Media Matters : Accurately quoting Democratic Congressman constitutes a ' smear ' Apparently , the '' `` watchdogs '' '' at Media Matters - a radical left wing group funded in part by George Soros - think that accurately quoting a Democratic Congressman somehow constitutes a '' `` smear , '' '' even when the context of the remark is explained . A headline at Media Matters screams , '' `` Right-Wing Media Smear McDermott ; Claim He Called The Constitution '' `` Silly '' '' '' '' with a subheadline claiming , '' `` Right-Wing Media Declare McDermott Is '' `` Tired Of Reading That Silly Old Constitution '' '' . '' '' Set aside for a moment the fact that Jim McDermott -LRB- D-WA -RRB- actually did say : Media Matters made their argument by quoting Fox News , conservative blog Hot Air , National Review , and this Examiner . According to Media Matters , Steve Doocy and Gretchen Carlson had this exchange : Naturally , Media Matters provided only a tiny segment of the program that dealt with McDermott 's remark . As usual , they missed the entire point of the segment . The relevant part of the transcript , provided by livedash.com is below : To prove the point that Fox took McDermott out of context , Media Matters took Fox News out of context and only presented a tiny portion of a segment lasting nearly two minutes . Apparently , when one is at war with a network like Fox News , anything is fair . Quoting this article , Media Matters writes : Advertisement What is interesting here is that Media Matters never claims the congressman was misquoted , nor that the article took McDermott out of context . Only that someone said he made the statement . McDermott was quoted accurately and the context of his quote was explained and cited complete with an accompanying video . Evidently , reading comprehension must not be a requirement for employment at Media Matters . Media Matters later writes : '' `` In Fact , McDermott Criticized GOP For Focusing On '' `` Silly Things '' '' Instead Of '' `` Helping This Economy '' '' - a statement quite similar to that provided in the article they claim is a smear . In their attack on Hot Air , they write : So , Media Matters thinks that criticizing a Democrat is a smear ? That 's the impression one gets from reading their article . If Media Matters had bothered to read a little further they would have found this : In their attack on the National Review Online , Media Matters wrote : Once again , if Media Matters had bothered to read a little further , they would have found this : Which explains the central theme of the entire piece by Geraghty . Like poor marksmen , Media Matters misses the point by at least a country mile . At best , their attempted hit piece on '' `` conservative media '' '' proves that liberal blogger Lee Stranahan was correct when he called the radical group a '' `` truth killing machine . '' '' Keep in mind this is an organization that has declared war on Fox News , and seeks to silence conservative voices whenever and wherever they can . Stranahan writes : If this is the best Soros money can buy , then maybe the billionaire Glenn Beck calls '' `` Spooky Dude '' '' should seek a refund and start over . - If you like this article , you can follow Joe on Twitter @jnewby1956 , visit his Facebook page , or click the Subscribe button to receive email updates when a new article is published . Joe will discuss this issue - among others - with Craig Shaull at We Are America Radio Monday night at 7 pm Pacific time .

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U.S. calls on all parties in Cote d'Ivoire to exercise restraint WASHINGTON , March 31 -LRB- Xinhua -RRB- - A U.S. senior diplomat on Thursday called on all parties in Cote d'Ivoire to '' `` exercise restraint '' '' and make the protection of civilians their '' `` highest priority . '' '' '' `` The people of the Cote d'Ivoire have already paid a very high price for democracy . We call upon both sides to ensure that civilians do not pay an even higher price in the future , '' '' said Johnnie Carson , Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs . He warned that '' `` those who choose not to heed this call '' '' will be held accountable for the '' `` atrocities and the human rights violations '' '' that they commit . Carson urged Laurent Gbagbo , the incumbent leader of Cote d' Ivoire , to seize the opportunity to '' `` step aside peacefully '' '' , and his supporters to '' `` lay down their arms and not to engage in urban conflict . '' '' Forces backing Cote d'Ivoire 's presidency claimant , Alassane Ouattara , on Thursday claimed to reach the gate of Abidjan after days of southward military advances . The United Nations troops in Cote d'Ivoire , who support the Ouattara camp , have taken control of Abidjan airport , media reports said on Thursday . Meanwhile , the Ouattara camp has given his presidential rival Gbagbo a 1900 GMT ultimatum to step down .

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Leadership changes made in SD Guard Leadership changes made in SD Guard -LRB- AP -RRB- RAPID CITY , S.D. -LRB- AP -RRB- -- The South Dakota National Guard made some leadership changes on Saturday . Brig. Gen. Timothy Reisch -LRB- rysch -RRB- was installed as state adjutant general in charge of the Army National Guard and Air National Guard . He replaces the retiring Maj. Gen. Steven Doohen in the top spot . Col. Jeffrey Marlette replaces Reisch as assistant state adjutant general . Both change-of-command ceremonies were in Rapid City .

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Bashar Assad appoints Adel Safar new PM of Syria SYRIAN President Bashar Assad last night asked former agriculture minister Adel Safar to form a new government , as communications networks failed and residents in Douma prepared to bury the first of their dead . Mr Safar 's appointment came after Mr Assad fired his cabinet in a bid to quell pro-democracy protests but dashed hopes he would lift almost 50 years of emergency rule in a rare address . Mobile phone and internet networks failed yesterday in Syria '' `` due to an overload '' '' , according to a customer representative , a day after authorities had carried out a wave of arrests in protest cities , after nine people were killed in protests for reform the day before . '' `` There is an arrest campaign and phone lines are down so people suspect interference , but the government says it is a technical problem , '' '' said a resident of Douma , north of Damascus . The wave of raids targeted the southern town of Daraa , one of the centres of more than two weeks of demonstrations , as well as Douma and the industrial city of Homs . In a joint statement , eight human rights groups said 46 people had been arrested , four people had died and dozens had been wounded in the crackdown . A Douma resident said the agricultural town was calm , despite security forces withholding some bodies from the previous day 's deadly violence in an apparent bid to prevent funerals from sparking fresh protests . Witnesses said security forces had used live ammunition to disperse stone-throwing protesters after Friday prayers . Authorities denied the security forces were responsible for the deaths , blaming them on an '' `` armed group '' '' that fired from rooftops . Yusef Abu Rumiyeh , a member of parliament for Daraa , denounced security forces for opening fire on his constituents '' `` without pity '' '' and preventing the wounded from getting to hospital . '' `` The people of Hauran were waiting for President -LSB- Bashar -RSB- Assad to visit to offer his condolences . Had he done so , nothing that happened subsequently would have taken place , '' '' he said in a video posted on YouTube . '' `` Friday of Martyrs '' '' protests were also staged in the port of Latakia , Darriya , near the capital and the northeastern Kurdish towns of Qamishli and Amuda . Washington slammed the use of force and applauded the '' `` courage and dignity '' '' of demonstrators . But analysts said US President Barack Obama was not ready to throw his support behind the opposition . '' `` They are afraid that -LSB- Mr Assad -RSB- will not go gently into that good night and therefore they might try to create trouble , and that will create a civil war-type scenario , '' '' said Ammar Abdulhamid , a Washington-based Syrian dissident and democracy activist . '' '' -LSB- They fear it -RSB- will be either civil war or they will have to deal with an even more radicalised and anti-Western regime if the Assads came up in control again , '' '' he said . In Yemen , police fired teargas and live bullets at protesters holding an anti-regime demonstration in the city of Taez yesterday , killing one and wounding dozens . In the southern city of Aden , protesters hurled stones at riot police backed by tanks and duelling rallies were held in the capital Sanaa . With the US heavily invested in Yemen 's fight against al-Qa ` ida , Defence Secretary Robert Gates said a week ago the fall of Ali Abdullah Saleh 's regime could pose a '' `` real problem '' '' for the US AFP , AP

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Gloucestershire man arrested for ' naked gardening ' A Gloucestershire man has been charged with public order offences after he was arrested for allegedly committing lewd acts while gardening naked . Police said the 62-year-old was arrested after neighbours reported him gardening nude at his Cirencester home . A police spokesman said the indecency charge was not pursued but he had been charged with three public order offences . He has been summonsed to appear before Cheltenham magistrates on 6 May .

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New Device Uses Carbon Nanotubes to Catch Tumor Cells Quickly Could eventually allow doctors to see if cancer has spread from its original site faster than ever Harvard and MIT researchers have developed a tool that is capable of identifying single cancer cells within a blood sample . Mehmet Toner , study leader and a professor of biomedical engineering at Harvard Medical School , and Brian Wardle , an MIT associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics , have created an instrument that could eventually allow doctors to see if cancer has spread from its original site faster than ever . Circulating tumor cells , which are cancer cells that escaped from the original tumor , can be difficult to find because a 1-milliliter sample of blood , which has tens of billions of normal blood cells , only contains '' `` several '' '' circulating tumor cells . '' `` Of all deaths from cancer , 90 percent are not the result of cancer at the primary site , '' '' said Wardle . '' `` They 're from tumors that spread from the original site . '' '' In response to this dilemma , Toner created a new microfluidic device capable of detecting these circulating tumor cells . He originally designed the device four years ago , and it worked by allowing a patient 's blood sample to travel past tens of thousands of little silicon posts that are covered with antibodies . These antibodies stick to tumor cells , and any cancer cells that touch the silicon posts are caught and held in place . The problem with this prototype was that certain cells might never come in contact with the silicon posts at all . Toner has since made changes to the device with the help of Wardle , making it eight times better than the original . The microfluidic device now features porous posts instead of those that are solid , which were made using carbon nanotubes . The carbon nanotubes are small , hollow cylinders that have walls made of carbon atom lattices . A '' `` forest '' '' of these nanotubes have 10 billion to 100 billion carbon nanotubes per square centimeter , and are 99 percent air and less than 1 percent carbon . Much like the original version , these carbon nanotubes are coated with antibodies that capture particular cancer cells . The device is also customizable , allowing researchers to attach different antibodies to the carbon nanotubes or adjusting the space between the nanotubes in order to catch objects of different sizes , from circulating tumor cells to viruses . The porous posts allow cells to run through them , much like a filter , offering greater chance of catching the cells researchers are looking for . Toner and Wardle 's device is currently being tested in hospitals and is expected to be made available commercially '' `` within the next few years . '' '' In addition , researchers hope to adjust the device for HIV diagnosis as well . This study was published in Small .

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Reisch takes over as commander of SD National Guard RAPID CITY , S.D. - Leadership changes in the South Dakota National Guard will be made Saturday . Brig. Gen. Timothy Reisch -LRB- rysch -RRB- will be installed as state adjutant general in charge of the Army National Guard and Air National Guard . He replaces the retiring Maj. Gen. Steven Doohen in the top spot . Col. Jeffrey Marlette will replace Reisch as assistant state adjutant general . Both change-of-command ceremonies will be in Rapid City .

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Parole rule frees two after 17 years On Saturday , Fusi Mofokeng and Tshokolo Joseph Mokoena will walk out of Kroonstad Prison as free men -- 17 years after being jailed for a crime they did not commit . The men were imprisoned for life for their supposed involvement with an ANC self-defence unit -LRB- SDU -RRB- that killed a policeman and caused permanent brain damage to a second near Bethlehem in the Free State . They were also jailed for 18 years for attempted murder and conspiracy to commit robbery . The State at the time claimed Mofokeng and Mokoena had conspired with the SDU to rob a smallholding in the area . A local farmer was shot . After nearly two decades of failed attempts at pleading their innocence to influential people from Thabo Mbeki to Desmond Tutu , a Constitutional Court judgment this week on who should handle the parole process for prisoners serving life sentences imposed before October 1 , 2004 , has ensured that the men will finally go home on Saturday . The judgment says the minister of correctional services will now consider the placement of lifers sentenced between August 1 , 1987 and March 1 , 1994 , without the involvement of the National Council for Correctional Services -LRB- NCCS -RRB- . `` They -LRB- Mofokeng and Mokoena -RRB- were in tears when we told them that they would be free tomorrow , '' said Jomo Nyambi -LRB- MP -RRB- , the chairman of the Select Committee on Petitions and Members Legislative Proposals yesterday . `` They just ca n't wait for tomorrow . '' In 2009 , the chairperson of the National Council of Provinces was petitioned to refer the two men 's matter to Nyambi 's committee for investigation . But their situation meant years of legal action . Later that year , Jeremy Gordin , the director of the Justice Project of the Wits Journalism School , entered the fray and took up the cudgels for Mofokeng and Mokoena . The team realised that the solution for the men was to apply for parole . But then Minister of Correctional Services Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula proclaimed she could not grant anyone parole without a favourable recommendation from the NCCS and that she had to get clarity from the Constitutional Court before granting any paroles . On Thursday , the department welcomed the clarity provided by the Constitutional Court , and immediately started with the consideration for placement on parole of the 385 lifers who fell within this time period . But Nyambi , Gordin and their teams had even more to celebrate , when , hours later , Mapisa-Nqakula issued instructions that Mofokeng and Mokoena be released on Saturday . Nyambi , and his committee who all travelled to Joburg from Kroonstad to hear the Constitutional Court 's judgment , said yesterday : `` This case is a clear indication of the travesty of justice under apartheid and utter disregard for the rights of our people . '' Nyambi said the committee was happy with the co-operation it had received from the different parties . `` Their release is one of the last steps that our nation is taking to put an end to a tragic past that destroyed many people 's lives , including the two who have spent almost two decades -LRB- in jail -RRB- for a crime they did not commit . '' The Select Committee on Petitions and Members Legislative Proposals will attend the release of Mofokeng and Mokoena today at 11am at the Kroonstad Prison . * Meanwhile , Mapisa-Nqakula s a statement on Friday she would soon begin to process all the lifers who had been referred by the NCCS in recent years . The minister said steps had been taken to start the process as early as Monday . These steps will include adding extra administrative capacity to her office in an attempt to ensure the processing of the parole applications as quickly as possible . Maximum effort would also be made by the department to contact the victims of the crimes perpetrated by the remaining applicants , in line with the spirit of the White Paper on Corrections . Mapisa-Nqakula said she would announce decisions on the first 95 parole applications on April 8 , and conclude decisions about the remaining 290 on May 15 . Where necessary , lifers falling within this group of parole applicants may be temporarily all moved to one facility in an attempt to allow easier completion of processing by the Correctional Supervision and Parole Boards , who would not then have to spend time travelling to different prisons . `` The Ministry of Correctional Services wishes to emphasise to both applicants and the South African public that being considered for parole does not automatically mean parole will be granted , as parole is a privilege dependent on specific and certain qualifying criteria and not a right , '' Mapisa-Nqakula added . - Saturday Star

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Air raid on Tripoli , explosions in southeast suburb : witness Tripoli -LRB- ANTARA News/AFP -RRB- - Explosions shook an eastern suburb of Tripoli late Wednesday as warplanes staged a raid on the Libyan capital , a witness told AFP by telephone , and Libya ` s news agency reported . Shortly after the aircraft flew over the east and southeast suburbs of the city , explosions could be heard in the southeast Salaheddine district , said the witness , speaking on condition of anonymity . The raids had targetted a military site in the area , the witness added . But Jana , the official Libyan news agency , said '' `` a civilian site in Tripoli has been the target tonight of bombing from the colonialist crusader aggressor , '' '' their term for the coalition forces . '' `` The price of any bomb or missile launched by the crusaders on the Libyans is paid for by the Qatari and Emirati governments , '' '' the agency added , referring to the two Arab nations that have joined the coalition ` s military campaign . -LRB- * -RRB- Editor : B Kunto Wibisono

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Photo atlas : The Japan earthquake This Photo Atlas maps every Associated Press photograph related to the Japan earthquake , tsunami and nuclear crisis , from March 11 , 2011 , through March 25 , 2011 . There are 852 photos from 105 unique locations , documenting the disaster and the response worldwide .

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Unemployment drop boosts stocks Unemployment report showing a gain of 216,000 jobs provided a lift for stocks . With unemployment rate at a two-year low , the Dow rose 56 points . By Abby Schultz and JeeYeon Park , CNBC.com Stocks ended off the highs of the day as technology slumped , but a surprisingly strong jobs report gave a lift to the market as it ended higher for a second straight week . The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 56.99 points , or 0.5 percent , to close at 12,376.72 . The blue-chip index gained 156.13 points , or 1.3 percent , this week , and was up for the second week in a row , rising 4.37 percent . Caterpillar rose the most on the Dow for the week , gaining nearly 3.7 percent for the week , while Hewlett-Packard fell the most , losing 3.65 percent . The S&P 500 rose 6.58 points , or 0.5 percent , to close at 1,332.41 . For the week , the S&P rose 18.61 points this week , or 1.4 percent . The S&P 500 has risen 4.2 percent over the last two weeks . AT&T rose the most on the S&P Index this week , gaining more than 6 percent , while Apple fell the most , losing nearly 2 percent . The Nasdaq gained 8.53 points , or 0.3 percent , to 2,789.60 on Friday . For the week , the tech-heavy index gained 46.54 points this week , or 1.7 percent . The Nasdaq has risen 145.93 points , or 5.5 percent , in the past two weeks . The CBOE Volatility Index , widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market , fell below 18 . Among key S&P sectors , industrials and consumer staples gained , while technology and telecom fell . While some investors do n't expect the strong showing from the beginning of the year to extend through April , Ryan Detrick , senior technical analyst at Schaeffer 's Investment Research points out that April has proven to be a very strong month for the last five years , posting returns of more than 4 percent . '' `` We would not be shocked if we have an upward surprise in earnings season , and that could be a major catalyst to higher prices in April , '' '' Detrick sad . Another technical point in the market 's favor : when the S&P 500 rises more than 5 percent in a quarter -LRB- like it just did -RRB- , it 's very bullish for April as well as the rest of the year , according to Schaeffer 's research , which notes that this has happened only four times since 1987 . In these instances , the S&P 500 averages a return of more than 16 percent for the rest of the year , Schaeffer said .

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Forgiveness of sins Even after all of the uproar over this Legislature 's missteps , I will make a bold prediction : Every Republican incumbent who runs for re-election will be re-elected . Rawn Swallow Clearfield Copyright 2011 The Salt Lake Tribune . All rights reserved . This material may not be published , broadcast , rewritten or redistributed .

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Quotes of the day `` Tim Pawlenty is making a list of potential running mates . `` Asked for his top five vice presidential picks , Pawlenty did n't hesitate in naming Florida Sen. Marco Rubio , New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie , Ohio Gov. John Kasich , Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval and New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez . '' *** `` It 's difficult at this point to try to determine who has the best chance to be the Republican candidate in the 2012 election . Still , it 's fair to say that Tim Pawlenty could pursue a potentially successful ` Goldilocks Strategy ' for the nomination ... `` -LSB- I -RSB- t would be very difficult to win merely by mobilizing the ` very conservative ' party base . Mathematically speaking , it is possible , but in practice multiple candidates tend to be in competition for that bloc , which means the ultimate winner will probably have to string together a voting coalition that samples from the more moderate factions . There are , of course , many ways to skin this cat -- and George W. Bush 's coalition in 2000 was more conservative than McCain 's in 2008 -- but the point is that , whichever mix you put together , Pawlenty , or any other candidate , will need some kind of mix . And it would be very difficult to win the nomination without getting at least 15 percent of either the ` very conservative ' or the ` moderate ' faction . `` In other words , candidates who can pursue a ` Goldilocks strategy ' can be favored -- those who come across as not too conservative or too moderate , but fall somewhere in between . And on this front , Pawlenty might be able to carve out a real niche for himself . '' *** `` Over the course of the last five months PPP has polled Republican voters in 16 different states that had primaries or caucuses while Romney was still in the race for President in 2008 . Comparing the support Romney received then to the support he has now does not present a pretty picture for his chances at winning the nomination . On average he is doing 14 points worse than he did in his first campaign . These numbers suggest that little of the support he received in 2008 was ` hard ' and that with a different field of candidates he could have difficulty getting the same people who voted for him the first time around to do it again ... `` I do n't know whether these declining numbers for Romney are because voters have actually turned against him over the last three years or because he was more of a default choice they were n't terribly enthused about in the first place , but they certainly show he has n't been making a whole lot of new friends since his last bid . '' *** `` I see three -LSB- factors -RSB- , and all have to be in place and reinforce each other for Obama to lose . First , the economy in 2012 has to be either stagnant or in decline in the 10 or so key electoral states -LRB- especially the ones in the Midwest -RRB- as he heads into the election . This would mean that the economy is creating very few net jobs in 2012 and that prices -LRB- including food and gas -RRB- are still rising . `` Second , no new major international crisis arises that causes people to rally behind Obama because of his competent handling of it . And I emphasize the words ` new , ' ` major , ' and ` competent . ' Afghanistan and Iraq devolving again into a problem will not help Obama , and actually may hurt him because our country has basically moved on from the situation in both places . `` Third , a Republican nominee has to emerge who is charismatic ; is a very good communicator ; is in touch with the country 's economic and social needs ; and is a new brand of GOP leader whom many younger voters can connect with . Think of what it took in 1980 to defeat the Democratic incumbent - Ronald Reagan and crises galore . '' *** ``` I think what the younger voters have figured out is that this is a broken relationship . He made soaring promises and grand expectations . He 's broken those promises , ' -LSB- Pawlenty -RSB- told the crowd of students . ` If this was a Lady Gaga song , the relationship between the youth vote and Barack Obama would be '' `` Bad Romance . '' `` Pawlenty , Minnesota 's most recent former governor and a potential future presidential hopeful , said the news of the day has been dominated by the tragedy in Japan , issues in the Middle East , and Charlie Sheen . ``` We may not in this room have tiger blood like he does , ' Pawlenty said , referring to the television actor , ` but we 've got something else in common with him . There 's going to be a lot of winning on the Republican side in 2012 . 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Ariane 5 launch aborted due to technical hitch BEIJING , Apirl 1 -LRB- Xinhuanet -RRB- - An Ariane rocket launch of two communications satellites was aborted Wednesday after a technical hitch at the scheduled moment of liftoff in French Guiana on Wednesday . The Ariane 5 ES V200 lifts off from the European Space Agency -LRB- ESA -RRB- launch centre in Kourou , French Guiana , February 16 , 2011 -LRB- Xinhua / Reuters FilePhoto -RRB- According to Arianespace , the Ariane 5 rocket 's Vulcain main engine ignited as scheduled at 5:45 pm EDT -LRB- 21:45 GMT -RRB- , but the checkout process during ignition detected an unspecified anomaly , shutting down the engine before the two solid-rocket boosters ignited . The 165-foot -LRB- 50-meter -RRB- tall Ariane 5 rocket 's main engine 's checkout process '' `` was not completed successfully , preventing the boosters ' ignition and thereby aborting the mission , '' '' Arianespace officials said . '' `` The Ariane 5 and its two payloads remain in a safe mode on the launch pad . '' '' The Ariane 5 rocket uses a Vulcain 2 first stage engine assisted by two solid rocket boosters to launch satellite payloads into orbit . The Vulcain 2 engine is fueled by cryogenic liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen and is designed to burn for about 600 seconds to boost payloads into space . Jean-Yves Le Gall , Arianespace president , said it would return the rocket to the final assembly building to prepare it for another launch attempt while investigating the cause of the problem . No new launch date was immediately announced . The Ariane 5 was to launch the Yahsat Y1A and Intelsat New Dawn communications satellites .

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Barbour 's wife '' `` horrified '' '' at presidential prospects -LRB- CNN -RRB- - The wife of Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says she is '' `` horrified '' '' that her husband is seriously considering a bid for the presidency . In an interview with CNN affiliate WLOX in Biloxi , Marsha Barbour admitted the '' `` overwhelming '' '' task of a presidential run is something she may not quite be ready for . '' `` It 's been a lot to be first lady of the state of Mississippi and this would be 50 times bigger , '' '' she said . '' `` It 's a huge sacrifice for a family to make . '' '' The governor is still testing the waters of a potential bid for the 2012 Republican nomination and has made no formal announcement regarding his intentions . But Marsha Barbour revealed she is wary of a 10-year commitment she believes would accompany a presidential run - and , presumably , two terms in office - during '' `` the last part of our productive lives . '' '' Despite her hesitation , Barbour said that the final decision is up to her husband . '' `` That 's a commitment that I am praying about , '' '' she said . '' `` And if God and Haley decide to do it , I 'm sure God will give me strength to be a good partner . '' ''

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No to creative interpretations of Resolution 1973 No to creative interpretations of Resolution 1973 Rebels lose ground as NATO advances in Libyan offensive Proposed caps over Fukushima reactors arouse skepticism Joint missile shield : to be or not to be ?

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Libyan gov ' t turns down ceasefire offer by rebels TRIPOLI , April 1 -LRB- Xinhua -RRB- - The Libyan government on Friday turned down an offer by the rebels on ceasefire , said a government spokesman . What the rebels offered was not peace , said the spokesman here . The opposition said earlier Friday that they would cease fire if the government forces stopped their fighting on the opposion-held cities . Meanwhile , the spokesman also accused the Western coalition forces of '' `` crimes against humanity , '' '' as civilians had been bombed in the Western strikes .

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Three killed in Israeli airstrike -LRB- CNN -RRB- - Three people were killed in the Gaza Strip early Saturday morning during an Israeli airstrike , according to medics and a Hamas police spokesman . The victims were members of Islamic Jihad , according to a leaflet distributed by the militant group .

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Haley Barbour ' s Wife Is Afraid He ' ll Be President While Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour might still be giving serious thought to running for president , his wife is n't too thrilled about the possibility . Marsha Barbour told WLOX , a Mississippi television station , that the idea ` horrifies ' her . It 's not her husband 's less-than-stellar chances of winning that scare her . No , it 's the time commitment that running would require . '' `` Why am I afraid ? It 's been a lot to be the first lady of the state of Mississippi , '' '' she said , '' `` and this would be 50 times bigger . '' '' She also estimates that a Barbour Administration would require ten years of their life , though she might be getting a little ahead of herself . Regardless of how understandable her concerns may be , this wo n't help her husband 's chances any , which some already viewed as dubious . In addition to his wife 's trepidation about him running for the nation 's highest office , the NAACP also accused Barbour of pushing for a civil rights museum for purely political gain . '' `` This is a media attention-grabber to launch his presidential race , '' '' Derrick Johnson , the organization 's president , told Salon . But considering that he lauded a segregationist group as recently as December and `` Haley Barbour racist '' is the second Google auto-suggestion when you type in the governor 's name , rehabilitating his reputation on race issues might be a good move . Barbour 's not even the most popular Republican in his home state . A poll conducted by Public Policy Polling showed that Mike Huckabee would do better against President Obama in Mississippi , winning by 14 points instead of Barbour 's 10-point margin . His wife is afraid he 'll run for president , the NAACP called his efforts to build a civil rights museum purely political , and he 's not even the most popular Republican in his home state ; all in all , not the best end of the week for Mr. Barbour . But at least his spokesman did n't try to make another joke about Japan .

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Ivory Coast Rebels Seize State TV , Control Gbagbo Palace -LRB- Updates with comments on Gbagbo 's whereabouts in second paragraph , defection of police unit in 10th . -RRB- April 1 -LRB- Bloomberg -RRB- - Ivory Coast forces backing election winner Alassane Ouattara said they seized the state broadcaster and attacked incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo 's residence and presidential palace amid heavy fighting . The Republican Forces now control Gbagbo 's residence in the Cocody neighborhood of Abidjan , the commercial capital , said Meite Sindou , a spokesman for Ouattara 's prime minister , Guillaume Soro . Explosions and gunfire continued to rock the district and plumes of smoke rose into the sky , residents said . Gbagbo 's spokesman denied speculation he fled the country . `` He is on Ivoirian territory , he has no intention of resigning , '' the spokesman , Ahoua Don Mello , said in an interview broadcast today on Radio France Internationale . The Republican Forces entered Abidjan late yesterday after an ultimatum for Gbagbo to accept his Nov. 28 election defeat and step down lapsed . The fighters had swept south from their base in the north of the country over the past two weeks , meeting little resistance from Gbagbo 's forces . `` Radio Television Ivorienne fell into our hands last night , '' Sindou said in a phone interview today . Television broadcasts were halted at about midnight as heavy artillery fire and explosions shook buildings . Abandoned Cocoa prices have tumbled 9.4 percent in the past 10 days as traders predict an imminent end to the impasse in the world 's largest cocoa producer . The crisis led the West African nation to default on its $ 2.3 billion Eurobond , which has rallied 38 percent in 10 days as Ouattara 's forces advance . The United Nations , the U.S. , the African Union and the European Union all recognize Ouattara , 69 , as the winner of the nation 's first vote in a decade , while Gbagbo , 65 , refuses to step down , alleging voter fraud . Gbagbo 's whereabouts are unknown , Bernard Valero , spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of former colonial power France , told reporters in Paris today . `` The security forces around Mr. Gbagbo seem to have abandoned him , after he 'd been abandoned by the army leadership , '' Valero said . `` This creates uncertainty and risk in the town , particularly for looting . '' Desertions An elite 1,000-member security unit founded by Gbagbo in 2005 announced today it would defect to Ouattara 's government . The unit , known as the Centre de Commandement des Operations de Securite , or Cecos , called on its members to `` rally without further delay to the Republican Forces of Ivory Coast , '' according to a statement on its website . Even before the Republican Forces entered Abidjan , the head of Gbagbo 's army , General Phillipe Mangou , sought refuge at the residence of the South African ambassador , the Pretoria-based Foreign Ministry said . In another blow to Gbagbo , General Edouard Tiape Kassarate , head of the military police , defected to Ouattara 's administration at its headquarters in the Golf Hotel in Abidjan , Alain Lobognon , an adviser to Soro , said in a telephone interview yesterday . `` I 'm not sure Gbagbo is in control any longer , '' said Rinaldo Depagne , a Dakar-based analyst for International Crisis Group . `` The first step for a peaceful outcome is Gbagbo coming and saying ` I quit ' . '' Human Rights There was a `` mass exodus '' out of Abidjan as civilians tried to avoid the clashes , the UN Refugee Agency said on its website yesterday . The UN said it had received `` unconfirmed but worrying reports '' of human rights violations committed by the Republican Forces in the western towns of Guiglo and Daloa and in Abidjan . The fighters may have arbitrarily arrested , abducted and extorted money from civilians , the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in an e-mailed statement . Pro-Gbagbo troops have committed `` daily '' human rights violations , including the reported burning of two civilians alive , OCHA said . Ouattara yesterday ordered a dusk-to-dawn curfew and the closure of all borders , according to an e-mailed statement . Cocoa for May delivery rose for the first day this week , rising $ 6 , or 0.2 percent , to $ 2,958 per metric ton as of 2:44 p.m. in London trading . The price for the beans slumped to an 11-week low yesterday on hopes for a quick resumption in exports , which had been crippled by European Union sanctions . Ivory Coast 's defaulted dollar-denominated bond jumped 6.2 percent to 49.583 cents on the dollar at 1:45 p.m. in Abidjan , according to data compiled by Bloomberg . Death Toll At least 494 people have died in the conflict so far , the UN said in an e-mailed statement . Retreating Liberian mercenaries committed arbitrary executions and looted towns , especially around the western town of Guiglo , it said . About 500 foreign nationals had taken refuge at a French military camp on the outskirts of Abidjan , Agence France-Presse reported , citing Colonel Thierry Burkhard of the French army . A 34-year-old Swedish woman working for the UN mission in Ivory Coast was killed by gunfire in her home in Abidjan last night , Carl Bildt , Sweden 's foreign minister , said in an e-mailed statement today . Jan Pieter Ohler , a Dutch diplomat , said youths were looting stores and houses in the wealthy neighborhood of Zone 4 . `` The economic damage will be considerable , '' he said by phone . `` The French army reinforced its deployment in the area and extracted several expats from their homes . There is a real sense of lawlessness . '' African Union Commission President Jean Ping called on Gbagbo to `` immediately '' step down and hand power to Ouattara , according to an e-mailed statement today . Gbagbo still has `` an opportunity to step aside and avoid bloodshed , '' Johnnie Carson , the U.S. assistant secretary of state for African affairs , told reporters in Washington yesterday . If he does n't he will be held accountable for violence in the city , Carson said . - With assistance from Franz Wild in Johannesburg , Jason McLure in Accra , Gregory Viscusi in Paris and Gopal Ratnam in Washington . Editors : Philip Sanders , Karl Maier To contact the reporters on this story : Olivier Monnier in Abidjan at omonnier@bloomberg.net; Pauline Bax in Abidjan at pbax@bloomberg.net; Franz Wild in Johannesburg at fwild@bloomberg.net . To contact the editor responsible for this story : Antony Sguazzin at asguazzin@bloomberg.net .

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Free registry replaces fishing licenses It 's official : Saltwater anglers no longer need a license to fish in New York waters , thanks to a state budget provision that swapped the controversial program out for a free registry . The changes take effect immediately and will remain in place through Dec. 31 , 2013 , according to the budget bill passed this week . Instead of paying $ 10 for an annual saltwater license , recreational fishermen ...

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China launches national survey on '' `` red resources '' '' to better protect martyr memorial facilities NANJING , March 31 -LRB- Xinhua -RRB- - China has launched a survey on its martyr memorial facilities nationwide , aiming to offer information for enhanced protection on these precious '' `` red resources , '' '' officials with the country 's Ministry of Civil Affairs said Thursday . Vice Minister of Civil Affairs Sun Shaocheng said at a national meeting that the survey , expected to conclude in June this year , will focus on the scattered martyr memorial sites that have been inadequately attended to for years . '' `` The move aims to build the graveyards and memorial facilities into important venues for commemorating and paying tribute to martyrs as well as bases of revolutionary and patriotic education , '' '' Sun said . China has more than one million independent graves of martyrs and 7,000 scattered memorial facilities , the ministry 's figures show . The government will allocate more manpower and funds for the protection and reconstruction of martyr memorial facilities , he said . Vice Minister of Finance Wang Jun said at the same meeting that the central government will provide a lump-sum subsidy for the project to rescue and preserve scattered martyr memorial facilities . Addressing Thursday 's meeting , Civil Affairs Minister Li Liguo urged government workers to work out scientific manpower and funding plans to ensure the success of the protection or reconstruction work . Relevant agencies should also set up an effective supervision system to ensure the project 's quality can '' `` stand the test of time , '' '' Li said . The government has greatly increased subsidies for families of martyrs in the past decades . In 1979 , the central government 's subsidies for the families of martyrs were 72 yuan a year for each household in rural areas and 120 yuan in urban areas . The subsidies have hiked to 5,240 yuan and 8,730 yuan , according to figures from the ministry . -LRB- One U.S. Dollar equals 6.6 yuan on Thursday . -RRB- Enditem

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Italy May Create Strategic Investment Vehicle BY CHRISTOPHER EMSDEN ROME -- The Italian government may set up a financial vehicle enabling the state to make targeted strategic investments to protect Italian companies from foreign takeovers . The cabinet Thursday authorized Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti ...

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Syrian president appoints ex-minister to form government Syrian President Bashar Assad appointed a former agriculture minister Sunday to form a new government , part of a series of overtures toward reform as the country faces a wave of anti-government protests . Hundreds of people were marching in Douma , a suburb of the capital Damascus , for funerals to mourn those killed in the latest round of protests , which started two weeks ago . At least 80 people have died in clashes with security forces . Assad appointed Adel Safar , the former agriculture minister , to form the new Cabinet , Syria 's state-run television said . Safar is seen as a respectable figure in a government that many had criticized for corruption . Assad sacked his government last week in answer to growing cries for reform in Syria , one of the most authoritarian regimes in the Middle East . On Thursday , he set up committees to look into the deaths of civilians during two weeks of unrest and replacing decades-old state of emergency laws . Safar , 58 , holds a doctorate in agricultural sciences from the French polytechnic center in France and was the dean of Damascus University 's agricultural faculty from 1997-2000 . He also heads the Arab Center for Dry and Arid Areas . The extraordinary wave of protests has proved the most serious challenge yet to the Assad family 's 40-year dynasty . The protests were touched off by the arrest of several teenagers who scrawled anti-government graffiti on walls in Daraa , a drought-parched and impoverished city in the south near the border with Jordan . Assad has blamed a '' `` foreign conspiracy '' '' for the unrest and offered gestures of reform that protesters say do not go far enough to satisfy their demands for real change . Human rights groups and eyewitnesses said a campaign of arrests was continuing Sunday as Assad tries to cut off the demonstrations . Ammar Qurabi , who heads Syria 's National Organization for Human Rights , said at least 500 people were under arrest since protests began on March 18 .

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Root out family-centred government , says Jayalalithaa The Assembly election has given a golden opportunity for the people of Tamil Nadu to root out the '' `` family-centred '' '' and '' `` corrupt '' '' government in the State , All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general secretary Jayalalithaa has said . Campaigning in the southern districts of Madurai , Tirunelveli and Tuticorin on Sunday , she asked the voters to create history by making the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led combine lose deposits in all constituencies , thus creating a Guinness record . If the AIADMK was voted to power , Katchatheevu would be retrieved from Sri Lanka , she said addressing a meeting at Tuticorin early in the day . Enhanced social security for fishermen and farmers , road-over bridges , cold storage facilities and mechanised equipment for fishermen and an assistance of Rs .2,000 each during the 45-day fishing ban , industrial developments in Srivaikuntam and Tiruchendur were some of the promises made by Ms. Jayalaithaa . She also announced that nursing educational institutes would be set up in Tiruchendur and Nazareth . Later campaigning at Ambasamudram in Tirunelveli district , she said all welfare schemes introduced by the DMK regime were launched with an ulterior motive of ensuring substantial and constant revenue to the family of Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi . '' `` A classic example is the distribution of free colour televisions , through which the family of Mr. Karunanidhi is getting annually a minimum of Rs .1,000 from each family through the cable connection , ensuring whopping and regular revenue , '' '' she said . The former Chief Minister said Mr. Karunanidhi , who managed to get ministerial berth in the Union government on a couple of occasions and ruled Tamil Nadu five times , had made his family the richest in Asia . His grandson Kalanithi Maran had been listed by leading magazine Forbes as 310th richest person in the world . '' `` If we can add together the holdings of Mr. Karunanidhi 's , wives , sons , daughters , grandsons and granddaughters , no doubt , his family will be the richest in the world . Now you can understand as to why the State of Tamil Nadu has been entangled in the debt trap of over Rs .1 lakh crore , '' '' Ms. Jayalalithaa asked . She promised to desilt Kannadian , Nadhiyunni , South Kodaimelazhagiyaan and North Kodaimelazhagiyaan irrigation channels and erect barbed wire fence along the hamlets close to Western Ghats to prevent wild animal invasion into cultivated lands . In Madurai Addressing an election meeting at Kalavasal junction in Madurai seeking votes for the candidates of AIADMK-led alliance , she likened the polls to a '' `` second '' '' independence struggle to safeguard the State . Ms. Jayalalithaa said that under her rule Tamil Nadu was leading in economic growth and the law and order was maintained . But the State become backward under the DMK regime . '' `` Are the people of the State not working hard ? Do they not have the habit of saving and do they not lead a thrift lifestyle . This is because the welfare schemes were formulated to further the interest of one family , '' '' she said . She said that the DMK-led government had failed on many fronts . Power cuts , spiralling price of essential commodities , deteriorating law and order situation , corruption and rice smuggling have hit people hard . . It was high time that this government was thrown out , she added . Security to Alagiri Referring to the alleged assault on government employees in Melur , Ms. Jayalalithaa said , '' `` Mr. Karunanidhi , was complaining about '' `` total '' '' withdrawal of police security to Union Minister , M.K. Alagiri . '' `` Why does he need police protection ? There is no threat to him from the people . But , only the people face a threat from him , '' '' she said . Ms. Jayalalithaa said those involved in the murder of former DMK Minister , Tha . Kiruttinan , and in the burning of the office of Tamil Daily Dinakaran in Madurai in which three people were killed , were not punished . All those involved would be brought before the law and punished , if the AIADMK is voted to power , she added . '' `` The rule of law will be upheld when AIADMK comes back to power , '' '' she said , adding that police would be allowed to function independently . '' `` Rowdyism will be curbed with iron hand and Madurai would be converted into a spiritual and tourist spot , '' '' Ms. Jayalalithaa said . She promised to construct elevated roads in Madurai to ease traffic congestion , improve drinking water project and rectify the anomalies in underground drainage system .

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Ban stresses concern over stalled peace talks in phone call with Israeli premier Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed his concern over the current difficulties in the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians during a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu . Both leaders discussed the recent violence affecting Israel , the West Bank and Gaza , with Mr. Ban saying that he hoped that the Mr. Netanyahu would act with wisdom and restraint , according to a statement issued by the spokesperson of the Secretary-General . Mr. Ban took note of Mr. Netanyahus concerns about possible flotilla shipments to Gaza , stressing to those planning to send humanitarTalks between the two sides have been stalled since late September following Israels refusal to extend a 10-month freeze on settlement activity in the occupied Palestinian territory.ian assistance to the enclave that there are land routes available . The Secretary-General reiterated that Israel , for its part , should take meaningful steps to end the blockade of Gaza . They also discussed ongoing developments in the Arab world . Last month , Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs , Oscar Fernandez-Taranco , told a meeting of the Security Council that violence was on the rise with Israeli-Palestinian peace talks at a standstill , and called for an end to the impasse . The past month has been marked by an increase in violence and tensions in the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel . Talks between the two sides have been stalled since late September following Israels refusal to extend a 10-month freeze on settlement activity in the occupied Palestinian territory . That decision prompted Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to withdraw from direct talks with Mr. Netanyahu , which had only resumed a few weeks earlier after a two-year hiatus .

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Jobless rate falls to 8.8 % Washington • The nation 's unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level in two years in March , and the outlook is brightening as major companies plan to add more jobs . Increased hiring cut the unemployment rate to 8.8 percent - an encouraging sign for the unemployed and for President Barack Obama 's re-election prospects . Still , the job gains have n't led many people who stopped looking for work during the recession to start again . Fewer than two-thirds of American adults are either working or looking for work - the lowest participation rate in 25 years . The economy added 216,000 jobs last month , the government said Friday . Factories , retailers , the education and health care sectors , and professional and financial services all expanded payrolls . Those gains offset layoffs by local governments , construction and telecommunications . The improved outlook propelled the Dow Jones industrial average to a 2011 high in early trading . Stocks then pared their gains as oil prices climbed to 30-month highs . The Dow closed up about 57 points . The private sector added more than 200,000 jobs for a second straight month . It was the first time that 's happened since 2006 - more than a year before the recession started . And it could mark a turning point in job creation . America 's largest companies plan to step up hiring in the next six months , a March survey of CEOs found . Google , Siemens Corp. and Ford Motor Co. , among others , have said they plan to add workers . Economists expect the stronger hiring to endure throughout the year , producing a net gain of about 2.5 million jobs for 2011 . Even so , that would make up for only a small portion of the 7.5 million jobs wiped out during the recession . The economy must average up to 300,000 new jobs a month to significantly lower unemployment . Story continues below The unemployment rate has fallen a full percentage point since November , the sharpest four-month drop since 1983 . Stepped-up hiring is the main reason . But a more sobering factor is that the number of people who are either working or seeking a job remains surprisingly low for this stage of the recovery . People without jobs who are n't looking for one are n't counted as unemployed . Once they start looking again , they 're classified as unemployed , and the unemployment rate can go back up . That can happen even if the economy is adding jobs . Just 64.2 percent of adults have a job or are looking for one - the lowest participation rate since 1984 . The number has been shrinking for four years . It suggests many people remain discouraged about their job prospects even as hiring is picking up . A falling unemployment rate is vital for Obama , who is 19 months from a re-election vote and facing a lineup of potential Republican challengers who will make his stewardship of the economy the dominant issue . President Ronald Reagan had low job-approval ratings in his first term , when unemployment surged to 10.4 percent . By Election Day 1984 , the unemployment rate had sunk to 7.2 percent . Reagan won a landslide victory . '' `` Although we got good news today , we have to keep the momentum going , '' '' Obama told workers at a UPS shipping facility in suburban Maryland . '' `` There are still millions of Americans out there that are looking for a job that pays the bills . '' '' Just 15 percent of Americans surveyed in mid-March said the economy had improved in the past month , according to an Associated Press-GfK poll . That 's a sharp decline from January , when 30 percent said so . And 28 percent said the economy would worsen . It 's the largest percentage to say so since the question was first asked in December 2009 . Copyright 2011 The Salt Lake Tribune . All rights reserved . This material may not be published , broadcast , rewritten or redistributed .

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The Obama Doctrine v . The Bush Doctrine In the words of a prominent Israeli : The Obama Doctrine : He only goes if the entire world , including the Arab League , wants him to go . The Bush Doctrine : He only goes if the entire world , except the British , does n't want him to go .

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Ripples in Saturn and Jupiter rings '' `` caused by comet crashes '' '' Ripples in Saturn 's rings date back to 1983 Jupiter 's rings were disrupted in 1994 Scientists have traced ripples in the ring systems of Saturn and Jupiter back to collisions with comets more than ten years ago . The ripples detected in Saturn 's rings date back to 1983 , while the disruption to Jupiter 's lesser-known rings was caused in 1994 , Nasa researchers believe . The culprit , in the case of Jupiter , was comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 , whose debris cloud hurtled through the planet 's thin ring system during a kamikaze course into the planet in July 1994 . Scroll down for video Saturn 's ripples were caused by a similar object - likely another cloud of comet debris - plunging through the inner rings in the second half of 1983 . Lead author Dr Matthew Hedman , from Cornell University , New York , said : '' `` What 's cool is we 're finding evidence that a planet 's rings can be affected by specific , traceable events that happened in the last 30 years , rather than a hundred million years ago . '' `` The solar system is a much more dynamic place than we gave it credit for . '' '' From Nasa orbiter Galileo 's visit to Jupiter , scientists have known since the late 1990s about patchy patterns in the Jovian ring . But the Galileo images were fuzzy , and so did n't explain why such patterns would occur . The trail was cold until Cassini entered orbit around Saturn in 2004 and started sending back thousands of images . A 2007 paper by Dr Hedman and colleagues first noted corrugations in Saturn 's innermost ring , dubbed the D ring . A group including Dr Hedman and Dr Mark Showalter , from the SETI Institute in Mountain View , California , then realised that the grooves in the D ring appeared to wind together more tightly over time . Playing the process backward , Dr Hedman then demonstrated the pattern originated when something tilted the D ring off its axis by about 100metres in late 1983 . The scientists found the influence of Saturn 's gravity on the tilted area warped the ring into a tightening spiral . Cassini imaging scientists got another clue when the sun shone directly along Saturn 's equator and lit the rings edge-on in August 2009 . The unique lighting conditions highlighted ripples not previously seen in another part of the ring system . Whatever happened in 1983 was not a small , localised event - it was big . The collision had tilted a region more than 12,000 miles wide , covering part of the D ring and the next outermost ring , called the C ring . Unfortunately , spacecraft were not visiting Saturn at that time , and the planet was on the far side of the sun , hidden from telescopes on or orbiting Earth , so whatever happened in 1983 passed unnoticed by astronomers . Dr Hedman and Dr Showalter began to wonder whether the long-forgotten pattern in Jupiter 's ring system might illuminate the mystery . Using Galileo images from 1996 and 2000 , Dr Showalter confirmed a similar winding spiral pattern . They applied the same maths they had applied to Saturn - but now with Jupiter 's gravitational influence factored in . Unwinding the spiral pinpointed the date when Jupiter 's ring was tilted off its axis to between June and September 1994 . Shoemaker-Levy plunged into the Jovian atmosphere during late July 1994 . The estimated size of the nucleus was also consistent with the amount of material needed to disturb Jupiter 's ring . The Galileo images also revealed a second spiral , which was calculated to have originated in 1990 . Images taken by New Horizons in 2007 , when the spacecraft flew by Jupiter on its way to Pluto , showed two newer ripple patterns , in addition to the fading echo of the Shoemaker-Levy impact . '' `` We now know that collisions into the rings are very common - a few times per decade for Jupiter and a few times per century for Saturn , '' '' Dr Showalter said . '' `` Now scientists know that the rings record these impacts like grooves in a vinyl record , and we can play back their history later . '' '' The ripples also give scientists clues to the size of the clouds of cometary debris that hit the rings . In each of these cases , the nuclei of the comets - before they likely broke apart - were a few kilometres wide . The findings are detailed in a pair of papers published online today in the journal Science .

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God REALLY Loves Me Forget Michelle Bachmann , Judge Roy Moore now says he 's going to run for the Republican nomination for president next year . He almost makes Bachmann look like Socrates by comparison . This is going to be so much fun .

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