Asia stocks mixed as Fed, China slowdown weighed

BANGKOK (AP) ? Asian stocks were mixed on Tuesday as speculation that lukewarm U.S. economic indicators would for now keep the Federal Reserve from ending its stimulus program partly offset pessimism linked to slowing Chinese growth.

Tokyo's Nikkei 225, the region's leading index, jumped 1.1 percent to 14,000.22 in morning trading, while Taiwan's Taiex was up 0.1 percent to 8,044.53.

Singapore's Straits Times Index rose 0.8 percent to 3,166.39.

In China, the Shanghai Composite Index fell for a second day. It was down 0.5 percent to 1,985.19 after reports on Monday that Chinese manufacturing weakened in June amid a credit crunch. Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell by 0.5 percent to 20,707.95.

Seoul's Kospi Index declined 0.1 percent to 1,853.27.

The gains in some Asian markets followed a rally on Wall Street after an ISM manufacturing survey for the U.S. that showed a weak rebound in June thanks to new orders and higher production. The survey boosted stock markets as investors estimated it was strong enough to show the recovery is on track, but not so strong as to encourage the Federal Reserve to start ending its monetary stimulus program ahead of time.

The Dow Jones industrial average gained 0.4 percent to 14,974.96 by day's end, while the broader S&P 500 index rose 0.5 percent to 1,614.96 and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.9 percent to 3,434.

"This rebound in the ISM and moderate employment growth in June would leave the Fed on track to start tapering" its bond purchases in September, said Paul Dales, analyst at Capital Economics.

U.S. economic indicators have been one of the main market drivers in recent weeks as investors gauge when the Fed is likely to wind down its stimulus.

After a volatile few weeks, Fed officials are trying to calm investors' concerns about the central bank's planned reduction in monthly purchases of financial assets. Those purchases are aimed at stimulating the economy by pushing down market interest rates, and investors worry that as the economy improves, a pullback could deprive them of cheap borrowing rates.

In that vein, the U.S. monthly jobs report due Friday will get huge attention as it is the most closely watched indicator for the world's largest economy.

Benchmark oil for August delivery was down 4 cents to $97.95 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose $1.43 to close at $97.99 a barrel on Monday.

In currencies, the euro fell to $1.3062 from $1.3065 late Monday in New York. The dollar fell to 99.59 yen from 99.63 yen.

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Times Square could have been next

By Mark Hosenball and Edith Honan

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The two men accused of carrying out last week's bombing of the Boston Marathon planned a second bomb attack on New York's Times Square, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Thursday.

The brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's original intent when they hijacked a car and its driver in Boston last Thursday night was to drive to New York with bombs and detonate them in Times Square, but their plan fell apart when they became embroiled in a shootout with police.

"Last night we were informed by the FBI that the surviving attacker revealed that New York City was next on their list of targets," Bloomberg said at New York City Hall. "He and his older brother intended to drive to New York and detonate those explosives in Times Square."

One law enforcement source said earlier this was based on what surviving suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, told investigators in a Boston hospital. He is recovering from gunshot wounds in Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where he was formally charged on Monday with crimes that could carry the death penalty.

Tsarnaev's attorney, Miriam Conrad, declined to comment on Thursday on whether her wounded client was still talking with investigators.

Meanwhile, the father of the brothers said he planned to travel to the United States from Russia to bury his older son, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was killed in a police shootout.

"I am going to the United States. I want to say that I am going there to see my son, to bury the older one. I don't have any bad intentions. I don't plan to blow up anything," Anzor Tsarnaev told reporters in Makhachkala, the capital of Russia's Dagestan region.

The bombing killed three people and injured 264 others.

Near Washington, the focus remained on intelligence leading up to the Boston Marathon bombing. Tamerlan Tsarnaev had been on a federal database of potential terrorism suspects and that the United States had twice been warned about him by Russian authorities. Congressional testimony earlier in the week had focused on whether the Federal Bureau of Investigation made mistakes in tracking the ethnic Chechen.

"We're in the post-event witch hunt phase, which is predictable," said James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, at a conference in Crystal City, Virginia. "I think it would be a real good idea to not hyperventilate for a while now until we actually get all the facts."

ARREST WARRANT FOR WIFE

Anzor's former wife, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, angrily denied that her son had any role in the attack and criticized police for shooting her 26-year-old son while apprehending him.

Tsarnaeva does not plan to accompany her former husband on his trip. One factor that may have influenced Zubeidat Tsarnaeva's decision not to travel with her former husband is an outstanding arrest warrant in Massachusetts.

A warrant for Zubeidat Tsarnaeva's arrest was issued on October 25 after she failed to make a court appearance on shoplifting-related charges, according to Natick District Court Clerk Brian Kearney.

Tsarnaeva was arrested in June at a Lord & Taylor department store on suspicion of shoplifting $1,624 worth of women's dresses, according to the Natick Police Department.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev's widow, 24-year-old Katherine Russell, also has a criminal record. In 2007, shortly after graduating from high school, she was arrested for stealing five items valued at $67.00 from an Old Navy in Warwick, Rhode Island.

Russell's lawyer, Amato DeLuca, said earlier this week that his client knew nothing about the Tsarnaev brothers' activities.

YOUNGER BROTHER IN HOSPITAL

The U.S. Marshals Service, which is responsible for holding and transporting suspects outside of prison, declined to comment on whether or when Dzhokhar Tsarnaev might be moved from the hospital.

"It is our policy not to comment on prisoner movements until they have been completed," said spokeswoman Lynzey Donahue. "We do ensure that prisoners in our custody receive medical services in a secure environment."

(Additional reporting by Tim McLaughlin, Svea Herbst-Bayliss, Aaron Pressman, Ross Kerber in Boston, Deborah Charles in Crystal City, Virginia and Alissa de Carbonnel in Makhachkala, Russia; Writing by Scot Malone; Editing by Paul Thomasch and Grant McCool)

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Einstein's gravity theory passes toughest test yet

Apr. 25, 2013 ? A strange stellar pair nearly 7,000 light-years from Earth has provided physicists with a unique cosmic laboratory for studying the nature of gravity. The extremely strong gravity of a massive neutron star in orbit with a companion white dwarf star puts competing theories of gravity to a test more stringent than any available before.

Once again, Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, published in 1915, comes out on top.

At some point, however, scientists expect Einstein's model to be invalid under extreme conditions. General Relativity, for example, is incompatible with quantum theory. Physicists hope to find an alternate description of gravity that would eliminate that incompatibility.

A newly-discovered pulsar -- a spinning neutron star with twice the mass of the Sun -- and its white-dwarf companion, orbiting each other once every two and a half hours, has put gravitational theories to the most extreme test yet. Observations of the system, dubbed PSR J0348+0432, produced results consistent with the predictions of General Relativity.

The tightly-orbiting pair was discovered with the National Science Foundation's Green Bank Telescope (GBT), and subsequently studied in visible light with the Apache Point telescope in New Mexico, the Very Large Telescope in Chile, and the William Herschel Telescope in the Canary Islands. Extensive radio observations with the Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico and the Effelsberg telescope in Germany yielded vital data on subtle changes in the pair's orbit.

In such a system, the orbits decay and gravitational waves are emitted, carrying energy from the system. By very precisely measuring the time of arrival of the pulsar's radio pulses over a long period of time, astronomers can determine the rate of decay and the amount of gravitational radiation emitted. The large mass of the neutron star in PSR J0348+0432, the closeness of its orbit with its companion, and the fact that the companion white dwarf is compact but not another neutron star, all make the system an unprecedented opportunity for testing alternative theories of gravity.

Under the extreme conditions of this system, some scientists thought that the equations of General Relativity might not accurately predict the amount of gravitational radiation emitted, and thus change the rate of orbital decay. Competing gravitational theories, they thought, might prove more accurate in this system.

"We thought this system might be extreme enough to show a breakdown in General Relativity, but instead, Einstein's predictions held up quite well," said Paulo Freire, of the Max Planck Institute for Radioastronomy in Germany.

That's good news, the scientists say, for researchers hoping to make the first direct detection of gravitational waves with advanced instruments. Researchers using such instruments hope to detect the gravitational waves emitted as such dense pairs as neutron stars and black holes spiral inward toward violent collisions.

Gravitational waves are extremely difficult to detect and even with the best instruments, physicists expect they will need to know the characteristics of the waves they seek, which will be buried in "noise" from their detectors. Knowing the characteristics of the waves they seek will allow them to extract the signal they seek from that noise.

"Our results indicate that the filtering techniques planned for these advanced instruments remain valid," said Ryan Lynch, of McGill University.

Freire and Lynch worked with a large international team of researchers. They reported their results in the journal Science.

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation, operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc.

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First vaccine to help control autism symptoms

Apr. 24, 2013 ? A first-ever vaccine created by University of Guelph researchers for gut bacteria common in autistic children may also help control some autism symptoms.

The groundbreaking study by Brittany Pequegnat and Guelph chemistry professor Mario Monteiro appears this month in the journal Vaccine.

They developed a carbohydrate-based vaccine against the gut bug Clostridium bolteae.

C. bolteae is known to play a role in gastrointestinal disorders, and it often shows up in higher numbers in the GI tracts of autistic children than in those of healthy kids.

More than 90 per cent of children with autism spectrum disorders suffer from chronic, severe gastrointestinal symptoms. Of those, about 75 per cent suffer from diarrhea, according to current literature.

"Little is known about the factors that predispose autistic children to C. bolteae," said Monteiro. Although most infections are handled by some antibiotics, he said, a vaccine would improve current treatment.

"This is the first vaccine designed to control constipation and diarrhea caused by C. bolteae and perhaps control autism-related symptoms associated with this microbe," he said.

Autism cases have increased almost sixfold over the past 20 years, and scientists don't know why. Although many experts point to environmental factors, others have focused on the human gut.

Some researchers believe toxins and/or metabolites produced by gut bacteria, including C. bolteae, may be associated with symptoms and severity of autism, especially regressive autism.

Pequegnat, a master's student, and Monteiro used bacteria grown by Mike Toh, a Guelph PhD student in the lab of microbiology professor Emma Allen-Vercoe.

The new anti- C. bolteae vaccine targets the specific complex polysaccharides, or carbohydrates, on the surface of the bug.

The vaccine effectively raised C. bolteae-specific antibodies in rabbits. Doctors could also use the vaccine-induced antibodies to quickly detect the bug in a clinical setting, said Monteiro.

The vaccine might take more than 10 years to work through preclinical and human trials, and it may take even longer before a drug is ready for market, Monteiro said.

"But this is a significant first step in the design of a multivalent vaccine against several autism-related gut bacteria," he said.

Monteiro has studied sugar-based vaccines for two other gastric pathogens: Campylobacter jejuni, which causes travellers' diarrhea; and Clostridium difficile, which causes antibiotic-associated diarrhea.

The research was supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council.

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EV Grieve: Out and About in the East Village

Name: Bryan Alejandro Scott
Occupation: Speech Pathologist, Dancer / Dance Teacher
Location: Matilda, 11th Street between Ave B and C
Time: 5 on Wednesday, April 17

I?ve been in the neighborhood for 29 years. I?ve lived in the same place on 12th and C the whole time. I?m a creature of habit. I was born in London and I used to live in Queens, where I went to high school. Part of my life was in London and part of it was in Queens.

We got to the city and I felt that this was one of the greatest neighborhoods. It was slightly unexplored. Most people didn?t even know that anything existed past 3rd Avenue, but we did. Plus it was affordable for us. I feel like some people made it out to be like it was so bad and dangerous, Alphabet City, but I don?t think it was unlike any other community. If you were looking for trouble you could easily find it, but if you were careful about what you did you were safe. There was a lot of respect for neighbors. People worked; people had families; people did their thing. There wasn?t a lot of activity on Avenue C. It was very quiet.

I feel like I?ve always been a jack of many trades. I?ve worked all kinds of jobs. I went to school for speech and language pathology and communication disorders and when I got out of college I worked for the International Paper Company in business as a marketing sales rep.

Now they were very conservative and I think you can tell from the Liberace vest that I?m not. I did the best I could. I was an in-style conservative, but selling paper, for me, I?m not putting it down, but I couldn?t see myself doing it for 20 or 30 years. I also worked in Paris for a year as a makeup artist, I worked for the city as a health coordinator, and eventually I got back into school at NYU and got my masters in speech pathology.

I started late with dancing. I was a gymnast when I was young but it got expensive. I was in high school and I was doing fairly well and I went to gymnastic camps where everybody was into it. But then my coach thought I might benefit if I took ballet class. So I did and from there I developed a love of dance. So I pursued it.

I did some auditions for some plays and through a play I got involved in a workshop for dance and that?s really how I became a Dunham technique, which is a type of modern technique from Katherine Dunham, and eventually got into a Dunham based dance company and performed in Theatre Row from around the 90s through around 2002. I stopped, not because I got too old, but because the director died.

The Dunham technique is a combination of ballet, African and Caribbean movement. It?s a modern technique usually done to drums. Katherine Dunham was the first black female to have a dance company in the United States and she was a person that led the way for many others. People like Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe and Eartha Kitt took classes at the Dunham School.

I?ve parlayed my career from being a dancer to a more of a choreographer and mentor. I started teaching dance out of the lobby of my building. Those kids are probably 25 years old now. I started teaching straight out of college and I progressed to the school system. I now work at the Children?s Workshop School on East 12th street as a speech and language therapist during the day and one day I went to the principal and I said, ?Hey I have this idea, I would like to start a dance company.?

It started as a small experiment, working with special-ed kids. I thought that the kids who had emotional or behavioral problems, if they learned dance and found something that they liked, then their academics would approve. And it did. I do think the arts needs to be back in the schools. I think it will help many children embrace the educational process.

Now we?ve got an after-school program and we meet once a week for two and a half hours and we are ready. The kids are ages 7 to 11. I teach them the Dunham technique, jazz, and other modern techniques. They have to do reports on different people. I want them to know a little bit of everything. We?re called the Experimental Dance Group, EDG.

This year, I?m doing my first fundraiser, which is going to be [tonight, April 24] here at Matilda. It?s a really good family restaurant and the owner?s daughter is actually part of my dance company. This affair is to raise money for costumes and the cost that?s involved with doing what I do because I?m not funded by the school. And it?s a way of giving young people something positive to feel about themselves.

The fundraiser is a disco theme. I love disco; disco was a great time. People don?t realize that disco brought a lot of people together. All races, sexuality, all levels of income. It was a fun, fun period. I don?t know why people got into hating disco. That?s not for this interview, but if you ever want to go into that with me, I can talk to you about that.

Note: Matilda Restaurant hosts Disco With EDG, a disco-themed fundraiser for the Experimental Dance Group tonight at 5. Matilda is located at 647 E. 11th Street at Avenue C. With a $20 donation, guests will receive two drinks and samples of the restaurant's Tuscan-Mexican menu.

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Have you been in the air of planning a Maui holiday? If that?s the case, there is an excellent chance that you might came across Maui holiday apartments. A Maui vacation house is a good spot to spend your nights as well as your days, while on a Maui vacation. Despite how wonderful Maui trip condos are, you first have to find out what they?re before you may start to enjoy some great benefits of them. Regrettably, there are numerous people who, mistakenly, think that they understand what a Maui vacation house is.

Maui vacation apartments are often confused with Maui vacation domiciles. While they do sound somewhat similar, there?s a significant difference involving the two. Maui holiday homes are only that, homes. Essentially, Maui holiday homes are owned by persons who do not reside in the homes themselves. Rather, these homeowners elect to hire their Maui houses out to tourists. Actually, that?s how Maui vacation homes got their names; they are hired out to people who are vacation. Several holiday homes often have a tendency to be single family homes that are found on a small, but relatively individual bit of property. Although Maui vacation domiciles are amazing within their own right, they are not to be confused with Maui vacation apartments.

Maui vacation apartments, also frequently called Maui vacation condos, are living rooms that are usually found inside one large building. In Maui, these buildings come in a number of different sizes and styles, however they are mostly high-rise buildings. Condos in many cases are in comparison to apartments. This isn?t only because they?re located inside large buildings, like the majority of apartments are, but it is also because of what they involve. Several come built with multiple rooms, bathrooms, a room, and a home, while all Maui trip apartments will be different. With regards to the location of the Maui house involved, balconies may also be quite regular.

These are the positioning, Maui holiday condos is found throughout the Maui Island. Actually, trip apartments can be common on all of the Hawaiian Islands. Typically the most popular and well-known condos tend to be those who are found across the Maui coast. These Maui vacation condos are often called Maui seaside vacation condos. What?s nice about boat vacation apartments is that you?re often presented twenty-four hour access to the beach that?s positioned in front of your condo. Along with beachfront vacation condos, there are also several Maui vacation condos that are found inland. These condos are now and again known as Maui in-land vacation condos. These types of vacation condos are well suited for people who are looking to be located.

Above it was mentioned how Maui holiday condos are, in ways, much like apartments. Whilst the living spaces can happen as though they?re like apartments, apartments structures have a tendency to resemble even hotels and sometimes holiday resorts. One of the known reasons for this is because of what guests tend to have access. Again, it?s very important to stress that most Maui holiday condos will vary, but many have a tendency to provide their guests the same or similar accessories. Access is often included by these extras to fitness gyms, pools, and onsite restaurants. The exact same may be said for many Maui holiday resorts and hotels; therefore, the assessment.

Now that you know precisely what Maui trip condos are, there is a good chance that you would want to continue ahead with making your reservations. You can easily make your Maui trip condo reservations directly with the condo owner of your decision, online through online travel websites, or through a travel agent. For the biggest collection of Maui trip apartments, along with the most effective prices, you may want to see what an on the web travel internet site can perform for you, particularly the one that specializes in Hawaii vacations. little cottonwood canyon condominiums

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Facebook Home hits 500,000 installs, but what about active users?

Sometimes a big number is just... a big number

The new "love it or hate it" app out there, Facebook Home, has surpassed a pretty notable milestone in the Play Store today: 500,000 installs. That's half a million installs of an app that many said would appeal to a very small section of people -- those who are presumably "all in" with Facebook. But what does that 500,000 number even mean? Not that much, actually. Any time that someone clicks "install" on the Google Play store, it counts as an install. It doesn't matter if the user never actually launches the app, whether they set it as a default launcher or even whether it stays installed on their phone for more than 10 minutes.

It's kind of like a hamburger restaurant saying "10 million customers served". Well, sure they were served, but did they actually enjoy the food? Lots of users may be taking one bite out of Facebook Home and throwing it in the trash, and the Google Play numbers simply don't reflect that.

The real number we'd love to take a look at is active installs. How many people have installed Facebook Home, then continued to use it. Given the current ratings it is receiving in the play store -- an average of 2.2 out of 5 -- we have to guess that number is well below 500,000. And without that "active installs" number, we don't believe there's any comment to be made about the success of Home this early in the game.

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Big scramble seen in open Senate seat in Georgia

ATLANTA (AP) ? A rare open U.S. Senate seat in Georgia promises a scrambled 2014 campaign that already has some Republicans quietly nervous about retaining it.

Democrat Barack Obama lost the state in both of his White House races, and it's a seat that Republicans cannot afford to lose as they try to regain a Senate majority for the final two years of his presidency.

The question is whether a bruising party primary becomes a liability, particularly if voters nominate U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, who once called evolution and the Big Bang Theory "lies straight from the pit of hell."

Broun and U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey, both conservative physicians, are the only Republicans to announce officially since incumbent Saxby Chambliss said he will retire. But the GOP primary field eventually could include as many as a half-dozen candidates with a credible shot at a runoff spot.

Broun, whose district includes the University of Georgia in Athens, drew national headlines last year for that science commentary he delivered at a church. He's flouted GOP leaders on recent fiscal votes, saying the party's position wasn't conservative enough.

In a recent fundraising letter, he boasted that he was the first member of Congress to call Obama "a socialist who embraces Marxist-Leninist policies."

That makes Broun a tea party and evangelical favorite. To other Republicans, however, such comments stir memories of 2012 losses in Senate races in Missouri and Indiana where the GOP nominees, Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock, made controversial comments about women, rape and abortion.

"There's no question that the Republican Party in Georgia and the nation are concerned that we could have another Todd Akin-type scenario here," said Heath Garrett, a Republican campaign consultant and former top aide to U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson.

Democrats control 55 seats in the Senate, and Republicans would need to hang on to the ones they control now and pick up six more next year to take control for the first time since 2006.

At least one more Georgia congressman is likely to jump in, and a trio of Washington outsiders is considering the race: a wealthy Atlanta businesswoman who helped bankroll a Mitt Romney's presidential campaign; the former Susan G. Komen Foundation executive who took on Planned Parenthood; and the cousin of former Gov. Sonny Perdue.

"It's going to be a free-for-all with a lot of dominoes," said Sue Everhart, the head of the state GOP.

Isakson said he's neutral in the primary.

National conservative groups FreedomWorks and Club for Growth, which have helped tea party candidates such as Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas win high-profile races, say many candidates have talked to them about support. For now, both groups say they're watching the field develop. It would be a blow to Broun if he can't harness the support of either.

Democrats believe they can tap into the Missouri-Indiana playbook, particularly if U.S. Rep. John Barrow, a moderate from Augusta, runs. Barrow has survived consecutive elections as one of national Republicans' top House targets.

The state Democratic chairman, Mike Berlon, said Barrow has detractors among core Democrats for his vote against Obama's health care law, but said he'd expect enthusiasm at any opportunity to win back Chambliss' seat.

Berlon said the congressman is an ideal candidate to assemble a majority coalition of African-Americans, white urban liberals, suburban moderates and just enough rural conservatives. "We're already close," he said, noting that Obama got 47 percent in 2008 and 45.5 percent in 2012 "without the national party lifting a finger."

Garrett said that "if the Republican nominee scares suburban whites, John Barrow becomes a very formidable candidate."

Barrow has held meetings with major Democratic donors in Georgia and talked with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee leaders, but has not announced his intentions.

The only other Democrat making strong overtures is Michelle Nunn, a not-for-profit executive who's the daughter of former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga.

Berlon said he expects Nunn and Barrow to meet soon to "talk about who's going to run."

On the Republican side, U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston of Savannah is expected to enter the race soon. He raised $843,000 in the first three months of the year, about 10 times what he collected during the same span two years ago when he was preparing only for an easy re-election to his 11th term.

Rep. Tom Price, vice chairman of the House Budget Committee, has said he won't make a move until after Congress passes a budget. But he's also got to consider that many high-profile GOP donors and strategists are lining up behind Gingrey or Kingston.

The longer Price waits, the more likely it is that Karen Handel, a former Georgia secretary of state, will run. The two are close friends.

After losing the 2010 Republican primary runoff for governor, Handel worked for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. She resigned amid controversy over her push to dissociate the organization from Planned Parenthood, a provider of women's health care and abortion services.

Two electoral newcomers would bring their personal wealth to the campaign.

Businessman David Perdue also has name ID as the cousin of a popular former governor.

Kelly Loeffler is a co-owner of the Atlanta-based company that recently bought the New York Stock Exchange and Atlanta's professional women's basketball team. She's never run for office but is one of the top fundraisers for Romney last year. She's been increasingly active in Georgia Republican political circles.

Chip Lake, a paid strategist for Gingrey, said the uncertainty makes it difficult to handicap the race.

Against Broun alone, Gingrey is a mainstream social and fiscal conservative, but he also caught heat earlier this year when he defended Akin.

Gingrey apologized, calling his own remarks "stupid." In a three-man race, Kingston becomes a favorite of many Chamber of Commerce Republicans. But Kingston also is from south Georgia, far from the population center of Atlanta, where Gingrey has won elections for decades.

Broun has just $217,000 in his campaign account, about one-tenth of his House rivals and not enough for one week of television ads in Atlanta. But he's also got a strong grass-roots following.

Handel can capitalize on experience in government, while still being an outsider to an unpopular Congress. She could be a particularly strong candidate if she's the only woman in the race.

But Loeffler could neutralize any gender advantage. Handel can use the Planned Parenthood flap to boost her conservative credentials, but she's had run-ins with staunch anti-abortion groups because she supports policy exceptions for rape, incest and to allow for in-vitro fertilization.

Loeffler can sell her success story and roots on an Illinois farm. But she'd still have to introduce herself to small town and rural Georgia as a millionaire from Atlanta.

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Benson Henderson defends belt, then proposes to girlfriend at UFC on FX 7

UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson won a very close decision over Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox 7. With the win, he held onto his gold championship belt, but right after the decision was read, another piece of jewelry was on his mind.

With the crowd in San Jose booing, Henderson's girlfriend, Maria Magana, was led into the Octagon. Henderson told UFC commentator Joe Rogan, "I gotta see about a girl real quick." He motioned to one of his cornermen, who pulled a small jewelry box out of his pocket and handed it to Henderson. The champ then dropped to one knee and popped the question.

"I love you. I'm not perfect. I never have been, but you make me happier every single day than any man has a right to be. I love you. Will you marry me?"

[Related: Benson Henderson's controversial win caps off thrilling night]

Magana answered yes, even as the crowd continued to boo. The post-fight proposal had to be approved by several parties including UFC president Dana White and Magana's father.

The happy couple posed for a picture right after the fight.

The night could have very easily been much less joyful for the couple, as Henderson's win was razor-close. Melendez, the Strikeforce champion who was making his UFC debut, started strong. He neutralized Henderson by landing several kicks.

But as the fight wore on into the fourth and fifth rounds, the momentum turned towards Henderson. He finished with impressive flurries late in the third round, and was able to land enough kicks on Melendez that a welt appeared on his leg. Melendez slowed down, but neither fighter was able to consistently apply offense.

That didn't matter to Henderson after the bout.

"There's a lot of bigger things than fighting, and I had to take care of one of those things tonight," Henderson told Rogan after the successful fight and proposal.

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Doctor: Dead bomb suspect had wounds 'head to toe'

BOSTON (AP) ? A doctor involved in treating the Boston Marathon bombing suspect who died in a gunbattle with police says he had injuries head to toe and all limbs intact when he arrived at the hospital.

Dr. David Schoenfeld said 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev was unconscious and had so many penetrating wounds when he arrived at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center early Friday that it isn't clear which ones killed him, and a medical examiner will have to determine the cause of death.

The second bombing suspect, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was in serious condition at the same hospital after his capture Friday night. The FBI has not allowed hospital officials to say any more about his wounds or condition.

Schoenfeld lives in the Boston suburb of Watertown and heard explosions from the shootout between the two brothers and police early Friday. He called the hospital to alert staff they likely would be getting injured people, then rushed in to coordinate preparations.

"We had three or four trauma teams in different rooms set up and ready," unsure of whether they would be treating a bombing suspect, injured police or bystanders, Schoenfeld said.

The older Tsarnaev's clothes had been cut off by emergency responders at the scene, so if he had been wearing a vest with explosives, he wasn't by the time he arrived at the hospital, the doctor said.

"From head to toe, every region of his body had injuries," he said. "His legs and arms were intact ? he wasn't blown into a million pieces" ? but he lost a pulse and was in cardiac arrest, meaning his heart and circulation had stopped, so CPR, or cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, was started.

Schoenfeld did not address police's assertion that Tsarnaev was run over by a car driven by his brother as he fled the gunfire.

The doctor said he couldn't discuss specific treatments in the case except to say what is usually done in such circumstances, including putting a needle in the chest to relieve pressure that can damage blood vessels, and cutting open the chest and using rib-spreaders to let doctors drain blood in the sac around the heart that can put pressure on the heart and keep it from beating.

"Once you've done all of those things ... if they don't respond there's really nothing you can do. You've exhausted the playbook," he said.

After 15 minutes of unsuccessful treatment, doctors pronounced him dead.

"We did everything we could" to try to save his life, Schoenfeld said.

How did the medical team react to treating the bombing suspect?

"There was some discussion in the emergency room about who it was. That discussion ended pretty quickly," Schoenfeld said. "It really doesn't matter who the person is. We're going to treat them as best we can."

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Lost in Translation

The oath of American citizenship at a naturalization ceremony Wednesday in New York City

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The Senate?s big-ticket hearing on immigration reform had been planned, fought over, and mooted for weeks. It would decide whether Marco Rubio stayed at the table or marched away! It would grip Capitol Hill reporters, finally able to cover a bill that might pass without a last-minute crisis-driven kludge!

Or it would happen right as the nation turned its teary eyes to Boston and the area-wide manhunt for the 19-year-old immigrant suspected of setting up two devastating bombs along the route of the Boston Marathon. The hearing went forward?there?d been debate about whether it could?with a rump of special witnesses versed in economics-speak, but it made news only when the Senate?s best-known slayer of deer went after the elephant in the room.

?We appreciate the ability to talk about immigration, particularly in light of the events in Boston,? said Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley. The Republican ranking member of the committee had just linked Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to the entire immigration infrastructure. Solving the crime in Boston, said Grassley, would ?help shed light on the weaknesses in our system.?

Democrats and Republicans shoved back, immediately. ?I?d like to ask that all of us not jump to conclusions regarding the events in Boston,? said New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, one of eight senators who midwifed the immigration deal. ?In general, we?re a safer country when law enforcement knows who is here, has their fingerprints, photos, etc; has conducted background checks; in general, no longer needs to look for needles in haystacks.?

National tragedies have a funny way of convincing politicians that they were right all along. The Boston bombings were shaping the immigration debate days before any hard information emerged about a suspect. When a few outlets falsely suggested that a ?Saudi national? had been nabbed, Iowa Rep. Steve King saw new reason to ?take a look at the visa-waiver program.? Arizona Sen. John McCain wondered whether the crisis ?may be an argument for the kind of things we?re talking about.?

But the suspect isn?t a foreign national. There are two suspects, neither of whom needed a fresh visa to stay in the United States. They arrived here 11 and nine years ago. Tamerlan Tsarnaev carried a green card; Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was naturalized on Sept. 11, 2012. They joined a relative in the United States after living in, then fleeing, former Soviet republics along the Caucuses. In a TV interview, their uncle Ruslan Tsnari said that the brothers ?got their start as refugees, refugees from war.?

How would the immigration bill, as written, have affected them? It might not have changed anything. It would allow any child or parent of a spouse of a U.S. citizen to come ashore and earn citizenship. After an 18-month period it?ll crack down on siblings of American citizens. Current law, according to Sen. Schumer, has already been tweaked the right way: ?Both the refugee program and the asylum program have been strengthened in the last five years such that we are much more careful about screening people and determining who should and should not be in the country.?

Terrific! And irrelevant in Boston. In the first, furtive speculation about the suspects, politicians were expecting to talk about student visas, for people just arrived in the country. Muhammad Atta got a tourist visa to the United States just 18 months before he hijacked American Airlines Flight 11. But the Tsarnaevs, as the president of Chechnya was so ready to remind us, belonged to the United States.

Immigration reformers are going to bring up Boston anyway. In an interview with C-Span, Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez argued that a robust legalization and background check program would free up money for counterterrorism. ?If you legalize 11 million people now, there?s a whole bunch of people you can take right off the table,? he said. ?Now there?s a smaller community of people that you can use that $18 billion to go after.?

Sounds great, unless you?re a member of some ?smaller community.? New York Rep. Peter King used the facts about Boston to make the case?as he does, all the time?for more monitoring of Muslims in the United States. ?I think we need more police and more surveillance in the communities where the threat is coming from,? he told National Review, ?whether it?s the ? Italian community with the mafia or the Muslim community with the Islamic terrorists.?

That?s not really part of immigration policy, though. It?s not obvious that any of that would have collared someone like Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who?s been remembered all day on social media as a Jay-Z quoting pothead. Maybe we?re headed for a discussion about radicalization of Muslims in America, the kind that the United Kingdom has had for years, the kind that King wants. But on immigration, the most doable reforms are going to affect people whose stories sound nothing like the Tsarnaevs.

Late on Friday, I talked to Haider Javed Warraich, a resident at the hospital that declared Tsarnaev?s brother dead. Two days earlier, he?d published a New York Times column about his fear that the suspect would look like him, or at least bow to Mecca. He?d been half right.

?My wife and I were hoping to have a baby this year,? said Warraich. ?I don't know what the effect will be. If our parents wanted to visit us, could they? In the past, when something like this has happened, visa issuances, visa policy, become much more strict. That's very true when you're coming from Pakistan.?

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Workers comp battle involving professional athletes comes to Fresno

by John Ellis on April 19, 2013

The pitched battle over proposed legislation that would limit the ability of professional athletes in other states to file workers compensation claims in California came to Fresno Friday afternoon.

Zack Follett, a Clovis High graduate who went on to play football at Cal, and then professionally for the Detroit Lions, was the featured speaker.

Zack Follett

?Because I played for Detroit, they?re saying that I do not have a right to file in California, even though I am a native here and I did play games here,? Follett said.

Follett played one season and part of a second for the Lions before suffering a career-ending neck injury in 2010 in a game against the Giants played at Giants Stadium in New Jersey. During his National Football League career, he played one game in California ? Dec. 27, 2009 vs. the San Francisco 49ers.

A workers compensation insurance claim has been filed by Follett in California against the Detroit Lions for his future medical care and disability compensation.

Friday?s location was chosen because it was outside the downtown Fresno office of Assembly Member Henry T. Perea, a Fresno Democrat who is the sponsor of Assembly Bill 1309.

The bill would deny California benefits to professional athletes in baseball, basketball, football, hockey and soccer whose teams are not California-based and who only played occasionally in the state during their careers.

A hearing on the bill is scheduled Tuesday before the Assembly Insurance Committee, which Perea chairs, said Steve Hopcraft, who represents opponents of the legislation.

Henry T. Perea

Those opponents claim it is an effort by ?billionaire NFL owners? to get out of paying its players for injuries suffered during their playing years. They say owners are now aware that the long-term costs could be significant because of brain trauma that leads to diseases such as dementia and Alzheimer?s disease.

?AB 1309 is a bill written by some of the richest individuals in this country ? billionaires, multi-multi millionaires who own NFL teams and other major sports league franchises,? Hopcraft said.

In a statement released Friday afternoon, Perea said:

?The question isn?t whether Zack Follett or any former professional athlete should be able to file for workers? compensation benefits ? because they absolutely should. The question is where.?

Perea said he was ?sympathetic to Zack?s story.?

But, he added, ?we need to set some clear and minimal standards for professional athletes because California teams and California businesses can?t continue to foot the bill for thousands of claimants who didn?t work here and weren?t specifically injured here.?

Perea also said that Follett, in particular, wouldn?t be affected by AB 1309, whether it passes or not. The reason, Perea said, is that ?the courts have already decided that players who sign contracts with enforceable ?choice of forum? provisions, as Zack did, are already required to file in the employer?s home state. He?s obligated to file in Michigan.?

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Judge suspends genocide trial of Guatemala's Rios Montt

By Mike McDonald

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A judge suspended the genocide trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt on Thursday, saying all actions taken since November 2011 are void in the case of the retired general charged with war crimes.

Judge Patricia Flores told a court in Guatemala City that the order had come from the country's top courts to suspend the trial because she had been wrongly removed from the case, prompting complaints that the ruling made a mockery of justice.

Rios Montt, 86, who ruled between 1982-1983, was ordered to trial for genocide and crimes against humanity in January to answer for a counterinsurgency plan that killed over 1,700 members of the Ixil indigenous group during Guatemala's long civil war.

For decades, Rios Montt avoided prosecution, protected as a congressman by a law that grants immunity to public officials.

He left Congress in 2012 and Flores formally charged him with genocide and war crimes in January that year.

Rios Montt has denied the charges and his lawyers argued that procedural errors meant the trial should be annulled. Flores became a focal point of the lawyers' efforts.

In November 2011, a lawyer representing another man then under investigation with Rios Montt won a decision to recuse Flores from the case on the grounds she would not be impartial. But she was not informed of the ruling until 2012.

She then stood down from proceedings, whereupon prosecuting attorneys appealed that decision. Finally, last month a court declared that Flores should not have been recused.

That prompted Rios Montt's lawyers to argue that Flores should have been handling the case from the start.

Flores said Guatemala's constitutional court and the supreme court of justice had therefore ordered her to be reinstated and for the case to be rolled back to when she was recused. Prosecutors said they would appeal that ruling.

"This makes a mockery of the law," said state prosecutor Orlando Lopez. "Returning the entire process back to a previous phase that has already concluded is illegal."

Earlier on Thursday, Rios Montt's lawyers stormed out of the court after arguing the process needed to be reset, and left him sitting alone in the courtroom without legal counsel. He tried to reach his lawyers by telephone, but got no answer.

Prosecutors allege that Rios Montt, an army general before becoming head of a junta that ruled Guatemala, turned a blind eye during the 1960-1996 civil war as soldiers used rape, torture and arson to rid Guatemala of leftist insurgents.

His defense team has argued Rios Montt had no control over battlefield operations and that genocide did not take place.

(Editing by Simon Gardner, Philip Barbara, Christopher Wilson and Lisa Shumaker; Writing by Dave Graham)

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Plea on cancer patients' fuel bills

Fuel poverty is a major problem among cancer patients who often feel the cold much more, a charity said

19 April 2013

Almost 40% of cancer patients in Northern Ireland cannot afford to pay their winter fuel bills, a new report claims.

Many are struggling to meet financial commitments such as travel for medical appointments, with three-quarters finding themselves an average ?290 worse off every month after being diagnosed with the illness, according to research.

Macmillan Cancer Support has now called on the Stormont executive in Belfast to offer victims an immediate payment of ?100 to help fund heating costs. Northern Ireland general manager Heather Monteverde said: "This will be a lifeline for many."

The scale of the plight facing patients in Northern Ireland was revealed in a UK-wide study carried out by the University of Bristol. Many are under serious pressure to pay household bills or buy essentials. The self-employed and those with children are the hardest hit, according to the survey, with almost 40% of patients unable to keep their homes adequately warm in winter because they cannot afford it.

More than one in 10 (11%) missed a fuel payment in the past year, while over half (51%) said their fuel bills increased by ?18 a month after diagnosis - more than double the increase experienced by patients in the rest of the UK.

The survey revealed that 16% used an unauthorised overdraft, one in 10 missed a payment on a loan or credit card and 7% were unable to pay their rates at least once in the year. High travel costs meant 67% of patients questioned were paying ?76 a month just to get to medical appointments.

Macmillan in Northern Ireland has already developed a network of specialist benefits advice services which helped people with cancer claim more than ?20 million in six years. The charity has also given out ?3 million in grants to patients struggling to cope. Without that, the situation would have been much worse.

Ms Monteverde said the new research confirmed that cancer came with real costs which must not be ignored and, combined with the current recession and with the as yet unknown impacts of welfare reform, the cost was hitting the most vulnerable hardest. Even though the research found the average cost of cancer is ?290 a month, many patients are hit with much higher costs.

Macmillan urged the Executive to develop a long-term plan to tackle fuel poverty as well as offering cancer patients an immediate lifeline by making a commitment to repeat the ?100 payment it gave cancer patients in February last year.

Ms Monteverde added: "Fuel poverty is a major problem among cancer patients who often feel the cold much more and the problem is worse for NI patients who often need to rely on costly oil or coal heating. We want the Executive to commit to repeating the ?100 fuel payment to help cancer patients pay for their heating. This will be a lifeline for some of those struggling to pay their bills. However, in the long term it is vital that the Executive comes up with a comprehensive strategy to tackle fuel poverty so that no cancer patient has to worry about turning on the heating."

Source: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/plea-on-cancer-patients-fuel-bills-29206959.html

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DARPA flaunts HD heat vision camera small enough to carry into battle

Thermal imaging cameras are highly useful tools for military and law enforcement types, letting them see humans inside buildings or land a helicopter in the fog. High-definition models are too heavy for servicemen to tote, however, so DARPA and a private partner have built a 1,280 x 720 LIWR (long-wave infrared) imager with pixels a mere five microns in diameter. That's smaller than infrared light's wavelength, allowing for a slighter device without giving up any resolution or sensitivity while costing much less, to boot. Researchers say that three functional prototypes have performed as well as much larger models, allowing them to see through a simulated dust storm, among other tests. If DARPA ever lets such goodies fall into civvy hands, count us in -- you can never have too much security.

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Gene regulates heart's ability to regenerate after injuries

Apr. 17, 2013 ? Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a specific gene that regulates the heart's ability to regenerate after injuries.

The function of the gene, called Meis1, in the heart was not known previously. The findings of the UTSW investigation are available online in Nature.

"We found that the activity of the Meis1 gene increases significantly in heart cells soon after birth, right around the time heart muscle cells stop dividing. Based on this observation we asked a simple question: If the Meis1 gene is deleted from the heart, will heart cells continue to divide through adulthood? The answer is 'yes'," said Dr. Hesham Sadek, assistant professor of internal medicine in the division of cardiology, and senior author of the study.

In 2011, Dr. Sadek's laboratory showed that the newborn mammalian heart is capable of a vigorous, regenerative response to injury through division of its own cells. As the newborn develops, the heart rapidly loses the ability to regenerate and to repair injuries such as heart attacks.

The research team demonstrated that deletion of Meis1 extended the proliferation period in the hearts of newborn mice, and also re-activated the regenerative process in the adult mouse heart without harmful effect on cardiac functions. This new finding demonstrates that Meis1 is a key factor in the regeneration process, and the understanding of the gene's function may lead to new therapeutic options for adult heart regeneration. The findings also provide a possible alternative to current adult heart regeneration research, which focuses on the use of stem cells to replace damaged heart cells.

"Meis1 is a transcription factor, which acts like a software program that has the ability to control the function of other genes. In this case, we found that Meis1 controls several genes that normally act as brakes on cell division," Dr. Sadek said. "As such, Meis1 could possibly be used as an on/off switch for making adult heart cells divide. If done successfully, this ability could introduce a new era in treatment for heart failure."

According to the American Heart Association, almost 6 million people in the U.S. have heart failure, which occurs when the heart cannot pump enough blood and oxygen to support other organs. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The study received support from the American Heart Association, the Gilead Research Scholars Program in Cardiovascular Disease, the Foundation for Heart Failure Research, and the National Institutes of Health.

The co-first authors of the study are Dr. Ahmed I. Mahmoud, who is now a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University; Dr. Fatih Kocabas, who is now a postdoctoral fellow at North American College; and Dr. Shalini A. Muralidhar, a postdoctoral research fellow II of internal medicine. Other researchers at UT Southwestern involved in the study are Wataru Kimura, a visiting senior researcher of internal medicine; Ahmed Koura, now a medical student at Ain Shams University in Egypt; Dr. Enzo Porrello, research fellow and faculty member at the University of Queensland in Australia; and Suwannee Thet, a research associate of internal medicine.

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UF's first Exotic Pet Amnesty Day accepts unwanted animals | WUFT ...

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UF student Christina Pilla holds a bearded dragon.

The University of Florida?s Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation held its first Exotic Pet Amnesty Day Tuesday to help pet owners get rid of risky, exotic animals.

Steve Johnson, wildlife ecology associate professor, said the event was designed to allow pet owners to donate their exotic animals without penalty.

?It?s an opportunity for people to bring in exotic animals they no longer want or can no longer care for,? Johnson said.

On Tuesday, five animals were donated: a gopher snake, a red tail boa, a bearded dragon, a turtle and?a prairie dog.

Johnson said the event was not advertised to the entire Gainesville community because the department wanted to make sure it could handle the number of animals that came in and that the event was a success.

?I?m happy with it,? Johnson said. ??In addition to the animals that have come in we, I think, are doing a good job of educating students and educating the public about the issues with non-native animals in Florida.?

He said donated animals will be placed with approved, adoptive parents.

Casey Christ wrote this story online.?

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Currency wars less of an issue for G20, Canadian finance official ...

OTTAWA ? Finance officials from the world?s leading economies will be less focused on ?currency wars? at meetings this week despite recent attention on Japan?s aggressive monetary policy, according to a senior Canadian finance official on Tuesday.

Asked how finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies would react to Japan?s massive bond-buying scheme and the impact on its currency, the official suggested exchange rate issues were not as hot an agenda item as they were at the last meeting in Moscow in February.

The G20 meeting takes place in Washington on Thursday and Friday.

There continues to be a need for coordinated exchange rate adjustment to foster a stronger economic recovery, the official said, without naming any countries. He spoke on the condition he not be named or quoted.

Canada supports Japan?s actions to kickstart its economy and the G20 more broadly seeks to ensure all countries? policies target their domestic economies and not foreign exchange rates to gain a competitive advantage.

The United States, on the other hand, put Japan on notice last week that it was watching its economic policies to ensure they were not aimed at devaluing the yen.

The Bank of Japan launched a massive bond-buying program earlier this month to try to shock its economy out of stagnation. The policy sharply undercut the value of the yen and Japanese officials made some comments last year that suggested they might be targeting a weaker yen.

G20 finance officials may also touch on the surprising drop in gold prices in their talks, but only as part of broader assessment of the overall outlook for financial markets and the global economy, the official said.

That discussion will include the implications of the Cyprus crisis on asset prices and a prognosis of where those prices are headed, he said.

There is no agreement yet on another big area of coordinated policies ? reducing public debt.

G20 members agree on the need to strengthen their commitment to cut deficits and debt beyond 2016 but have not reached an agreement on the details of such a pledge that would reflect each country?s specific circumstances, the official said.

One question in the talks is whether the Europeans? own target of cutting their debt to 60% of gross domestic product could be applied to all, he said.

Canada and India co-chair the committee on the framework for growth, which is responsible for this issue.

According to a document obtained by Reuters, the co-chairs put forth a proposal for discussion at the upcoming meeting that would see countries agreeing to cut their public debt to well below 90% of gross domestic product in the longer term.

But the official stressed that there were a range of options on the table and none of them had been endorsed by anyone in particular.

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From Boston to Bay Area, running tributes abound

Conn Jackson, of Atlanta, right, wears a shirt decorated with the flag of the United States as he takes part in an organized moment of silence and memorial run to show solidarity with victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, Tuesday, April 16, 2013, in Atlanta. The explosions Monday afternoon killed at least three people and injured more than 140. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Conn Jackson, of Atlanta, right, wears a shirt decorated with the flag of the United States as he takes part in an organized moment of silence and memorial run to show solidarity with victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, Tuesday, April 16, 2013, in Atlanta. The explosions Monday afternoon killed at least three people and injured more than 140. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

John Tackett, of Atlanta, left, weeps during an organized moment of silence and memorial run to show solidarity with victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, Tuesday, April 16, 2013, in Atlanta. The explosions Monday afternoon killed at least three people and injured at least 100 others. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Runners observe a moment of silence before the start of an organized memorial run to show solidarity with victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, Tuesday, April 16, 2013, in Atlanta. The explosions Monday afternoon killed at least three people and injured at least 100 others. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Reginald Bohannon, of Atlanta, runs along Peachtree Street in an organized moment of silence and memorial run to show solidarity with victims of the Boston Marathon bombings, Tuesday, April 16, 2013, in Atlanta. The explosions Monday afternoon killed at least three people and injured at least 100 others. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Runners job along Peachtree Street as part of an organized moment of silence and memorial run to show solidarity with victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, Tuesday, April 16, 2013, in Atlanta. The explosions Monday afternoon killed at least three people and injured at least 100 others. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Thousands of miles from the Boston Marathon bombings, distance runners shared in the sorrow.

To honor the victims and deal with their own emotions, they banded together Tuesday like runners do ? by putting on their shoes and going for a jog.

The day after explosions near the finish line of one of the world's most prestigious races killed at least three people, wounded so many more and shook the thousands who gathered to watch, middle-of-the-pack runners all over the country offered tributes.

The Twitter hashtag "runforboston" turned into a virtual meeting spot for a steady, somber stream of social media users eager to show solidarity with those hurt in the blasts ? along with pride in their sport ? by pounding the pavement, even for just a few miles.

Some Boston College students used Facebook to plan a walk of the marathon's last five miles on Friday afternoon "to stand united" with runners who didn't finish, bystanders who were injured and those who lost their lives.

"We will walk to show that we decide when our marathon ends," the invitation read. As of mid-afternoon on Tuesday, more than 12,000 people clicked on "join" to signal their participation.

Mike Ewoldt, the co-owner of a running equipment store based in Omaha, Neb., had previously organized an informal run for Tuesday evening to test a new shoe brand. He shifted gears to turn the event into a memorial for the victims.

"Everybody looks at Boston as the pinnacle of running. First, you have to qualify and meet a standard to get to Boston. If you qualify, you have two years to run it. It is a one-time shot for a lot of them. They may never get this opportunity again," Ewoldt said.

Ewoldt, like many in the massive community that is distance running, wanted to show he cared.

No other sport is so available to the public, with a good pair of shoes and a positive attitude all that's needed to take part. Though the elites from Ethiopia and Kenya compete for big money in the most famous of the marathons, clicking off 5-minute miles, average athletes of all ages, backgrounds and sizes are behind them on the course running the very same race.

Then there are the tens of thousands of family members and friends who pack along the courses to clap for their loved ones and hustle through traffic jams to cheer at the next spot, and the locals who stand outside their houses to shout encouraging words to people they've never met.

Hallie Von Rock, a 36-year-old attorney from Alameda, Calif., planned to take time out of her work day to run six miles. She qualified for the Boston Marathon with a time of 3:27 but was unable to make this year's race.

"After this happened, I thought, 'I've got to do it.' I think it would be good," Von Rock said. "People train so hard for this, and their family and supporters are there in the stands, and a kid who was waiting for his dad. It's terrible."

The See Jane Run store in nearby Oakland, Calif., planned a 3-mile candlelight-and-flashlight vigil for Thursday night. In West Virginia, the Huntington Road Runners organized a 2.6-mile run for the evening, starting at Marshall University.

Ricky Campbell, the secretary of the 150-member club, said candles will be lighted prior to the start. Campbell said he ran the Boston Marathon in 2012 and was supposed to repeat the feat this year but couldn't make it work.

"In my eyes, I can still see it," Campbell said. "I'm thanking God that He made me not have plans to be in Boston Monday, to make me stay home. I couldn't imagine being in that at the moment."

John Bozung, a 60-year-old runner from Orem, Utah, will extend his streak to 216 consecutive months with a 26.2-mile race by running the Salt Lake City Marathon on Saturday. Bozung wore his blue-and-gold 2012 Boston Marathon shirt and black visor on Tuesday, the same outfit he's planning to put on Saturday.

In Morristown, Tenn., a local running and hiking club turned an already-planned 4-mile run into a Boston tribute. One of the organizers, John Smyth, said he expected to triple the usual turnout to about 75 people.

"There'll probably be some tears shed and moments of silence. This is devastating," said Smyth, who wore a T-shirt on Tuesday from a previous race, the Woodstock 5K in Anniston, Ala.

Smyth went on describe the sense of belonging he's experienced in this sport.

"You're trying to beat the guy running beside you, but at the same time you're building camaraderie with everyone there," Smyth said. "Everyone in the race ahead of you, everyone in the race behind you, you're all like best friends. Once you cross that finish line, you're crossing it to share in everyone's glory."

On Tuesday, they shared in everyone's pain.

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AP Sports Writers Lynn DeBruin in Salt Lake City, Janie McCauley in San Francisco, Eric Olson in Omaha, Neb., Anne M. Peterson in Portland, Ore., John Raby in Charleston, W.Va. and Teresa M. Walker in Nashville, Tenn., contributed to this report.

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