Phone-hacking trial of Murdoch aides set to open

LONDON (AP) — They were once two of the most powerful people in the British media, senior executives for media mogul Rupert Murdoch and associates of Prime Minister David Cameron.

Former News of the World editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson are due to go on trial Monday, along with several others, on charges of hacking phones and bribing officials while at the now-shuttered Murdoch tabloid.

The trial unfolding in a plain, starkly lit room at London's Central Criminal Court should provide high drama for media watchers — and an unwelcome reminder for Murdoch and Cameron of the two-year-old scandal that continues to tarnish Britain's media, politicians and police.

Murdoch tweeted about the upcoming trial earlier this month: "Remember, everyone innocent until proven guilty, entitled to fair trial in most countries."

WHO IS ON TRIAL?

The three highest-profile defendants are: Brooks, 45, ex-editor of the News of the World and former chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers; Coulson, 45, another former News of the World editor who was Prime Minister David Cameron's communications chief until 2011; and Rebekah Brooks' 50-year-old husband Charles Brooks, a racehorse trainer.

Coulson and Rebekah Brooks have become the faces of the scandal, though neither has been convicted of wrongdoing.

He was the elusive figure — rarely photographed — behind Cameron's canny media strategy. She was the flame-haired high-flyer who exchanged text messages with her friend and neighbor Cameron while overseeing Murdoch's politically powerful British newspapers.

They face trial alongside former News of the World managing editor Stuart Kuttner, ex-news editor Ian Edmondson and former royal editor Clive Goodman; Rebekah Brooks' former assistant Cheryl Carter; and Mark Hanna, former security chief at Murdoch's News International.

WHAT ARE THE CHARGES?

Brooks and Coulson are charged with conspiracy to intercept communications — phone hacking — and with conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office, which covers bribing officials such as police and prison guards. The other former News of the World journalists face related charges.

Rebekah Brooks, Charles Brooks, Carter and Hanna are accused of conspiring to pervert the course of justice by removing material from the company archive and withholding computers and documents from police.

The defendants deny all the charges.

HOW DID THE ALLEGATIONS ARISE?

The charges stem from the scandal that erupted in 2011, when it was revealed that journalists at the News of the World eavesdropped on the cellphone voicemail messages of celebrities, politicians, crime victims and others in the public eye.

The furor led Murdoch to close the News of The World and triggered police investigations into phone hacking, computer hacking and the bribery of officials, which have expanded to take in other newspapers.

More than 30 people have been charged, including senior journalists and editors from the News of the World and its sister paper, The Sun.

WHAT ARE THE ISSUES IN THE TRIAL?

This will be a long and complex trial, expected to last up to five months. The first step will be selecting a jury; the prosecution is expected to begin outlining its case later in the week.

Judge John Saunders will ask jurors to ignore everything they may have heard about the defendants and focus on the evidence. The dozens of journalists on hand face restrictions including a ban on tweeting from court as the judge attempts to rein in speculation and comment.

The central questions are: What did Brooks and Coulson know, and how widespread were illegal practices during the periods when they ran the newspaper? Brooks edited the paper between 2000 and 2003; in 2002, it hacked the mobile phone voicemails of a murdered 13-year-old, Milly Dowler, while police were searching for her. (Brooks denies knowing about any of the hacking). Coulson was in charge from 2003 to 2007.

WHAT SENTENCES COULD THEY GET?

The maximum sentence for phone hacking is two years in prison, while the other charges carry a maximum life sentence, although the average term imposed is much shorter.

WILL THE TRIAL PUT AN END TO THE SAGA?

Not likely. The hacking scandal convinced many politicians and members of the public that Britain's press was out of control. Cameron ordered a judge-led inquiry into media ethics, which recommended an independent press regulator be set up with state backing. Many editors and journalists fear that could lead to state regulation, but they may find it hard to resist amid a new blare of publicity about media misdeeds.

Revelations at the trial also could heap new pressure on Murdoch, who remains atop his now-fractured media empire. The scandal led him to shut down his best-selling newspaper, pay millions to settle lawsuits from hacking victims and split his News Corp. into two businesses, a publishing company and a media and entertainment group.

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Moving From Left to Right

I’m often asked: “How do you go from Walter Mondale to Fox News?” To which the short answer is: “I was young once.” The long answer begins by noting that this is hardly a novel passage. The path is well trodden, most famously by Ronald Reagan, himself once a New Deal Democrat, and more recently by a generation of neoconservatives, led by Irving Kristol and Norman Podhoretz. Every story has its idiosyncrasies. These are mine.

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UFC Fight Night 30 live blog: Norman Parke vs. Jon Tuck

Norman Parke will try to remain unbeaten in the UFC at UFC Fight Night 30. - USA TODAY Sports

This is the UFC Fight Night 30 live blog for Norman Parke vs. Jon Tuck, a lightweight bout at Saturday night's UFC event at the Phones 4u Arena in Manchester, England.

Parke, who is 2-0 in the UFC, will face Tuck, who is 7-0 in his career, on the main card.

Check out the UFC Fight Night 30 live blog below.

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Round 1: Referee Leon Roberts oversees the action. We're off. Both men go high early. Parke blasts Tuck's midsection with a pair of kicks. Tuck eats a big straight left then closes the distance. Parke unloads a flurry. Parke turned away and called to Roberts for an eyepoke, and instead of waiting Tuck charged inside with a high kick. Tuck turns it on and stalks forward with straight punches. Parke firing off short counters. Slow battle so far. Tuck peppers from the outside then barely misses a high kick. Parke rips into Tuck with a counter left. Parke changes levels and slams Tuck to the canvas at the horn. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Parke.

Round 2: Tuck circles and eats a steady barrage of straight punches, answering with a hard kick to the body. Parke stalking forward, turning it on. Another lightning quick left counter from Parke. Tuck is fading. Parke wades inside and connects on a three-punch flurry. Another flurry backs up Tuck. Parke letting his hands go now, landing that left hand over and over. Tuck launches a flying knee to the body. Parke continues to stalk forward with combinations. Parke dodges a superman punch then cracks Tuck with a left uppercut. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Parke. (20-18 Parke.)

Round 3: Tuck's corner told him that he needs a finish. They're probably right. Wild capoeira kick misses from Parke. Tuck appears hesitant. Parke eats a right and shakes his head. Tuck starts to open up, Parke fires right back. Parke connects on a nice inside uppercut. Parke cracks Tuck with a left that makes him drop his mouthpiece. Inexplicably Tuck bends down to pick it up. Parke pours on the strikes while Tuck reinserts his mouthpiece. Weird sequence there. Tuck eats another uppercut. 90 seconds left and Tuck finds a home for a combination. Parke still stalking forward, lands a stiff right hand. Parke is relentless from the outside. Another big flurry inside from Parke. Parke whiffs on a few wild kicks at the horn. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Parke. (30-27 Parke.)

Norman Parke def. Jon Tuck via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

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Column - Sandy +1: Preparing for the storms ahead

By Bas Jonkman and Mathijs Van Ledden

One year ago Tuesday, Hurricane Sandy, perhaps the largest Atlantic storm ever, began its path of destruction in New York City. It ultimately killed almost 300 people across seven countries. In the United States alone, the fierce storm left an estimated $70 billion in damage in its wake, the second-costliest storm in U.S. history.

Substantial money and effort has now gone into rebuilding the areas most devastated by the storm. The truth is, however, that many other areas of the world, including in the United States, are just as vulnerable to intense flooding.

Existing flood protection in most countries is simply not fit for this purpose. Even in our native Netherlands, a world leader in flood management, roughly one-third of the defenses is sub-standard.

The combined impact of climate change, subsidence, urban growth and socio-economic change mean that average global flood losses could rise dramatically if no adequate risk reduction measures are implemented.

A new global agenda to enhance flood protection infrastructure is badly needed. This must be started now.

Having confronted water hazards for generations, the Dutch are eager to share their experience in planning and design of effective systems to reduce storm surge risk. We have learned how to protect the country against flooding and have developed a sophisticated system — a complex network of canals and pump stations to drain excess water.

Almost 3,800 km of flood defenses are in place to defend the country against major floods. The system includes earthen levees along rivers and sand dunes, coastal dikes and five major coastal dams and barriers along the coast.

For densely populated and strategically important areas, this strategy is generally more cost efficient than moving people, planning strategies or evacuation measures. As India's response to Cyclone Phailin recently demonstrated, however evacuation and early warning can also be effective in reducing risk to life

A combination of solutions will be needed to realize this agenda. These options include "hard" measures (engineering and building barriers and levees); "soft" options (strengthening existing natural features like dunes ); and also "hybrid" approaches (foreshores strengthened by vegetation for dikes).

One effective hard solution for protecting coastal metropolitan areas are storm surge barriers — as we have here in the Netherlands. However, the construction and maintenance costs are high — sometimes billions of dollars.

As the experience of the Netherlands shows, they can also take many years to plan and build. And there might be adverse effects for navigation and the environment.

Nonetheless, various cities, including New Orleans and St. Petersburg, have recently implemented this solution. Others, such as Shanghai and the Houston-Galveston area are studying this option.

The current proposals for New York City demonstrate a preference for more localized options, including flexible flood defenses for low-lying areas at waterfronts and protection measures to flood-proof subway and road tunnel systems. Softer solutions, including reinforcing wetlands in Jamaica Bay and dunes in front of coastal towns, are also being proposed

Natural solutions, such as dunes and berms, can often be implemented faster to implement and more adaptable to changing conditions than hard solutions, such as levees. However, there are still many uncertainties over the long-term safety of these soft solutions.

The solutions that New York City eventually chooses will be relevant for other flood-prone regions. This is not just for areas at risk in the United States, like the Houston- Galveston region and Sacramento, California, but regions in other parts of the world — especially growing megacities like Guangzhou, China, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and Bangkok, Thailand, where people face the challenging question of how to achieve sustainable flood protection.

Based on Dutch best practices, far more investment is needed in flood management globally to realize this agenda. With a national population of almost 16 million, the Dutch government already spends about 0.2 percent of its gross domestic product on managing a complex flood management system. Despite this investment, it is anticipated that costs could rise substantially due to aging infrastructure and future demands associated with sea level rises.

Other countries will also need to raise their own investment — some markedly so. A realistic target for flood adaptation is probably around 0.1 percent to 0.2 percent of the GDP at risk, significant but affordable.

Given the innovation and large sums of money required, part of this new agenda must be better distribution of roles and responsibilities between governments and the private sector. After the floods in Thailand and New York City, for example, the private sector has invested heavily in flood protection. Substantial floodwalls have now been built around industrial estates in Thailand, and measures have been implemented by companies in New York.

This is all positive. But governments must take care that local flood protection measures do not negatively affect other areas and put parties at risk. Therefore, there will always remain a key role for government to develop a long-term plan for flood management that sets a clear strategic framework and aligns all key stakeholders.

This combined agenda is as serious as it is pressing. It is an unfortunate reality, however, that societies seek to invest in adequate flood risk reduction only after large disasters. Given the scale of risks in coming decades, this attitude must now change for both human security and financial cost.

(Bas Jonkman is professor of hydraulic engineering at Delft University of Technology. Mathijs Van Ledden is director of flood risk reduction at Royal HaskoningDHV. Opinions are their own.)

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Data center glitch is latest problem in 'Obamacare' rollout

By David Morgan and Sharon Begley

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A data center critical for allowing uninsured Americans to buy health coverage under President Barack Obama's healthcare law went down on Sunday, halting online enrollment for all 50 states in the latest problem to hit the program's troubled rollout.

The data center operated by Verizon's Terremark experienced a connectivity issue that caused it to shut down, affecting the federal government's already problem-plagued online marketplace Healthcare.gov and similar sites operated by 14 states and the District of Columbia, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Obama administration and company officials could not say how long it would take to fix the connectivity problem.

Separate technical problems that have stalled enrollment on Healthcare.gov since its launch on October 1 are at the heart of a new Republican effort to discredit the healthcare law, also known as Obamacare, largely through congressional investigations to determine what went wrong in building the costly and complicated implementation system.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is due to testify later this week before a House of Representatives committee, while government contractors work around the clock to improve the Healthcare.gov website.

The outage that started in the early hours of Sunday caused the data center to lose network connectivity with the federal government's data services hub, an electronic traffic roundabout that links the online health insurance marketplaces with numerous federal agencies and can verify people's identity, citizenship, and other facts.

Without the hub, consumers are unable to apply online for coverage or determine their eligibility for federal subsidies to help pay for insurance premiums. On Saturday, Sebelius praised the hub's ability to perform complex calculations in quick time as an example of a successful segment of the system.

HHS spokeswoman Joanne Peters said Sebelius spoke with Verizon's chief executive officer on Sunday afternoon to discuss the situation: "They committed to fixing the problem as soon as possible."

The outage was affecting enrollment in all 50 states, as well as Terremark customers not connected with the marketplaces, according to the HHS spokeswoman. She said the data center's network connectivity went down during planned maintenance to replace a failed networking component.

A spokesman for Verizon said the problem would be fixed "as soon as possible."

"Our engineers have been working with HHS and other technology companies to identify and address the root cause of the issue," Verizon spokesman Jeff Nelson said.

The administration has expressed confidence it can fix underlying problems with Healthcare.gov by early December, in time for people to meet a December 15 deadline to enroll in new health plans to receive benefits on January 1. Further delays would jeopardize its ability to enroll as many as 7 million Americans for coverage during Obamacare's first year.

Sebelius, who faces Republican calls for her resignation, will be grilled about her role in the Obamacare rollout on Wednesday before the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Contractors have already blamed the administration for not conducting enough vital system-wide testing and for a last-minute design change requiring online visitors to set up accounts before window-shopping for insurance. The change is widely blamed for creating early bottlenecks as millions of people flooded the website.

Health officials in Connecticut, one of the 14 states that constructed their own marketplaces, were the first to report on Sunday that potential customers would not be able to complete the sign-up process for some services but could create accounts and search for pricing comparisons.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the HHS agency responsible for the federal system, told Connecticut officials about the outage and gave no indication of when the data services hub would be functioning again, said a spokeswoman for Access Health CT, the Connecticut exchange.

(Additional reporting by Anna Yukhananov and Emily Stephenson in Washington; Editing by Michele Gershberg, Will Dunham and Paul Simao)

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64-year-old John Force wins 16th NHRA title

LAS VEGAS (AP) — John Force won his record 16th Funny Car title Sunday, beating daughter Courtney Force in the final round in the NHRA Toyota Nationals.

The 64-year-old Force has won three straight events and four overall this season to push his record career total to 138. He won the final with a 4.062-second run at 310.63 mph.

Matt Smith also won at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to wrap up the Pro Stock Motorcycle season title. Antron Brown won the Top Fuel event, and Shane Gray topped the Pro Stock field.

Smith topped Jerry Savoie with a 6.991 at 192.08 on a Buell.

Antron Brown edged Clay Millican at 3.782 and 324.51, and Gray beat V. Gaines with a 6.699 at 206.89 in a Chevy Camaro.

The season-ending Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals is next week in Pomona, Calif.

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Clinton: Ideologues reliable GOP voters

Former President Bill Clinton prepares to speak at a campaign event, "Putting Jobs First", for Democratic gubernatorial candidate for Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, left, in Dale City, Va., Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Former President Bill Clinton prepares to speak at a campaign event, "Putting Jobs First", for Democratic gubernatorial candidate for Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, left, in Dale City, Va., Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Former President Bill Clinton campaigns for Democratic gubernatorial candidate for Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, at a "Putting Jobs First" event in Dale City, Va., Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Former President Bill Clinton campaigns for Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate, Terry McAuliffe, centerleft, during a "Putting Jobs First" events in Dale City, Va., Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Former President Bill Clinton campaigns for Democratic gubernatorial candidate for Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, right, at a "Putting Jobs First" event in Dale City, Va., Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Sarah, of Alexandria, Va., who preferred not to give her last name, adds a button to her hat while waiting in line to see former President Bill Clinton and Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe at an election campaign event "Putting Jobs First" in Dale City, Virginia, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Fanaticism is fueling conservative voters who could threaten Democrat Terry McAuliffe's political chances, former President Bill Clinton warned Sunday as he joined his longtime buddy's campaign for Virginia governor.

With little more than a week before Nov. 5's Election Day, McAuliffe and Republican Ken Cuccinelli each have sought to energize their strongest supporters, by inspiration or fear. McAuliffe has opened a lead in polling and is heavily outspending Cuccinelli on television ads, but turnout is expected to be low and the result could be decided by a few thousand votes.

"Political extremism does have one redeeming virtue in terms of pure politics," Clinton said here at a packed high school auditorium.

"If you can get somebody into a fanatic frame of mind," Clinton said, then they will vote because they are convinced the deck is stacked against them.

It was a shift in roles. For decades, it has been McAuliffe championing the personal and political futures of Bill Clinton and, later, his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton. Now, the former president is here to pitch in during the campaign against Republican Ken Cuccinelli during its final week.

"Terry's gotten so good on the stump, I don't think he needs me anymore," Clinton said to laughter at the pair's first stop in Dale City.

Clinton planned other stops throughout the state with his longtime pal and fundraiser during the coming day. Former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is considered a strong contender for 2016's presidential nomination, used her first political event after stepping down as secretary of state to endorse McAuliffe earlier this month.

Bill Clinton predicted that Cuccinelli's supporters, who are deeply conservative and align to the tea party, would vote and he urged Democrats to be just as motivated.

"Just remember, the people who aren't here today, who go to the other fella's rally, they will be there on Election Day," he said.

That "other fella," as Clinton called Cuccinelli, sought to turn one of the Democratic Party's stars into another way to build enthusiasm among his conservative supporters. Even before the pair arrived at a veterans' hall near Washington, Cuccinelli's campaign had sent reporters a memo recounting the years of Clinton-McAuliffe collaboration for Democrats.

Yet what Republicans called "the McAuliffe-Clinton baggage" — questions over the Clintons' finances, Bill Clinton's affair with a White House intern and his subsequent impeachment — seems to have faded for many voters.

And between Clinton's first and second stops for McAuliffe, Cuccinelli organized a conference call with reporters to again raise separate questions about McAuliffe's investment with a man who has pleaded guilty to stealing the identities of the terminally ill.

Cuccinelli has acknowledged the investments were not against the law but also said McAuliffe needs to explain the details to voters. He also wants to know why the investment did not appear on McAuliffe's financial disclosure forms when he ran for governor in 2009.

"I'm tripping over myself to be as open as humanly possible with the voters of Virginia, and Terry McAuliffe is taking every step possible to hide, to bury and obfuscate and lie, let's face it," Cuccinelli said. "He knows how dirty it is."

McAuliffe says he was a "passive investor" and was never aware of the details. Much of what Cuccinelli raised had been out there for weeks, campaign spokesman Josh Schwerin said.

Clinton and McAuliffe's four-day swing was sending them to stops in Democratic-leaning parts of the state.

"In the parlance of my native state and my culture, I am fully aware that I am just preaching to the saved," as Clinton put it.

But they're not always reliable parishioners.

In 2008, 75 percent of the state's registered voters turned out during the heat of a presidential campaign, and 2012's campaign drew 72 percent. Obama won both campaigns.

But in 2009, that number was 40 percent and Republican Bob McDonnell won.

To help inspire turnout, Clinton and McAuliffe spent almost an hour at a Red Lobster restaurant near Richmond to meet with a largely black crowd who ate after attending church services. The pair signed autographs, posed for cellphone photos, snacked on biscuits — and came away with voters pledging their support.

Darlene Gilchrist-Dailey of Richmond said the Clinton stop cemented her vote for McAuliffe.

"I was planning on voting for him anyway but having President Clinton and his wife endorse him has even made it a stronger commitment for me to get out there and vote for him," she said.

Bill Clinton's approval ratings have improved since he left the White House in 2001 and voters have not lost interest in Hillary Rodham Clinton since she stepped down as President Barack Obama's top diplomat earlier this year.

Every step Hillary Rodham Clinton has taken since leaving the State Department has been examined for its 2016 implications. And Bill Clinton's return to full-time campaigning — even if for only a few days — was sure to add to speculation about whether a Clinton could call the White House home again in 2017.

Democrats have been relentless in painting Cuccinelli — who is known best outside the state as the first to challenge President Barack Obama's health care law — as a political ideologue and someone who is unwilling to compromise.

Clinton happily added his voice to that message.

"If we become ideological, then we're blind to evidence," said Clinton, who as president sometimes bucked his party and worked with Republicans. "We can only hear people who already agree with us. We think we know everything right now, and we have nothing to learn from anybody."

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Associated Press writer Steve Szkotak in Richmond contributed to this report.

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Miley Cyrus Announces Tour, Makes Surprise Saturday Night Live Appearance With Host Ed Norton

Miley Cyrus is hitting the road! The "We Can't Stop" singer announced she will be going on tour during a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live during Ed Norton's monologue on Oct. 26.

"I'm really great. Really quick, I'd just like to announce to all of my fans that I am about to be going on tour," the 20-year-old said to the host and the audience during her drop by.

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She also gave the Academy Award-nominated actor some hosting tips. "Eddie, here are Miley's three rules to hosting," she boasted. "One, you've got to have fun. Two, you gotta keep your energy up and three, you gotta stick your tongue out like this." The Moonrise Kingdom star seemed hesitant, but quickly mimicked the blonde beauty by sticking out his tongue. (Cyrus previously hosted SNL earlier this month.)

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Miley Cyrus announces her new tour on Saturday Night Live alongside host Ed Norton
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After her appearance, the "Wrecking Ball" entertainer tweeted the news about the upcoming tour herself and celebrated at 1 Oak club in NYC. "I'm gooooing on tooooooour!! #Bangerz2014Tour," Cyrus excitedly wrote to her over 14 million followers. She added: "#Drinkinouttavasesamirightttt #celebrate #Bangerztour2014."

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At the club, Cyrus was spotted wearing the same white crop t-shirt and tight black pants she donned on the SNL stage earlier in the evening. "She was non-stop dancing" for two hours, a source reveals to Us Weekly. "[The club] played two of her songs" and "she had her hands up" while dancing.

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The Birthplace of the Cellphone Is Being Turned Into a Mall

Think Apple’s forthcoming Cupertino headquarters is the first corporate space ship to touch down in America? Not so: In 1962 the legendary R&D hub, Bell Labs, opened a glittering, 500-acre headquarters in semi-rural New Jersey. Today, it's the focus of an ambitious reuse scheme that could turn it into a commercial hub, complete with a spa and a hotel.

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Can You Teach Compassion?

We can be healthier, live longer, and make the world a better place by exploring our potential for compassionate behavior, according to neurosurgeon James Doty, founder and director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, part of the Stanford Institute for Neuro-Innovation and Translational Neurosciences.

Where does your strong interest in compassion, altruism and empathy come from?
Having grown up in poverty with a father who was an alcoholic and a mother who was an invalid, I was exposed to suffering—lack of shelter, lack of food. Sometimes you would see people in positions of power or wealth who could intervene to help, and either would be silent observers or would turn away. And then you would see other people who would immediately reach out. Why is it that there are some who are immediately engaged, and others who turn away as soon as they see suffering because they don't want any proximity to it? That paradox stuck with me.

So much so that you founded the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University?
Yes. Later in life, when I got into a position in which I could more seriously think about this, I began conversations with my colleagues at Stanford which led to preliminary research efforts. I also wanted the Dalai Lama to come to Stanford to speak because I thought his message on the importance of compassion was compelling. He did come, and it led to individuals donating significant sums, and it began a research effort, which continues.

What is the goal of the center?
Its mission is to understand the neuroscience of compassion and altruism on a deep level, and the impact of these behaviors on health and longevity. One goal is how to maximize an individual's potential in these areas.

Why is that worth exploring?
We know that as a species we flourish and thrive when we care for others. Not only do you feel happier, but you live better, you feel better, you live longer. And it's a self-supporting activity in the sense that when you do those activities and they make you feel good, it makes you want to continue. It's a boon to humanity, but also to one's self.

Might some people still think you are simply saying "it's nice to be good"?
If we can show that you have the potential to increase your capacity for kindness and caring, and that this should result in dramatic improvements in your personal relationships, significant decrease in inflammation, improvement in cardiac function, increase in your telomere length (the DNA that protects the ends of your chromosomes), which increases longevity. ... If we can show you this proposition, then I think it is different to that.

Some people react with compassion when seeing another's suffering, and some don't. Is this divide a result of nature versus nurture?
It's an open question, but most likely a mix. You can fall back on the happiness literature and say the nature/nurture split is 50–50. We know that genes have a significant impact on behavior. For example, with a female rodent who typically would be protective of her young, if we manipulate a particular gene by turning it off, then she abandons them. We also know that variations in gene receptors for oxytocin can result in individuals being less altruistic. I suspect that, like happiness, we will find a similar split between how one's DNA and environment affects their ability to be kind and caring.

Can we all become more compassionate?
There's a small subset of people on the side of extraordinarily kind, compassionate, and that's their baseline—Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama. And then there's a fairly small group who, no matter what we do to try to potentiate their capacity for compassion, don't have that capacity. Between those extremes are the rest of us, who can probably benefit from some kind of intervention or training when it comes to our ability to be altruistic or compassionate.

So how does CCARE try to intervene?
It has a program of compassion-cultivation training courses that includes both meditation and group-focused activities. There are also other institutions in the United States and internationally that have intervention or training programs of which a large component focuses on increasing compassion.

What effect are these measures having?
There's preliminary data that people who take our eight-week course show greater compassion. We also did some work with Stanford psychologist Jeanne Tsai in which individuals went through our training and then we studied how they responded to a scenario of writing to someone in prison for murder. Some think being compassionate means you give others a free pass regarding responsibility. But what was found was that no one gave this presumed murderer a free pass. They held them to be responsible but also encouraged them that they did have a future.

Could what is being learned about altruism help us tackle challenges such as war and injustice?
Research has shown that there is a tendency, based on evolutionary aspects, for us to define a tribe or an anchor, an in-group and out-group. Ultimately this doesn't work for the greater good. To overcome these natural mechanisms, certain techniques help: simply looking at that other group, whose members you would not normally feel kinship with, and saying, "Well, it turns out that they want their children to be educated like mine. They have the same interest in seeing X, Y or Z occur, just like me." It has a profound effect on how you perceive your responsibility to others. It gives you the realization of our shared humanity and interdependence. It changes how you interact.

The Dalai Lama donated to CCARE. Can a body funded by a religious leader do good science?
The Dalai Lama has had an interest in the neuroscience of meditation for more than 30 years, and which is more recently focused on compassion. But there is not one shred of evidence that there was ever any agenda related to the promotion of Buddhism. He has very specifically separated empirical science from religious dogma in his talks.

Where does the work of CCARE go from here?
I would like to create a virtual compassion gym, where individuals get a psychological profile which takes into account what resonates with them, be it spirituality or religiosity, or other types of philosophies. Additionally, we would incorporate what we have learned from online gaming and psychology on engagement. Based on that, we would create a plan so they can strengthen their compassion muscle and then show how they benefit, both mentally and physiologically. If we've done our work correctly, the results will be strong motivators for them to continue, hopefully making their lives and society better.

How hopeful are you that the world can become a more compassionate place?
I think that we're really seeing a sea change in how people perceive their place in the world. The millennium generation is the first to grow up with 24/7 access to global information. When you see the suffering of others, you realize that those individuals could just as easily have been you. It's much easier to say, "I can't let that happen—I feel their pain." That is how humanity is going to survive.

This article originally appeared in New Scientist.

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Pennsylvania Governor Talks Up Plan To Expand Medicaid His Way

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AP sources: foreign help to US could be exposed

FILE - In this June 9, 2013, file photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, in Hong Kong. Two Western diplomats say U.S. officials have briefed them on documents obtained by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden that might expose the intelligence operations of their respective countries. (AP Photo/The Guardian, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, File)

FILE - In this June 9, 2013, file photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, in Hong Kong. Two Western diplomats say U.S. officials have briefed them on documents obtained by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden that might expose the intelligence operations of their respective countries. (AP Photo/The Guardian, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Western diplomats say U.S. officials have briefed them on documents obtained by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden that might expose the intelligence operations of their respective countries and their level of cooperation with the U.S.

Word of the briefings by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence comes amid questions swirling around overseas surveillance by the National Security Agency, which has angered allies on two continents and caused concern domestically over the scope of the intelligence-gathering.

The two Western diplomats said officials from ODNI have continued to brief them regularly on what documents the director of national intelligence believes Snowden obtained.

The diplomats spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the intelligence briefings publicly.

The Washington Post, which first reported on the matter Thursday evening, said some of the documents Snowden took contain sensitive material about collection programs against adversaries such as Iran, Russia and China. Some refer to operations that in some cases involve countries not publicly allied with the United States.

The Post said the process of informing officials about the risk of disclosure is delicate because in some cases, one part of the cooperating government may know about the collaboration, but others may not.

Lisa Monaco, assistant to the president for homeland security, wrote in a USA Today op-ed published Friday that "no one disputes the need for careful, thorough intelligence gathering. Nor is it a secret that we collect information about what is happening around the world to help protect our citizens, our allies and our homeland. So does every intelligence service in the world."

"Today's world is highly interconnected, and the flow of large amounts of data is unprecedented," Monaco wrote. "That's why the president has directed us to review our surveillance capabilities, including with respect to our foreign partners. We want to ensure we are collecting information because we need it and not just because we can."

National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said the U.S. takes the concerns of the international community seriously "and has been regularly consulting with affected partners." She declined to comment on diplomatic discussions.

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UAE says increasing aid to Egypt to total of $4.9 billion

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates signed an aid agreement with Egypt on Saturday bringing its total support to the Egyptian economy since the ouster of President Mohamed Mursi up to $4.9 billion, the state news agency WAM said.

The aid package includes a $1 billion grant sent to Egypt in July and more than $1 billion to supply fuel, WAM said. The rest of the money will go to various development projects.

The agreement puts in a place a general framework for funds already granted and for future aid, WAM said.

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WSOF 6 Play-by-Play

MMAFrenzy’s live coverage of WSOF 6 rolls along with our play-by-play of tonight’s fight card. MMAFrenzy will have live updates and scoring beginning at 9PM ET. Be sure to stay tuned to MMAFrenzy for full coverage from tonight’s card at the BankUnited Center in Coral Gables, Florida.

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WSOF 6 Play-by-Play

Justin Gaethje vs. Dan Lauzon

Rd. 1- Both men are pushing forward early and Lauzon catches a kick. Vicious left by Lauzon and Gaethje responds with combos. Spinning back elbow by Gaethje and he is seizing control with a brutal body shot. Wicked left by Gaethje connects. Combo by Lauzon. Headkick by Lauzon as the pace slows for both men. Another combo from Gaethje. Left by Gaethje and a hard knee from the UNCo wrestler. These two are getting after it with power shots. Nasty leg kick by Gaethje and Lauzon can barely stand on his right leg. Vicious clinch uppercuts by Gaethje. Lauzon falls after another leg kick and he is in serious danger now. Gaethje drops him again with another kick and he makes Lauzon stand. Lauzon catches a kick off the restart but Gaethje has the round. MMAFrenzy has it 10-8 Gaethje.

Rd. 2- Doctor took a long look at Lauzon between rounds. Gaethje is teeing off on the legs of Lauzon now. Gaethje is landing combos now and he keeps attacking the legs. Lauzon still has some steam on his punches but he is still throwing. Gaethje connects on an uppercut that floors a staggering Lauzon.

Justin Gaethje def. Dan Lauzon via TKO (punches) at 1:40 of Round 2

Marcelo Alfaya vs. Jon Fitch

Rd. 1- Alfaya is looking for the big shot early and then he reverses a Fitch takedown attempt. Alfaya has him down and eventually secures Fitch’s back in a scramble. Alfaya also has an arm pinned with a body triangle. Fitch works back to his base and Alfaya secures a power half but Fitch again fights it off. Alfaya is trying to land punches and is still holding the body triangle. Illegal elbows aren’t called on Alfaya. Fitch is being smart and escapes with 0:10 left. MMAFrenzy has it 10-9 Alfaya

Rd. 2- Fitch is pressuring the now and scores a great bulldog takedown. Fitch is bombing away with hard shots and Alfaya goes for a leg lock but Fitch fights out. Alfaya stands and gets a takedown of his own and Fitch reverses him as they stand. Alfaya looks huge in the cage. Fitch uses the threat of a guillotine to force Alfaya off a takedown but Alfaya again goes for the takedown. Fitch secures a front choke but he doesn’t have the leverage yet. Alfaya scores the takedown but Fitch gives up his back to escape. Huge uppercut by Fitch now and he looks fresh. Alfaya with an uppercut of his own and Fitch connects to the body. Fitch with a hard combo but Alfaya drops to a takedown. Hard right by Fitch and he is just too quick for Alfaya right now. MMAFrenzy has it 10-9 Fitch (19-19)

Rd. 3- Fitch comes out firing in the third and Alfaya looks gassed. Fitch is starting to tag Alfaya’s chin at will so Alfaya shoots for a takedown but Fitch stuffs it. Another right by Fitch and he connects on another combo. Alfaya is still dangerous here but his shots are all power and overloaded.  Fitch is teeing off and Alfaya’s shot is stuffed again. Hard clinch shots by Fitch now to the body. Fitch uses a body lock to get it to the cage but he misses a trip. Alfaya shoots a double it’s all muscle and no technique as Fitch stuffs it. Fitch connects with yet another right. Fitch with a blast double that just knocks Alfaya over and Fitch tees off in the guard. Alfaya rolls to a takedown of his own and drives it to the cage. Fitch is pounding him as scores a takedown that Fitch reverses and tees off on him again as Alfaya works back up. MMAFrenzy has it 10-9 Fitch for a 29-28 win.

Jon Fitch def. Marcelo Alfaya via split decision (29-28,28-29,29-28)

Carson Beebe vs. Marlon Moraes

Rd. 1- Moraes is on the warpath and he connects a few times as Beebe goes for the takedown. Beebe tries another takedown but Moraes uses beautiful footwork to sidestep Beebe and tees off. Beebe tries to recover but gets floored by a massive left hook and he is done. Explosive performance by Moraes.

Marlon Moraes def. Carson Beebe via KO (punches) at 0:32 of Round 1

Inaugural Welterweight Title: Josh Burkman vs. Steve Carl

Rd. 1- Touch of gloves and we’re off. Carl is pressuring early on but Burkman starts firing back with hard kicks. Carl catches a kick and looks for a takedown against Burkman. Burkman turns the tables and lands a takedown of his own but Carl works back up. Burkman is landing that low kick and Carl fires a switch head kick but Burkman blocks it. Carl presses for a takedown and Burkman again gets him down. Hard elbow by Burkman in the guard and he passes to half guard off it. Carl recovers guard and Burkman lands a big punch as Carl tries to push away. Carl threatens with an arm bar and a toehold but Burkman fends it off. Burkman in half guard but Carl escapes as the round ends. 10-9 Burkman.

Rd. 2- Carl opens up the action with kicks and then he drops to single. Burkman attacks with a guillotine but Carl backs out and pulls guard to attempt a triangle. Burkman stands and kicks the legs of Carl before making him stand. Burkman lands a right and Carl responds in kind. Legkick by Burkman and he tags Carl as he shoots in. Burkman is scoring with the leg kick despite Carl checking them. Takedown by Carl into half guard and he lands some good strikes here. Burkman tries to control hands to stand but Carl recognizes and briefly has mount. Carl tees off but Burkman recovers. Hard shots by Carl now in the half guard of Burkman and he starts throwing some knees to the body now. Carl is now looking for a D’arce choke and almost has it but he scrambles into mount and tees off on Burkman as the round ends. Big round for Carl 10-9. (19-19)

Rd. 3- Headkick by Carl to start the round. Front kick to the face by Carl and he attacks with a single leg. Burkman again looks for a guillotine but Carl scrambles out and lands a nice back trip into side control. Carl has full mount now and Burkman is in trouble here. Carl looks for the arm bar but takes Burkman’s back and he has a tight one armed choke that he is gripping on the shoulder. Carl has to give it up to save position but Burkman’s face was beet red. Burkman with a single leg and he changes to a Peruvian necktie and he switches to a guillotine and sweeps to mount. Carl is fighting hands and breaks free. Elbow by Burkman but Carl secures an escape and goes for a takedown and get caught in another guillotine. Carl bails to avoid the sub and the round ends with Burkman on top. MMAFrenzy has it 10-9 Burkman but it is close.

Rd. 4- Touch of gloves to start the round. Carl with a takedown into side control and he sets up a Peruvian necktie but misses it. Carl with a deep triangle choke and Burkman starts to tap but ref doesn’t see it and Burkman then goes out.

Steve Carl def. Josh Burkman via technical submission (triangle choke) at 1:02 of Round 4

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Obstruction call gives Cards win in WS Game 3

St. Louis Cardinals' Allen Craig reacts after hitting a double during the ninth inning of Game 3 of baseball's World Series against the Boston Red Sox Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

St. Louis Cardinals' Allen Craig reacts after hitting a double during the ninth inning of Game 3 of baseball's World Series against the Boston Red Sox Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Boston Red Sox's Xander Bogaerts hits an RBI single during the eighth inning of Game 3 of baseball's World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Boston Red Sox's Daniel Nava hits into a fielders choice during the eighth inning of Game 3 of baseball's World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, in St. Louis. Jacoby Ellsbury scored on the fields choice. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

St. Louis Cardinals' Carlos Beltran slides safely past Boston Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia during the seventh inning of Game 3 of baseball's World Series Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, in St. Louis. Beltran scored from second on a double by Matt Holliday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

St. Louis Cardinals' Pete Kozma can't get to an RBI single hit by Boston Red Sox's Xander Bogaerts during the eighth inning of Game 3 of baseball's World Series Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Third baseman Will Middlebrooks tripped Allen Craig for a game-ending obstruction call on Jon Jay's ninth-inning grounder, giving the St. Louis Cardinals a bizarre 5-4 win over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday night and a 2-1 World Series lead.

Boston had tied the score with two runs in the eighth, and Yadier Molina singled with one out in the ninth off loser Brandon Workman. Allen Craig pinch hit and lined Koji Uehara's first pitch down the left-field line for a double that put runners on second and third.

With the infield in, Jon Jay hit a grounder to diving second baseman Dustin Pedroia. He threw home to catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia, who tagged out the sliding Molina. Saltalamacchia threw offline past third, and Middlebrooks, with his stomach on the field, raised both legs and tripped Craig.

Third base umpire Jim Joyce immediately signaled obstruction, and even though a sliding Craig was tagged by Saltalamacchia at the plate following the throw by left fielder Daniel Nava, plate umpire Dana DeMuth signaled safe and then pointed to third, making clear the obstruction had been called.

The Red Sox scored twice in the eighth inning to tie it 4-all. Jacoby Ellsbury led off with a single and Shane Victorino was hit by a pitch for the sixth time this postseason. Both runners moved up on Pedroia's groundout, and David Ortiz was intentionally walked.

Cardinals manager Mike Matheny went to hard-throwing closer Trevor Rosenthal with the bases loaded, hoping for a five-out save from a rookie who has looked almost untouchable this October. But the Red Sox pushed two runs across.

Daniel Nava drove in one with a short-hop grounder that was smothered by second baseman Kolten Wong, who had just entered on defense in a double-switch.

Wong went to second for the forceout, but Nava beat the relay and Ellsbury scored to make it 4-3. Xander Bogaerts tied it when he chopped a single up the middle.

Brandon Workman jammed Matt Holliday and retired the slugger on a routine fly with two on to end the bottom of the eighth. That sent the game to the ninth tied at 4.

Holliday's two-run double puts the Cardinals on top 4-2 in the seventh.

It was a tough inning for Red Sox reliever Craig Breslow. Matt Carpenter reached safely when he checked his swing on an infield single to shortstop. Carlos Beltran was grazed on the elbow pad by a pitch — making no effort to get out of the way.

Beltran, in fact, almost appeared to stick his elbow out just a tiny bit to make sure the ball made contact.

Junichi Tazawa came on and Holliday pulled a grounder past Middlebrooks at third. The ball kicked into the left-field corner and Holliday went all the way to third on the throw to the plate.

Tazawa then got a couple of strikeouts and prevented further damage.

It was Middlebrooks' first inning in the field. He entered as a pinch-hitter in the top of the seventh and took over at third base in the bottom half.

That shifted Bogaerts to shortstop — and neither one was able to make the difficult defensive play Boston needed in that inning.

Cardinals starter Joe Kelly, one of the few major league pitchers to wear glasses on the mound, set down his first nine batters. The Red Sox seemed to see him better the next time around in coming back from a 2-0 deficit.

Bogaerts opened the fifth with a triple that banged-up right fielder Beltran couldn't quite reach. The rookie later scored on a grounder by pinch-hitter Mike Carp.

Slumping Shane Victorino drew a leadoff walk from Kelly in the sixth and wound up scoring the tying run. Ortiz grounded a single off lefty reliever Randy Choate, and Nava greeted Seth Maness with an RBI single that made it 2-all.

Their fielding woes from Game 1 far behind them, the slick-fielding Cardinals made several sharp plays. Kelly barehanded a one-hopper, Carpenter threw out a runner from his knees up the middle and third baseman David Freese backhanded a line drive.

St. Louis quickly broke ahead, scoring in the first inning for the first time this October on RBI singles by Holliday and Yadier Molina. After the Cardinals got three hits in a span of four pitches, Red Sox reliever Felix Doubront began heating up in a hurry before Jake Peavy settled down.

Peavy wriggled out of bases-loaded, no-out jam in the fourth to keep the Cardinals' lead at 2-0. He got some help, too, from St. Louis third base coach Jose Oquendo.

With runners on first and second, Jon Jay hit a sharp single to center. The Red Sox were conceding a run and ready to let Molina score from second, but Oquendo held up the slow-footed catcher.

Peavy actually lowered his career postseason ERA by more than a full run, down to 9.27 in five winless starts.

A day before Kelly and Peavy faced each other, they sounded totally different.

Kelly kidded about his pregame preparation: He stays up all night taking on his Twitter followers, shooting away in "Call of Duty," the popular first-person war video game.

Peavy, meanwhile, was already ramped up and ready to go.

"This is what I've lived for my whole life," he said Friday. "I'm as prepared as I'll ever be, physically, mentally."

NOTES: Cardinals Hall of Famers Bob Gibson, Lou Brock, Ozzie Smith and Red Schoendienst took part in the first-ball festivities, with fan favorite Willie McGee tossing the pitch. ... At 21, Bogaerts became the third-youngest player to hit a triple in a World Series. Ty Cobb and Mickey Mantle did it at 20. ... Molina has a six-game hitting streak in World Series play. ... The family of late umpire Wally Bell was in the stands. Bell died at 48 this month, and the six-man crew is wearing patches to honor him. Bell's first plate job in the World Series was at this ballpark in 2006.

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