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Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, breaks away from the procession Saturday at Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Bloomingburg to greet Meghan Sier and her 6-month-old son, Braden. Cardinal Dolan visited the church during the celebration of its 100th anniversary.DOMINICK FIORILLE/ Times Herald-Record

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Wizards John Wall believes he's the best point guard in the NBA

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Fort Hood and the rarity of military executions

DALLAS (AP) -- Hundreds of unarmed soldiers, some about to deploy to Afghanistan, were waiting inside a building for vaccines and routine checkups when a fellow soldier walked inside with two handguns and enough ammunition to commit one of the worst mass shootings in American history.

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan climbed onto a desk and shouted "Allahu Akbar!" - an Arabic phrase meaning "God is great!" Then he fired, pausing only to reload.

Hasan doesn't deny that he carried out the November 2009 rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, that left 13 people dead and more than 30 others wounded. There are dozens of witnesses who saw it happen. Military law prohibits him from entering a guilty plea because authorities are seeking the death penalty. But if he is convicted and sentenced to death in a trial that starts Tuesday, there are likely years, if not decades, of appeals ahead.

He may never make it to the death chamber at all.

While the Hasan case is unusually complex, experts also say the military justice system is unaccustomed to dealing with death penalty cases and has struggled to avoid overturned sentences.

Eleven of the 16 death sentences handed down by military juries in the last 30 years have been overturned, according to an academic study and court records. No active-duty soldier has been executed since 1961.

A reversed verdict or sentence on appeal in the Hasan case would be a fiasco for prosecutors and the Army. That's one reason why prosecutors and the military judge have been deliberate leading up to trial, said Geoffrey Corn, a professor at the South Texas College of Law and former military lawyer.

"The public looks and says, `This is an obviously guilty defendant. What's so hard about this?'" Corn said. "What seems so simple is in fact relatively complicated."

Hasan is charged with 13 specifications of premeditated murder and 32 specifications of attempted premeditated murder. Thirteen officers from around the country who hold Hasan's rank or higher will serve on the jury for a trial that will likely last one month and probably longer. They must be unanimous to convict Hasan of murder and sentence him to death. Three-quarters of the panel must vote for an attempted murder conviction.

The jury will likely hear from victims and relatives of the dead. A handful of victims still carry bullet fragments in their body. Others have nightmares.

"It never goes away - being upset that it's taken so long for this trial to come," said Staff Sgt. Alonzo Lunsford, who was shot in the head, stomach and upper body. "So now's the day of reckoning, which is positive - very positive."

The trial's start has been delayed over and over, often due to requests from Hasan. Any of the hundreds of decisions large or small could be fair game on appeal. The entire record will be scrutinized by military appeals courts that have overturned most of the death sentences they've considered.

"A good prosecutor, in military parlance, would be foolish to fight only the close battle," Corn said. "He's got to fight the close battle and the future battle. And the future battle is the appellate record."

Hasan has twice dismissed his lawyers and now plans to represent himself at trial. He's suggested he wants to argue the killings were in "defense of others" - namely, members of the Taliban fighting Americans in Afghanistan. The trial judge, Col. Tara Osborn, has so far denied that strategy.

Hasan has grown a beard while in custody that he says expresses his Muslim faith, but violates military rules on decorum. After a military judge ordered him forcibly shaved, an appeals court stayed that order and took another judge off the case.

The last man executed in the military system was Pvt. John Bennett, hanged in 1961 for raping an 11-year-old girl. Five men are on the military death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., but none are close to being executed.

An inmate was taken off death row just last year. Kenneth Parker was condemned for killing two fellow Marines in North Carolina, including Lance Cpl. Rodney Page. But Parker was given life without parole last September by an appeals court. The court found his trial judge should have not allowed him to be tried for both murders at the same time, nor should the judge have allowed testimony that the appeals court said was irrelevant to the crimes.

Parker's accomplice in the killings, Wade Walker, was also sentenced to death, only for the sentence to be overturned.

Examples abound of other death sentences set aside. They include William Kreutzer Jr., who killed one soldier and wounded 18 others in a 1995 shooting spree at Fort Bragg, N.C.; James T. Murphy, who killed his wife in Germany by smashing her head with a hammer; and Melvin Turner, who killed his 11-month-old daughter with a razor blade.

Part of the problem, experts say, is that death penalty cases are rare in military courts.

A study in the Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology identified just 41 cases between 1984 and 2005 where a defendant faced a court-martial on a capital charge. Meanwhile, more than 500 people have been executed since 1982 in the civilian system in Texas, the nation's most active death-penalty state.

While lawyers and judges in Texas may get multiple death penalty cases a year, many military judges and lawyers often are on their first, said Victor Hansen, another former prosecutor who now teaches at the New England School of Law. The military courts that are required to review each death-penalty verdict are also more cautious and likely to pinpoint possible errors that might pass muster at a civilian court, Hansen and Corn said.

Hansen compared the military's conundrum to small states that have a death-penalty law on the books, but never use it.

"You don't have a lot of experience or institutional knowledge," said Hansen, who compared it to "the reinventing of the wheel every time one is done."

If Hasan is convicted and sentenced to death, his case will automatically go before appeals courts for the Army and the armed forces. If those courts affirm the sentence, he could ask the Supreme Court for a review or file motions in federal civilian courts.

The president, as the military commander in chief, must sign off on a death sentence.

"If history is any guide, it's going to be a long, long, long time," Hansen said.

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Mano a mano over Dell: Icahn vows to fight on

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Dell CEO and founder Michael Dell at a meeting of the Confederation of Indian Industries in Bangalore, January 9, 2012. Voting on a proposal to take computer-maker Dell private was delayed on Friday after Dell agreed to raise the offering price and change the vote-counting system.

The battle for Dell is far from over. Billionaire activist Carl Icahn vowed on Friday to keep fighting for control of the computer maker.

The latest skirmish came after the company said Dell's special committee had reached agreement with the buyout group led by CEO Michael Dell to purchase the company for $13.75 per share. The deal values the company at about $25 billion.

The Round Rock, Texas, company said a group led by its founder and the investment firm Silver Lake Partners will tack a one-time shareholder payout of 13 cents per share to an offer they made last week to buy the company for $13.75 per share. Michael Dell is funding the 13 cents a share special dividend personally.

The company, which has been locked in a public brawl with Icahn, has indicated it is changing its voting standard for a new, higher offer. Toward that end, Dell dramatically reduced the amount it would cost to break up the deal, to $180 million from $450 million. That may open the door for an eventual agreement with the activist Icahn, who has agitated for months to buy the struggling computer giant.

Icahn responded to the new deal via Twitter stating, "We are pleased to have won another battle in the Dell war but the war itself is far from over. More to follow."

On Thursday, Icahn filed a lawsuit to prevent Dell from setting a new record date, the latest in a series of efforts to derail the deal. According to the company, the terms of Dell's buyout agreement include moving the record date to mid-August.

(Read more: Icahn files lawsuit over latest Dell buyout offer)

Icahn isn't the only investor against the deal.

Shareholder Stephen Yacktman, in a statement, said, "The company, increases in value every month. There is no increase in valuation being paid. Shareholders are just getting paid with their own money."

He added: "If the special committee was truly concerned about the shareholders, they would let the shareholders vote on Icahn's proposal and board. What kind of board makes shareholders sue to get to be able to exercise their legal right to vote? By law, the shareholder meeting needs to beheld by mid-August."

In afternoon trading on the Nasdaq, Dell's shares rose more than 5 percent to $13.66. (For the latest stock price, click here.)

Shareholders were scheduled to vote this morning on a lower offer to buy the company for $13.65 per share. That vote has been postponed. Shareholders who own the stock as of Aug. 13 will be eligible to vote at a Sept. 12 special meeting on the new deal. The company will hold its annual meeting on Oct. 17.

Dell's founder and private equity firm Silver Lake want to take the company private, arguing that a painful restructuring can best be best performed away from stock market scrutiny.

But the battle over that deal has raged for months, adding further uncertainty about a company already shrinking along with a rapidly declining PC market.

(Reuters and the Associated Press contributed to this report)

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Stomach bug in 2 states linked to Mexican farm

In this image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a photomicrograph of a fresh stool sample, which had been prepared using a 10% formalin solution, and stained with modified acid-fast stain, reveals the presence of four Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts in the field of view. Iowa and Nebraska health officials said Tuesday, July 30, 2013, that a prepackaged salad mix is the source of a cyclospora outbreak that sickened more than 178 people in both states. Cyclospora is a rare parasite that causes a lengthy gastrointestinal illness. (AP Photo/Centerd for Disease Control and Prevention)

In this image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a photomicrograph of a fresh stool sample, which had been prepared using a 10% formalin solution, and stained with modified acid-fast stain, reveals the presence of four Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts in the field of view. Iowa and Nebraska health officials said Tuesday, July 30, 2013, that a prepackaged salad mix is the source of a cyclospora outbreak that sickened more than 178 people in both states. Cyclospora is a rare parasite that causes a lengthy gastrointestinal illness. (AP Photo/Centerd for Disease Control and Prevention)

Graphic identifies the states where cases of cyclospora infection have been reported to the CDC; 1c x 6 inches; 46.5 mm x 152 mm;

WASHINGTON (AP) ? An outbreak of stomach illnesses in Iowa and Nebraska has been linked to salad mix served at local Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants and supplied by a Mexican farm.

The outbreak of cyclospora infections has sickened more than 400 people in 16 states. The Food and Drug Administration says it is still working to determine whether the salad mix is the source of illnesses in the other 14 states.

"It is not yet clear whether the cases reported from other states are all part of the same outbreak," the agency said in a statement. "The investigation of increased cases of cyclosporiasis in other states continues."

Both Olive Garden and Red Lobster are owned by Orlando-based Darden Restaurants. In a statement, Darden spokesman Mike Bernstein said the FDA's announcement is "new information."

"Nothing we have seen prior to this announcement gave us any reason to be concerned about the products we've received from this supplier," Bernstein said.

The FDA said it traced illnesses from the restaurants in Nebraska and Iowa to Taylor Farms de Mexico, the Mexican branch of Salinas, Calif.-based Taylor Farms. The company, which provides produce to the food service industry, said its facility located about 180 miles north of Mexico City in San Miguel de Allende is the only one of its 12 sites to be connected to the cases.

In an email, the chairman and CEO of Taylor Farms, Bruce Taylor, said the Mexican plant produced 48 million servings of salads for thousands of restaurants in the Midwest and eastern U.S. in June, the month the outbreak started. He said the facility has an extensive water testing program.

"All our tests have been negative and we have no evidence of cyclospora in our product," Taylor said. "We are working closely with the FDA to continue this investigation."

Taylor said Taylor Farms de Mexico does not supply Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants in Texas, the state with the second most illnesses in the outbreak. According to CDC, 113 of the illnesses reported so far were in Texas. Iowa has had 146 illnesses and Nebraska 81.

In an additional statement on the company's website, Taylor Farms says the Mexican facility is "state of the art and has an exceptional food safety record." The statement said the product is out of the food supply.

The FDA said it had audited the Mexican processing facility in 2011 and found "no notable issues," according to the agency. The agency said it would increase surveillance efforts for green leafy products imported from Mexico.

The most recent known illness in the two states linked to the infected salad was in Nebraska a month ago. The typical shelf life for a salad mix is up to 14 days.

There have been more recent illnesses in other states. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the most recent illness was July 23 but centers did not specify a location.

The agency said its investigation has not implicated any packaged salad sold in grocery stores.

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    Park stumbles down the stretch, opens with 69

    South Korea's Inbee Park reacts after her tee shot on the first hole during the first round of the Women's British Open golf championship on the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland, Thursday Aug. 1, 2013. The 25-year-old from South Korea already has won three majors this year. She is trying to become the first golfer, male or female, to win four in one season. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

    South Korea's Inbee Park reacts after her tee shot on the first hole during the first round of the Women's British Open golf championship on the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland, Thursday Aug. 1, 2013. The 25-year-old from South Korea already has won three majors this year. She is trying to become the first golfer, male or female, to win four in one season. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

    South Korea's Inbee Park gestures on the first green during the first round of the Women's British Open golf championship on the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland, Thursday Aug. 1, 2013. The 25-year-old from South Korea already has won three majors this year. She is trying to become the first golfer, male or female, to win four in one season. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

    Korea's Inbee Park tees off on the second hole during the first round of the Women's British Open golf championship on the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland, Thursday Aug. 1, 2013. The 25-year-old from South Korea already has won three majors this year. She is trying to become the first golfer, male or female, to win four in one season. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

    South Korea's Inbee Park watches her shot on the first fairway during the first round of the Women's British Open golf championship on the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland, Thursday Aug. 1, 2013. The 25-year-old from South Korea already has won three majors this year. She is trying to become the first golfer, male or female, to win four in one season. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

    South Korea's Inbee Park tees off on the first hole during the first round of the Women's British Open golf championship on the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland, Thursday Aug. 1, 2013. The 25-year-old from South Korea already has won three majors this year. She is trying to become the first golfer, male or female, to win four in one season. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

    (AP) ? Inbee Park began her pursuit of an unprecedented fourth straight major with a 3-under 69 on Thursday in the Women's British Open.

    For 10 holes, it looked as though Park would be tough to beat. After a ragged back nine, she was happy to break 70.

    Park made five putts from 15 feet or longer in an amazing display with the putter. She made six birdies in 10 holes to get her name atop the leaderboard at St. Andrews. But the 25-year-old South Korean began missing fairways, and she took double bogey from a pot bunker in front of the 16th green.

    Stacy Lewis, hopeful of being a spoiler this week, had five birdies on the back nine and was the clubhouse leader at 5-under 67.

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    Industry News: Sony Pictures and Tom Rothman Launching TriStar Productions

    Sony Pictures and Tom Rothman, former Chairman and CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment, announced today that they will launch TriStar Production on September 1st. Here's the full press release:

    Beginning September 1, 2013, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and Tom Rothman will launch TriStar Productions. The new joint venture will augment the studios strong output of motion pictures and television programming, it was jointly announced today by Michael Lynton, CEO of Sony Entertainment and Chairman and CEO of SPE, and Amy Pascal, Co-Chairman of SPE.

    Sony Pictures will provide financing for the new entity and retain all distribution rights worldwide. Rothman will serve as Chairman of TriStar Productions and have an equity interest in the venture. He will report directly to Lynton and Pascal.

    TriStar Productions will have its own in-house creative production executives and strategic marketing capabilities while relying on Sony Pictures infrastructure. TriStar Productions will be additive to the studios pipeline of filmed entertainment, and is meant to be complementary to titles from Columbia Pictures, Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Animation, Sony Pictures Classics and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions. The TriStar Pictures banner will also be used, as it has in the past, for other product, including titles from Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions. The newly formed venture will have the ability to take on outside investments as well.

    The new unit is slated to produce up to four films per year, all of which will be released under the TriStar Pictures banner. Additionally, TriStar Productions will develop television long form and series programming for Sony Pictures Television.

    Commenting on the announcement, Pascal said, Tom is a rare executive who loves movies, loves filmmakers, understands how to make money and has exquisite taste. He has the perfect programming sensibility to add to our slate mix and it will be a thrill to have him as part of our team.

    Added Steve Mosko, president of Sony Pictures Television, Sony Pictures Television is in business with the best in the business and we couldnt be more excited to have Tom join our family.

    In the late 80s, Amy and I worked together for Dawn Steel on the old Columbia Lot in Burbank, said Rothman. I admired her hugely then and I admire her more now - she has a truly exceptional film mind. I have known and respected Michael just as long. Together they run a superb company, loaded with outstanding executives at every level, including Steve Mosko, with whom I share a special heritage. From working with both Fox 2000 and Searchlight for many years, I have seen how effective a diversified filmmaking strategy can be, and the opportunities today in television are obvious. As a fan of Hollywood history, I know TriStar has a noble name. I am honored that Michael and Amy would choose me to try to lead a new chapter in it and look forward to collaborating with all the great people at Sony, a truly terrific studio. It feels like coming home."

    Forthcoming films from Sony Pictures include Elysium, starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster from acclaimed writer-director Neill Blomkamp; The Mortal Instruments, directed by Harald Zwart from a screenplay by Jessica Postigo Paquette; One Direction: This Is Us, directed by Morgan Spurlock; Battle of the Year, directed by Benson Lee and written by Brin Hill and Chris Parker; Sony Pictures Animations Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, the mouthwatering sequel to the 2009 hit; Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks and directed by Paul Greengrass from a screenplay by Billy Ray; Carrie, starring Chlo Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore and directed by Kimberly Peirce from a screenplay by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa; American Hustle, starring Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, and Jennifer Lawrence, directed by David O. Russell and written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell; and The Monuments Men, starring George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, and Cate Blanchett, and directed by Clooney from a screenplay by Clooney & Grant Heslov.

    Rothman departed in January as Chairman and CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment after 18 years at the company, where he oversaw all its filmmaking operations (including TCF, FOX 2000, Searchlight, Blue Sky Animation) and, starting in 2009, Twentieth Century Fox Television. Many of those years set profit records for Fox and his track record includes the two highest grossing films in cinematic history, over 40 billion in worldwide box office, more than 150 Academy Award nominations, three Best Picture winners and multiple Emmys. He previously headed the Samuel Goldwyn Company, worked at Columbia Pictures and was an entertainment lawyer and independent producer. He is the recipient of the IFP Industry Tribute, its lifetime achievement award, and is active in many civic and philanthropic endeavors.

    Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE's global operations encompass motion picture production, acquisition and distribution; television production, acquisition and distribution; television networks; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; and development of new entertainment products, services and technologies. For additional information, go to http://www.sonypictures.com.

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    Explosions, Dragons, Gods, and Oh My!

    So you're here because you were interested in my title and decided to take some interest in it; great! But I have to tell you now I am probably the most fussiest person when it comes to my partners, and you need to be able to post at least a certain amount for me to stay interested in the roleplay. That requirement is 600+ words a post, the more (around 1000 a post) would be the best that you could give me and I would love something like that at the moment. It makes me feel like I'm writing a novel and that always soothes me. This should be a relaxing and enjoyable experience, so if you can't post at least 600+ words then don't ask me to roleplay with you, not because I'm being cruel, but I don't want to push yourself (unless desired.)

    As for the plot I would like it to be something fantasy based, we can discuss it further in PM and I would love to get to know you more before we start a roleplay! After all we will be writing a story together, least we should do is to get to know each other some more! I'm someone who will talk with my partner in PM during the roleplay, planning everything out and making sure that both of us are comfortable with what is going on.

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      The smell of blood was what woke her up. There was an immense lust of pain snacking on the left side of her face where her ear had once been. Letting out a small gasp of pain, she kept her eyes closed as her hand gingerly went to explore the region of her head in which was now just a pulpy hole in the side of her head. She withdrew her hand above feeling the sting of pain shocking her fully awake and to her senses. This is when she opened her eyes, blinking the blood and dirt away from them; they stung from only god knows what. Pushing herself up on weary arms she then realized for the first time that there were large metal chuffs around her wrists, as well as around her ankles. She also managed to get a good look at where she was, which was in a large metal cell, Flint lying unconscious not five feet away from her. What was he doing here? Had Valgrid managed to capture him as well? Dammit! Wait ? why should she care that he had been captured? And yet there it was, a brief conclusion of compassion treading through her. That had been something that she had not felt for so many years...

      Just before she was going to make her way over to him, to see if he was okay she heard the sounds of footsteps coming down the hallway of the aisle of cells. She sat up now, and watched as some deformed figure made his way to her and Flint?s cell. The man was an abomination, with large tumor-like lumps covering his face and hands. He had for eyes, and only one ear; his nose was pushed up like some kind of pig snout and his teeth were jutted and yellow. Maslow knew who this being was, and she was not thrilled that he was here. ?Davok,? she hissed as she looked at the man who had served as a loyal commander under Valgrid. He like her had been a human once, though when he had become infected with a serious ailment he had been burned alive to prevent it from spreading. Since then he had worked as a loyal follower of Valgrid and someone that the feline general had always trusted. She had heard horror stories about Davok, and how he enjoyed the smell of burning flesh, and once he burned you alive would eat your ashes. Of course she had never met him in person, considering that she had never ventured into Valgrid?s realm (and she had never wanted to.) This confirmed her suspicion (and fear) that they had been indeed dragged into his realm.

      ?Maslow...? The creature smirked, as he licked his lips; ?I see that you?ve finally realized who your betters are.? He spoke with a chuckle, and one that sent shivers up the girl?s spine. ?And this one with you ? the elder god, is it really him?? The deformed man leaned against the outer bars of their cell and started to stare at Flint?s still shape. ?I?m surprised that you?ve decided to become his pet Maslow, after what he and his followers did to you.? This only made the girl angrier and she found herself biting down on her lip enough so that it started to bleed. This made it obvious that she was angry with what he was saying, and only seemed to egg him on even more so. ?What a pathetic specimen he is, almost as low as you are; because let?s face it the godly fool who allowed our lord to trick him is obviously much more cunning then the one who would turn away from Shi-Lun.? Davok?s yellowed teeth drew back in a wild smirk as he obviously waited for Maslow to say something in a snappy response. But when that didn?t come he only seemed saddened by it. ?Oh Maslow, where is the great wit I have heard so much about, hm? Where this that girl? I heard that she was much more interesting.?

      The girl took a deep breath and looked at him; ?I will not sink to your level creature; now be gone!? She hissed angrily as she weakly pointed to one of the ends of the hallway. ?Tell your master that I am a wake and that I?m awaiting whatever judgement that he decides.? She knew that Valgrid would not let her live, there was no way that she was getting out of this with her life. He would only keep Flint alive so that he could be handed over to the Great Spirit and he could take the credit for it. In the end both she and Flint would die, and there was nothing that could be done about it; was there? So looking the creature in its eyes she narrowed her own, trying to make her seem as aggressive as she could, even in this pathetic state. She was surprised when Davok merely rolled his eyes and turned to walk down the hallway, obviously gone to tell Valgrid that at least one of the prisoners was up and ready.

      That was when she realized that she had yet to check on Flint, and so crawling over next to him, she started to shake his shoulders with one hand (as the other was bound and unable to reach that far.) She could see that his face had taken a large blow during the fight, and that one of his eyes had probably been seriously damaged. ?Flint!? She hissed, ?Flint! Wake up!? She wondered what had happened to get him caught as well. Did he follow after her? Did Valgrid come back for him? She would have to wait for him to wake up for him to tell her what had happened. Maybe he would even come up with some way to get them out of here ? even though it was unlikely. She had heard about Valgrid?s prisons and how he had fused the walls with anti-magic rock, which made doing spells (or in their case transforming) next to impossible. They would have to come up with a dreadfully clever plan to get out of this place.

      And Maslow wasn?t getting her hopes up.

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    The last time James Turrell staged a major installation in a New York museum, lawsuits ensued: two visitors, who ostensibly didn?t realize what they were in for, sued Turrell after they became disoriented and fell inside of an installation in 1980. Thankfully, that hasn't stopped Turrell manipulating our senses?in fact, this month, he'll unveil what critics are calling one of the most daring installations ever attempted.

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    Alicia Keys? new music video for her torch song ?Tears Always Win? was filmed in downtown Vegas and on the Strip. Keys says on Twitter the pretty video is about a ?day in the life of a girl on the grind.?

    The video was released Friday, and had only 28,000 views by Friday night.

    That got me thinking. What are the most-watched Vegas music videos on YouTube? And are they good? If I have forgotten a video, post a link in the comments.

    ? Lil Wayne?s ?Lollipop? featuring Static ? In this Vegas video, the crazy rapper primps in a suite, then rides the Strip in a limo with a bunch of, um, ladies. The video is so silly and slick, it makes me enjoy this club staple a little more. (123 million views.)

    ? Sean Paul?s ?Got 2 Luv U? featuring Alexis Jordan ? The Jamaican dancehall singer cavorts with a lady at the Hard Rock Hotel and in clubs Vanity and Haze. It?s a very sparkly, prettily shot video. (121 million views.)

    ? Katy Perry?s ?Waking Up In Vegas? ? Russell Brand?s ex-wife hits a jackpot, walks around Fremont Street flashing a wad of cash, and she ejects Penn & Teller from a suite. But then she listens to her own music and loses all her money due to instant karma. I may never come around to Katy Perry. (33 million views.)

    ? Calvin Harris? ?Bounce? featuring Kelis ? This is my favorite song on this list. In the quaint video, a skinny dude bounces around the suburbs, then parties at Surrender nightclub. (28 million views.)

    ? Tim Berg?s ?Seek Bromance? ? Carefree young people ride in a convertible, stick substances in each other?s mouths, get tossed from a casino while tripping, then hook up in a threesome. It?s a low-fi, trying-too-hard video, but whatever. (26 million views.)

    ? The Killers? ?All These Things That I?ve Done? ? This is the Killers? masterpiece song. The video is filmed cutely around trailer homes and the then-Neon Boneyard. (13 million views.)

    ? Afrojack and Steve Aoki?s ?No Beef? featuring Miss Palmer ? The musicians go shopping at Bonanza Gifts, then drink in a limo en route to the Wynn and Fremont Street. It?s a workaday video but fun. (13 million views.)

    ? Mariah Carey?s ?I Stay In Love? ? Cue the Bellagio Fountains, as Mariah gets in full showgirl gear. It?s OK. (13 million views.)

    ? Brandon Flowers? ?Only The Young? ? He sings while ?La Reve? performers do spectacular things. I don?t remember this song, sorry. (5.5 million views.)

    ? Aloe Blacc?s ?I Need A Dollar? ? The soul singer performs at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, then walks the desert and Strip. Pretty song, routine video. (3.4 million views.)

    ? Monster Magnet?s ?Space Lord? ? The band performs in front of the Plaza downtown. I can?t even cope with this. (3 million views.)

    ? The Killers? ?Boots? ? Brandon Flowers and a guy down on his luck sing around Vegas. It?s not bad. (2.3 million views.)

    ? Goo Goo Dolls? ?Sympathy? ? The band rides up the Strip and lipsyncs. OK. (1.4 million views.)

    ? Ma$e?s ?Feels So Good? ? A basic ?90s rap video. (215,000 views.)

    ? U2?s ?I Still Haven?t Found What I?m Looking For? was filmed on Fremont Street when U2 hadn?t yet become insufferable. But the video seems to be missing from YouTube for copyright reasons. The same seems true of Snoop Dogg?s missing video of ?Signs,? featuring Charlie Wilson and Justin Timberlake moving in slow motion, while Snoop talks about cologne.

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    Boy Scouts: Will anti-gay troops emerge?

    The decision by the Boy Scouts of America to stop seeing homosexuality as a moral failing and accept gay boys raises an important question for troops from Sheboygan to Atlanta: Will Cub scouts and Eagle scouts exodus en masse, and, if so, to where?

    The wrenched decision by an organization founded in 1910 on quasi-military and Christian values came after months of debate and member polling, and the final vote looked much like America's general feeling on gay rights: Sixty percent supported the decision, which does not extend to gay adults. But the minority 40 percent may have stronger feelings, fueling a potential search for a new "character" organization for boys.

    That debate had already begun this weekend in places like northern Virginia, where the Arlington Catholic Diocese is "prayerfully considering" leaving the Boy Scouts, as Bishop Paul Loverde told the Washington Post.

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    Boy Scout troops are sponsored by third party groups, the majority of which are churches. About 110 million Americans have been Boy Scouts since the organization was founded as part of the international Scout movement. In the 1980s, the organization went through a series of sex abuse scandals, and last year it was forced to release 20,000 pages of internal documentation of some 1,200 sex abuse cases that took place between 1965 and 1985.

    That background explains in large part why the Boy Scouts of America has struggled to repair its image, and why the organization voted to continue excluding gay leaders.

    But that concession isn't enough for some critics of the decision, including some in Baptist churches, which sponsor over 100,000 of the Boy Scouts' current 2.6 million members.

    ?Frankly, I can?t imagine a Southern Baptist pastor who would continue to allow his church to sponsor a Boy Scout troop under these new rules,? Richard Land, a senior Southern Baptist Conference official, said Friday in an interview with the Baptist Press, the Southern Baptist Convention's news agency.

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    The Assemblies of God says that its own Royal Rangers youth group could be a "positive alternative" to the Boy Scouts under the new rule. The Royal Rangers, which have a similar skill-testing program as the Boy Scouts, has a stated purpose to "evangelize, equip and empower the next generation of Christlike men and lifelong servant leaders."

    That push by some to leave the Boy Scouts ? which, if it happens, will be felt when the policy takes effect at the beginning of 2014 ? reveals a paradox of the long-awaited decision: By becoming more accepting, will membership be hurt or bolstered?

    And that question seemed to undergird the internal debate, given that Boy Scouts membership under the old policy had fallen 27 percent since 1997. And the Boy Scouts aren't alone among religious and conservative organizations pushing back against past injustices. In order to stem membership dips, the Southern Baptist Convention last year elected its first black leader, the Rev. Fred Luter, in a major move for an organization that once backed segregation.

    Some observers suggest the fallout may be milder than the rhetoric that preceded Friday's vote.

    "I'm sure many [Scout] units will have meetings to decide what this means for them," Aaron Chusic, a spokesman for the National Capital Area Council of Scouts, told the Washington Post, but added that so far he had not heard from any group that has decided to leave.

    The drive to allow gay boys came from deep within the organization itself, especially given that the Boy Scouts had the full legal right to say no. In 2000, the US Supreme Court upheld the Boy Scout policy, saying private organizations don't need to accept members or leaders in violation of their own moral creed, specifically a line in its bylaws that says that gay people should be excluded because they are not "morally straight."

    Indeed, a deeper look at the Boy Scouts, which are highly decentralized into near-autonomous "units," is that the de facto acceptance of gay boys or gay families is a quiet fact in many troops, from rural Wyoming to the suburbs of Atlanta.

    "I don't think it's going to impact scouting because there are already gay members," Melanie Mork, the mother of Alex Mork in Wyoming's Troop 101, told the Wyoming News on Friday. "Young men have come out and said, ?I am gay and I?m a Scout,? and it didn?t impact their ability to become an Eagle Scout. And I think we?ll hear more of those types of stories as they become free to do that under this change.?

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