France's Juppe to push Arab League plan at U.N. (Reuters)

PARIS (Reuters) ? France's Foreign Minister Alain Juppe will address the U.N. Security Council in New York on Tuesday in an effort to push through an Arab-backed resolution for political change in Syria.

"The minister will be in New York on Tuesday to convince the Security Council to meet its responsibilities as the crimes against humanity committed by the regime get worse," Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said on Monday.

Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby left for New York on Sunday where he will brief representatives of the Security Council on Tuesday, seeking support for the Arab peace plan, which calls for President Bashar al-Assad to step down.

France and Britain crafted the resolution in consultation with Qatar and Morocco, as well as Germany, Portugal and the United States. It is intended to supersede a Russian draft that Western delegations say is too accommodating to Assad and also no longer relevant in light of the recent Arab League proposals.

Veto-holding Russia, which said last week that parts of the Western-Arab draft resolution were unacceptable, said on Monday it wanted the Council to hear directly from the Arab League's observer mission in Syria before discussing any resolutions.

The French-backed draft resolution, obtained by Reuters, calls for a "political transition" in Syria. While not calling for U.N. sanctions against Damascus, it does say that the Security Council could "adopt further measures" if Syria does not comply with the terms of the resolution.

"It is time the Security Council acts to find a solution to this crisis," Valero said in a daily briefing to reporters.

France has been prominent in Western efforts to try to force Assad to end a crackdown on protests and has suggested a need to set up zones to protect civilians - the first proposal by a Western power for outside intervention on the ground.

Escalating bloodshed prompted the Arab League to suspend the work of its monitoring mission on Saturday. Arab foreign ministers, who have urged Assad to make way for a government of national unity, will discuss the crisis on February 5.

"The situation in Syria is appalling and is just getting worse," Valero said. "Everything must be done to put an end to the spiral of violence that has led to the bloody repression which we've seen for the last 10 months."

Juppe made a similar address in March to the 15-nation council when he urged it to adopt a resolution that would authorize a no-fly zone against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The resolution passed, with Russia and China abstaining, and within two days NATO air forces were bombing Libya.

Given Russian and Chinese objections now, and Syria's position, unlike Libya, at the heart of Middle East power politics, such an intervention seems unlikely as yet.

(Reporting By John Irish; Editing by Alastair Macdonald)

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How the major stock indexes fared on Monday (AP)

Stocks closed slightly lower and yields for ultra-safe U.S. government debt fell to their lowest level this year as investors around the world waited for Greece to nail down a deal to reduce its crushing debt.

Borrowing costs for European countries with the largest debt burdens shot higher Monday. The two-year interest rate for Portugal's government debt jumped to 21 percent after trading around 14 percent last week.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 6.74 points, or 0.1 percent, to close at 12,653.72.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 3.32 points, or 0.3 percent, to 1,313.01.

The Nasdaq composite lost 4.61 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,811.94.

For the year so far:

The Dow is up 436.16 points, or 3.6 percent.

The S&P 500 is up 55.41 points, or 4.4 percent.

The Nasdaq is up 206.79 points, or 7.9 percent.

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Dana White calls out Internet hackers, they respond by releasing his alleged personal info

CHICAGO -- The war is on between the UFC and Internet hackers.

On Sunday, UFC.com was re-routed several times to the website UGnazi. The site's organizers, who White called terrorists several times during the "UFC on Fox 2" press conference, said the hacking of UFC.com is a result of the company's support of SOPA and PIPA. The wide-ranging bills are aimed at stopping online piracy.

White lashed out at the hackers.

Update: White dug in deeper during a conversation with The Score's Mauro Ranallo (13:30 mark).

"Keep hacking our site, do it again. Do it tonight," said White. "These guys look like terrorists now and a bill that was about to die, is about to come back."

The hacker taking credit for the UFC hit, @joshthgod, went a different route after the challenge, posting White's personal info, including a Social Security number, a list of residential addresses, a vehicle identification number and a personal phone number.

That followed a tweet that said White is now the target.

"@danawhite We don't want your site anymore. We are going after YOU! Follow me for tonights exciting events! #ufc #sopa #acta #pipa,"

[Related: Why SOPA, PIPA aren't answer to MMA's piracy problem]

White said the hackers are only hurting their own cause by alerting politicians that there's a serious issue. He's willing to risk his own safety to stop the online pilfering.

"Is SOPA the perfect bill? No, it's not. The only thing that we're focused on is piracy. Piracy is stealing. If you walk into a store and you steal a gold watch, it's the same as stealing a pay-per-view. I don't care what your twisted, demented idea of stealing is," White said. "These kids who grew up on the Internet never had to pay for anything, so they don't think that you should have to."

White closed by saying he's not afraid of the Internet, it's where cowards live.

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Tax the rich? GOP candidates say no way (AP)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. ? No matter what polls say about tax fairness, the Republican presidential candidates all say calls to tax the rich fall flat with them.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said in a GOP debate Thursday night that government should shrink to fit tax revenues. And he wants something akin to a flat tax.

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum favors two tax brackets with the top rate of 28 percent, the upper end when President Ronald Reagan was in charge.

Texas congressman Ron Paul says he wants to get rid of the constitutional amendment authorizing a federal income tax.

Tax fairness is expected to be a major general election theme. Democratic President Barack Obama says the wealthy should pay the same share of their income in taxes as those at lower rungs.

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Fort Hood shooting suspect seeks to delay trial (AP)

FORT HOOD, Texas ? Defense attorneys for the Army psychiatrist charged in the Fort Hood shooting rampage want to delay his March murder trial.

A military judge set a hearing next week to consider Maj. Nidal Hasan's (nih-DAHL' hah-SAHN') request to delay the trial.

It's unclear why defense attorneys want more time or if they're proposing a new date. The high-profile military trial is expected to last about two months at Fort Hood.

Hasan is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder. He faces the death penalty or life without parole if convicted in the November 2009 shooting spree on the Texas Army post.

The 41-year-old Hasan remains jailed. He was paralyzed from the waist down after being shot by police that day.

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Brad Pitt: So Worried About Shiloh Being Bullied!

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's daughter Shiloh's sporting a shorter-than-ever haircut these days. So short that one onlooker - gasp - mistook her for a boy. A boy!

Now, in the new issue of Life & Style, sources reveal that while the proud parents haved encourage their kids to be independent, Brad is increasingly concerned.

The scrutiny to which Shiloh is being subjected could be too much, he fears.

"It would crush Brad if one of his kids was picked on," says a friend of Angie's.

And there's reason for the parents to be on edge over Shiloh, caution experts.

"This is a culture where kids get picked on if they don't look like other kids," points out an alleged psychotherapist. "Shiloh's already different - being the daughter of superstars - and she may already feel ostracized because of that."

Brad is going to worry, but also doesn't want to pressure her. "I want [my kids] to explore that innocence as long as possible and find out what's really interesting to them," he has said. "I just don't want to encumber them in any way."

What's really interesting to us? Stories about Brad getting Angelina Jolie pregnant and leaving her for Jennifer Aniston approximately 15 times per year.

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Vatican official warns pope of corruption (AP)

VATICAN CITY ? An Italian news program has obtained letters from a top Vatican official to the pope in which he begs not to be transferred after exposing corruption in the awarding of Vatican contracts that cost the Holy See millions of euros (dollars).

Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano was removed in October as the No. 2 administrator of the Vatican city-state and was named the pope's ambassador to Washington. While the job is highly prestigious, the posting took Vigano far from headquarters and out of the running for the Vatican's top administrative job, which carries with it the rank of cardinal.

The investigative news program "The Untouchables" on the private La7 network broadcast a series of letters Vigano sent Pope Benedict XVI and the secretary of state last year in which he claimed to have exposed corruption and abuse of office in the running of the Vatican's administration.

Vigano said he corrected them during his two years as secretary-general of the Vatican city-state, the Vatican department that is responsible for everything from maintaining the pope's gardens to running the Vatican Museums.

But in the process of cutting costs, Vigano made enemies who he blamed for launching a smear campaign in the Italian media in 2011 calling for his removal that, he claimed, sealed his fate.

"Blessed Father, my transfer in this moment would provoke confusion and discouragement for those who thought it was possible to clean up so many situations of corruption and abuse of office" that for a long time have been rooted in the Vatican administration, Vigano wrote Benedict on March 27, 2011.

Seven months later he was named ambassador to Washington after the sudden death of the previous envoy following complications from surgery.

Vigano claimed that when he came into office in 2009 he discovered a small coterie of businesses held the vast majority of Vatican contracts and charged the Holy See twice the going rate for services, according to the letters shown on the La7 report.

The Vatican's larger-than-life-sized nativity scene, for example, cost the Holy See euro550,000 in 2009. Vigano said he trimmed the cost for the 2010 edition to euro300,000.

He denounced the workings of an unofficial group of Italian bankers appointed after the global financial crisis to try to shore up the Vatican's finances, charging that their management of two investment funds "resulted more in their own interests than ours."

In one Dec. 9 transaction they lost the Vatican $2.5 million, the letter on La7 said.

An email seeking comment from Vigano at the Vatican's embassy in Washington was not returned Wednesday. The Vatican spokesman said he had no immediate comment on the report.

Cardinal Velasio De Paolis, the recently retired head of the Vatican's finance department, was asked by the show's host if Vigano's claims of corruption were well-founded.

"From what I know, I don't think there was actual corruption," De Paolis said. But he suggested that there may well have been "instances of a lack of correctness" that can happen anywhere.

Giovanni Maria Vian, the editor of the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, insisted on the show that Vigano's transfer to Washington wasn't a punishment for exposing wrongdoing or stepping on too many toes. He noted that Vigano had been in the Vatican's diplomatic service for years and said he was being promoted to the Holy See's most important overseas post.

"He wasn't sent away. He was made the pope's representative in Washington!" Vian said.

The show was hosted by Gianlugi Nuzzi, author of Vatican SpA, a 2009 book outlining the shady dealings of the Vatican bank that was based on a trove of leaked Vatican documents.

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GM's business in Iraq is booming

Long before the first U.S. soldier laid a boot on Iraq soil in the first Gulf War, General Motors planned to build a manufacturing facility in the country. According to The Detroit News, the years since haven't been entirely kind to the automaker's sales efforts in Iraq. That's no shock given America's reputation in the Middle East nation, but its prospects are beginning to look up. Whereas GM once trailed even Renault in sales, the company managed to move 35,000 vehicles last year. Not bad considering the entire new vehicle market in Iraq totaled just 115,000 in 2011.

GM's sales largely consisted of SUVs and pickup trucks (like the locally available version of the Colorado seen above), though The Detroit News notes that some Chevrolet and Cadillac sedans have sold as well, too. That's particularly impressive given that Iraqi drivers aren't required to have insurance and kidnappers in the country have been known to favor those who drive high-dollar luxury vehicles.

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`Underworld' sinks teeth into box office with $25M (AP)

LOS ANGELES ? Kate Beckinsale is back with a vengeance, with her latest "Underworld" movie opening at No. 1 this weekend.

"Underworld Awakening" made an estimated $25.4, distributor Sony Screen Gems reported Sunday.

This is the fourth film in the vampire action saga. Beckinsale starred in the first two movies as the warrior Selene, then bowed out of part three but returned for this latest installment. "Underworld Awakening" was shown for the first time in 3-D as well as on IMAX screens, where it made $3.8 million. That's 15 percent of the film's weekend gross, which is a record for an IMAX digital-only run.

Sony had hoped the film would end up in the low-$20 million range. But Rory Bruer, the studio's president of worldwide distribution, says the fact that it did even better ? despite a snow storm that hit much of the Midwest and East Coast ? primarily has to do with Beckinsale's return.

"She is such a force. Her character ? you just can't take your eyes off of her. I know the character is very dear to her, as well, and she just kills it," Bruer said. "The 3-D aspect of the film also brings something, makes it a fun, visceral ride."

Opening in second place was "Red Tails" from executive producer George Lucas, about the Tuskegee Airmen who were the first black fighter pilots to serve in World War II. It made an estimated $19.1 million, according to 20th Century Fox, which was well above expectations; the studio had hoped to reach double digits, said Chris Aronson, executive vice president of domestic distribution.

"I believe what George Lucas has stated all along: This is an important story and a story that must be told. It is a true story of American heroism and valor and audiences have really responded to this message," Aronson said. "People want to feel good about themselves, they want to be uplifted. We have enough hard crud going on in this country right now. Times are tough, and if we look back and are told a story of some really fantastic deeds, that's really compelling moviegoing."

Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian said a grass-roots effort to get groups of people into the theaters to see "Red Tails," along with positive word-of-mouth, helped its strong showing. The film saw an uptick from about $6 million on Friday to $8.65 on Saturday.

Overall box office is up 31 percent from the same weekend a year ago, Dergarabedian said, thanks to new releases as well as movies like "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," which had limited runs for awards consideration at the end of 2011 and are now expanding nationwide. The 9/11 drama from Warner Bros., starring Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock, came in fourth place with $10.5 million.

Last week's No. 1 film, the Universal smuggling thriller "Contraband" starring Mark Wahlberg, dropped to the No. 3 spot with $12.2 million. It's now made $46.1 million in two weeks. Meanwhile, Steven Soderbergh's international action picture "Haywire" from Relativity Media, starring mixed martial arts superstar Gina Carano in her first film role, opened in fifth place with $9 million, which was above expectations.

"This is a great, perfect January weekend. You've got these holdover films and newcomers creating an overall marketplace that people are really responding to," Dergarabedian said. "It sounds clich? but this marketplace really has something for everyone."

As for worldwide box office, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn ? Part 1" has now crossed the $700 million mark. The first half of the finale of the girl-vampire-werewolf love triangle franchise has grossed an estimated $701.3 million in global box office receipts since its release last November, according to Lionsgate, which recently acquired Summit Entertainment, which distributes the series.

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

1. "Underworld Awakening," $25.4 million ($13.4 million international).

2. "Red Tails," $19.1 million.

3. "Contraband," $12.2 million.

4. "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," $10.5 million.

5. "Haywire," $9 million.

6. "Beauty and the Beast (3-D)," $8.6 million.

7. "Joyful Noise," $6.1 million.

8. "Mission: Impossible ? Ghost Protocol," $5.5 million. ($9.4 million international).

9. "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows," $4.8 million. ($18.1 million international).

10. "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," $3.75 million ($15.7 international).

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

"Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows," $18.1 million.

"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," $15.7 million.

"Underworld Awakening," $13.4 million.

"Mission: Impossible ? Ghost Protocol," $9.4 million international.

"Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked," $9.3 million.

"Puss in Boots," $8.7 million.

"Journey 2: The Mysterious Island," $8.2 million.

"War Horse," $7.3 million.

"The Descendants," $6.2 million.

"The Darkest Hour," $5.1 million.

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DSK's long-silent wife launches Le Huffington Post (AP)

PARIS ? She was the silent, supportive wife during the scandal that forced her husband, former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, into the spotlight of public scrutiny after his arrest on sexual assault charges in New York ? later dropped.

Now, Anne Sinclair, once France's diva of TV journalism, has stepped back into the spotlight, announcing her return to the work force Monday, this time with Le Huffington Post, the made-in-France version of the news and opinion Web site.

For colleagues who ask how she stood by her man amid humiliating revelations, she has but one reply: mind your own business.

The 63-year-old Sinclair made her reputation as a journalist interviewing politicians and stars on her "7 Sur 7" TV show for 13 years. She later started up the Internet site of the leading French TV station.

On Monday, she joined Arianna Huffington, HuffPost's founder, at a packed news conference to announce the launch of Le Huffington Post, the first foreign-language version of the site, and her appointment as its editorial director.

More foreign-language HuffPosts are to follow in coming months, in Spain as early as March, in Italy in April, then in Brazil, Greece ? where Huffington was born ? and Turkey.

The small French version, with a team of eight journalists, is associated with the independent daily Le Monde, where its offices are located. Huffington would not divulge the operation's budget.

Despite the ambitious sweep of the project, Sinclair, a woman of independent means, will work without salary at a job she says "fell from the sky."

"Here, I'm not the most geeky person of the team. That's clear," Sinclair said during the introductions. But she said it's a pleasure to be back on the job ? at a peak news time with the euro financial crisis, spring presidential elections in France, followed by the U.S. presidential voting.

Sinclair has spent the last eight months in the shadows as the stoic, silent wife in the sex assault scandal that began with the spectacular May 14 arrest of Strauss-Kahn ? known here as DSK ? after he boarded an Air France flight in New York for Paris.

Charged with sexual assault based on accusations by a housekeeper at Manhattan's Sofitel hotel, Strauss-Kahn was jailed on Rikers Island, then forced into a gilded prison, a luxury townhouse in Manhattan, an electronic bracelet locked on his ankle. As months passed, DSK's bid to become the Socialist candidate in French presidential elections this April and May disappeared, like his IMF job.

Sinclair's wealth cushioned the blows, from paying bail and rent for the extravagant townhouse ? but raised questions about why she hung in as sordid tales came out.

Sinclair ? long a role model among French women ? vowed at Monday's news conference that there would be no conflict of interest in her new job.

"All important information will be treated normally. And everything that should be page 1 will be page 1," Sinclair insisted.

What if the news is about her husband?

"I wasn't expecting that question," she quipped. "I don't think it will be the essential news of 2012, but if it were we would handle it ... in a professional manner."

Strauss-Kahn still faces a civil lawsuit in the U.S. by the hotel maid, Nafissatou Diallo, but that could take years to reach court.

His name has surfaced in an ongoing investigation of a prostitution ring in Lille, in northern France, implicating police and other officials. However, he has not been questioned. French prosecutors refused to pursue an allegation by a young French writer of attempted rape in 2003.

The developments are a lot for any wife to digest.

Journalists who broached the topic Monday got no response. Sinclair noted that an interview in this week's Elle magazine says all she intends to say, for now.

She may one day recount her experience, and her choices, "But if I want to, when I want to and how I want to," she told Elle.

Her message in that interview was clear: mind your own business.

Her husband emerged in China in his own bid to rebuild a professional life, a speaker at a business conference in Beijing.

Sinclair feels no need to explain herself.

"That women may feel disappointment in me, I'm sorry but that's their problem ...," she said. "All the dikes that protect one's private life were broken" during the DSK affair in New York, she said.

"To be the object of speculation, permanent harassment to know what's happening in my household has something Orwellian about it. It's totalitarian," she told Elle.

Huffington may have provided a partial answer, referring to Sinclair as a "force of nature."

Later, she said that Sinclair can serve as an inspiration for women.

"It demonstrates to millions of women who have suffered their own defeats and obstacles and setbacks that they don't have to retreat, Huffington told The Associated Press. "

"They can come back and rejoin whatever it is that their passionate about, get back in the arena."

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No. 5 Missouri holds to win 89-88 at No. 3 Baylor (AP)

WACO, Texas ? Ricardo Ratliffe scored a career-high 27 points and No. 5 Missouri held on for an 89-88 victory over No. 3 Baylor after a furious late rally Saturday by the Bears.

Ratliffe had a big two-handed slam dunk midway through the second half when he scored six points in an 8-0 spurt that put the Tigers (18-1, 5-1 Big 12) up 68-58. Missouri still had a 10-point lead with 3:07 left then didn't score again until Ratliffe's two free throws with a minute left.

Missouri had to make 10 of 12 free throws in the final minute for the victory. Marcus Denmon's free throw with 4 seconds left made it 89-85 before Brady Heslip hit a game-ending 3-pointer for Baylor (17-2, 4-2), which has lost two in a row after a 17-0 start.

Quincy Miller led Baylor with 29 points while Pierre Jackson had 20 points and 15 assists. Quincy Acy had 18 points with nine rebounds while Heslip had 10 points.

Jackson had 11 points and three assists in the final 2:06 when Baylor closed the game with a 19-10 run. Jackson started that when he drove and was fouled, yelling out "and one!" before he even hit the floor and the ball fell through the hoop. He made the free throw, cutting the deficit to 79-72.

After Denmon's last free throw, his fifth in the final 33 seconds, Jackson tried to throw up a 3-pointer and draw a foul in the same motion. The ball wound up in Heslip's hands along the left wing with no one around him.

Phil Pressey had 18 points for the Tigers while Denmon had 15 and Kim English 10.

The top two scoring and shooting teams in the Big 12 certainly lived up to that billing in the league's first top-five matchup that didn't involve either Kansas or Texas.

Missouri shot 55 percent (30 of 55), and Baylor finished at 57 percent (36 of 63).

Baylor was coming off a 92-74 loss at No. 7 Kansas that ended the Bears' record 17-game winning streak. The loss to Missouri ended their 10-game home winning streak.

The Tigers, who have won four in a row since their loss at Kansas State two weeks ago, led only 58-56 midway through the second half when Pressey had a turnover. Heslip tried a 3-pointer and appeared to be hit when he shot, but there was no foul and coach Scott Drew was called for a technical foul.

Denmon made both of those free throws, then after a layup by Acy, Ratliff had his big dunk and added two free throws between consecutive turnovers by Jackson. Ratliffe's layup after Pressey's steal made it 68-58 with 8 minutes left.

Missouri led 39-35 at the half after a 6-0 run that included consecutive putback baskets.

By that point, the Tigers had a 14-0 advantage in second-chance points and its 10 offensive rebounds were only one fewer than the Bears' total rebounds. Missouri finished with a 32-26 rebounding edge, and 18-11 advantage on second-chance points.

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Comet's fiery plunge may tell us how planets form

For the first time, scientists have caught a glimpse of a comet's final minutes before it was vaporized by the sun.?The comet was flying at about 1.4 million miles an hour.

For the first time, scientists have caught a comet in the Icarus-like act of zipping too close to the sun ? and watched as it paid the ultimate price.

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In catching a glimpse of the comet's final vaporization, researchers not only have been able to piece together a detailed picture of the comet itself ? something usually reserved for spacecraft fly-bys. They also may have a found a way to use similar comets as test dummies for making key measurements of the sun's atmosphere, or corona.

And by throwing the break-up process into reverse, they may be able to answer a nagging question tied to the formation of planets in the solar system some 4.5 billion years ago: How does the clumping process that gathers tiny dust grains into ever bigger lumps and finally to planet-size objects really work?

The comet observations, published in the Jan. 20 issue of the journal Science, "are pioneering a new form of cometary study," writes Carey Lisse, a researcher at the Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md.

The comet, C/2011 N3, was discovered July 4, 2011, a scant two days before its demise, as researchers looked at data from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft, a joint NASA-European Space Agency project.

Sun-grazing comets, such as C/2011 N3, are nothing new to SOHO. It has observed more than 2,100 of them, according to NASA. It finds them with an instrument designed to mask the sun's disk so the instrument can observe the glowing corona.

But that's also a problem. Sun-grazers SOHO sees vanish behind this mask. And like Las Vegas, what goes on behind the mask stays behind the mask.

It took data from three craft ? SOHO, as well as NASA's STEREO and Solar Dynamics Observatory ? to piece together the full picture of C/2011 N3's final 20 minutes.

The C/2011 N3 belongs to a family known as Kreutz sungrazers ? a vast collection of comet fragments thought to have come from the break-up of a larger comet around 2,500 years ago. Scientists estimate that the parent object's nucleus was as large as 60 miles across. Comet Halley, which makes its closest approach to the sun every 75 years, has a nucleus roughly 7 miles across.

Based on its observations, the team, led by Lockheed Martin Corporation solar physicist Karel Schrijver, estimates that C/2011 N3 was hurtling toward the sun at about 1.4 million miles an hour ? fast enough to turn a three-day trip to the moon into a four-hour sprint. When it vanished, it had closed within 62,000 miles of the sun's surface.

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Santorum says he's pressing on to Florida

Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, and his wife Karen, stand with cadets from The Citadel, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, at the Patriots Dinner in Charleston, S.C. Santorum was presented with the Nathan Hale Patriots award. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, and his wife Karen, stand with cadets from The Citadel, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, at the Patriots Dinner in Charleston, S.C. Santorum was presented with the Nathan Hale Patriots award. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks at The Citadel Patriots Dinner in Charleston, S.C., Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks at Captain Steve's Restaurant in Fort Mill, S.C., Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) ? Vowing to go forward, Republican Rick Santorum cast his disappointing third-place finish in this state's primary as a hiccup and pledged Saturday to continue campaigning in a race he called "wide open."

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich claimed the top spot in this state's first-in-the-South primary and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney claimed second. Undeterred, Santorum did not acknowledge the deficits he faces ? chiefly money and momentum ? and insisted he would press forward with a campaign that increasingly looked to be on its last legs.

"Let me assure you we will go to Florida and we will go to Arizona," he said before supporters interrupted him with cheers of "We pick Rick."

"I ask you: it's a wide-open race. Join the fight," he urged them at an election night rally at the Citadel.

Santorum eked out a narrow win in lead-off Iowa but lost in a blow-out to Mitt Romney in New Hampshire. Santorum had cast South Carolina as a place where he could start a well-financed, traditional campaign, yet he came up well short to Gingrich.

"Three states. Three different winners. What a great country," Santorum said.

For months, Santorum has cast himself as the candidate who can best compare his record with President Barack Obama and pitched himself as the most consistent conservative in the race. The former Pennsylvania senator urged Republicans to stand up for social conservative values and promised to continue his campaign with that unapologetic and, at times, aggressive message.

"This campaign was not going to be about tearing everybody down. It was going to be about negative ads," he said. "It was not going to be about anything other than painting a bold vision for our country. One that believed in the working class values that my grandfather taught to me."

The disadvantages that plagued Santorum early on ? lack of money, shell operations, negligible advertising ? gave way to a more professional campaign here. He had the money to air ads, hire staff and cover as much ground as possible with a private airplane. Many of his senior advisers had deep roots to the state and in recent days he beamed confidently that South Carolina could give him his second win in an early state.

That win didn't come Saturday and his advisers were shuffling to reset the campaign yet again, this time in costly Florida. His aides planned for him to greet voters near Fort Lauderdale on Sunday and then prepare for two debates in the coming week.

But Florida is a costly state where the campaigns are fought on television ads, not diners and storefronts that were the center of Santorum's strategy to this point. The sheer size of Florida is a challenge for candidates to navigate, although Santorum's tentative plans call for him to focus on just one media market a day.

Santorum's outside allies seemed poised to bankroll supportive ads ? at least for now.

"The longer we can keep his candidacy going, the more people can see his qualities," said Foster Friess, a Wyoming businessman and a major contributor to the Red, White and Blue Fund, an outside "super" political committee supporting Santorum. "If you look at Republicans, they always run these old war horses. Santorum is different."

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Associated Press writer Jack Gillum contributed to this report.

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Peace Corps pullout a new blow to Honduras (AP)

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras ? The U.S. government's decision to pull out all its Peace Corps volunteers from Honduras for safety reasons is yet another blow to a nation still battered by a coup and recently labeled the world's most deadly country.

Neither U.S. nor Honduran officials have said what specifically prompted them to withdraw the 158 Peace Corps volunteers, which the U.S. State Department said was one of the largest missions in the world last year.

It is the first time Peace Corps missions have been withdrawn from Central America since civil wars swept the region in the 1970s and 1980s. The Corps closed operations in Nicaragua from 1979 to 1991 and in El Salvador from 1980 to 1993 for safety and security reasons, but has since returned to both countries.

But the wave of violence and drug cartel-related crime hitting the Central American country had affected volunteers working on HIV prevention, water sanitation and youth projects, President Porfirio Lobo acknowledged.

Monday's pullout also comes less than two months after U.S. Rep. Howard Berman, a California Democrat, asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to reconsider sending police and military aid to Honduras as a response to human rights abuses.

"It's a welcome step toward the United States recognizing that they have a disastrous situation in Honduras," said Dana Frank, a University of California Santa Cruz history professor who has researched and traveled in Honduras.

The decision to pull out the entire delegation came after a Peace Corps volunteer was robbed and raped near the village of Duyure in southern Honduras on Jan. 24, 2011. Three men were found guilty of rape and robbery in that case, according to an employee of the regional court in the southern city of Choluteca who was not authorized to be quoted by name. Sentencing is scheduled for February; the three men face up to 26 years in prison. The volunteer was apparently assaulted while hiking in a remote area.

On Dec. 3, a female Peace Corps volunteer was shot in the leg during an armed robbery aboard a bus in the violence-torn city of San Pedro Sula.

Hugo Velasquez, a spokesman for the country's National Police, said 27-year-old Lauren Robert was wounded along with two other people. One of the three alleged robbers was killed by a bus passenger, Velasquez said. The daily La Prensa said Robert is from Texas.

Most areas of San Pedro Sula, like other especially violent parts of Honduras, had been declared "banned or highly discouraged for volunteers," according to the June 2011 edition of the Corps' "Welcome Book." Also banned were "all beaches at night" and a large part of the country's Atlantic coast.

The U.S. also announced it was suspended training for new volunteers in El Salvador and Guatemala, though they kept open the possibility of sending new teams of volunteers once a review of security conditions is finished. El Salvador has 113 volunteers, and there are 215 in Guatemala, where the head of the Peace Corps pledged the program would continue.

The three countries make up the so-called northern triangle of Central America, a region plagued by drug trafficking and gang violence. El Salvador has the second highest homicide rate with 66 killings per 100,000 inhabitants, the U.N. has said.

Numerous non-governmental aid groups work in the region and the Peace Corps decision has raised concerns that they could also be affected.

"This is not a good moment for Honduran NGOs," said Oscar Anibal Puerto, director of the Honduran Institute for Rural Development, which works on school construction and water projects, often with Spanish financing and sometimes in informal cooperation with Peace Corps volunteers.

He said financing from Spain has begun to dry up because of that country's debt crisis, and while the Peace Corps withdrawal "has not significantly affected us," he said he worried it could set an example for other donor countries to pull out.

But Puerto said he could understand the U.S. decision.

"Their concerns are justified, until the security situation in Honduras improves," he said. "Human values have been lost. Crime is the order of the day."

Honduras joins Kazakhstan and Niger as countries that have recently had their volunteers pulled out. The Kazakhstan decision followed reports of sexual assaults against volunteers. The Niger decision came after the kidnapping and murder of two French citizens claimed by an al-Qaida affiliate.

A U.N. report, released in October 2011, said Honduras had the highest homicide rate in the world with 6,200 killings, or 82.1 murders per 100,000 inhabitants in 2010.

"Violence affects all Hondurans. It wouldn't be surprising if Peace Corps members, too," said Jose Rolando Bu, president of a group that represents non-governmental agencies.

Between June 2010 and June 2011, nine U.S. citizens were killed in Honduras, most in San Pedro Sula or northern coastal areas.

The Peace Corps had sent volunteers to Honduras since 1962, and around 1982 it was the largest mission in the world, according to the U.S. State Department. The U.S. sent more people to help after Hurricane Mitch in 1998.

The volunteers in Honduras had been working on projects focused on HIV/AIDS prevention, water sanitation and youth development. It was not clear what effect their departure would have on those efforts; no other aid agency immediately announced any pullout based on security concerns.

Peace Corps volunteer Claire Krebs, an engineer from Houston, Texas, described her work in the mid-sized city of Choluteca on the Peace Corps Journals blog site. Krebs wrote that she surveyed, planned and designed water systems for rural Honduran villages, which involved visits to rural areas in the country's somewhat more tranquil southern region, where there were few apparent security problems.

Krebs was training Hondurans to do the work she was doing, but it was unclear if they could yet replace her.

Berman said in the Nov. 28, 2011, letter to Clinton that he worried that some murders in Honduras appeared to be politically motivated because high-profile victims included people related to or investigating abuses by police and security forces, or to the June 28, 2009, ouster of President Manuel Zelaya. The coup lead to the temporary diplomatic isolation of Honduras.

On Tuesday, a Honduran lawyer who had reported torture and human rights violations by police officers was killed by gunmen, authorities said.

Three men stormed into the office of Ricardo Rosales, 42, shot him dead and escaped, said Hector Turcios, the police chief of Tela, a city 150 miles (240 kilometers) north of the capital.

Rosales had told local press that officers had tortured jail inmates in his city.

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Adriana Gomez Licon reported from Mexico City. Associated Press writer Mark Stevenson contributed to this report.

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4 French soldiers killed in Afghanistan (AP)

PARIS ? France's president says four French soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan.

Nicolas Sarkozy says that France is suspending its training programs for Afghan troops after the killing. The U.S.-led coalition said an Afghan soldier shot and killed four NATO troops in eastern Afghanistan on Friday.

Sarkozy said it's "unacceptable" that Afghan troops fire at French soldiers. He said French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe is heading to Afghanistan.

The attack was among the most deadly for French forces in the 10 years they have been serving in the NATO-led international force in Afghanistan.

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Widespread snowstorm wallops Seattle area

Bundled up for winter, a pedestrian makes his way though a snow shower on Howard Street near Main Avenue, Tuesday Jan. 17, 2012, in downtown Spokane, Wash. Heavy snow is expected for the area on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Dan Pelle, Spokesman Review)

Bundled up for winter, a pedestrian makes his way though a snow shower on Howard Street near Main Avenue, Tuesday Jan. 17, 2012, in downtown Spokane, Wash. Heavy snow is expected for the area on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Dan Pelle, Spokesman Review)

Randy Earheart shovels snow at the Rimrock Lake Resort near White Pass, Wash. Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. It took him all day to clear the parking lot and adjacent areas. (AP Photo/Yakima Herald-Republic, Gordon King)

Greg Lane a senior at South Kitsap High School pushes a giant snowball at Mullinex Ridge Elementary School in Port Orchard, Wash., on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Kitsap Sun, Larry Steagall)

Kalyana Neville, 9, back and her best friend Alannah McGinnis, 7, front, enjoy a sled ride down the hill at Vanzee Park in Port Orchard, Wash., on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Kitsap Sun, Larry Steagall)

With the incoming winter storm in mind, Don Mortenson, 77 of Spokane, Wash., checks out an aluminum snow shovel at the General Store, Tuesday Jan. 17, 2012, in Spokane, Wash. He already has a shovel and a snow thrower, but wanted to know his options if he needed a new one in the future. Says Mortenson " A little snow is great, but only up to a foot." (AP Photo/Dan Pelle, Spokesman Review)

SEATTLE (AP) ? A widespread snowstorm walloped western Washington on Wednesday, with the heaviest blow missing Seattle and hitting the Olympia area, causing accidents, closing schools and canceling flights at Sea-Tac Airport.

There were 95 accidents in an eight-hour period in Pierce and Thurston counties, which include Tacoma and Olympia, State Trooper Guy Gill said Wednesday morning. Most were spinouts.

"You need to pick a rut and stay in it. If you get off the beaten path, you're in deep trouble," Gill said. "I saw a guy in my rear mirror ? I saw headlights and tail lights and headlights and tail lights again as he spun around off the road."

"For the first time in my career I had to put chains on," Gill said. "You stay in the path laid down on the freeway. You get off that, you are in trouble."

Olympia had about a foot of new snow on the ground by 7:30 a.m. The city could break its record of 14 inches of snow in a 24-hour period, said Brad Colman, meteorologist in charge of the National Weather Service office in Seattle. Areas south of Olympia could get 20 inches.

"They're getting hammered," Colman said.

Tacoma had about 7 inches of snow for the morning rush hour. Seattle had compact snow and ice on roads for commuters. Lesser amounts were reported north of Seattle.

Southeast Washington also is getting a good shot of snow with 6 to 10 inches expected in the Palouse, said meteorologist Colby Neuman at the Weather Service office, where only 2 to 4 inches were expected.

"This will be right up with the most snow this season," Neuman said. "This has been an un-snowy winter."

Heavy snow has been falling in Washington's mountains with up to 2 feet of fresh snow expected by Thursday. Interstate 90 across Snoqualmie Pass was shut down for much of Tuesday for avalanche control work.

Washington residents had plenty of warning as snow showers started over the weekend. With the big blow in sight, Seattle and other school districts canceled classes in advance.

Alaska Airlines announced late Tuesday that it canceled 38 flights into and out of Seattle and Portland, Ore. Several downtown Seattle hotels reported all their rooms were booked. Elsewhere, shoppers stocked up on groceries.

The state Emergency Management Division activated its operations center at Camp Murray on Wednesday to help deal with the snowstorm, but cities and counties were handling the situation on their own, said spokesman Mark Clemens. Nonetheless, representatives of the emergency division, National Guard, Transportation Department, Washington State Patrol and other agencies were ready to coordinate their work.

Seattle also activated its Emergency Operations Center. The city's Transportation Department has 33 vehicles out, focusing on keeping arterials and bus routes open. In advance Tuesday, they spread 4,000 gallons of brine and 113 tons of salt, said spokesman David Takami.

Many courts and government offices and libraries closed. Garbage collection was postponed. Sen. Patty Murray canceled her event at a Tacoma company where she planned to talk about employing veterans.

Forecasters expected the weather to transition back to normal Thursday and "good old rain back Friday and Saturday," meteorologist Colman said.

Associated Press

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ESPN Deportes Radio Rings in the New Year with the Most Comprehensive Offering of Live Sports Available on all U.S. Spanish-Language Media

More than 300 LIVE sports events scheduled for 2012 including exclusive broadcast of the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifiers, Euro 2012 and Spain?s La Liga

ESPN Deportes Radio kicks off the New Year with an impressive line-up of programming. The radio network will offer live coverage of more than 300 sports events including the exclusive broadcast of the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifiers 2012, Mexican soccer, Copa Santander Libertadores, Euro 2012, Spain?s La Liga, MLB and MLS.

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• CONCACAF Olympic Qualifiers 2012 ? ESPN Deportes Radio recently acquired exclusive audio rights to the CONCACAF Olympic qualifiers 2012, tournament to qualify two representatives for London 2012. The radio network will broadcast 15 games featuring Mexico, USA, El Salvador, Honduras, Canada, Cuba, Panam? and Trinidad & Tobago, starting March 22.
• Mexican Soccer ?Mexican soccer will be part of the programing throughout the year featuring some of the league?s favorite teams.
• Copa Santander Libertadores 2012 ? The international club soccer competition kicks off January 24 through July 2. ESPN Deportes Radio will broadcast live about 25 games featuring three Mexican favorites Chivas, Cruz Azul and Tigres.?
• 2012 UEFA European Football Championship ? ESPN Deportes Radio has exclusive rights to all 31 games. The 14th European Championship for national football teams include?Czech Republic, Denmark, ?England, ?France, ?Germany, ?Greece, ?Italy, ??Netherlands, ?Poland (co-hosts), ?Portugal, ?Republic of Ireland, ?Russia, ?Spain (title holders), ?Sweden, ?Ukraine (co-hosts, first appearance). The final tournament will be hosted by Poland and Ukraine between June 8 and July 1.
• LFP La Liga ? The network will offer 64 games throughout the season, including the El Clasico matches. All Real Madrid and Barcelona games will also be broadcast each weekend.
• US National Team ? ESPN Deportes Radio will air all major friendlies and the home FIFA World Cup 2014 qualifying games.
• CONMEBOL South American World Cup Qualifiers ? Qualifying tournament for Brasil 2014 on ESPN Deportes Radio will include full coverage of Round 5-10 taking place June-October.
• CONCACAF Champions League 2011-2012 ? This year, ESPN Deportes Radio will provide coverage of 10 games including Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals (March-April).
• Major League Soccer 2012 ? Coverage will include more than 28 games, including the MLS All Start Game, select playoff games and the MLS Cup.
• Major League Baseball 2012 ? 25 games of the regular season will be part of the programming content including Sunday Night Baseball games, starting Sunday, April 8. The coverage will also include coverage of the League Championship Series, a special program for the Home Run Derby, coverage of the 83^rd All-Star Game and the World Series.?
• Copa Sudamericana ? this year?s coverage of one of the most prestigious club competition in South American soccer includes more than 25 games.? Clubs qualify for the competition based on their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. The current champion is the Chilean club Universidad de Chile.

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Anna D'Alessandro, 51, Port Charlotte, Florida

Anna D'Alessandro, 51, of Port Charlotte, Florida, passed away Saturday, January 14, 2012 with the love of her family at her side.

Born July 23, 1960 in Astoria, New York, daughter to the late Ida and Giuseppe Tiseo, Anna graduated from Adelphi University in New York, with a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education and a Masters in Reading Education. She taught at St. Adalbert School in Maspeth, NY, and Polk Street School in Franklin Square, NY. Anna and her husband Paul moved from Franklin Square in New York to Port Charlotte in 1989. Anna, who was a member of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Port Charlotte, was also a teacher for St. Charles Borromeo School.

Anna's love for children was evident in the career path she chose. She left an indelible mark on the children whose lives she touched. Even greater than her love for teaching was the love she had for her family. She was beloved by her many nieces and nephews. Anna was a dedicated caregiver to her mother for many years but her world revolved around her husband and her sons. She was happiest when they were spending time together.

Her bubbly personality remained with her even while battling cancer. Those who shared her battle found her to be a source of inspiration ? her infectious smile would brighten their day. Her faith gave her the strength to fight her battle as long as she did. Taken from us too soon, Anna will always be remembered for her large giving heart, her willingness to put the needs of others before her own, and the love she had for the joys of her life, Paul Paulie, and Nicky.

She is survived by her beloved husband of 30 years, Paul John D'Alessandro; sons, Paul Jr. and Nicholas D'Alessandro; brother, Albert (Wife Barbara) Tiseo; many nieces, nephews and other family members.

Visitation will be from 12:30 to 1:30 P.M. Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at Roberson Funeral Homes Port Charlotte Chapel. Mass of Christian burial will be held 2 P.M. Wednesday, January 18, at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church. Burial will be held Saturday, January 21, at St. Michael's Cemetery in Queens, New York.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests Memorial Bequests in Anna's name to Tidewell Hospice.

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U.S. to try again to hammer out space code

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida | Wed Jan 18, 2012 6:56am EST

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The United States will join with Europe and other nations to hammer out a code of conduct for space activities, including how to deal with the growing problem of debris circling Earth, the Obama administration said on Tuesday.

"Unless the international community addresses these challenges, the environment around our planet will become increasingly hazardous to human spaceflight and satellite systems, which would create damaging consequences for all of us," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a statement.

The announcement follows reports last week the United States would not sign a European Union draft of an "International Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities" because it impinged on the military's use of space.

"It's been clear from the very beginning that we're not going along with the code of conduct," Ellen Tauscher, undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, told reporters at a breakfast meeting on Thursday in Washington, D.C., the industry trade journal Space News reported.

Asked why the U.S. government would not sign the document, Tauscher said, "It's too restrictive," the paper reported.

Clinton said the United States would not enter into an agreement that "in any way constrains our national security-related activities in space or our ability to protect the United States and our allies."

"We are, however, committed to working together to reverse the troubling trends that are damaging our space environment and to preserve the limitless benefits and promise of space for future generations," Clinton added.

Among the most pressing and universal problems in space is orbital debris, an issue that gained considerable attention after China launched a missile to intentionally destroy one of its defunct weather satellites in 2007 as a test.

The breakup added hundreds of pieces of potentially hazardous debris around Earth. Currently there are more than 10,000 pieces of junk orbiting Earth, including spent rocket bodies, discarded satellites and thousands of spacecraft fragments.

Whizzing around the planet at thousands of miles per hour, even small pieces of debris pose a threat to working spacecraft, as well as the International Space Station, a $100 billion research laboratory that flies about 240 miles above Earth.

(Editing by Kevin Gray)

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