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At least three people were killed, including an eight-month-old baby apparently caught in the crossfire. Michoacan, in western Mexico, is a stronghold of a powerful drugs cartel known as La Familia Michoacana. The five main roads leading in and out of Morelia were blocked by burning cars and buses, police said. Gunmen fired into the air to force drivers and passengers out of their vehicles before setting them ablaze. Schools kept children inside their classrooms for their protection, and the city's university was closed, the Mexican newspaper El Universal reported. Fighting broke out as police moved in to clear the blockades. The upsurge in violence in Michoacan began on Wednesday when federal police went into the city of Apatzingan to search for suspected La Familia gang members, police said. They quickly came under fire with automatic weapons, and police reinforcements were also attacked as they drove to assist their colleagues. Army troops and helicopters were also brought in, and the cartel gunmen retreated, blocking the road behind them with burning vehicles. One police officer was killed along with two civilians – a baby and a young woman. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11966108 added by: ibrake4rappers13
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At least three people were killed, including an eight-month-old baby apparently caught in the crossfire. Michoacan, in western Mexico, is a stronghold of a powerful drugs cartel known as La Familia Michoacana. The five main roads leading in and out of Morelia were blocked by burning cars and buses, police said. Gunmen fired into the air to force drivers and passengers out of their vehicles before setting them ablaze. Schools kept children inside their classrooms for their protection, and the city's university was closed, the Mexican newspaper El Universal reported. Fighting broke out as police moved in to clear the blockades. The upsurge in violence in Michoacan began on Wednesday when federal police went into the city of Apatzingan to search for suspected La Familia gang members, police said. They quickly came under fire with automatic weapons, and police reinforcements were also attacked as they drove to assist their colleagues. Army troops and helicopters were also brought in, and the cartel gunmen retreated, blocking the road behind them with burning vehicles. One police officer was killed along with two civilians – a baby and a young woman. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11966108 added by: ibrake4rappers13
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Republican senators blocked Democratic legislation on Thursday that sought to provide medical care to rescue workers and others who became ill as a result of breathing in toxic fumes, dust and smoke at the site of the World Trade Center attack in 2001. The 9/11 health bill, a version of which was approved by the House of Representatives in September, was among several initiatives that Senate Democrats had hoped to approve before the close of the 111th Congress. Supporters believe this was their last real opportunity to have the bill passed. The action by the Senate created huge uncertainty over the bill’s future. Its proponents were working on Thursday to salvage the legislation, with one possibility being to have it inserted into a large tax-cut bill that Republicans and Democrats are trying to pass before Congress ends its current session. Such a move seemed unlikely, since it might complicate passage of the tax package, which includes a provision that President Obama sought in return for backing the continuation of tax cuts for all income levels that Republicans wanted: an extension of unemployment benefits. In a vote largely along party lines, the Senate rejected a procedural move by Democrats to end debate on the 9/11 health bill and to bring it to a vote; 60 yes votes were needed, but the move received 57, with 42 votes against. Republicans have been raising concerns about how to pay for the $7.4 billion measure, while Democrats, led by Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand of New York, have argued that there was a moral obligation to assist those who put their lives at risk during rescue and cleanup operations at ground zero. The bill is formally known as the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, named after a New York police detective who participated in the rescue efforts at ground zero. He later developed breathing complications that were common to first responders at the site, and he died in January 2006. The cause of his death became a source of debate after the city’s medical examiner concluded that it was not directly related to the attacks. After the vote, Representative Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, a chief sponsor of the bill in the House, argued that Democrats should include the 9/11 health bill in the larger tax-cut legislation and, in the process, dare Republicans to oppose it in that context. Ms. Maloney added that the tax bill was the one piece of legislation that “Republicans won’t leave this town without passing.” As the day wore on, it appeared increasingly unlikely that the Senate would include a provision providing health care for ground zero workers in any tax package it brought to the floor, according to senior Capitol Hill officials. But supporters of the 9/11 legislation said there was a possibility they could persuade Democratic leaders in the House to include it in any tax-cut plan that the chamber approved and win Senate approval during negotiations over differences in measures passed by the two chambers. The Senate action was a blow to sponsors of the bill, who mobilized a network of allies across the political spectrum to lobby on its behalf, including the New York City police commissioner, Raymond W. Kelly, and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. Ms. Gillibrand, the chief sponsor in the Senate, even reached out to former President George W. Bush. But her aides say Mr. Bush did not respond to her entreaties. cont. added by: JanforGore
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We followed bewitching A-listers Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp as far as the City of Light to compile the dossier on this thriller. By Eric Ditzian Angelina Jolie in “The Tourist” Photo: Columbia Pictures Angelina Jolie has had a strange way of, in a sense, following Tom Cruise around Hollywood in recent years. First, Cruise parted with “Edwin A. Salt” and Jolie swooped in, switching up the gender of the duplicitous secret agent at the center of the action and prompting filmmakers to rename the flick simply “Salt.” Not long after the duo played a game of cinematic musical chairs, they embarked on another. Cruise had been eyeing a starring role opposite Charlize Theron in “The Tourist,” which would have marked his first role after 2008’s “Valkyrie.” But whaddya know? Cruise passed on the film, and in came Jolie to play the lead female role, roping in Johnny Depp to take over Cruise’s part. As you can tell, we’ve been keeping a close eye on this project — an adaptation of a 2005 French thriller — watching as it orbited so many Hollywood stars. And with the film opening in theaters on Friday (December 10), we’ve compiled all of our information for another MTV News cheat sheet: everything you need to know about “The Tourist.” Making Travel Plans The Jolie/Depp coupling took a little while to develop. After Cruise jumped ship in late 2008, Sam Worthington (“Avatar”) was reportedly in line to star alongside Theron. It wasn’t until a year later that Jolie’s name surfaced as a replacement for Theron. Finally, in November ’09, Depp came aboard the project. There was some speculation that directorial duties would go to “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” helmer Alfonso Cuaron, but the job ultimately went to “The Lives of Others” writer/director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck . With the key pieces in place, filming kicked off in Paris early this year. We got our first look at Jolie in character in February. She plays a mysterious — and seriously alluring — woman who ropes Depp’s innocent American tourist into the middle of a tussle with Interpol agents hunting for Angie’s fugitive ex-flame. A Family Vacation Our first opportunity to chat with the cast came this summer, when we caught up with Paul Bettany, who plays one of the agents chasing after Jolie and Depp and who had nothing but kind words to say about his co-star. “I sort of fell massively in love with Johnny Depp , who’s just one of the sweetest, funniest human beings you can possibly imagine,” he told us. “It’s so nice when you meet one of those people who make that much f—ing cash, that you kind of go, ‘I’m really glad it happened to you.’ It’s awesome.” Bettany wasn’t the only one who met Depp for the first time on “Tourist.” Turns out, Depp and Jolie had never met before, either. “Through all the years that they’ve been king and queen of Hollywood, they had never actually physically met, so I was the first person to ever bring them together,” von Donnersmarck told us. “They just got along so well from the first moment they met that I knew it was going to be a lot of fun making this film. I probably have hours worth of bloopers where they were just laughing because they had so much fun inventing stuff on the fly and letting their incredible creativity run free.” Come Along for the Ride With the film’s debut approaching, MTV News shipped off to Paris to chat with the film’s stars. Thanks for the invite, Angie! Good to see ya, Johnny! While relaxing in the French capital, talk with Depp turned to Jolie’s rather raw sense of humor . “It can go in many directions,” Depp revealed. “There’s a degree of certainly sophomoric kind of humor, but that always leads up to some sort of, unfortunately, some degree of scatological kind of interpretation.” Back in the States this week, we met up again with the two stars during the New York premiere . “It was wonderful,” Jolie said of working with Depp. “He’s as wonderful as you expect him to be. He feels like he’s of a different decade. He’s extraordinarily creative and extraordinarily kind. There’s no one else like him.” Check out everything we’ve got on “The Tourist.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com . Related Videos ‘The Tourist’ Clips MTV Rough Cut: ‘The Tourist’ Related Photos ‘The Tourist’ Premiere In NYC ‘The Tourist’
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The Obama administration is also against the mainstreaming of marijuana culture as they’ve just officially threatened the city of Oakland, California over their licensing of those four proposed weed-culture-crushing, 100,000 square-foot marijuana factories saying “the plan is in violation of state and federal law and could trigger multiple legal actions against the city.” added by: saytenvoneryk
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The State of Illinois is still paying off billions in bills that it got from schools and social service providers last year. Arizona recently stopped paying for certain organ transplants for people in its Medicaid program. States are releasing prisoners early, more to cut expenses than to reward good behavior. And in Newark, the city laid off 13 percent of its police officers last week. Yuki Scott, right, watched her daughter and other children one Friday last May in Hawaii, because the school year was shortened by 17 days. While next year could be even worse, there are bigger, longer-term risks, financial analysts say. Their fear is that even when the economy recovers, the shortfalls will not disappear, because many state and local governments have so much debt — several trillion dollars’ worth, with much of it off the books and largely hidden from view — that it could overwhelm them in the next few years. “It seems to me that crying wolf is probably a good thing to do at this point,” said Felix Rohatyn, the financier who helped save New York City from bankruptcy in the 1970s. Some of the same people who warned of the looming subprime crisis two years ago are ringing alarm bells again. Their message: Not just small towns or dying Rust Belt cities, but also large states like Illinois and California are increasingly at risk. Municipal bankruptcies or defaults have been extremely rare — no state has defaulted since the Great Depression, and only a handful of cities have declared bankruptcy or are considering doing so. But the finances of some state and local governments are so distressed that some analysts say they are reminded of the run-up to the subprime mortgage meltdown or of the debt crisis hitting nations in Europe. Analysts fear that at some point — no one knows when — investors could balk at lending to the weakest states, setting off a crisis that could spread to the stronger ones, much as the turmoil in Europe has spread from country to country. Mr. Rohatyn warned that while municipal bankruptcies were rare, they appeared increasingly possible. And the imbalances are so large in some places that the federal government will probably have to step in at some point, he said, even if that seems unlikely in the current political climate. “I don’t like to play the scared rabbit, but I just don’t see where the end of this is,” he added. Story continues here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/us/politics/05states.html?src=me&ref=us http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/12/05/us/05states_graphic2/05states_gra… added by: ThatCrazyLibertarian
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Photo: GE Dual Battery System FTW There are about 840,000 buses on the roads of the United States, and while they are a greener way to get around than individual cars (especially for commuting in urban areas – please people, if you live in the city, use transit), the vast majority of them are powered by non-renewable fossil fuels. Some use diesel-hybrid powertrains for better fuel economy and lower emissions, and others run on compressed natural gas to reduce smog-forming tailpipe emissions, but those are just partial solutions. Fully electric buses would be better, but current battery t… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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SB tells ‘RapFix Live’ he wants The DeAndre Way to show ‘Soulja Boy has grown, he’s developed, he’s matured, and he’s going places.’ By Jayson Rodriguez, with reporting by Sway Calloway Soulja Boy Tell’em Photo: Rich Sancho/ MTV News Soulja Boy Tell’em has gone on record with his goal to be taken more seriously as a lyricist. Kanye West and 50 Cent are two peers of the young rapper who have co-signed his talent, which he first showed off in 2007 with the playful “Crank That (Soulja Boy).” On his new album, The DeAndre Way , however, SB is yearning to be seen as more than just an artist who has an affinity for making the teen set dance. “Grammy,” featuring Ester Dean, is a slow-turning contemplation of his career and his desire to win one of the music industry’s most-coveted awards. “That was really to strike that emotion, to tell that story,” Soulja Boy told MTV News during an appearance on “RapFix Live” on Thursday. “This album, I want people to take from it that Soulja Boy has grown, he’s developed, he’s matured, and he’s going places.” In the past year, SB has stepped up to the plate to rhyme alongside a higher caliber of rapper than ever before, from Drake to 50 Cent. The G-Unit superstar has long been an admirer of his labelmate, which SB talked about with MTV News correspondent Sway Calloway. “To have 50 have my back, that’s definitely exciting; it’s an achievement. 50 don’t mess with no rappers,” Soulja explained. “When I came out, there [was] a lot of people that was hating on me [and] felt like I wasn’t real to the game — don’t hate the player, hate the game. 50 shed light on me, and he came to my defense.” Are you a fan of The DeAndre Way ? Give us your review in the comments! Related Videos ‘RapFix Live’ With Soulja Boy Tell’em Related Artists Soulja Boy Tell’em
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