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RAMALLAH, West Bank ? A senior Hamas figure says that rival Palestinian leaders have quietly decided to keep their respective governments in the West Bank and Gaza in place until elections are held.
This arrangement would make it less risky for West Bank-based Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to pursue reconciliation with the widely shunned Islamic militant Hamas group, which rules Gaza.
It would bypass the contentious issue of forming an interim Palestinian unity government before elections, tentatively scheduled for May.
The Hamas figure says the understanding was reached in talks last week between Abbas and Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal. He spoke on condition of anonymity because the leaders have not made their decision public.
An Abbas envoy, Azzam al-Ahmed, denied on Saturday that such a deal had been made.
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Gregory Porter, left, one of three U.S. students arrested during a demonstration in Cairo, and his attorney Theodore Simon, second from right, speak to members of the news media after arriving at Philadelphia International Airport, in Philadelphia, on Saturday Nov. 26, 2011, after an Egyptian court ordered the release of Porter and two other U.S. students who were arrested for throwing firebombs at security forces said Egyptian officials. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)
Gregory Porter, left, one of three U.S. students arrested during a demonstration in Cairo, and his attorney Theodore Simon, second from right, speak to members of the news media after arriving at Philadelphia International Airport, in Philadelphia, on Saturday Nov. 26, 2011, after an Egyptian court ordered the release of Porter and two other U.S. students who were arrested for throwing firebombs at security forces said Egyptian officials. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)
Gregory Porter, center, one of three U.S. students arrested during a demonstration in Cairo, walks with his mother Nancy Hansen, left, upon arriving at Philadelphia International Airport, in Philadelphia, on Saturday Nov. 26, 2011, after an Egyptian court ordered the release of Porter and two other U.S. students who were arrested for throwing firebombs at security forces said Egyptian officials. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)
FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011 file image from Egyptian state television, three American students are displayed to the camera by Egyptian authorities following their arrest during protests in Cairo, where an Egyptian official said they were throwing firebombs at security forces. A spokeswoman for the American University in Cairo identified the students as Luke Gates, a 21-year-old Indiana University student from Bloomington, Ind.; Derrik Sweeney, a 19-year-old Georgetown University student from Jefferson City, Mo.; and Gregory Porter, a 19 year-old Drexel University student from Glenside, Pa. An official says an Egyptian court has ordered release of 3 US students arrested during Cairo unrest.(AP Photo/ Egyptian TV, File)
Nancy Hansen, left, smiles at her son Gregory Porter, one of three U.S. students arrested during a demonstration in Cairo, after meeting him at Philadelphia International Airport, in Philadelphia, on Saturday Nov. 26, 2011. Porter, 19, landed in Philadelphia after flying from Cairo to Paris. He and two other U.S. students had been arrested on the roof of a university building near Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square last Sunday after officials accused them of throwing firebombs at security forces fighting with protesters. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek)
Gregory Porter, center, one of three U.S. students arrested during a demonstration in Cairo, Egypt, walks beside his attorney Theodore Simon, right, after arriving at Philadelphia International Airport, in Philadelphia, on Saturday Nov. 26, 2011, after an Egyptian court ordered the release of Porter and two other U.S. students who were arrested for throwing firebombs at security forces said Egyptian officials. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) ? At least two of three American students arrested during protests in Cairo arrived back in the U.S. late Saturday, three days after an Egyptian court ordered their release.
The young men were arrested on the roof of a university building near Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square last Sunday after officials accused them of throwing firebombs at security forces fighting with protesters.
Gregory Porter, 19, was greeted by his parents and other relatives Saturday evening when he landed at Philadelphia International Airport. Porter took no questions, but said he was thankful for the help he and the other American students received from the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, administrators at the university they were attending, and attorneys in Egypt and the U.S.
"I'm just so thankful to be back, to be in Philadelphia right now," said Porter, who is from nearby Glenside, Pa., and attends Drexel University in Philadelphia.
Luke Gates, 21, arrived in the U.S. late Saturday and was expected back home in Indiana soon, Indiana University spokesman Mark Land said. Gates attends the university, and his parents have declined to talk with the media. Land said he spoke with Gates' father.
"He said he was doing very well and he was very excited to be on his way home," Land said. He added that Gates' parents are "really hopeful they can spend a little time with him without having to answer a lot of questions" in the media spotlight.
The third student, 19-year-old Derrik Sweeney, was expected to arrive in Missouri late Saturday night.
All three left the Egyptian capital Saturday morning on separate connecting flights to Frankfurt, Germany, an airport official in Cairo said. The three were studying at the American University in Cairo.
Protests have been going on near Cairo's central Tahrir Square since Nov. 19, in anticipation of the landmark parliamentary elections due to start Monday. On Friday, the crowd grew to more than 100,000 people, and thousands remained there Saturday.
Joy Sweeney told the AP that her son, a 19-year-old Georgetown University student from Jefferson City, Mo., would fly from Frankfurt to Washington, then on to St. Louis. She said family will meet him when he arrives at the airport late Saturday.
"I am ecstatic," Sweeney said Friday. "I can't believe he's actually going to get on a plane. It is so wonderful."
Sweeney said she had talked with her son Friday afternoon and "he seemed jubilant."
"He thought he was going to be able to go back to his dorm room and get his stuff," she said. "We said, 'No, no, don't get your stuff, we just want you here.'"
The university will ship his belongings home, she said.
Sweeney had earlier said she did not prepare a Thanksgiving celebration this week because the idea seemed "absolutely irrelevant" while her son still was being held.
"I'm getting ready to head out and buy turkey and stuffing and all the good fixings so that we can make a good Thanksgiving dinner," she said Friday.
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Associated Press writers Maggie Michael in Cairo; Sandy Kozel in Washington; Rick Callahan in Indianapolis; Maryclaire Dale in Philadelphia; Erin Gartner in Chicago; and Dana Fields in Kansas City, Mo., contributed to this report.
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It's a girl for Piers Morgan.
The Piers Morgan Tonight host and his wife, British columnist Celia Walden, have welcomed daughter Elise, he announced Friday.
"It's true. I've become a dad for the fourth time, to a baby girl called Elise," Morgan tweeted. "She's?absurdly?beautiful, and utterly adorable."
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This is the first child for the couple. Morgan has three sons, Spencer, 18, Stanley, 14, and Albert, 11, with his ex-wife, Marion Shalloe.
Morgan, 46, and Walden, 34, wed last year.
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Anna Staab gets her ticket at Walmart for a $199 Xbox with Kinect and a $50 gift certificate.
By Eve Tahmincioglu, Career and labor reporter
Extended Black Friday hours may have angered those store employees who had to work before their turkey dinners were digested, but many shoppers were happy with this year's earlier store opening times because they found fewer raucous crowds and shorter lines as a result.
?This was the absolute calmest Black Friday I have ever experienced,? said Nathan Luna, 24, who began his shopping trek at 12:08 a.m. this morning and headed to Best Buy in Wheaton, Md.
While things may have been more relaxed, projections for the number of consumers heading out on the biggest shopping day of the year are up.
According to?data compiled for the National Retail Federation by BIGresearch, up to 152 million people plan to shop over the Black Friday weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday), that's higher than the 138 million people who planned to do so last year. According to the survey, 74 million people say they will definitely hit the stores and another 77 million are waiting to see if the bargains are worth braving the cold and the crowds.
Overall, electronics and clothing were among the biggest scores for many consumers, especially video game players and high-end fashions. And many shoppers said they found the sales items they wanted, unlike past Black Fridays that offered slim pickings; and lots of sales people to help them navigate the stores.
Here are some first-hand accounts of the day and deals from Black Friday aficionados:
?The crowds were very well-behaved,? said Brad Williams, 39, an analyst for Duke University who headed out at 9:15 p.m. last night with his wife Wendy. ?The line at Target, as I said, was enormous, but my wife said that the people there were jovial and pretty Zen about the wait. No pushing or shoving whatsoever.?
The couple has two young kids, but grandparents take the kids after Thanksgiving dinner to their house so Brad and his wife can shop unfettered.
"The crowds seemed to be bigger this year at Target and Kohl's, but smaller elsewhere," Williams added. "I think that has to do with when we arrived. We were in the teeth of the initial rush at those two places, but by the time we got to Crabtree, about 3 a.m., that had subsided and the second rush, when non-crazy people are getting up, hadn't yet begun."
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Orderly crowds at the Tanger Outlets in Mebane, N.C.
The deals overall were good, he said, but his ?best bargains? were ?a pair of Lucky Brand jeans for my wife, which were $18 (original outlet price was $69.50, they were on clearance for $30, and 40 percent off that), and a Brooks Brothers sports shirt, which was $29.90.?
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Brad Williams shows off his Black Friday loot.
Anna Staab, 51, Metamora, Il., hit the stores around 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving and found lots of merchandise available at Walmart and Menards, a regional department store chain. ?After seeing plenty of merchandise left at Walmart at this hour we wondered if it had something to do with the economy or if people were just avoiding it due to the earlier hours,? she surmised.
Staab, a retired Post Master who has seven kids living with her, some foster, some adopted and some biological, said she needed to be out early to get the big bargains and ended up with quite a few.
Her biggest complaint was where Walmart placed the sales items.
?Big box items, i.e. trampoline, ping pong table, power ride on toys, were all at the back of the store. Customers had to fight the crowds with the huge boxes,? she explained. ?They need a better system for those.?
And?Staab didn't like that many retailers staggered sales throughout the night.
"Certain things went on sale at 10 p.m. Thursday, then midnight, then 8 a.m.," she noted.
Besides a few annoyances, she was able to get the one thing she really wanted. She's most proud of the Xbox with Kinect she got at Walmart for $199 and a $50 Walmart card included, about half the price it was last year.
The iPad 2 was the only thing Nathan Luna was looking for.
He arrived at the Best Buy in Wheaton, Md., at 12:20 a.m. and found the parking log jammed and a line of more than 700 people.
?Less-experienced Black Friday shoppers would have probably turned around in horror, but I pressed on,? said Luna, a TV photographer for Canadian Television who has been Black Friday shopping since he was a kid when he shopped with his mom and grandmother.
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Lines formed at the Best Buy in Wheaton, Md., and police were on hand to keep things moving smoothly.
Despite the crowds, he said, a group of police officers helped shuffle shoppers into the store and the line within 20 minutes after the store opened.
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There were big crowds at the Best Buy in Wheaton, Md., but lines moved quickly, according to one shopper.
?I was greeted by a wall of Dynex 32-inch TVs and thousands of people jamming up the aisles,? he described. ?I asked the greeter where the iPads were, and he directed me to the back of the store. I had to bump a few elbows to get back there, but when I did, I noticed something new.?
Instead of a line snaking around the entire store, he said, there were check-out lines scattered throughout the store near key items.
?When I got in the iPad line, I literally had eleven people in front of me,? he said, adding that it took about a half hour to check out, compared to the hours it has taken during past Black Fridays.
He eventually got his iPad for $454.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, center, and Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti, right, during a press conference in Strasbourg, eastern France, Thursday, Nov 24, 2011. The leaders of Germany, France and Italy are set for debate on the European Central Bank's role in the region's debt crisis and on how to align eurozone economic policies. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, center, and Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti, right, during a press conference in Strasbourg, eastern France, Thursday, Nov 24, 2011. The leaders of Germany, France and Italy are set for debate on the European Central Bank's role in the region's debt crisis and on how to align eurozone economic policies. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures as she speaks to the media during a joint press conference in Strasbourg, eastern France, Thursday, Nov 24, 2011. The leaders of Germany, France and Italy are set for debate on the European Central Bank's role in the region's debt crisis and on how to align eurozone economic policies. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy gestures as he speaks to the media during a joint press conference in Strasbourg, eastern France, Thursday, Nov 24, 2011. The leaders of Germany, France and Italy are set for debate on the European Central Bank's role in the region's debt crisis and on how to align eurozone economic policies. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy gestures as he speaks to the media during a joint press conference with Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti, right, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, unseen, in Strasbourg, eastern France, Thursday, Nov 24, 2011. The leaders of Germany, France and Italy are set for debate on the European Central Bank's role in the region's debt crisis and on how to align eurozone economic policies. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, gestures as she speaks to the media during a joint press conference in Strasbourg, eastern France, Thursday, Nov 24, 2011. The leaders of Germany, France and Italy are set for debate on the European Central Bank's role in the region's debt crisis and on how to align eurozone economic policies. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
STRASBOURG, France (AP) ? Germany deflected calls for the European Central Bank to play a bigger role in solving Europe's debt crisis but won the backing of France and Italy to unite the troubled 17-nation eurozone more closely.
Europe's biggest economy and the main financier of the eurozone's three bailouts has argued against allowing the ECB to use its firepower to ease a debt crisis that's shown alarming signs recently of spreading to big economies, like Italy.
Instead of using the ECB's cash-printing power, the eurozone's richest countries decided to use political tools to dig their way out of the crisis: Germany and France agreed Thursday to push for changes to EU treaties to bring the eurozone's economic policies more in line with each other.
"In the treaty changes, we are dealing with the question of a fiscal union, a deeper political cooperation ... there will be proposals on this, but they have nothing to do with the ECB," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday in Strasbourg, France after meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Italy's new premier Mario Monti.
Many think the ECB is the only institution capable of calming frayed market nerves and Merkel's continued dismissal of a greater ECB role knocked market sentiment and stocks all round Europe fell again after a morning rebound.
Potentially, the ECB has unlimited financial firepower through its ability to print money. However, Germany finds the idea of monetizing debts unappealing, warning that it lets the more profligate countries off the hook for their bad practices. In addition, it conjures up bad memories of hyperinflation in Germany in the 1920s.
The ECB itself is reluctant to take on a bigger firefighting role. Its president, Mario Draghi, said earlier this month it was "pointless" for governments to depend on ECB bond buys to keep their borrowing costs down for any length of time.
ECB executive council member Jose Manuel Gonzalez-Paramo said Thursday that "euro area governments cannot expect the ECB to finance public deficits."
The ECB is "committed to its mandate to preserve price stability over the medium term ? it is not the fiscal lender of last resort to sovereigns," Gonzalez-Paramo said in a speech in Oxford, England, according to prepared remarks released by the bank.
For now, the French, German and Italian leaders agreed on with that current rules were not stringent enough and needed beefing up to prevent a repeat of the debt crisis that's rocked the eurozone for nearly two years.
Sarkozy said "propositions for the modification of treaties" would be presented in the coming days.
He wouldn't elaborate on what these changes may be but said they would be ready in time for the next EU leaders summit on December 9. Treaty changes are, more often than not, a notoriously laborious endeavor.
Merkel said the treaty changes would "make clear that we must take steps toward a fiscal union to express the conviction that we know policies must be more closely coordinated if you have a common, stable currency."
"It is political confidence in Europe that has been lost ? we can only win it back politically," Merkel said.
This was the first meeting of the three leaders since Monti took over last week following mounting market concerns over Italy's huge debt, which stand at euro1.9 trillion ($2.6 trillion), or a huge 120 percent of economic output. Europe's current anti-crisis measures are too not big enough to deal with Italy's debt mountain.
Sarkozy said the three leaders had agreed to meet again "very soon" in Rome at Monti's invitation to continue their three-way dialogue.
The meeting comes amid signs that even Germany and France ? the eurozone's two biggest economies ? are not immune from the crisis that's already seen three relatively small countries bailed out.
All three leaders said they would do what it takes to stabilize the situation and save the euro.
"We want the euro, we want a strong, stable euro ... we will do everything to defend it," Merkel said.
France has been reluctant to resort to changes to EU treaties to improve the way the eurozone countries work together and set policies and prevent future crises. Germany had pushed for such changes, saying voluntary pledges by national governments are no longer enough to boost market confidence.
Merkel also maintained her opposition to the European Commission's new drive for eurobonds.
Germany has opposed the use of eurobonds and has long called on fiscally wayward member states to clean up their own houses with as little outside intervention as possible. A big worry for Germany is that its low borrowing costs would get diluted if eurobonds came into issue and it would then be forced to pay higher rates to tap bond markets.
"It would be completely the wrong signal to lose sight entirely now of these differing interest rates, because they are a pointer to where something still needs to be done and where we need to go further," she said.
Monti, meanwhile, reiterated his pledge to balance Italy's budget by 2013 though he sidestepped the question on whether achieving that aim would require more austerity measures, and if so, whether it risked triggering a recession in the eurozone's third largest economy.
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Geir Moulson in Berlin and Frances D'Emilio in Rome contributed to this report.
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Yahoo! News is asking GOP voters in Iowa and New Hampshire for their impressions from the Republican debates. Here is a perspective from a voter.
COMMENTARY | Tuesday's GOP debate at the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington featured more theatrics and sharp debates from the Republican field. Questions centered on national security, rather than all topics of concern for the U.S., forced candidates to give deeper answers, providing maybe the best debate of the 2012 Republican race. Here are three moments that stood out.
1. Green Cards for Immigrants
The candidates split around the board on this issue. Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney proposed citizenship for immigrants, both legal and illegal, to attract and keep them in the United States. Neither candidate opposed keeping those with advanced degrees to increase American economy. However, Romney said that, "amnesty is a magnet," and that providing it only worsened illegal immigration.
Rick Santorum wanted regulatory reform to create trickle down, encouraging legal immigration to the United States. Other answers ranged from ignoring the issue and focusing on bigger problems, such as prescription drugs (Ron Paul) to placing U.S. military on the borders (Rick Perry).
While all the candidates appeared to have clear ideas on what needed to be done, none appeared to have actual plans on how to implement.
2. Herman Cain's 'Targeted Identification'
Herman Cain said he agreed with profiling, or Targeted Identification (TI), and that those of Muslim faith, who are young males, are often the ones carrying out terrorist attacks. Prior to this, Gingrich and Paul traded opinions on the Patriot Act: Gingrich seeing a difference between criminal law and war law, while Paul said monitoring Americans violated constitutional rights. Michele Bachmann said war criminals and those suspected of terrorism should not receive Miranda warnings.
It would be interesting to see Cain's opinion on TI regarding drugs and violence, money laundering, embezzlement, and other crimes that see higher percentages from specific groups in the U.S., such as African Americans, whites, and Hispanics. If TI applied to terrorism, would it apply across all forms of crime on the U.S., or just those regarding war?
There was no further elaboration.
3. The Budget
Jon Huntsman said that when it comes to discussing the budget, everything should be on the block, including defense spending. Nothing should be left out or seen as untouchable when dealing with the current deficit.
Candidates also argued over the installment, both current and potential, of American troops in foreign countries, citing $2 billion per week in Pakistan, over $100 billion per year. While the candidates disagreed on the number of troops and the benefits, none mentioned the idea of cutting troops to trim the budget. It might have been the only stark between-the-lines hypocrisy/contradiction of the entire debate.
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Walmart
Many Black Friday circular ads, such as Walmart's, can already be viewed online.
Whether you're already in line for a Black Friday sale or still figuring out what you'll do with Thursday's leftover turkey, now's a good time to review the best offers of this shopping season. We're here to help with handpicked tech deals.
A few things to note:
Got all that? Great! Here are some of our favorite deals for Black Friday 2011.
We will be updating this list in the days and hours before Black Friday, so feel free to check back often.
Televisions:
I aimed to pick a variety of size options here and definitely kept value in mind. Samsung came out as one of the best bets for this shopping season?? as far as TVs go, at least.
Gaming:
If you're looking for a gaming console, you should probably make Walmart one of your stops on Black Friday. It's got some of the better overall deals.
Monitors:
After carefully interrogating friends and colleagues about their monitor choices, I've realized that Acer's the crowd favorite due to its reputation and value. And there are definitely a handful of those monitors to be found on sale come Friday.
Desktops:
It's rough to make recommendations when it comes to desktops simply because individual priorities differ a great deal when it comes to these particular gadgets, so I went with a handful of decent deals for the average shopper.
Laptops:
Like desktops, laptops are a finicky topic when it comes to Black Friday shoppers. I decided to select a product I'd recommend personally?? the MacBook Air?? and two low cost solutions.
Cameras:
A DSLR and a low-cost point-and-shoot. What more could you ever want to pick up in the camera department on Black Friday?
Tablets:
There's no getting around it?? the tablet category was a popularity contest.
Cellphones:
While some other options are listed, your best bet when it comes to cellphones on Black Friday is Amazon. Nearly every phone you can think of is available for just a penny ??assuming you sign a two-year service agreement ??and you get a bonus $100 gift card.
GPS devices:
A solid GPS device, a lifetime of maps, and a decent price? No brainer.
Software
OfficeMax is one of the spots with the best software deals on Friday, so head there if you're looking to feed your computer some new apps.
Miscellaneous odds and ends:
Dyson products. On sale. This doesn't happen often, folks. Take advantage of it.
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CAIRO?? Activists vowed to crank up pressure on Egypt's generals on Friday, a day after a court ordered the release of three American students arrested during the unrest in Cairo.
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Demonstrators plan an overwhelming show of people power to cap almost a week of protests against army rule that have left 41 people dead.
State media said the army leaders picked a political veteran in his late 70s to form a national salvation government, a choice that was quickly snubbed by many of the young activists who have led the demonstrations in Tahrir Square.
Kamal Ganzouri agreed in principle to lead the new government after meeting the head of the military council, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, the website of state newspaper Al Ahram reported, citing sources close to Ganzouri.
As talk of a Ganzouri appointment filtered through the crowds thronging Tahrir on Thursday night, discussion quickly focused on his age.
"Ganzouri is no good for this transitional period, which needs youth leaders not grandparents," said student Maha Abdullah.
Freedom ordered for US students
Meantime, freedom was expected for three Americans who attend the American University in Cairo. Derrik Sweeney, a 19-year-old Georgetown University student, Luke Gates, a 21-year-old Indiana University student, and Gregory Porter, a 19-year-old Drexel University student, were arrested on Sunday on the American University roof near Tahrir Square where they were allegedly throwing firebombs at security forces fighting with protesters.
Attorney Theodore Simon, who represents Porter, from a Philadelphia suburb, said his client remained in custody at a police station as of Thursday afternoon Eastern time.
Video: Protesters throw stones, conflict grows in Cairo (on this page)But Simon said he was able to speak by phone with Porter, describing the student's demeanor as "calm and measured, demonstrating a maturity well beyond his 19 years."
"He was extremely thankful and appreciative for our efforts and the unconditional support of his mother and father," Simon said.
Sweeney's mother, Joy Sweeney, said she is "absolutely elated" at the news of her 19-year-old son's release.
"I can't wait to give him a huge hug and tell him how much I love him," she said, adding that the news of the court order was the best Thanksgiving gift.
Meanwhile an American film maker and journalist was arrested by Egyptian police while documenting clashes in Tahrir Square, she told a colleague by phone.
Karim Amer, the producer for Jehane Nojaim ? an award-winning film maker of Egyptian ancestry who is best-known for her al-Jazeera TV documentary "Control Room" ? said Nojaim was detained and her camera was confiscated.
Amer said he was separated from her after they both fled from tear gas.
Egyptian-American columnist and activist Mona Eltahawy, who regularly appears on news channels as a self-described "speaker on Arab and Muslim issues" was also reportedly arrested in Cairo.
"Beaten arrested in interior ministry," she posted on her Twitter account overnight.
She tweeted "I AM FREE" at about 5:30 a.m. ET, and then sent several messages saying she had been beaten and sexually assaulted, using strong language to condemn the Egyptian police.
She also said her right hand was "so swollen I can't close it." She posted a picture of her hand. She tweeted she was being taken to hospital.
The U.S. Department of State tweeted early Thursday that it was aware of the reports that Nojaim and Elthawy had been arrested and said the U.S. Embassy in Cairo was "engaging authorities."
Military apologizes
Egypt's military also issued a statement on Thursday apologizing for the loss of life and vowing to bring to justice those responsible for the deaths of protesters in Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square and elsewhere in the country.
Slideshow: Violent clashes in Egypt (on this page)
Army troops have used metal bars and barbed wire to build barricades to separate the protesters and the police on side streets leading from Tahrir to the nearby Interior Ministry. Most of the fighting has been taking place on those side streets.
A truce came into force around 6 a.m. and was still holding late Thursday.
In a communique, protesters called the million-man march on "the Friday of the last chance" for the army to hand over power.
The Egyptian Independent Trade Union Federation called for a workers' march to Tahrir. Another labor rights group called for a general strike to back the protests. Labour unions played an important role in the movement that toppled Mubarak.
Supporters of the army council had said they would hold a rally to back the military. In a statement on its Facebook page, the army council said it was "appealing to them to cancel the demonstration," saying it wanted to avoid divisions.
Suspicion that the army will continue to wield power behind an elected civilian administration has grown in recent weeks as the government and political parties tussled over the shape of a new constitution.
The military council originally promised to return to barracks within six months of the fall of Mubarak, but then set a timetable for elections and drawing up the constitution that would have left it in power until late next year or early 2013.
The Associated Press, Reuters and NBC News contributed to this report.
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Critics are overwhelmingly happy with the big-screen reboot featuring Kermit and the gang.
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It's time to play the music. It's time to light the lights. It's time to meet "The Muppets" for the first time in over 10 years. Everyone's favorite felt friends are back in a big-screen reboot brought to life mostly on behalf of the hard work of lifelong Muppet fan Jason Segel.
The reviews have been overwhelmingly positive. (You can see our own rave here.) Critics have praised the return of the Muppets as fun, warm, family-friendly fare, true to the characters and the fans who have loved them for decades.
Check out our roundup of the reviews.
The Story
"A clever idea holds this reboot together, as simple as making one brother (Gary, played by Segel) human and the other (Walter, voiced by Peter Linz) a Muppet in love with the Muppets legacy. (He sports a Kermit wristwatch.) The locale is Smalltown, USA, which Gary and Walter introduce to us in the opening number, 'Life's a Happy Song.' Gary, his schoolteacher sweetheart Mary (Amy Adams) and Walter journey to Los Angeles for a vacation. Touring the old Muppet Studios facility, the trio learn of the plan to raze the historically significant and sentimentally priceless structure. There's oil under the ground, see, and the weaselly millionaire (Chris Cooper) after it doesn't give a Gonzo's patoot about nostalgia. To preserve the old homestead the visitors must gather together the Muppets from various locales and raise $10 million in a save-the-Muppets telethon." — Michael Phillips, The Chicago Tribune
The Songs
"The setup works like a charm. So do the songs, with several new ones by ["Flight of the Conchords"] star Bret McKenzie. Adams rocks out on 'Me Party.' And Segel's heartfelt ballad 'Man or Muppet?' deserves Academy attention as the movie song of the year." — Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
The Comeback
"As a theatrical troupe, the Muppets haven't exactly been AWOL these past dozen years; the gang rocked YouTube in 2009 with their kick-ass rendition of Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody.' But they've certainly been lying low while our twitchy, tweet-y times have favored snarkier, more air-quote-driven entertainment, even from puppets. And in a way, that showbiz hiatus has worked in favor of The Muppets. For adults, the movie's gentle, clever, unironic humor feels freshly, trendily retro now, enhanced by laughs provided in cameos from a very up-to-date roster of stars." — Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
The Muppets
"These are the same old, adorable Muppets, as sweetly innocent and likable as ever. Winking at itself, the movie is casually, amusingly self-reflexive. In one joke Kermit the Frog considers telephoning President Carter. 'The Muppets' makes no attempt to match the wisecracking hipness of the 'Shrek' movies. If it doesn't provoke belly laughs, it elicits many affectionate chuckles." — Stephen Holden, The New York Times
The Final Word
"The remarkable thing about the Muppets, then and now, is what distinctive personalities and presences they have. When 'The Muppet Movie,' the first in the series, came out in 1979, there was astonishment that — ohmigod! — Kermit was riding a bicycle! How could a Muppet do that? Today, characters can do anything in the movies, but these Muppets are still played by Muppeteers, and they're still endearing." — Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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CAIRO (Reuters) ? Egyptian riot police and protesters observed a truce on Thursday after violence that has killed 39 people in five days and the army said parliamentary elections would start on time next week.
Demonstrations by thousands of Egyptians furious at the slow transfer of power by military leadership to civilian rule have led to violent clashes with police, in scenes similar to the popular uprising that toppled leader Hosni Mubarak in February.
Protesters have vowed not to leave Cairo's central Tahrir Square, which once again has become the cradle of public protest in the most populous Arab country, until army rule ends.
The demonstrations appear to have polarised Egyptians, many of whom worry that unrest will prolong economic stagnation.
In new blows to confidence, the Egyptian pound weakened to more than 6 to the dollar for the first time since January 2005, and Standard & Poor's lowered its rating on Egypt.
The agency cut Egypt's long-term, foreign- and local-currency sovereign credit ratings to B+ from BB-, saying a "weak political and economic profile" had worsened further.
Egypt's ruling army council said it was doing all it could to prevent more violence. In a statement, it apologised, offered condolences and compensation to families of the dead, and promised a swift investigation into who was behind the unrest.
NO ELECTION DELAY
A ruling council member, General Mamdouh Shaheen, told a news conference the parliamentary vote, whose first stage is due to begin on Monday, would go ahead on time. "We will not delay elections. This is the final word," he said.
Another council member, Major-General Mokhtar al-Mullah, took a swipe at the demonstrators. "If we look at those in Tahrir, regardless of their number, they do not represent the Egyptian people, but we must respect their opinion," he said.
Mullah said the army hoped to form a new government before Monday to replace Prime Minister Essam Sharaf's cabinet, which resigned during this week's violence without giving a reason.
Demonstrators in Tahrir said the truce had taken hold from midnight. Cranes hauled concrete barriers, later reinforced with barbed wire, across streets leading to the nearby Interior Ministry, flashpoint for much of the recent violence.
"Since about midnight or 1 a.m. there were no more clashes. We are standing here to ensure no one goes inside the cordon," said Mohamed Mustafa, 50, among a group barring a street nearby.
They were guarding a barricade made of a broken metal fence, a telephone booth laid on its side and part of a lamp post.
At the other end of the street, littered with shattered glass, lumps of concrete and heaps of rubbish, at least two army armoured personnel carriers blocked the route. Mustafa's group said police were on the front line, and behind them the army.
Lines of Tahrir protesters manned similar barriers to block access to Mohamed Mahmoud Street, scene of repeated fighting.
"We have created a space separating us from the police. We are standing here to make sure no one violates it," said Mahmoud Adly, 42, part of a human cordon four ranks deep.
The protests in Cairo and elsewhere pose the gravest challenge to Egypt's army rulers since they took over from Mubarak, overthrown on Feb. 11 after an 18-day uprising.
The thousands who thronged Tahrir Square were undeterred in their determination to rid Egypt of army rule. "He goes, we won't," declared a banner referring to the army commander, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi.
The United States and European nations, alarmed at the violence of the past few days, have urged Egypt to proceed with what has been billed as its first free vote in decades.
LACK OF TRUST
The army and the Muslim Brotherhood, which expects to do well in the polls, say it must go ahead, but many protesters do not trust the military to oversee a clean vote. Some scorn the Brotherhood for its focus on gaining seats in parliament.
The military council originally promised to return to barracks within six months, but then set a timetable for elections and drawing up a new constitution that would have left it in power until late next year or early 2013.
Tantawi pledged this week to hold a presidential vote in June that could pave the way for a transfer to civilian rule, but the demonstrators, angered by army attempts to shield itself legally from future civilian control, are unconvinced.
"The military council must leave and hand power to civilians. They don't want to leave so that their corruption isn't exposed," said 23-year-old student Ahmed Essam.
Before the truce, protesters had fought running battles with security forces around the Interior Ministry. The bloody chaos there contrasted with normal life in streets nearby.
(Additional reporting by Edmund Blair, Tom Perry and Tamim Elyan; Writing by Alistair Lyon)
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DUNEDIN, New Zealand ? A scientist who helped his terminally ill mother die in New Zealand has been sentenced to five months of home detention.
The Otago Daily Times newspaper reports that 50-year-old Sean Davison, a South Africa-based microbiologist, wrote a book in which he describes how his 85-year-old mother, Patricia, who lived in New Zealand, was in pain in 2006 during the last few months of her life.
In the book, he notes that at his mother's request, he gave her crushed morphine tablets in a glass of water. The admission led to charges last year, and on Thursday he pleaded guilty to helping his mother commit suicide.
Davison's lawyer described his client's actions as an "act of love."
A judge said she accepted that Davison's actions were driven by compassion.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
DUNEDIN, New Zealand (AP) ? A scientist who helped his terminally ill mother die has been sentenced to five months of home detention.
The Otago Daily Times newspaper reports that 50-year-old Sean Davison, a South Africa-based microbiologist, wrote a book in which he describes how his 85-year-old mother Patricia, who lived in New Zealand, was in pain in 2006 during the last few months of her life.
In the book, he notes that at his mother's request, he gave her crushed morphine tablets in a glass of water. The admission led to charges last year, and on Thursday he pleaded guilty to helping his mother commit suicide.
Davison's lawyer described his client's actions as an "act of love."
A judge said she accepted that Davisson's actions were driven by compassion and described his offense as at the lower end of the scale.
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New York ? Can a retelling of the Minnesota congresswoman's story, mixed with a little dishing, revive her presidential campaign?
Rep. Michele Bachmann's (R-Minn.) first book, Core of Conviction: My Story, was released Monday, and it's "largely a 206-page version of her stump speech" for the GOP presidential nomination, says Seema Mehta in the Los Angeles Times. The book recounts Bachmann's childhood, parents' divorce, spiritual awakening, marriage, child-rearing, early career, and, in the final chapter, her run for president. But among the well-worn talking points, says Minnesota Public Radio's Catharine Richert, are some "revealing tidbits" and dishy political nuggets. Book-promotion tours have worked wonders for rivals Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich,?says Tim Murphy at Mother Jones. So "if Core of Conviction can't save Bachmann's campaign, nothing will." Here, nine highlights from Bachmann's debut book:
1. She says she entered politics on a whim
Bachmann's first successful election was in 2000, when she unseated a Republican state senator she found too moderate. As Bachmann tells it in Core of Conviction, she attended the GOP nominating convention, gave a speech, and threw her name in the hat on a whim, "just doing my duty as a citizen, speaking out." Not so fast, says Tim Murphy at?Mother Jones.?In earlier versions of her story, Bachmann said she planned her primary challenge for a year.?"By some accounts, there were even pro-Bachmann campaign signs" at the convention. This creation myth "whopper," on Page 1, sets the tone for the book.
2. She blasts Bush for "bailout socialism"
Bachmann lobs plenty of shots at President Obama and his "gangster government," but she doesn't refrain from criticizing her own party, or its last president. In the 2006 elections, when Bachmann won her U.S. House seat and the GOP lost the House, voters felt Republicans "had grown smug and complacent" and turned the House into "a bad brew of GOP incompetence, carelessness, and a dash of corruption," she writes. By 2008, Bachmann laments, the Bush administration "was embracing a kind of 'bailout socialism'" by pushing the TARP bank rescue, which she calls an unconstitutional "$700 billion blank check." (A $700 billion "blank check" is "a logical impossibility," notes Mother Jones' Murphy.)
3. But still recalls Bush fondly
Despite TARP, Bush is an "eminently decent man," Bachmann writes. When the 43rd president campaigned for her in 2006, Bachmann's?mother told her to dress like a lady, so she work a pink suit, pink shoes, and pink gloves. In the presidential limo, Bachmann says, Bush "asked with a crinkly smile" why she was wearing the gloves, and when she explained, "he said gently, 'Lose the gloves.'"
4. Bachmann just adores Iowa
Bachmann moved to Minnesota from Iowa when she was 12, but she praises her must-win birth state throughout the book, "either as a proud former resident, a pandering politician, or both," says Devin Henry at?MinnPost. For example, here's her recollection of learning that she'd be moving: "I don't want to leave Iowa. I love living in Iowa. Iowa is home ? everything I know. It's family, friends, church. A happy place. A wonderful place. I never want to be anywhere else. And when I die, I want to be buried in the Garden of Memories Cemetery, alongside my grandparents."
5. She prefers Hillary Clinton to Obama
Assuming Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) couldn't have won the 2008 presidential election, Bachmann writes, "I would have wanted Mrs. Clinton" to win. "I could see that she seemed less leftist revolutionary than Obama."
6. Bachmann is a Palin fan, too
The Minnesotan has even warmer words for McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin, whom Bachmann met in the summer of 2008 in Alaska. "Sarah and I realized that we had a lot in common," Bachmann writes. "We shared the same firm faith; we both had carved out political careers thanks to our supportive husbands. In addition, we both had five biological kids."
7. She has a "love-hate relationship" with NPR's Garrison Keillor
Even though she voted to cut funding for public radio, Bachmann has warm words for her fellow Ankola High School alum Keillor, calling the liberal Prairie Home Companion host a "legend." Keillor's "politics are very different from mine, but I love his gentle, knowing humor," she adds. Keillor doesn't return the love, says Ben Smith at?Politico. He wrote a campaign letter for Bachmann's 2010 rival calling the Republican "embarrassing to me and a great many Minnesotans."
8. Bachmann has some favorite buzz words
Bachmann uses the word "faith" 43 times and "ObamaCare" 51 times in her book, and has 49 references to Obama and 37 to Ronald Reagan. It also has 109 exclamation points in its 200-plus pages.
9. And there's plenty more "Bachmannalia"
Along with larger revelations, the book is "littered with Bachmannalia," says Mother Jones' Murphy. Like when she first saw a reference to the Beatles' song "Michelle," she was confused: "Why the two letters?" And as a teenager, she babysat a young Gretchen Carlson, now a Fox News morning host. The book includes a photo of the two of them in a swimming pool. Bachmann also recounts a family story in which her great-great-grandfather Halvor Munson won a Kansas farm in a poker game with infamous bandit Jesse James, reveling, "Who knew that you could win at poker with Jesse James and live?"
Sources: AP, CNN, Death & Taxes, Gawker, Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones, Minnesota Public Radio, MinnPost, Politico (2)
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UPDATE: Jeff Wilson of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that Nathan is guaranteed $14.5 million over the length of the contract, including the buyout for the option year.
Meanwhile, Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News reports that Feliz has been informed he will indeed make the move to the starting rotation.
8:07 PM: In a move that likely indicates Neftali Feliz is headed to the starting rotation next season, T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com reports that the Rangers have signed Joe Nathan. Full details aren?t yet known, but Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News?reports?that he will receive a two-year contract with an option for a third year.
Nathan, who turns 37 tomorrow, made his way back from Tommy John surgery this season and posted a 4.84 ERA, 14 saves and 43/14 K/BB ratio over 44 2/3 innings. The veteran right-hander pitched much better when he regained the closer?s role from Matt Capps following the All-Star break, posting a 3.91 ERA and 22/5 K/BB ratio over 23 innings.
While the Rangers waffled on the situation earlier this year, they have said that they want to make a decision Feliz?s status going into spring training, so this would presumably set the stage for him to make a permanent move to the starting rotation.
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Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby (87) celebrates his first-period goal during an NHL hockey game against the New York Islanders in Pittsburgh on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby (87) celebrates his first-period goal during an NHL hockey game against the New York Islanders in Pittsburgh on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby celebrates his first-period goal during an NHL hockey game against the New York Islanders in Pittsburgh on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby (87) scores a first-period goal over New York Islanders goalie Anders Nilsson during an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby (87) skates around New York Islanders defenseman Andrew MacDonald (47) en route to a first-period goal during an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
PITTSBURGH (AP) ? One flick of the wrist. One guttural scream. One very simple message to the rest of an equal parts welcoming and wary NHL.
Sidney Crosby is back.
The superstar center capped his return from concussion-like symptoms with two goals and two assists in his season debut as the Pittsburgh Penguins roared by the New York Islanders 5-0 on Monday night.
Unleashing more than 10 months of frustration in 16 energetic minutes, Crosby put to rest all the questions that had popped up during his lengthy comeback.
Can he still skate? Can he take a hit? Can he play at his nearly peerless level? Can he mix it up?
The answer? for the first night anyway ? is an emphatic yes.
"I don't really have good words for it," coach Dan Bylsma said. "That was a special in a lot of ways."
For no one more than Crosby, who celebrated his first goal in 328 days in decidedly un-Crosbylike fashion.
After a breathless sprint down the ice in which he weaved through the New York defense and beat rookie Anders Nilsson with a backhand, Crosby raised his arms in triumph and let out a roar punctuated by a hard-to-miss profanity.
He laughed while watching himself on replay and later apologized for his poor choice of words while admitting "I couldn't hold that in."
Crosby added assists on goals by Evgeni Malkin and Brooks Orpik and capped his comeback with a second tally, a backhand that fluttered by Nilsson early in the third period to provide the final margin.
Steve Sullivan also scored for the Penguins while Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 29 shots to collect his 21st career shutout, one behind franchise leader Tom Barrasso.
Nilsson, making just his second start of the season, made 31 saves for New York but was no match as Penguins roared to life with their captain back.
An electric Consol Energy Center crowd greeted Crosby with a deafening roar when he skated onto the ice during warm-ups while "Back in the Saddle Again" blared over the speakers.
Fans held placards with "Sid' on them ? a directive from Hall of Famer and team owner Mario Lemieux ? while others brought homemade homages to "Sid the Kid," including one that read "Merry Sid-Mas."
Crosby's return gave a late-November game between a perennial contender and an overmatched also-ran a playoff-like feel, and not just because more than 250 press credentials were handed out, four times the usual number.
Throughout his achingly slow rehab the 24-year-old stressed he wouldn't return until he felt 100 percent and stressed it would be nearly impossible to top Lemieux's successful return from retirement in 2000, when he notched an assist on his first shift then later added a goal and another helper.
Amazingly, Crosby one-upped his boss.
Displaying the speed that's made him a national icon in his native Canada and the face of the sport before his 25th birthday, Crosby transformed the Penguins from Cup contender to Cup favorite in less than 6 minutes, or the length of time it took for him to find the back of the net since last December.
Finishing off a backcheck, Crosby streaked up the ice, took a pass from Pascal Dupuis as he crossed the center line and went to work. He worked the puck to his backhand, slipped past New York's Andrew MacDonald and flipped the puck over Nilsson's glove.
"I saw for a few seconds they were a little flat-footed," Crosby said. "I was able to get some good speed built up when I got it. I knew I had a chance to go wide."
He was just getting started, later helping the Penguins go up 2-0 by feeding Orpik on the point and watching his defenseman rifle a slap shot by Nilsson.
Bylsma said before the game he'd try to monitor Crosby's minutes, but knew it would be difficult to keep him off the ice.
It was.
Crosby played nearly 16 minutes and for the first time in nearly a year, absorbed a hit at game speed. New York's Travis Hamonic cleanly checked Crosby to the ground during a first-period Pittsburgh power play.
"Did I know who it was? Yeah," Hamonic said. "I thought it was just an opportunity to be hard on someone and, you know, that's all it was and just got caught out there battling."
It was the first real test of Crosby's comeback, and he popped up immediately to get back in the play as the Penguins ? and the rest of the hockey world ? exhaled.
Even if Crosby wasn't exactly thrilled at getting popped.
"I was mad at myself for putting myself in that position," Crosby said. "(But) I'm glad I kind of got that over with too early on. There's going to be more hits and probably harder ones."
He appears ready, which makes his return a "be careful what you wish for" proposition for the rest of the league. The Penguins have been solid without him. During his first night back, they were spectacular.
Crosby earned a secondary assist on Malkin's power-play goal early in the second and Malkin later provided a highlight-worthy point of his own, threading a saucer pass to Sullivan as Pittsburgh pushed the lead to 4-0.
"I thought we had a decent start, it's just I think (Crosby's) goal gave them a big lift and they had some momentum from the power plays and they took it to us early in the second and we couldn't come out of that," New York center John Tavares said.
Crosby capped his brilliant debut with a backhand that fluttered by Nilsson in the third, turning the last 15 minutes of the game into a party worthy of late-spring not the week of Thanksgiving.
NOTES: New York defenseman Mark Eaton left the game with a sprained left MCL and did not return. ... The announced crowd of 18,571 marked the 219th consecutive sellout. ... Pittsburgh's James Neal did not score in a home game for the first time this season.
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