Drew Peterson seeking new murder trial

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Drew Peterson seeking new murder trial
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FILE - In this May 8, 2009 file photo, former Bolingbrook, Ill., police sergeant Drew Peterson arrives at the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Ill., for his arraignment on charges of first-degree murder in the 2004 death of his former wife Kathleen Savio, who was found in an empty bathtub at home. Peterson's wisecracking, limelight-hogging, sunglasses-wearing lawyers faced the media horde every day of the former suburban Chicago police officer's 2012 trial ? one that ended with a murder conviction and a falling out among the erstwhile colleagues. But the lawyerly war of words in public between lead trial counsel Joel Brodsky and former partner-turned-nemesis Steve Greenberg that began within hours of the trial's end will come to a head Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013 at a hearing where the defense will argue Peterson deserves a new trial because Brodsky did a shoddy job. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

FILE - In this May 8, 2009 file photo, former Bolingbrook, Ill., police sergeant Drew Peterson arrives at the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Ill., for his arraignment on charges of first-degree murder in the 2004 death of his former wife Kathleen Savio, who was found in an empty bathtub at home. Peterson's wisecracking, limelight-hogging, sunglasses-wearing lawyers faced the media horde every day of the former suburban Chicago police officer's 2012 trial ? one that ended with a murder conviction and a falling out among the erstwhile colleagues. But the lawyerly war of words in public between lead trial counsel Joel Brodsky and former partner-turned-nemesis Steve Greenberg that began within hours of the trial's end will come to a head Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013 at a hearing where the defense will argue Peterson deserves a new trial because Brodsky did a shoddy job. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Defense Lawyers for Drew Peterson, back left, Steve Greenberg, Joe Lopez, right, and David J. Peilet, front, leave the Will County Courthouse Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, in Joliet, Ill., after a hearing in Drew Peterson's murder trial. The hearing for Peterson ended without a ruling on the former suburban Chicago police officer's request for a new trial. A judge recessed Tuesday after the defense sought to bolster arguments Peterson deserved a retrial on charges he murdered his third wife, Kathleen Savio. Peterson's attorneys contend his former lead trial attorney, Joel Brodsky, botched his case. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Joel Brodsky, center, former attorney for convicted murderer Drew Peterson answers questions as he leaves the Will County Courthouse Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, in Joliet, Ill. after a special hearing involving Peterson's murder trial. A judge recessed Tuesday after the defense sought to bolster arguments Peterson deserved a retrial on charges he murdered his third wife, Kathleen Savio. Peterson's attorneys contend Brodsky his former lead trial attorney, botched his case. Among witnesses they called was Brodsky. Current Peterson attorney Steve Greenberg questioned him. The hearing resumes Wednesday. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow leaves the Will County Courthouse Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, in Joliet, Ill., after a hearing in Drew Peterson's murder trial. The hearing for Peterson ended without a ruling on the former suburban Chicago police officer's request for a new trial. A judge recessed Tuesday after the defense sought to bolster arguments Peterson deserved a retrial on charges he murdered his third wife, Kathleen Savio. Peterson's attorneys contend his former lead trial attorney, Joel Brodsky, botched his case. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) ? A hearing is set to resume that will determine if former suburban Chicago police officer Drew Peterson gets a new trial on charges he murdered his third wife.

Peterson's lawyers are asking for a retrial on grounds that his lead attorney at the 2012 trial failed to adequately defend him.

Will County Judge Edward Burmila heard a full day of testimony Tuesday before recessing without a ruling. The hearing resumes Wednesday.

Lead state prosecutor James Glasgow told reporters Tuesday he expects a ruling Wednesday.

The judge has said he'll proceed straight to sentencing if he rejects the defense request for a retrial.

The 59-year-old Peterson faces a maximum 60-year prison term for Kathleen Savio's death.

He's also a suspect in the 2007 disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson.

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In West Bank, a space for tutus and pirouettes

Ramallah Ballet Center owner Shyrine Ziadeh decided not to leave the West Bank to study dance, but instead opened a space to cultivate talent and hope among local youth.

By Chelsea Sheasley,?Contributor / February 4, 2013

Shyrine Ziadeh leads one of her three classes at the Ramallah Ballet Center, which she opened in December 2011 with the help of her family.

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The Ramallah Ballet Center, where girls in white tights and pink tutus twirl in front of a long mirror, seems a world away from the street below, where butchered lambs hang for sale, resentment lingers from the last intifada, and horns blare as cars snake dangerously close to each other in the narrow streets.?

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?Doesn?t the music make you feel so peaceful?? asks studio owner Shyrine Ziadeh, as she surveys her students. ?That?s one of my favorite things about dancing.??

Ms. Ziadeh?s dance studio is the first to open in Ramallah and the only one she knows of in the West Bank, following years of foreign instructors teaching lessons out of their homes or in local schools. (Read more about female entrepreneurs in the West Bank here.)

Ziadeh, who grew up in Ramallah, planned to leave the West Bank to study dance abroad after graduating from Birzeit University four years ago. But she changed her mind after she opened the studio last year and saw how popular her classes are. If she leaves, she fears no one will be there for the students.

?The kids here, they have many talents but no one to support them,? she says. ?So when I find a talented girl, I support her with all my heart.? Ziadeh says part of her motivation was the fact that when people around the world think of the Palestinian territories, they don?t see hope or talent, but violence.

Ziadeh sees her studio as place where local kids ? she teaches between 30 and 40 students a month ? can come to have fun in a safe place.

?I want to show the world that as Palestinians, we have talent and can defend our land not only in violence, but in the arts.?

Ziadeh sees the studio as a success, though it?s not yet profitable. She charges 200 shekels (about $55) a month for two classes a week, but some parents can?t afford to pay. The Orthodox Church that owns the studio space has so far allowed her to pay rent late when needed and she?s still repaying a loan her parents gave her.?

Some Israelis who heard about her business offered to give funding, something she?s so far declined in the hopes that Palestinians will be the ones to provide support.

In a region where the political conflict is reflected in so much of society Ziadeh says Israeli-Palestinian politics have complicated her business. She can?t get the costumes she needs because West Bank stores don?t sell them and she doesn?t have a permit to travel 15 miles to Jerusalem to buy them. Instead, she goes to Amman, Jordan to buy the outfits necessary for performances, or has them made by hand.

Hoping for more boys

Another challenge Ziadeh hopes to overcome is gender. Her classes have been predominately female, but she thinks it?s important to involve boys as well because of the impact dance can have on them. She hopes that boys will start to enroll if she offers hip-hop classes.

?The problem is not with the Arab culture,? she says, citing a friend who teaches more boys than girls in the Egyptian royal ballet. ?I think it?s here, the boys want to be more tough.?

Being ready for an intifada is a prominent part of how boys are raised, she says. ?[They say] ?how can I dance when I have to defend my country?? But they can defend the country by dancing,? Ziadeh says.

Fadia Othman, the mother of one of Ziadeh?s students, says the classes help her 6-year-old daughter to be calmer in school.

Hadeel Kamil, a German-Palestinian gum surgeon who also has a daughter in the class, praises the decision of people like Ziadeh who stay in the Palestinian territories, sharing their talents locally instead of moving to a potentially easier and more lucrative life abroad.

"Palestine deserves people who know how to think," Ms. Kamil says.

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Antarctic Penguin Washes Up in New Zealand; May Have Drifted For A Year

The original "Happy Feet" ready for release aboard The New Zealand research vessel Tangaroa in Aug. 2011.

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The original "Happy Feet" ready for release aboard The New Zealand research vessel Tangaroa in Aug. 2011.

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New Zealand seems to be the destination of choice for wayward Antarctic penguins.

The BBC reports that a Royal penguin was found Sunday washed ashore on a beach in New Zealand, where another penguin, a three-year-old emperor dubbed "Happy Feet," turned up in June 2011. Months later, Happy Feet was released, ostensibly destined for a return to his homeland. Sadly though, he is believed to have been eaten, possibly by a shark, sometime after his release into the Southern Ocean.

Veterinarians say the latest arrival, "Happy Feet, Jr.," is being cared for at a Wellington Zoo. Scientists there believe the "young male" may have departed about a year ago from a breeding colony on Macquarie Island, more than 1,200 miles away, and drifting been around since then.

The BBC quotes Lisa Argilla, a vet at the zoo, as saying the flightless aquatic bird had possibly struggled to find enough food and come ashore to go through his seasonal molting.

"It's very weak, doesn't want to stand. It's making very small progress every day but it's still in critical condition," Ms. Argilla told the TVNZ channel.

Argilla told the French news agency AFP that Happy Feet, Jr. was having some kidney trouble and she said "hopefully we can reverse that, feed him up and bring him back to good health," but she added that it's "touch and go for at the moment."

The penguin was found on Sunday by Jenny Boyne, who was walking along Tora beach on New Zealand's Wairarapa coast, says The New Zealand Herald.

"She saved this bird's life. I don't think he would've survived another night without veterinary attention," Argilla said.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/02/20/172508036/antarctic-penguin-washes-up-in-new-zealand-may-have-drifted-for-a-year?ft=1&f=1007

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A Good Day To Die Hard Movie Review | b! buzz | Know your city

Director:?John Moore

Cast:?Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch, Yuliya Snigir and Cole Hauser

b! Says:?***

A Good Day To Die Hard is popcorn fare

With ?A Good Day To Die Hard?, the Die Hard franchise gains a bigger, but not necessarily better, addition. Bigger, because the action is bombastic and there?s Bruce Willis at his wry best (for most, this will be enough said). Far from better, because the thrills are recycled and the plot?s hackneyed. Still, while this is no Nolan-esque action hero reboot, it?s a shot of nostalgia that you will enjoy.

For the fifth installment, the action shifts to Moscow where high political drama is playing out over the arrest and trial of whistleblower Yuri Komarov (Sebastian Koch). A plot to rescue Komarov leads Jack (Jai Courtney) into a tight spot, prompting daddy John (Bruce Willis) to drop everything and scurry over to Russia to save his son. Soon enough, bullets are flying, people are dying, backs are being stabbed (literally and figuratively) thus forcing Jack & John to put their issues aside to save the day.

The only cast member worth mention is Willis and given that he?s the only reason you and we?d go back for more, it?s a relief to see him put in a good act. The action scenes require a serious suspension of logic but they are of the ?Woah!?-inducing sorts. The movie is also dripping with references aplenty to past installments, enough to keep franchise fans grinning in their seats.

But while Willis is in his badass element, our prudish censor board spoil most of the fun with John McClane?s best lines (?Yippie-kai-yay motherfucker?) tragically cut short. Also, the soppy father-son scenes (that play out with a soaring background score) are as exciting as nails dragged across a chalkboard.

Die Hard and Willis junkies need no telling, but even for the uninitiated or the indifferent, this is fun enough popcorn fare.

Source: http://know.burrp.com/b-buzz/a-good-day-to-die-hard-movie-review/49308

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Sen. McConnell: 'President Obama still prefers campaign events to common sense, bipartisan action' - @NBCNews

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Ancient teeth bacteria record disease evolution

Monday, February 18, 2013

DNA preserved in calcified bacteria on the teeth of ancient human skeletons has shed light on the health consequences of the evolving diet and behaviour from the Stone Age to the modern day.

The ancient genetic record reveals the negative changes in oral bacteria brought about by the dietary shifts as humans became farmers, and later with the introduction of food manufacturing in the Industrial Revolution.

An international team, led by the University of Adelaide's Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD) where the research was performed, has published the results in Nature Genetics today. Other team members include the Department of Archaeology at the University of Aberdeen and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge (UK).

"This is the first record of how our evolution over the last 7500 years has impacted the bacteria we carry with us, and the important health consequences," says study leader Professor Alan Cooper, ACAD Director.

"Oral bacteria in modern man are markedly less diverse than historic populations and this is thought to contribute to chronic oral and other disease in post-industrial lifestyles."

The researchers extracted DNA from tartar (calcified dental plaque) from 34 prehistoric northern European human skeletons, and traced changes in the nature of oral bacteria from the last hunter-gatherers, through the first farmers to the Bronze Age and Medieval times.

"Dental plaque represents the only easily accessible source of preserved human bacteria," says lead author Dr Christina Adler, who conducted the research while a PhD student at the University of Adelaide, now at the University of Sydney.

"Genetic analysis of plaque can create a powerful new record of dietary impacts, health changes and oral pathogen genomic evolution, deep into the past."

Professor Cooper says: "The composition of oral bacteria changed markedly with the introduction of farming, and again around 150 years ago. With the introduction of processed sugar and flour in the Industrial Revolution, we can see a dramatically decreased diversity in our oral bacteria, allowing domination by caries-causing strains. The modern mouth basically exists in a permanent disease state."

Professor Cooper has been working on the project with archaeologist and co-Leader Professor Keith Dobney, now at the University of Aberdeen, for the past 17 years. Professor Dobney says: "I had shown tartar deposits commonly found on ancient teeth were dense masses of solid calcified bacteria and food, but couldn't identify the species of bacteria. Ancient DNA was the obvious answer."

However, the team was not able to sufficiently control background levels of bacterial contamination until 2007 when ACAD's ultra-clean laboratories and strict decontamination and authentication protocols became available. The research team is now expanding its studies through time, and around the world, including other species such as Neandertals.

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Co-workers, friends are shaving heads to help Paradise cancer patient

PARADISE ? Coworkers and friends of a Paradise real estate agent who was recently diagnosed with Stage III breast cancer are trying to raise funds to offset her medical expenses.

Alisha Fickert and Cindy Haskett will be shaving their heads this week as a fundraiser for their coworker, Dana Marino, who has been selling homes in Paradise since 1979. They also have several other fundraisers planned.

Anyone interested in donating can address checks to Ridge PC and write "Dana 4 Life" in the memo line. Send them to 7020 Skyway, Paradise, CA 95969.

For information, call Fickert at 624-2111.

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