP Sports Writer

Associated Press Sports

updated 2:06 a.m. ET Oct. 15, 2011

GENEVA (AP) -FIFA banned senior Caribbean official Horace Burrell for six months on Friday for the Jamaican's part in a bribery case involving former FIFA presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam, plunging the region's football authorities deeper into chaos.

Burrell, a long time ally of former FIFA vice president Jack Warner and a member of FIFA's disciplinary committee, must now withdraw his candidacy in the Caribbean Football Union presidential election scheduled next month.

Since the bribery scandal broke in May, the CONCACAF continental body has seen its top three elected Caribbean officials - Warner, Burrell and Lisle Austin - either resign while under investigation or be banned by FIFA.

FIFA's ethics committee ruled that three months of Jamaican Football Federation president Burrell's ban will be deferred for a probationary period of two years.

Burrell accepted the ban, saying in a statement that Friday's actions "are harsh and painful for me personally, but I will not appeal the decision, considering the relative levity of the sanction and the cause for which it was handed down."

He said it will be up to the JFF to decide his future with the national body - whether to replace him temporarily for the length of the ban or permanently - but he still saw a future for himself within FIFA.

"I have no reason to doubt that I shall be readmitted to my present FIFA functions after the three-months suspension has been served," Burrell said.

Three other Caribbean officials also received bans.

Franka Pickering, president of the British Virgin Islands federation and one of the most senior women in world football, was suspended for 18 months.

FIFA issued 30-day bans to Osiris Guzman, president of the Dominican Republic football federation, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines general secretary Ian Hypolite. Fifteen days of their sanctions were deferred for six months.

The ethics panel met for three days this week to weigh evidence of CFU members allegedly accepting $40,000 cash payments from bin Hammam in May.

The Qatari official made a campaign visit to Trinidad, the home island of then-CFU leader Warner, to woo voters during his challenge to FIFA President Sepp Blatter. Bin Hammam was banned for life by FIFA in July.

Friday's verdicts extend a trail of damage across Caribbean football, with Burrell having been favored to win a 4-candidate poll in Jamaica on Nov. 20 to succeed Warner as CFU leader. Burrell's bid was ultimately ended by his own voters.

Former Jamaica Prime Minister Edward Seaga, who is president of his country's Premier League Clubs Association, said he regretted the sanctions against Burrell.

"(He) has given great service to Jamaican football," Seaga said. "But we must also be happy that FIFA is taking steps to clean the nest of corruption in Caribbean football."

Seaga, who had called on Warner to resign in June, did not say if Burrell would step down as Jamaica Football Federation president.

Whistleblowers from four Caribbean countries sparked the probe by telling CONCACAF's American general secretary Chuck Blazer that brown envelopes stuffed with $100 bills were being offered in a Port of Spain hotel.

Blazer's alert to FIFA led the football body to hire former FBI director Louis Freeh's investigation agency to interview Caribbean officials and gather evidence for the ethics panel.

Burrell and Pickering both featured in a video leaked this week of Warner addressing officials on May 11, the day after they listened to bin Hammam's pitch and were offered money.

When Warner is filmed telling his members they can refuse the cash gift and give it to a fellow member in need, Pickering smiles, raises her hand and is acknowledged by Warner.

Burrell's suspension arises from his initial refusal to co-operate with the investigation. He said he was unwilling to travel outside the Caribbean region for questioning and "lack of clarity" on how the investigation was being conducted.

"Despite the fact that I have now suffered the consequences for my original assessment, I maintain that it was the right thing to do to protest against the fact that CFU members were ordered (to) territory outside of the Caribbean to be questioned and testify," Burrell said.

"I accept that I possibly decided to co-operate with the investigation too late but that was my decision at the time and I stand by it while accepting the sanction which resulted from my lack of cooperation in the initial phase of the investigation."

FIFA's ethics panel reprimanded three other officials on Friday: St. Kitts and Nevis football president Anthony Johnson, U.S. Virgin Islands president Hillaren Frederick and Aubrey Liburd, vice president of the British Virgin Islands football body.

Five others received warnings, including FIFA committee members Yves Jean-Bart, the Haiti football president, and Richard Groden, Trinidad and Tobago's general secretary.

Former international referee Mark Bob Forde was also warned, along with his fellow Barbados official David Hinds and Burrell's federation general secretary Horace Reid.

FIFA said it dropped cases against David Fredericks of the Cayman Islands and Joseph Delves of St. Vincent and the Grenadines because they had left the sport.

"Should they return to football official positions, their cases would be examined again by the ethics committee," FIFA said in a statement.

FIFA did not give the officials the same "presumption of innocence" it accorded Warner in June when the 28-year executive committee veteran resigned rather than face sanctions.

However, the reputation of Warner's Caribbean football empire lies shattered after the sanctions announced Friday.

Another of Warner's long-standing allies, Colin Klass of Guyana, received a 26-month ban from FIFA's ethics panel last month.

FIFA banned Barbados official Austin for one year after he used a civil court in the Bahamas to pursue his bid, as interim president of CONCACAF, to fire Blazer in what was seen as act of revenge on Warner's behalf

Also Friday, FIFA said a hearing into the case of Guyana official Noel Adonis was postponed and a case left open into the conduct of St. Lucia official Patrick Mathurin.

FIFA cleared Felix Ledesma of the Dominican Republic of committing any violation.

After the scandal emerged, bin Hammam withdrew his election bid three days before the FIFA vote in June. He denies bribery and is appealing his life ban at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Blatter ran unopposed and won a fourth four-year presidential term. He was endorsed by 186 FIFA members, including most Caribbean islands.

FIFA's executive committee meets next week for the time since the election, and will probably do so without a Caribbean delegate because the process of replacing Warner was stalled by Austin's legal action.

Blatter is scheduled next Friday to provide the first details of his promised anti-corruption project to clean up world football and its damaged image.

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Ohio grandmother says words stolen in union fight

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A 78-year-old Ohio grandmother at the center of an ad battle over Ohio's collective bargaining law accuses a group defending the measure of "stealing" her words from an ad by the opposition and said in an interview that she deserves an apology.

Marlene Quinn said in the interview that aired Thursday on WCPO-TV (http://bit.ly/pBGyEv) that she used an absentee ballot two weeks ago to vote against the bill and is upset that she wound up in an ad for the other side. "It makes me look like, 'Well this woman doesn't know what she's talking about,'" Quinn said. "She says no and then she turns around and says yes."

Her great-granddaughter was saved from a house fire last November, a story Quinn shared in an ad from We Are Ohio, the union-backed coalition fighting to repeal the law. She tells viewers, "If not for the firefighters, we wouldn't have our Zoey today."

Defenders of the law operating as Building a Better Ohio recut the footage for their own commercial claiming the law will help, not hurt, firefighter staffing.

"They insulted my son and my great-granddaughter, who were in the fire, and me," Quinn said in the TV interview. "They're stealing my words, and I think they owe us an apology."

A spokesman for Building a Better Ohio did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday. The group previously said it was standing by its ad and maintained that it was appropriate and lawful.

About 30 television stations in Ohio media markets have pulled the spot, according to a count by We Are Ohio.

The Ohio law signed in March bans public worker strikes and limits the collective bargaining rights of more than 350,000 teachers, firefighters, police officers and other public employees. Workers could negotiate on wages, but not on their pension or health care benefits. An issue on the Nov. 8 ballot will decide whether the law stays or goes.

Both campaigns have used their dueling ads with Quinn to ask for donations.

Prompted by the controversy, a Democratic state lawmaker said Friday she would introduce a "Marlene Quinn Protection Act." Rep. Tracy Maxwell Heard of Columbus said in a statement that her proposal would prevent "the misuse of campaign materials."

A call to a Cincinnati phone listing for Quinn seeking further comment on Friday got no answer.

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