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Fed's easy policy faces real test when it's time to exit: Fisher

EL PASO, Tex. (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's unprecedented effort to ease monetary policy will face its biggest test when it comes time to withdraw the policy accommodation, a top Fed official said on Wednesday.

Once the economy begins to grow more quickly and banks start lending out more of the money that they now hold on the sidelines, "We are going to have to titrate or taper back the way that money flows back into the system," Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher said at the University of Texas at El Paso.

If the Fed fails to do so at the right rate, inflation could start to take hold, he warned.

Fisher repeated his view that he would not favor an immediate end to the Fed's asset purchases, but wants an end to them because they are less effective than they were at the beginning. He said and his colleagues at the Fed last month had a "serious discussion" about when and whether to taper bond buys.

(Reporting by Ann Saphir; Editing by Leslie Adler)

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Louvre Museum shuts for day as guards protest pickpockets

PARIS (Reuters) - Tourists caught no glimpse of the Mona Lisa, Winged Victory or Venus de Milo on Wednesday due to a one-day closure of the Louvre, as guards protested that pickpockets were rampant at the world's most visited museum.

Two hundred museum guards exercised their right to a work stoppage, forcing the museum to shut its doors for the day, union representatives said.

The CGT union said guards were "fed up" by attacks and threats directed at them and visitors over the past few months by pickpockets.

The secretary general of the national union for museums (SNMD), David Maillard, said petty thieves were multiplying at the site, visited by nearly 9 million people each year.

"There are thefts and threats every day. The guards are fed up with being assaulted by pickpockets," Maillard told Reuters, adding that the unions want better security at the museum.

The Louvre, which confirmed the closure on its website, could not be immediately reached for comment, but unions said the museum would reopen on Thursday.

Paris police regularly patrol the city's most crowded tourist sites, such as the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre.

But thieves who often operate in organized gangs are a constant frustration for authorities as they are easily able to exploit tourists and can lose themselves in crowds.

Many of those arrested do not hold French nationality or are minors, complicating judicial pursuit.

The Louvre posts signs warning against pickpockets at its entrances.

(Reporting By Alexandria Sage and Marion Douet; Writing by Alexandria Sage; Editing by Michael Roddy)

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What Would Happen If the World Lost Oxygen for 5 Seconds?

Sure, our supervillains are more of the geopolitical type, but it's inevitable that some day a mad scientist will come along with an oxygen-stealing ray. And when he does, as this Buzzfeed video—based on an imaginative Quora thread—points out, we're all in a whole lotta trouble. More »


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Penney, Macy's court fight comes down to plastic pitchers

By Karen Freifeld

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The legal battle between Macy's and J.C. Penney over who gets to sell what Martha Stewart products took a comedic turn on Tuesday when lawyers asked a judge to weigh two pitchers in his hands, one from each of the rival retailers.

At stake is the question of whether Penney violated the judge's order not to sell certain Stewart products.

Macy's Inc lawyer Michael Platt placed the two tastefully designed plastic pitchers on the bench in front of Justice Jeffrey Oing in New York state Supreme Court in Manhattan.

One pitcher was from the Macy's Martha Stewart Collection, Platt said, the other from J.C. Penney Co Inc's label, Martha Stewart Celebrations. (The Macy's pitcher is $30 online, the Penney model $12).

"Pick them up," the Macy's lawyer urged the judge. "They are both made of plastic. They both weigh about the same."

The judge obliged, lifting one in each hand.

Macy's wanted the judge to order J.C. Penney to pull the pitcher from its shelves. It claims Penney violated a temporary order barring it from selling Martha Stewart-branded products in tableware, bedding, bath and other home product categories.

Oing issued the injunction last summer after Macy's sued J.C. Penney and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc over their plans to launch Martha Stewart boutiques in stores.

The deal was part of former Penney Chief Executive Ron Johnson's failed effort to reinvent the retailer. Johnson was ousted on Monday after sales declined 25 percent at J.C. Penney last year.

Macy's claims the domestic diva's J.C. Penney deal breaches its contract to exclusively sell certain categories of Martha Stewart products.

A non-jury trial in the battle over her home goods resumed this week after a month-long hiatus.

In addition to the pitchers, Macy's says it discovered over the weekend that Penney is selling a $10 set of champagne flutes and other Stewart-branded stemware that it allegedly should not.

Macy's said it found the disputed items on its rival's website and bought the pitcher at a J.C. Penney store in a New Jersey mall.

Mark Epstein, a lawyer for Penney, said he was looking into the matter.

The judge said he would not immediately rule on whether the items were being sold in violation of his preliminary injunction.

Ultimately, Oing said, if he decides Penney was not allowed to sell the items, Penney could be ordered to pay monetary damages to Macy's.

"Let's move on," the judge said Tuesday, after weighing the pitchers - and Penney's fate - in his hands for a second time.

(Reporting by Karen Freifeld. Editing by Andre Grenon)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/penney-macys-court-fight-comes-down-plastic-pitchers-200731330--sector.html

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NCAA Championship Game Tickets: Prices Climb Before Louisville vs. Michigan Final

  • Michigan players including Time Hardaway Jr., right, and Nik Stauskas (11) celebrate after defeating Syracuse in their NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game on Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. Michigan won 61-56. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

  • Michigan's Caris LeVert (23) celebrates with team mates as Syracuse's Jerami Grant (3) walks off the court during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. Michigan won 61-56. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

  • Michigan players react after the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game against Syracuse, Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. Michigan won 61-56. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

  • Michigan players react after the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game against Syracuse, Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. Michigan won 61-56. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

  • Syracuse basketball players walk off the court after the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game against Michigan, Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. Michigan won 61-56. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

  • Michigan's Caris LeVert (23) reacts during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game against Syracuse, Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. Michigan won 61-56. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

  • Syracuse's Brandon Triche (20) charges into Michigan's Jordan Morgan (52) during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. Triche was called for charging.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

  • Syracuse's Brandon Triche (20) charges into Michigan's Jordan Morgan (52) during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. Triche was called for charging. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

  • Syracuse's Brandon Triche (20) charges into Michigan's Jordan Morgan (52) during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. Triche was called for charging.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

  • Syracuse's Brandon Triche (20) charges into Michigan's Jordan Morgan (52) during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. Triche was called for charging.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

  • Syracuse's Brandon Triche (20) charges into Michigan's Jordan Morgan (52) during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. Triche was called for charging. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

  • Syracuse's Michael Carter-Williams (1) lies on the court as Syracuse's Brandon Triche (20) helps him during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game against Michigan, Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

  • Syracuse's Michael Carter-Williams (1) lies on the court as Syracuse's Brandon Triche (20) helps him during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game against Michigan, Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

  • Michigan's Tim Hardaway Jr. (10) reacts to play against Syracuse during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

  • Syracuse's Michael Carter-Williams (1) sits on the bench during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game against Michigan, Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

  • Syracuse's C.J. Fair (5) dunks the ball against Michigan during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

  • Syracuse's Rakeem Christmas (25) handles the ball as Michigan's Spike Albrecht (2) looks up during the first half of a semifinal in the the NCAA men's college basketball tournament Final Four, Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

  • Syracuse's James Southerland (43) dunks against Michigan's Mitch McGary (4) during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

  • Syracuse's Michael Carter-Williams (1) falls to the court as Michigan's Tim Hardaway Jr. (10) vies for the ball during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

  • Syracuse's C.J. Fair (5) dunks the ball against Michigan's Glenn Robinson III (1) during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

  • Syracuse's C.J. Fair (5) dunks the ball against a Michigan defense during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

  • Syracuse's C.J. Fair (5) dunks the ball against Michigan's Mitch McGary (4) during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

  • Michigan's Trey Burke, right, and Michigan's Tim Hardaway Jr. walk down the court during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game against Syracuse, Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

  • Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim watches play against Michigan during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

  • Syracuse's C.J. Fair (5) heads to the hoop against Michigan's Mitch McGary (4) during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/NCAA Photos, Chris Steppig, Pool)

  • Michigan's Trey Burke, left and Michigan's Tim Hardaway Jr. walk down the court during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game against Syracuse, Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

  • Michigan's Mitch McGary (4) falls to the court after contact with Syracuse's C.J. Fair (5) during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

  • Michigan's Mitch McGary (4) hits the floor during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game against Syracuse, Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

  • Syracuse's Brandon Triche (20) vies for a loose ball with Michigan's Mitch McGary (4) during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

  • Syracuse's C.J. Fair (5) shoots over Michigan's Tim Hardaway Jr. (10) during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

  • Michigan's Mitch McGary (4) grabs a loose ball as Syracuse's Rakeem Christmas (25) looks on during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

  • Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim reacts to play against Michigan during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

  • Michigan's Mitch McGary dunks the ball against Syracuse during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

  • Michigan's Glenn Robinson III dunks the ball against Syracuse during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

  • Michigan's Glenn Robinson III dunks the ball against Syracuse during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

  • Michigan's Mitch McGary (4) heads to the court after a shot against Syracuse during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

  • Michigan's Caris LeVert (23) and Syracuse's Brandon Triche (20) vie for the ball during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

  • Michigan's Caris LeVert (23) passes the ball as Syracuse's C.J. Fair (5) looks on during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

  • Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim watches play against Michigan during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

  • Michigan's Glenn Robinson III (1) heads to the hoop as Syracuse's Brandon Triche (20) defends during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

  • Syracuse's Rakeem Christmas (25) dunks the ball against Michigan during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

  • Michigan's Tim Hardaway Jr. (10) reacts after a Michigan 3-point shot against Syracuse during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

  • Syracuse's Rakeem Christmas (25) dunks the ball as Michigan's Mitch McGary (4) looks on during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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    Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim watches play against Michigan during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

  • Michigan's Glenn Robinson III (1) shoots as Syracuse's James Southerland defends during the first half of an NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

  • Syracuse's Brandon Triche (20) shoots against Michigan's Tim Hardaway Jr. (10) during the first half of an NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

  • Syracuse's Nolan Hart (4) shoots against Michigan's Mitch McGary (4) during the first half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/NCAA Photos, Chris Steppig, Pool)

  • Michigan's Glenn Robinson III (1) shoots as Syracuse's James Southerland defends during the first half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

  • Michigan's Mitch McGary, Michigan's Tim Hardaway Jr. and Michigan's Trey Burke, from left, react to play against Syracuse during the first half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

  • Syracuse's Rakeem Christmas (25) shoots as Michigan's Spike Albrecht (2) looks on during the first half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

  • Syracuse's Rakeem Christmas (25) and Michigan's Mitch McGary (4) wait for a rebound during the first half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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    Publishing company founder Workman dies at 74

    NEW YORK (AP) ? Peter Workman, the founder of a publishing company known for such best-sellers as "What to Expect When You're Expecting," died Sunday. He was 74.

    He died of cancer at his New York City home, said Selina Meere, spokeswoman for Workman Publishing Co.

    Workman was founder, president and CEO of one of the largest independent publishers of nonfiction trade books and calendars.

    Titles also include such favorites as the boxed Page-A-Day Calendar, "The Official Preppy Handbook" and "The Silver Palate Cookbook."

    In addition to the Workman imprint, the company consists of Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Artisan, Storey Books, Timber Press, and HighBridge Audio.

    A Long Island native, Workman was a Yale University graduate.

    After a job in the sales department of Dell Publishing, he founded Workman in 1967 as a book packager. Within two years, its inaugural list led with Richard Hittleman's "Yoga 28-Day Exercise Plan," which is still in print.

    Workman bestsellers also include are B. Kliban's "Cat," Sandra Boynton's children's books, and "1,000 Places To See Before You Die." Artisan published chef Thomas Keller's "The French Laundry Cookbook."

    He is survived by his widow, Carolan Raskin Workman, their two daughters and four grandchildren.

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    IUDs Safe Contraceptives for Teens, Study Finds - TheHealthCast.com

    IUDs Safe Contraceptives for Teens, Study Finds

    Researchers conclude new intrauterine devices provide long-term, worry-free protection

    MONDAY, April 8 (HealthDay News) ? IUDs are a safe method of birth control for teens, according to a new study.

    The findings challenge concerns that have persisted since the removal of a harmful IUD (intrauterine device) from the market in the 1970s, according to the researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.

    ?Today?s IUDs are not the same as the ones that existed decades ago and are undeserving of the outdated stigma they carry,? study lead author Dr. Abbey Berenson, director of the university?s Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women?s Health, said in a university news release.

    ?Modern IUDs are safe, cost-effective and provide years of worry-free birth control,? she said. ?Though more research is needed, this study shows that IUDs should be among the options considered to address teen pregnancy rates.?

    The researchers analyzed data from about 90,000 IUD users aged 15 to 44 and found that the rate of serious complications was less than 1 percent ? the same among teens as among adults. Serious complications included ectopic pregnancy (a pregnancy that occurs outside the womb) and pelvic inflammatory disease.

    The study also found that the rate of early discontinuation of IUD use was the same for teens and adults, which suggests that teens were not more likely than adults to have complications, the researchers said.

    In all age groups, hormonal IUDs were associated with fewer complications and lower rates of discontinuation than copper IUDs, according to the study, which was published in the May issue of the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.

    ?An IUD is a virtually effortless form of contraception, as it doesn?t require remembering to take a pill at the same time each day,? Berenson said. ?Thus, increasing young women?s access to this effective birth control could have a tremendous impact on reducing unintended pregnancies.?

    The Dalkon Shield, a popular IUD in the 1970s, was found to have grave side effects, including bacterial infections, septic miscarriages and even death.

    More information

    The U.S. Office on Women?s Health has more about birth control methods.

    Related topics: Women's Health

    Source: http://www.thehealthcast.com/womens-health/iuds-safe-contraceptives-for-teens-study-finds/

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    Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Dead At 87

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    Margaret Thatcher diedMargaret Thatcher, who was portrayed by Meryl Streep in “The Iron Lady”, passed away on Monday at age 87 after suffering a stroke. A spokesman for the family confirmed the news of her death from Thatcher’s children, saying in a statement, “It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother ...

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    'Evil Dead' rises again with $26M box-office stake

    This film image released by Sony-TriStar Pictures shows Jane Levy in a scene from "Evil Dead." (AP Photo/Sony-TriStar Pictures)

    This film image released by Sony-TriStar Pictures shows Jane Levy in a scene from "Evil Dead." (AP Photo/Sony-TriStar Pictures)

    LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Resurrected demons and resurrected dinosaurs are helping to put some life back into the weekend box office.

    The demonic horror remake "Evil Dead" debuted at No. 1 with $26 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

    In a tight fight for second-place were two holdovers, the animated comedy "The Croods" and the action flick "G.I. Joe: Retaliation," both with an estimated $21.1 million. Final numbers Monday will sort out which movie comes out ahead.

    Steven Spielberg's 3-D debut of his dinosaur blockbuster "Jurassic Park" came in fourth with $18.2 million. That's on top of the $357.1 million domestic haul for "Jurassic Park" in its initial run in 1993.

    Released by Sony's TriStar Pictures, "Evil Dead" added $4.5 million in 21 overseas markets, giving it a worldwide start of $30.5 million. Shot on a modest budget of $17 million, the movie is well on its way to turning a profit.

    The remake was produced by the 1983 original's filmmakers, director Sam Raimi and producer Rob Tapert, and its star, Bruce Campbell. The new "Evil Dead" lays the gore on thickly for the story of a group of friends terrorized and possessed by demons during a trip to a cabin in the woods.

    "It's one crazy ride, that movie. I have to think Sam Raimi is so proud in remaking this film that it turned out so well," said Rory Bruer, head of distribution for Sony. "It's such a visceral ride, where you're holding on to your seat or holding on to the person next to you."

    Paramount's "G.I. Joe" sequel, which had been No. 1 the previous weekend, pushed its domestic total to $86.7 million. The movie also added $40.2 million overseas for an international haul of $145.2 million and a worldwide take of $232 million.

    "The Croods," a DreamWorks Animation release distributed by 20th Century Fox, raised its domestic total to $125.8 million after three weekends. Overseas, the movie did an additional $34.1 million to lift its international total to $206.8 million and its worldwide receipts to $333 million.

    Universal Pictures' "Jurassic Park" reissue opened in a similar range of other recent blockbuster 3-D releases such as "Titanic" ($17.3 million) and "Star Wars: Episode I ? The Phantom Menace" ($22.4 million).

    None of the new movies or holdovers came close to the domestic business being done a year ago by "The Hunger Games," which led over the same weekend in 2012 with $33.1 million in its third weekend. But collectively, Hollywood had a winning lineup of movies that gave revenues a lift from last year.

    Domestic receipts totaled $134 million, up 8.5 percent from the first weekend of April a year ago, according to box-office tracker Hollywood.com. That uptick comes after three-straight weekends of declining revenue and a quiet first quarter in which domestic business has totaled $2.47 billion, down 11.4 percent from the same point in 2012.

    Hollywood set a record with $10.8 billion domestically last year, and 2013's releases so far have been unable to match up. Studios are counting on a strong start to the summer season as "Iron Man 3" arrives the first weekend in May and such sequels as "Star Trek: Into Darkness," ''The Hangover Part III" and "Fast & Furious 6" quickly follow.

    "When you have a record box-office year like we did in 2012, every weekend in 2013 is becoming a challenge to best or even equal what we did the year before," said Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian. "The summer movie season can't come a moment too soon. We definitely need it."

    In limited release this weekend, director and star Robert Redford's "The Company You Keep" started well with $146,058 in five theaters for a healthy $29,212 average. That compares to an $8,595 average in 3,025 cinemas for "Evil Dead."

    "The Company You Keep" also features Susan Sarandon and Shia LaBeouf in the story of a 1970s fugitive on the run for three decades for a robbery that left a security guard dead.

    "Slumdog Millionaire" director Danny Boyle's "Trance" opened with $136,103 in four theaters for a $34,026 average. The twisting thriller features James McAvoy as an amnesiac art thief whose accomplices enlist a hypnotist (Rosario Dawson) to crack his memory.

    Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

    1. "Evil Dead," $26 million ($4.5 million international).

    2 (tie). "The Croods," $21.1 million ($34.1 million international).

    2 (tie). "G.I. Joe: Retaliation," $21.1 million ($40.2 million international).

    4. "Jurassic Park" in 3-D," $18.2 million ($3 million international).

    5. "Olympus Has Fallen," $10.04 million.

    6. "Tyler Perry's Temptation," $10 million.

    7. "Oz the Great and Powerful," $8.2 million ($13.6 million international).

    8. "The Host," $5.2 million ($3.5 million international).

    9. "The Call," $3.5 million.

    10. "Admission," $2.1 million.

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    Estimated weekend ticket sales at international theaters (excluding the U.S. and Canada) for films distributed overseas by Hollywood studios, according to Rentrak:

    1. "G.I. Joe: Retaliation," $40.2 million.

    2. "The Croods," $34.1 million.

    3. "Oz the Great and Powerful," $13.6 million.

    4. "Jack the Giant Slayer," $10.9 million.

    5. "Identity Thief," $6.4 million.

    6. "Evil Dead," $4.5 million.

    7. "Dragon Ball Z: Kami to Kami," $4.4 million.

    8. "Running Man," $3.7 million.

    9. "The Host," $3.5 million.

    10. "Wreck-It Ralph," $3.4 million.

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    Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.

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    China says it can control bird flu outbreak

    BEIJING (Reuters) - China can control the outbreak of an avian flu strain newly contracted by humans, a senior Chinese health official said on Sunday, a day after China reported its eighteenth case of the H7N9 virus that has so far killed six people.

    China has said it is mobilizing resources nationwide to combat the new strain of bird flu, monitoring hundreds of close contacts of confirmed cases and culling tens of thousands of birds where traces of the virus were found.

    "We are confident we can effectively control it (H7N9)," the head of China's National Health and Family Planning Commission Li Bin told Reuters on the sidelines of a World Health Organization-backed event in Beijing.

    Li did not elaborate, but she is the most senior Chinese health official yet to publicly comment on the subject.

    The bird flu outbreak has caused global concern and some Chinese internet users and newspapers have questioned why it took so long for the government to announce the new cases, especially as two of the victims fell ill in February.

    The government has said it needed time to correctly identify the virus.

    The WHO's representative to China, Dr. Michael O'Leary, repeated that no evidence of transmission between humans has been found and praised China for its efforts to determine the source of the virus.

    "I'm very impressed with the action of the laboratories in this regard," O'Leary said at a World Health Day event in the Chinese capital.

    "China is demonstrating their ability to get on top of this problem quickly," he said.

    In 2003, authorities initially tried to cover up an epidemic of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which emerged in China and killed about 10 percent of the 8,000 people it infected worldwide.

    Other strains of bird flu, such as H5N1, have been circulating for many years and can be transmitted from bird to bird, and bird to human, but not generally from human to human.

    (Reporting by Michael Martina; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan)

    Source: http://news.yahoo.com/china-confident-control-bird-flu-outbreak-084931042.html

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    Dante And Elizabeth Corso Reunited With Bandit 13 Years After Cat Disappeared

    Dante Corso Cat

    Elizabeth and Dante Corso were reunited with their cat Bandit more than 10 years after he disappeared in Las Vegas.

    A cat has clawed his way back into the hearts and home of the owners that lost him 13 years ago.

    The Corsos lived in Las Vegas when their pet, Bandit, disappeared one day when he was let out of the house. Imagine the surprise of Elizabeth and Dante Corso to get a call in San Diego -- where they now live -- that Bandit had been found circling around in their old Vegas neighborhood.

    A microchip implanted in the feline enabled someone at Bonanza Cat Hospital to find the 15-year-old cat's owners and get them all back together on April 4, according to KTNV.

    ?This cat here has an amazing story. Yeah, I wish I knew it. All of it; who he?s [been] with, where he?s been,? Elizabeth said to NBC San Diego.

    Bandit moved into a veritable menagerie. The Corsos own 13 other animals, KPBS said.

    One of the other pets is Bandit's brother Coot who was never the same after Bandit disappeared, according to KGTV.

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    Eurozone crisis live: Bank of Japan boss tries to temper soaring markets

    Good morning and welcome to another day of the eurozone crisis live blog, keeping you up to date on the key political and economic events to effect Europe and elsewhere.

    Overnight, more news from Tokyo, where Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda played down concerns of an asset-price bubble as a result of yesterday's announcement of plans to pump $1.4tn into the economy over the next two years.

    However, this was a tricky sell, with government bond yields at a record low, the yen hitting a three-and-a-half year trough and the Nikkei soaring to a five-year high.

    Elsewhere, over in the US, President Obama is expected to offer cuts to welfare programmes in return for Republican support on the budget, creating a compromise on a deficit reduction deal. We will bring you any market reaction to the news.

    Today, all eyes will remain on the US where the latest non-farm employment numbers will come out at 1.30pm as an indicator of further recovery.

    Meanwhile, in Europe, the eurozone retail sales figures for February come out at 10am and are expected to show a continued fall in consumer spending.

    All this, and other events as they unfold.

    Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/apr/05/eurozone-crisis-live-bank-japan-markets

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    Animal Planet critter livestreams arrive on Samsung Smart TVs, coming to Roku and Xbox Live

    Animal Planet critter livestreams arrive on Samsung Smart TVs, coming to Roku and Xbox Live

    Say goodbye to the passé virtual aquarium. Animal Planet has launched a collection of 11 HD 24/7 Ustream-powered live streams under the banner Animal Planet L!VE, which feature animals ranging from beluga whales to cockroaches. The free critter footage is already being piped to APL.tv and Samsung Smart TVs Viewers can choose between watching ants, calves, chicks, cockroaches, beluga whales, fish swimming about in a pacific coral reef, kittens, penguins, puppies, sea nettles and wild birds. In case catching them on your smart TV or browser weren't enough, the cable channel's creature casts are coming to Roku and Xbox Live "in the coming months."

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    Breakthrough in chemical crystallography

    Apr. 5, 2013 ? A research team led by Professor Makoto Fujita of the University of Tokyo, Japan, and complemented by Academy Professor Kari Rissanen of the University of Jyv?skyl?, Finland, has made a fundamental breakthrough in single-crystal X-ray analysis, the most powerful method for molecular structure determination.

    X-ray single-crystal diffraction (SCD) analysis has the intrinsic limitation that the target molecule must be obtained as single crystals. Now, Professor Fujita's team at the University of Tokyo together with Academy Professor Rissanen at the University of Jyv?skyl? have established a new protocol for SCD analysis that does not require the crystallisation of the target molecule. In this method, a very small crystal of a porous complex absorbs the target molecule from the solution, enabling the crystallographic analysis of the structure of the absorbed guest along with the host framework.

    As the SCD analysis is carried out with only one crystal, smaller than 0.1 x 0.1 x 0.1 mm in size, the required amount of the target molecule can be as low as 80 ng. Fujita's and Rissanen's work reports the structure determination of a scarce marine natural product from only 5 ?g of it. Many natural and synthetic compounds for which chemists have almost given up the hope of analysing crystallographically can now be easily and precisely characterised by this method.

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    Laws, rumors have ammo flying off store shelves

    FILE--In this Feb. 21, 2007 file photo, Bruce Martindale takes aim as he competes in a weekly air gun league in Troy, N.Y. Martindale, who normally uses a .22-caliber, has cut back on practice because ammunition is in short supply. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

    FILE--In this Feb. 21, 2007 file photo, Bruce Martindale takes aim as he competes in a weekly air gun league in Troy, N.Y. Martindale, who normally uses a .22-caliber, has cut back on practice because ammunition is in short supply. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

    (AP) ? Gun enthusiasts fearful of new weapon controls and alarmed by rumors of government hoarding are buying bullets practically by the bushel, making it hard for stores nationwide to keep shelves stocked and even putting a pinch on some local law enforcement departments.

    At a 24-hour Walmart in suburban Albany, the ammunition cabinet was three-fourths empty this week; sales clerks said customers must arrive before 9 the morning after a delivery to get what they want. A few miles away, Dick's Sporting Goods puts up a red rope after ammunition deliveries so buyers can line up early to get a number, averting races up the escalator to the gun counter. Both stores are limiting ammunition purchases to three boxes a day.

    In mid-January, two days after New York became the first state to toughen laws post-Newtown, hunter and target shooter Mark Smith spent $250 to stockpile ammunition, including $43 for a brick of 500 .22-caliber bullets, commonly used for target shooting and hunting small game.

    "I had a feeling there was going to be a huge ammunition shortage," said Smith, browsing shotgun shells this week at Dick's. "Especially .22s. It's probably the most popular round out there."

    Likewise, the .223 ammunition used in popular semi-automatic rifles is hard to find.

    At Hunter's Haven, a strip-mall gun shop in the farming community of Rolesville, N.C., north of Raleigh, clerk Dean Turnage said ammunition is going out "as fast as we can get it in," even though new gun controls are not on the state's agenda.

    The run started in November with President Barack Obama's re-election, followed by the mass shooting in December of children in Newtown, Conn., which led the president to launch an effort to strengthen federal gun controls and several states to tighten their laws.

    Connecticut on Thursday became the latest to crack down as the governor signed a measure ? effective immediately ? that adds more than 100 firearms to the state's assault weapons ban, creates a dangerous weapon offender registry and institutes eligibility rules for ammunition purchases.

    Hours before the law took effect, hundreds of customers streamed out of Hoffman's Gun Center in Newington with guns and boxes of ammunition.

    "The bad guys are going to get guns," said John Power, 56, of Bristol, arguing the new law would not stop a troubled gunman.

    The nation's 100 million firearms owners are driving the market for some 10 billion rounds annually, with demand and gun purchases both increasing the past several months, driven partly by fear that tougher laws will restrict the ability to buy firearms, said Lawrence Keane, whose National Shooting Sports Foundation is based in Newtown.

    "There's a concern by firearms owners that this administration will pursue bans on products, bans on ammunition. ... It's not limited geographically to New York or anywhere else. It is nationwide," he said.

    Some government critics attributed shortages to federal purchases of bullets, accusing officials of trying to hoard a billion rounds and disarm the populace.

    "Department of Homeland Security and the federal government itself is buying up ammunition and components at such a rate, it's causing artificial shortage of supplies for the regular consumer," said Jesse Alday, a state corrections officer who was buying a couple of boxes of primers at Hunter's Haven.

    "They're buying it up as fast as they can, for reasons they're not officially willing to admit or go into. ... They're not willing to come up with any answers as to the reasons behind why they have enough ammunition on the U.S., on our own home soil, to wage a 25-year war," he said. "That's kind of strange."

    Keane, whose group includes manufacturers, said the reports of massive federal purchases were not true.

    The government routinely buys products in bulk to reduce costs, and Homeland Security has said the latest purchases are no different.

    Last year, the department put out bids for a total of about 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition over the next five years. The rounds are to be used for training, routine weapons qualification exercises and normal duty by various department agencies.

    On a smaller scale, some local law enforcement agencies are also having problems getting ammo.

    Jennifer Donnals, a spokeswoman for the Tennessee Highway Patrol, said the agency was still waiting on rifle and shotgun ammunition ordered in November.

    In Phoenix, the Police Department has stopped providing officers with 100 rounds of ammunition per month for practice. Sgt. Trent Crump said 10 to 15 percent of the department's 3,000 officers, who are assigned .40-caliber and .45-caliber handguns, had taken advantage of the ammunition for practice shooting.

    In January, police chiefs in central Texas said they were having trouble arming their officers because of shortages of assault rifles and ammunition.

    The major U.S. manufacturers are running shifts around the clock to try to meet increased demand, Keane said. The foundation projected $1.5 billion from ammunition sales in 2011 and $2.8 billion from gun sales, totals that more than doubled in a decade.

    Stockpiling has also been fueled by false online rumors, such as one that purports a coming nickel tax on each bullet, which would triple the cost of a .22-caliber cartridge, said Hans Farnung, president of Beikirch's Ammunition, a retailer and wholesaler in Rochester, N.Y., that sells in seven states.

    "I don't want to call them doomsdayers, but people get on these blogs on the Internet and they drive people's fears," he said. "They do not want to wait around and see."

    The tax rumor was fueled by proposals in Connecticut, California and Illinois that haven't advanced.

    This isn't the first U.S. run on ammunition. Walmart's Kory Lundberg said the retail chain previously rationed in 2009, the year Obama entered the White House. However, sportsmen and tradesmen say the current shortages are nationwide, and the worst they've seen.

    New York's law will require ammunition sellers to register and buyers to undergo a background check starting Jan. 15, 2014. Richard Aborn, president of the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City, said the run on guns and ammunition isn't surprising and is fueled by "gross exaggerations," when reasonable discussion is what's needed.

    Bruce Martindale, a champion marksman from upstate New York who normally uses .22-caliber rimfire ammunition, said it's now hard for him to get anything, partly because online retailers are reluctant to ship to New York and risk running afoul of its new law.

    "I can't buy supplies anywhere," he said. Like many competitors, he has cut back on practice but says he doesn't see a public safety concern.

    "This is legitimate gun owners buying," he said. "I don't think criminals are stockpiling."

    ___

    Contributing to this report were Associated Press writers Michael Melia in Hartford, Conn., Kristin M. Hall in Nashville, Tenn., Alicia Caldwell in Washington, D.C., A. Breed in Rolesville, N.C., and Felicia Fonseca in Flagstaff, Ariz.

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    Lebanese president starts talks for new premier

    BEIRUT (AP) ? Lebanese President Michel Suleiman has begun two days of consultations with lawmakers to pick a new prime minister, but a consensus has already emerged to choose Tammam Salam for the post.

    Salam, a lawmaker from Beirut and a former culture minister, is widely expected to be appointed by Suleiman as the new prime minister this weekend after securing the support of a majority of lawmakers.

    Outgoing Prime Minister Najib Mikati resigned last month over a political deadlock between Lebanon's two main political camps and infighting in his government.

    Mikati's government was dominated by the Shiite Muslim Hezbollah group and its allies.

    Although leaning toward the Western-backed anti-Hezbollah coalition, Salam, who comes from a prominent Sunni Muslim family, is seen as a consensus figure.

    Source: http://news.yahoo.com/lebanese-president-starts-talks-premier-133823819.html

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    Sexuality, traumatic brain injury, and rehabilitation

    Sexuality, traumatic brain injury, and rehabilitation [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 5-Apr-2013
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    Critical review in NeuroRehabilitation highlights impact of TBI on sexuality and importance of rehabilitation strategies

    Amsterdam, NL, April 5, 2013 Each year more than three million Americans are living with traumatic brain injury (TBI), a condition that is associated with physical, cognitive, and emotional problems that often affect their sexuality, and subsequently their marital stability, identity, and self-esteem. Taking an in-depth look at the impact of TBI on sexuality, an investigative team critically reviews fourteen studies representing a collective study sample of nearly 1,500 patients, partners, spouses, control individuals, and rehabilitation professionals to examine brain injury and sexuality. It is published in NeuroRehabilitation: An International Journal.

    "Sexuality in patients with chronic disease or physical handicaps warrants attention and consideration so that effective intervention plans can be formulated. A healthy sex life may decrease muscular and emotional tension, increase pain threshold, reduce physical stress, improve sleep, and diminish emotional stress within relationships," says Jhon Alexander Moreno, doctoral candidate in the Department of Psychology at Universit de Montral, Qubec, Canada. He has made this important issue the central topic of his research work, which is conducted under the international direction of Professors Michelle McKerral at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation in Montral, and Juan Carlos Arango Lasprilla from the University of Deusto, Spain, in collaboration with Caron Gan from Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Toronto, Canada. "A lack of information and education on sexuality and disability is a major contributing factor towards the stigma attached to them."

    To help clinicians understand the complexity of interactions between psychological factors, physical factors, and relationship factors, investigators have applied a biopsychosocial model in which all three areas intersect to affect sexuality after TBI:

    • Neuropsychological and psychological effects A review of existing literature reveals that cognitive deficits and changes in body image, loss of identity, adjustment, depression, and anxiety can affect an individual's confidence level and ease in forming new relationships.
    • Medical and physical issues Medications prescribed to those with TBI may interfere with sexual function. Drugs such as antihypertensives, antidepressants, stimulants, and anticonvulsants can lower libido and cause erectile, ejaculatory, arousal, or orgasmic problems. Physical changes after TBI can also pose additional limitations in sexual functioning.
    • Relationship changes Stress on the patient and family members can cause marked shifts in relationships. For example, spouses of TBI survivors often perceive important personality changes. Social skills such as meeting people, explaining the TBI to others, and learning appropriate boundaries may need to be taught or relearned.

    The critical review also provides perspectives from multiple viewpoints: Professional, survivor, and patient/partner. The team's evaluation of the existing literature notes methodological limitations that include insufficient sample sizes and an underrepresentation of women.

    "Sexual difficulties are common in TBI survivors and affect both the individual and the family system. Sexual dysfunction is only one part of sexual difficulties observed in TBI patients, as the existence of other deficits in cognition, emotion and functionality may affect the expression of sexuality," says Moreno. "Assessment, treatment, and systematic follow-up of post-TBI sexual difficulties should always be part of the clinical agenda throughout all rehabilitation and post-rehabilitation stages."

    The research team further notes that future studies need to explore the partner's perspectives and that researchers should favor studies considering both the patient's and the partner's viewpoints. In addition, they mention the need to include Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBT) considerations in the assessment and rehabilitation agenda of TBI.

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    Critical review in NeuroRehabilitation highlights impact of TBI on sexuality and importance of rehabilitation strategies

    Amsterdam, NL, April 5, 2013 Each year more than three million Americans are living with traumatic brain injury (TBI), a condition that is associated with physical, cognitive, and emotional problems that often affect their sexuality, and subsequently their marital stability, identity, and self-esteem. Taking an in-depth look at the impact of TBI on sexuality, an investigative team critically reviews fourteen studies representing a collective study sample of nearly 1,500 patients, partners, spouses, control individuals, and rehabilitation professionals to examine brain injury and sexuality. It is published in NeuroRehabilitation: An International Journal.

    "Sexuality in patients with chronic disease or physical handicaps warrants attention and consideration so that effective intervention plans can be formulated. A healthy sex life may decrease muscular and emotional tension, increase pain threshold, reduce physical stress, improve sleep, and diminish emotional stress within relationships," says Jhon Alexander Moreno, doctoral candidate in the Department of Psychology at Universit de Montral, Qubec, Canada. He has made this important issue the central topic of his research work, which is conducted under the international direction of Professors Michelle McKerral at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation in Montral, and Juan Carlos Arango Lasprilla from the University of Deusto, Spain, in collaboration with Caron Gan from Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Toronto, Canada. "A lack of information and education on sexuality and disability is a major contributing factor towards the stigma attached to them."

    To help clinicians understand the complexity of interactions between psychological factors, physical factors, and relationship factors, investigators have applied a biopsychosocial model in which all three areas intersect to affect sexuality after TBI:

    • Neuropsychological and psychological effects A review of existing literature reveals that cognitive deficits and changes in body image, loss of identity, adjustment, depression, and anxiety can affect an individual's confidence level and ease in forming new relationships.
    • Medical and physical issues Medications prescribed to those with TBI may interfere with sexual function. Drugs such as antihypertensives, antidepressants, stimulants, and anticonvulsants can lower libido and cause erectile, ejaculatory, arousal, or orgasmic problems. Physical changes after TBI can also pose additional limitations in sexual functioning.
    • Relationship changes Stress on the patient and family members can cause marked shifts in relationships. For example, spouses of TBI survivors often perceive important personality changes. Social skills such as meeting people, explaining the TBI to others, and learning appropriate boundaries may need to be taught or relearned.

    The critical review also provides perspectives from multiple viewpoints: Professional, survivor, and patient/partner. The team's evaluation of the existing literature notes methodological limitations that include insufficient sample sizes and an underrepresentation of women.

    "Sexual difficulties are common in TBI survivors and affect both the individual and the family system. Sexual dysfunction is only one part of sexual difficulties observed in TBI patients, as the existence of other deficits in cognition, emotion and functionality may affect the expression of sexuality," says Moreno. "Assessment, treatment, and systematic follow-up of post-TBI sexual difficulties should always be part of the clinical agenda throughout all rehabilitation and post-rehabilitation stages."

    The research team further notes that future studies need to explore the partner's perspectives and that researchers should favor studies considering both the patient's and the partner's viewpoints. In addition, they mention the need to include Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBT) considerations in the assessment and rehabilitation agenda of TBI.

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    North Korea suspends entry by South Koreans to Kaesong industrial zone

    Secretary of State John Kerry says recent rhetoric from North Korea is "unacceptable" and that the US will defend itself as well as South Korea from any threat from the North. Watch his entire news conference with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se.

    By Andrea Mitchell, Jim Miklaszewski and Ian Johnston, NBC News

    North Korean authorities were not allowing South Korean workers into a joint industrial park on Wednesday, South Korea's Unification Ministry said, according to Reuters.

    A South Korean official said that hundreds of South Koreans currently in the Kaesong industrial zone would be allowed to leave, but incoming workers would not be granted entry. North Korea had earlier delayed access to the park.

    Tuesday, at a joint news conference at the State Department with South Korea's foreign minister, Secretary of State John Kerry issued a stern warning to North Korea - a pledge to defend U.S. interests and its regional treaty allies - and said North Korea knows what it needs to do if it wants to resume dialogue with the rest of the world.

    Kerry also denounced North Korea's threatening rhetoric as "unacceptable," and said that the United States will defend its allies, South Korea and Japan, from any threat from the North.

    Kerry said he would be visiting Seoul next week - in advance of South Korean President Park Geun-hye's visit to the White House later this spring.

    As the U.S. deploys a Navy missile destroyer in case of a launch by North Korea, the country's leader Kim Jong Un has abolished an armistice with South Korea and is now saying he will re-open a nuclear bomb facility that was closed in 2007. NBC's Richard Engel reports.

    As tensions continue to flare, the U.S. Navy has deployed a second destroyer in the western Pacific to respond to any missile threats from the North.

    The USS Decatur was headed back to San Diego, Calif., when it was given a new mission: to join the USS McCain in a missile defense mission, Pentagon spokesman George Little said Tuesday.

    A third destroyer, the USS Fitzgerald, is also available to respond, if necessary, officials said.


    The rogue communist state continued to make threats Tuesday, and said it would rebuild and restart nuclear facilities, including a mothballed reactor that can make one bomb's worth of plutonium a year.

    Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the amount of hostility emanating from Pyongyang was alarming.

    The U.S., Japan and South Korea had to be ?very firm in sending them a message that we are going to do everything necessary to defend our security and defend our troops,? Panetta?told CNBC in an interview. He said there was a danger of a "miscalculation" that escalated.

    ?I think we've got to be very concerned about ... the level of provocation that North Korea is engaged in. They are in the process of testing ICBMs [Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles]. They've also been testing nuclear weapons,? he said.

    ?The kind of provocation and bellicosity they're showing now with their rhetoric raises a lot of concern,? he added. ?It just means the United States and our allies Japan and South Korea have to be very firm in sending them a message that we are going to do everything necessary to defend our security and defend our troops.?

    NBC's Jim Maceda reports on U.S. Navy movements of destroyers into the Pacific amid threats from North Korea.

    A spokesman for the North's General Department of Atomic Energy said restarting its nuclear facilities was part of efforts to resolve the country's acute electricity shortage, but also for "bolstering up the nuclear armed force both in quality and quantity," the official Korean Central News Agency said, according to Reuters.

    Pyongyang conducted its third nuclear test in February, prompting a new round of U.N. sanctions that have infuriated its leaders and led to a torrent of threatening rhetoric. The United States has sent nuclear-capable bombers and stealth jets to participate in annual South Korean-U.S. military drills that the allies call routine but that Pyongyang claims are invasion preparations.

    United Nations chief Ban Ki-Moon said the crisis ?has already gone too far.?

    ?Nuclear threats are not a game. Aggressive rhetoric and military posturing only result in counter-actions, and fuel fear and instability," Ban said at a news conference in Andorra, where he was on an official visit.

    Ban offered to facilitate peace talks, but how the North would react was not immediately clear. Ban was South Korea's foreign affairs minister before election to his UN post.

    Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon expresses great concern over the ongoing nuclear threats being issued by the North Korean government.

    KCNA kept up the rhetoric on?its English-language site Tuesday, with an article headlined ?Intensified Anti-U.S. Action Called For.?

    It quoted the ?North Side Committee for Implementing the June 15 Joint Declaration? as saying in a statement that the joint U.S. and South Korean military exercise ?clearly proves that the U.S. imperialists' scenario to launch a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula at any cost has reached an extremely reckless phase of its implementation.?

    ?As already clarified by the DPRK [North Korea], gone are the days when it could have verbal exchange with them,? the statement said.

    ?To wage a merciless, just, retaliatory war is the only way of rooting out the source of the danger of a nuclear war on this land and build a peaceful and prosperous reunified thriving nation where all Koreans live together,? it added.

    Reuters and NBC News' John Newland contributed to this report.

    Related:

    US Navy shifts destroyer in wake of North Korea missile threats

    US official warns North Korea is no 'paper tiger'

    Analyst: Threats are predictable, Kim Jong Un is not

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