Starbucks rolls out 'Verismo' brewer for $199

FILE - Hannah So demonstrates a "Verismo," a single-serving espresso machine, at the annual Starbucks shareholders meeting in this March 21, 2012 file photo taken in Seattle. The Seattle-based company says it will start selling its new single-serve brewer online in mid September 2012 for $199. It plans to start selling the machine in its ubiquitous cafes in October. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

FILE - Hannah So demonstrates a "Verismo," a single-serving espresso machine, at the annual Starbucks shareholders meeting in this March 21, 2012 file photo taken in Seattle. The Seattle-based company says it will start selling its new single-serve brewer online in mid September 2012 for $199. It plans to start selling the machine in its ubiquitous cafes in October. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

NEW YORK (AP) ? Starbucks Corp. is about to turn up the heat on the single-serve coffee market, and someone might get burned.

The Seattle-based company says it will start selling its new single-serve brewer online this week for $199. It plans to start selling the machine in its ubiquitous cafes next month.

The arrival of the Verismo, which was announced earlier this year, comes amid intensifying competition in the rapidly growing market for single-serve brewers and the coffee pods they use.

The market was pioneered by Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc., which enjoyed soaring sales after its acquisition of the Keurig brand machine in 2006. But this month, the company's patent on its K-cup technology expired, which prompted supermarkets to roll out store-brand versions of coffee pods that can be used in Keurig machines.

Starbucks' decision to sell its own brewer comes just about a year after it struck a deal with Green Mountain to make coffee pods for Keurig machines.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Starbucks' CEO Howard Schultz said that the relationship with Green Mountain will continue and that Starbucks will still sell its pods for Keurig machines in cafes. He said that "the Keurig machine is a fantastic choice" for customers who want only brewed coffee.

The Verismo, however, uses a high-pressure system that can make lattes and other espresso-based drinks, as well as brewed coffee. Essentially, Starbucks has said its machine targets a different type of customer.

"They'll coexist and be complementary," Schulz said.

Investors aren't so certain. When Starbucks first announced its plans to roll out the Verismo in March, shares of Green Mountain plunged. Green Mountain's stock has lost 51 percent of its value since then. Starbucks' stock is little changed in the same period.

Green Mountain, which is based in Waterbury, Vt., has also been targeted by a Securities and Exchange Commission inquiry into its accounting methods. Last month, Green Mountain noted that its growth is slowing but that it still expects sales to increase by 15 to 20 percent next year.

Schultz said Starbucks identified the single-serve coffee market as a "big opportunity" about two years ago. Since introducing its pods for the Keurig system last year, he said Starbucks has captured 15 percent of the market. And last year, he noted that the broader single-serve coffee market nearly tripled to $8 billion.

"It's rare that you identify a category as large as this that's growing," Schultz said.

In addition to the $199 Verismo, Starbucks will sell a $399 a model with a larger water tank. Green Mountain's Keurig brewers cost from $99 to $189.

By next week, the Verismo will be available in specialty stores such as Williams-Sonoma and Bed, Bath & Beyond. Specialty stores also sell other brewers, including the Tassimo by Kraft Foods Inc., which costs between $100 and $170. Starbucks had previously provided coffee discs for Tassimo, but has since ended that agreement.

Starbucks says it plans to tout its brewer with a multimillion-dollar marketing campaign. Schulz noted that customers will be able to buy both the machines and pods at its cafes.

"We're going to make it very, very easy for our customers," he said.

As for the name, "Verismo" is a word derived from a form of Italian opera. As The Wall Street Journal noted earlier this year, someone usually dies at the end.

Associated Press

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French small business faces job-creation hurdles

PARIS (AP) ? Europe needs jobs, and French entrepreneur Daniel Joutard wants to create them, hiring more employees for his skin-care products company. Yet he can't take the risk ? in large part because of France's inflexible workplace protections.

The 37-year-old is among thousands of small- and medium-size business owners who will be crucial to helping France ? like other countries in Europe ? reduce a double-digit jobless rate, and ultimately shrink its hefty state budget deficit by bringing in more tax revenues.

Small- and medium-size companies made up over 99 percent of enterprises both in France and the EU more broadly, providing for about two-thirds of all employment, according to a study published in January for the European Commission. Crucially, across the bloc, these companies created about 85 percent of net new jobs from 2002 to 2010. France alone counts more than 3.4 million small- to medium-sized companies, defined as having up to 250 employees.

But businesses like Joutard's 3-year-old venture, Ainy, say it's costly and complex to hire when times are good, and costly and complex to lay employees off when times are tough. And so they're staying small, and not taking on any workers at all.

THE HIRING HAZARD

Ainy's New-Age creams, hydration treatments and lip balms have gotten solid press reviews. Top-tier retailers have offered up prime shelf space. A former R&D chief at Chanel has joined up ? lured in part by the fair trade ethos of the trans-Atlantic startup and curiosity about the plants it uses. Ainy also eschews patents, insisting that it is unfair to trademark the expertise and knowledge of the indigenous South American peoples that the company collaborates with.

It's a formula that has struck a chord with the French public ? and business is good, with revenues doubling in 2011.

Joutard now has six employees, and half of his revenues come from outsourcing research for customers. In his lab, a white-smocked chemist blends creams containing extracts from exotic Andean plants like Sacha Inchi, whose seeds have anti-aging properties and high concentrations of Omega-3 and Omega-6.

"We could hire two or three more workers," Joutard said, but adds: "Hiring becomes a risk ? because once you have hired someone, if the business is not there, it's complicated to keep that person busy."

And even more complicated to let that person go.

"So we'll only hire someone when we're 100 percent sure."

In France, which takes pride in its revolutionary past, labor reform is a tall order: Strikes are common and workers even occasionally take their bosses hostage ? in "bossnappings" ? as a form of protest. The last big government effort to make it easier to hire and fire in 2006, during President Jacques Chirac's tenure, resulted in weeks of protests that shut down universities nationwide ? and was eventually scrapped.

French governments for years enshrined workplace protections to ensure job security, limit worker exploitation and abuse, and protect the French way of life. That fabled lifestyle includes generous holiday packages, state-sponsored healthcare, and ? since the late 1990s ? the controversial 35-hour work week.

These days, entrepreneurs like Joutard say the laws should adapt to the times.

"What I want is greater flexibility, to be able to hire. But for that we must be sure that if the economic situation changes, we can let somebody go in a simple way, without any drama," he said. "In return, employees must be able to keep their employability, and get trained during these times."

Under French law, employers must pay at least some severance ? at the very least, one-fifth of their monthly salaries per number of years employed, though it can go much higher depending on labor accords. Then there's the risk that a fired employee will seek redress in one of France's labor courts ? something that Joutard has experienced firsthand.

"In general when you hire someone in France, it's impossible to get rid of them, or at least only at a prohibitive cost," said Francois Derrien, a professor of finance at the HEC business school southwest of Paris. "In sum, when you hire someone in France, it's for life."

HOLLANDE'S PLAN

In recent weeks, France's new President Francois Hollande has sought to show his Socialist-led government is working to reduce France's 10-percent jobless rate and rein in state spending. He made often-combative labor and employers' unions sit down together last week, ordering them to devise reforms to underpin new legislation to be passed by year-end. He's also commissioned a report ? to be published next month ? on ways of making French business more competitive.

Lurking behind Hollande's push is concern that France could slide into a crisis like the ones faced by other European Union partners, including Greece, Italy, Ireland and Spain.

The French economy, Europe's second-largest after Germany, is in a rut. In an analysis in May, BNP Paribas economist Helene Baudchon noted that France's growth rate averaged 1 percent a year from 2001 to 2011 ? a full percentage point less than in the previous decade, and down from the long-term average of 3.3 percent since 1950.

One of Hollande's top job-creation ideas is a "generations contract" to encourage older workers to pass on knowhow to younger hires, and adding 60,000 jobs in the public education sector over five years. He also wants to create a state-backed investment bank to help firms start up and grow.

Last month, Hollande unveiled a plan for the government to pay most of the salaries of tens of thousands of young people hired next year ? part of his war on unemployment. Under the idea, companies that hire a person aged between 16 and 25 for at least a year will pay as little as 25 percent of the salary, in the plan to create 100,000 "contracts for the future" in 2013.

More recently, he suggested another solution to encourage job creation: shifting some of what companies pay in labor fees to households. In other words, income taxes might go up so that often-onerous payroll taxes could come down.

Yet while Hollande acknowledges that employers need more flexibility, he also says any reforms should include greater job security for workers.

"It's an accord that must be win-win, give-and-take," Hollande told TF1 TV. "If this historical accord can be worked out, it will be very important for our country."

Some economists say "win-win" is simply an impossible task ? and something has to give.

THE STATE: A HELP, AND A HINDRANCE

Complicating the picture for Joutard is the fact that the helping hand of the ever-present state in France can be spotted even among start-ups ? especially those that prove they are true innovators.

"We are less competitive because of payroll taxes, for example, which are very burdensome ... which is another factor that limits our hiring," said Joutard. "On the other hand, because we're an innovator, we get more help (from the state) than others."

In his small, state-subsidized office and research lab in Paris, Joutard says he would never think of uprooting from France and going to where labor laws are more flexible. He says he owes the country a lot: He received a top-flight business-school degree here, and has received zero-interest loans and cut-rate rent from the Paris regional government, which has rewarded his entrepreneurial drive.

But he also groans that roughly 45 percent of the gross salaries he pays are swallowed up by payroll taxes. French paychecks often come with a long list of such taxes ? including fees for healthcare, pensions, unemployment insurance, disability insurance, worker training and fees for a fund aiding the elderly or the disabled.

LOW MARKS ON LABOR FLEXIBILITY

The World Economic Forum, in its Global Competitiveness Report published this month, ranked France 141 out of 144 countries in terms of "hiring and firing practices."

Overall, France fell three spots from last year to 21st in the WEF's Global Competitiveness Index ranking. It generally fared well on gauges of infrastructure, health and education, and was 10th in innovation.

Therein lies the rub: innovators like Ainy want to grow, and they do get help from the state to get going. But regulatory hurdles abound when those same companies want to grow and compete.

French labor law had its origins in a laudable idea, Joutard said: To protect workers from exploitative employers like those from the industrial era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

"But the world has changed, and is now much less predictable. So these protections become a brake," said Joutard. "A big company can handle these difficulties, it's harder for a small one."

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Jamey Keaten can be reached at twitter.com/jameykeaten

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Canada to stop opposing listing asbestos as hazardous

OTTAWA | Fri Sep 14, 2012 4:01pm EDT

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada said on Friday it was dropping its longtime opposition to listing asbestos as a hazardous material, a designation that would require exporters to warn importing countries that the fire-resistant substance can cause cancer and other illnesses.

Canadian Industry Minister Christian Paradis said he made the decision, which would also allow countries to ban imports of asbestos, as a logical consequence of plans by Quebec's provincial premier-designate, Pauline Marois, effectively to end the production of the substance. The province is the only place in Canada where it's produced.

Canada has been the only western developed country to be exporting asbestos, which is estimated to kill more than 100,000 people around the world every year. It had continued to export it even though it strictly regulated its use domestically.

(Reporting by Randall Palmer; Editing by Frank McGurty)

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University of Texas Evacuated After Bomb Threats

University of Texas Evacuated After Bomb Threats

September 14, 2012 Updated Sep 14, 2012 at 11:42 AM EDT

A scary situation at the University of Texas on Friday morning.

According to the Austin American-Statesman, the University of Texas is under an evacuation order? after a bomb threat. Bomb threats were made to multiple buildings on campus, according to the Austin American-Statesman report.

Read the Austin American-Statesman report HERE.

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Sea cameras scan the waves for smugglers

ON 6 September, at least 61 migrants seeking refuge in Europe drowned in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Turkey when their boat hit rocks. A day later another migrant boat sank off Lampedusa, Italy - and dozens are feared dead. A CCTV system for the ocean could help coastguards detect these overcrowded boats sooner, and perhaps save lives.

Buoys fitted with cameras have long been thought to be the best means to watch the seas. They would photograph vessels as they passed along the horizon, sending images to coastguards via satellite. Until now, though, this idea has been blocked by the inability of buoy-mounted cameras to capture clear, stable pictures in the ocean's swell.

Chad Lembke and colleagues at the University of South Florida in St Petersburg have designed an algorithm that enables a camera to detect the true horizon - rather than the edge of a nearby wave - even as it is tossed about in the open ocean. The algorithm identifies candidate edges that might be the horizon, and homes in on the correct one using the colour change between sea and sky. The camera then automatically takes a picture or video of any objects whose outline rises above the horizon. The software ignores everything else, which reduces the computational power needed and so also the running power. This makes it useful for long-term use at sea, says Lembke. The power would come from solar, wind or wave action, he says.

In more than 500 tests, the prototype correctly detected and tracked vessels up to 300 metres away 88 per cent of the time (Ocean Engineering, doi.org/h9g). By refining the algorithm's parameters, Lembke's team hopes to reach 98 per cent. And a better camera should be able to pick out ships up to a kilometre away, Lembke says. As well as detecting boats carrying migrants, the system could issue wireless alerts warning of the possible presence of pirates or drug smugglers.

The idea has promise, says John Wills, technical director of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology in London. "This proposal might help support the vital role of identification of potentially hostile craft at sea, as long as some simple practical issues, such as keeping the lens clean of saltwater spray, do not inhibit its operation."

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No good Samaritan: Swedes shocked by subway thief

A composite image from September 8 CCTV footage made available by Swedish Police on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, shows the victim, returning home after a drunken night on the town, falling down on the tracks at Sandsborg metro station south of Stockholm. He was then robbed and left to be run over by an oncoming train. The man survived, sustaining serious injuries. (AP Photo/Swedish Police) SWEDEN OUT

A composite image from September 8 CCTV footage made available by Swedish Police on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, shows the victim, returning home after a drunken night on the town, falling down on the tracks at Sandsborg metro station south of Stockholm. He was then robbed and left to be run over by an oncoming train. The man survived, sustaining serious injuries. (AP Photo/Swedish Police) SWEDEN OUT

STOCKHOLM (AP) ? A drunk, middle-aged man falls off a subway platform and is knocked unconscious as his head hits the tracks.

A bystander who witnessed the accident jumps down after him ? but not for a daring rescue before the train arrives.

Instead, the witness steals the man's valuables, climbs back on the platform and leaves his victim to be hit by a train.

The man ? who was on his way home from a party ? survived, but was seriously injured and doctors had to amputate half his left foot, Sweden's TV3 channel reported.

Swedish police now hope that surveillance camera footage of the disturbing incident at a Stockholm subway station early Sunday will help them find and arrest the unscrupulous thief.

Police said Thursday they have received several tips after the video was shown on TV3 this week on Sweden's equivalent to "America's Most Wanted."

It was also shown by several other TV stations.

"To me it's incredible that one could steal or rob from somebody who is lying in such a place where you know that, if I don't do something, then this person will, in a worst-case scenario, get killed by the train that is coming. Because the train is going to come," police inspector Dan Ostman told TV4.

The thief had short, dark hair and was wearing a blue jacket and dark pants. He was described as being between 35 and 40 years old and about 5-foot-9 (175 centimeters).

He calmly walked out of the subway station, waving to the ticket vendor, as a train ran over the victim on the tracks below.

Associated Press

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REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS RELIGION)<br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/photos/egyptians-scale-u-s-embassy-walls-slideshow/Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:19:10 -0400photos/egyptians-scale-u-s-embassy-walls-slideshow/<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/egyptians-scale-u-s-embassy-walls-slideshow/"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3xPMrgrV5_IRLDtDBFX_wg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-09-11T191657Z_600120774_GM1E89C090V02_RTRMADP_3_EGYPT-USA-PROTEST.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Photos: Protestors pull down U.S. flag at Cairo embassy" align="left" title="Photos: Protestors pull down U.S. flag at Cairo embassy" border="0" /></a>Protesters destroy an American flag pulled down from the U.S. embassy in Cairo September 11, 2012. Egyptian protesters scaled the walls of the U.S. embassy on Tuesday, tore down the American flag and burned it during a protest over what they said was a film being produced in the United States that insulted Prophet Mohammad. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS RELIGION)<br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-leads-nation-silent-9-11-tribute-131700570--election.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DkstoDagHicM3WvaLC.JGA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-09-11T163454Z_1_CBRE88A1A2B00_RTROPTP_2_USA-SEPT11.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. President Obama speaks near U.S. Secretary of Defense Panetta on the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks at the Pentagon near Washington" align="left" title="U.S. President Obama speaks near U.S. Secretary of Defense Panetta on the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks at the Pentagon near Washington" border="0" /></a>President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama led America in a silent tribute to the victims of the September 11, 2011 terrorist attacks on the White House lawn.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-leads-nation-silent-9-11-tribute-131700570--election.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 09:17:00 -0400blogs/ticket/obama-leads-nation-silent-9-11-tribute-131700570--election<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-leads-nation-silent-9-11-tribute-131700570--election.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DkstoDagHicM3WvaLC.JGA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-09-11T163454Z_1_CBRE88A1A2B00_RTROPTP_2_USA-SEPT11.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. President Obama speaks near U.S. Secretary of Defense Panetta on the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks at the Pentagon near Washington" align="left" title="U.S. President Obama speaks near U.S. Secretary of Defense Panetta on the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks at the Pentagon near Washington" border="0" /></a>President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama led America in a silent tribute to the victims of the September 11, 2011 terrorist attacks on the White House lawn.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dead-prisoner-had-troubled-history-guantanamo-204519651.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/a28vKPorKZqdVhJnOhIXKg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3d50def6aa67e4191a0f6a706700b7e7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This undated handout photo provided by Marc Falkoff , an attorney representing Adnan Latif shows Latif, the Guantanamo prisoner who was found unconscious in his cell on Saturday, Sept. 8. 2012 and later declared dead at a hospital on the U.S. base in Cuba. Latif, a 32-year-old from Yemen, had been held at Guantanamo without charge since January 2002. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Marc Falkoff)" align="left" title="This undated handout photo provided by Marc Falkoff , an attorney representing Adnan Latif shows Latif, the Guantanamo prisoner who was found unconscious in his cell on Saturday, Sept. 8. 2012 and later declared dead at a hospital on the U.S. base in Cuba. Latif, a 32-year-old from Yemen, had been held at Guantanamo without charge since January 2002. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Marc Falkoff)" border="0" /></a>The latest prisoner to die at the U.S. base in Guantanamo, Cuba, was identified as a Yemeni man with a history of mental illness who battled guards and challenged his confinement.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/dead-prisoner-had-troubled-history-guantanamo-204519651.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 17:55:04 -0400Associated Pressdead-prisoner-had-troubled-history-guantanamo-204519651<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dead-prisoner-had-troubled-history-guantanamo-204519651.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/a28vKPorKZqdVhJnOhIXKg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3d50def6aa67e4191a0f6a706700b7e7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This undated handout photo provided by Marc Falkoff , an attorney representing Adnan Latif shows Latif, the Guantanamo prisoner who was found unconscious in his cell on Saturday, Sept. 8. 2012 and later declared dead at a hospital on the U.S. base in Cuba. Latif, a 32-year-old from Yemen, had been held at Guantanamo without charge since January 2002. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Marc Falkoff)" align="left" title="This undated handout photo provided by Marc Falkoff , an attorney representing Adnan Latif shows Latif, the Guantanamo prisoner who was found unconscious in his cell on Saturday, Sept. 8. 2012 and later declared dead at a hospital on the U.S. base in Cuba. Latif, a 32-year-old from Yemen, had been held at Guantanamo without charge since January 2002. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Marc Falkoff)" border="0" /></a>The latest prisoner to die at the U.S. base in Guantanamo, Cuba, was identified as a Yemeni man with a history of mental illness who battled guards and challenged his confinement.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/biden-says-malarkey-another-word-meaning-malarkey-173314715--election.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PPpsTIpaPUCRmmbKAPL0kQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/1c9c91d45d429c191a0f6a706700de01.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event Athens Community Center, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, in Athens, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)" align="left" title="Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event Athens Community Center, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, in Athens, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)" border="0" /></a>Fresh from delivering a tribute to 9/11 victims, VP Biden told Shanksville, Pa., firefighters that he would have them down to Washington -- &quot;No bulls**t.&quot;</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/biden-says-malarkey-another-word-meaning-malarkey-173314715--election.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 13:33:14 -0400blogs/ticket/biden-says-malarkey-another-word-meaning-malarkey-173314715--election<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/biden-says-malarkey-another-word-meaning-malarkey-173314715--election.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PPpsTIpaPUCRmmbKAPL0kQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/1c9c91d45d429c191a0f6a706700de01.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event Athens Community Center, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, in Athens, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)" align="left" title="Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event Athens Community Center, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, in Athens, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)" border="0" /></a>Fresh from delivering a tribute to 9/11 victims, VP Biden told Shanksville, Pa., firefighters that he would have them down to Washington -- &quot;No bulls**t.&quot;</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/800-000-americans-could-avoided-foreclosure-213401800.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.JxJvyunfppvAg1edhQmHQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/800_000_Americans_Could_Have_Avoided-892fc9b12ab2cb16c3465584bd7c90b9" width="130" height="86" alt="800,000 Americans Could Have Avoided Foreclosure" align="left" title="800,000 Americans Could Have Avoided Foreclosure" border="0" /></a>A new study finds that an alarming number of homeowners ? 800,000 ? would not have faced foreclosure had the banks taken full advantage of the government&#039;s Home Affordable Modification Program to assist distressed mortgage-holders following the financial meltdown. The study, conducted by a group of scholars and government officials?and?coming to us via ProPublica, found that while some banks were well-staffed and trained to modify mortgages, most were not. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/800-000-americans-could-avoided-foreclosure-213401800.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 17:34:01 -0400The Atlantic Wire800-000-americans-could-avoided-foreclosure-213401800<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/800-000-americans-could-avoided-foreclosure-213401800.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.JxJvyunfppvAg1edhQmHQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/800_000_Americans_Could_Have_Avoided-892fc9b12ab2cb16c3465584bd7c90b9" width="130" height="86" alt="800,000 Americans Could Have Avoided Foreclosure" align="left" title="800,000 Americans Could Have Avoided Foreclosure" border="0" /></a>A new study finds that an alarming number of homeowners ? 800,000 ? would not have faced foreclosure had the banks taken full advantage of the government&#039;s Home Affordable Modification Program to assist distressed mortgage-holders following the financial meltdown. The study, conducted by a group of scholars and government officials?and?coming to us via ProPublica, found that while some banks were well-staffed and trained to modify mortgages, most were not. ...</p><br clear="all"/><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/photos-of-the-day-1340925511-slideshow/"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QLj57RomFsr9psu.AznuXw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/152/2012/09/11/AP375797985031-jpg_163206.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Photos: A roundup of the day&#039;s best images" align="left" title="Photos: A roundup of the day&#039;s best images" border="0" /></a>A person stops to read names in New Jersey&#039;s memorial to the 749 people from the state lost during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, as One World Trade Center, now up to 104 floors, looms in the distance across the Hudson River, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)<br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/photos/photos-of-the-day-1340925511-slideshow/Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:00:09 -0400photos/photos-of-the-day-1340925511-slideshow/<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/photos-of-the-day-1340925511-slideshow/"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QLj57RomFsr9psu.AznuXw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/152/2012/09/11/AP375797985031-jpg_163206.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Photos: A roundup of the day&#039;s best images" align="left" title="Photos: A roundup of the day&#039;s best images" border="0" /></a>A person stops to read names in New Jersey&#039;s memorial to the 749 people from the state lost during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, as One World Trade Center, now up to 104 floors, looms in the distance across the Hudson River, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)<br clear="all"/>Former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann responded Tuesday to a Vanity Fair article reporting that the network's Joe Scarborough was considering a presidential bid in 2016. We'll let his tweets do the talking:http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/keith-olbermann-responds-joe-scarborough-presidential-rumors-211215494.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 17:12:15 -0400blogs/ticket/keith-olbermann-responds-joe-scarborough-presidential-rumors-211215494Singer Sheryl Crow has said she believes her benign brain tumor was caused by frequent cellphone use, but the science to date does not support her theory.http://news.yahoo.com/sheryl-crows-suspicions-brain-tumor-not-supported-science-201741182.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 16:17:41 -0400LiveScience.comsheryl-crows-suspicions-brain-tumor-not-supported-science-201741182<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mammoth-fragments-siberia-raise-cloning-hopes-165221958.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/e7fbPOIT8f0sYmOMardwkQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/4378301eaa08e2191a0f6a7067003dd0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this June 28, 2008 file photo a sculpture of mammoths is seen in the Siberian town of Khanty-Mansiisk, 2000 kilometers (1250 miles) east of Moscow, Russia. A Russian university said Tuesday that an international team of scientists have discovered well-preserved frozen woolly mammoth fragments deep in Siberia that may contain living cells, edging a step closer to the possibility of cloning the prehistoric animal. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky,File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this June 28, 2008 file photo a sculpture of mammoths is seen in the Siberian town of Khanty-Mansiisk, 2000 kilometers (1250 miles) east of Moscow, Russia. A Russian university said Tuesday that an international team of scientists have discovered well-preserved frozen woolly mammoth fragments deep in Siberia that may contain living cells, edging a step closer to the possibility of cloning the prehistoric animal. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky,File)" border="0" /></a>Scientists have discovered well-preserved frozen woolly mammoth fragments deep in Siberia that may contain living cells, edging a tad closer to the &quot;Jurassic Park&quot; possibility of cloning a prehistoric animal, the mission&#039;s organizer said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mammoth-fragments-siberia-raise-cloning-hopes-165221958.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 15:22:52 -0400Associated Pressmammoth-fragments-siberia-raise-cloning-hopes-165221958<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mammoth-fragments-siberia-raise-cloning-hopes-165221958.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/e7fbPOIT8f0sYmOMardwkQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/4378301eaa08e2191a0f6a7067003dd0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this June 28, 2008 file photo a sculpture of mammoths is seen in the Siberian town of Khanty-Mansiisk, 2000 kilometers (1250 miles) east of Moscow, Russia. A Russian university said Tuesday that an international team of scientists have discovered well-preserved frozen woolly mammoth fragments deep in Siberia that may contain living cells, edging a step closer to the possibility of cloning the prehistoric animal. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky,File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this June 28, 2008 file photo a sculpture of mammoths is seen in the Siberian town of Khanty-Mansiisk, 2000 kilometers (1250 miles) east of Moscow, Russia. A Russian university said Tuesday that an international team of scientists have discovered well-preserved frozen woolly mammoth fragments deep in Siberia that may contain living cells, edging a step closer to the possibility of cloning the prehistoric animal. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky,File)" border="0" /></a>Scientists have discovered well-preserved frozen woolly mammoth fragments deep in Siberia that may contain living cells, edging a tad closer to the &quot;Jurassic Park&quot; possibility of cloning a prehistoric animal, the mission&#039;s organizer said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/mars-rover-curiosity-slideshow/"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/K8DMXELyxT9hlB_tRyg4oA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/152/2012/09/10/0034MH0066001000E1-DXXX-jpg_134102.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Photos: Mars rover takes stunning hi-res self-portraits" align="left" title="Photos: Mars rover takes stunning hi-res self-portraits" border="0" /></a><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/photos/mars-rover-curiosity-slideshow/Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:00:05 -0400photos/mars-rover-curiosity-slideshow/<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/mars-rover-curiosity-slideshow/"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/K8DMXELyxT9hlB_tRyg4oA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/152/2012/09/10/0034MH0066001000E1-DXXX-jpg_134102.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Photos: Mars rover takes stunning hi-res self-portraits" align="left" title="Photos: Mars rover takes stunning hi-res self-portraits" border="0" /></a><br clear="all"/>Popular baby names in the U.S. have changed dramatically over the past 100 years. But some things never change, including our nation's love of the name "William." Data from the Social Security Administration shows that virtually none of the top 20 most popular names from 1911 is still in the rankings in the most recent [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/most-popular-baby-names-2011-vs-1911-william-163322452.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 12:33:22 -0400blogs/sideshow/most-popular-baby-names-2011-vs-1911-william-163322452<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/divers-3d-images-sunken-civil-war-ship-181108655.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GvXspGGH0G8.ukP20Nj3ZA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/uss-hatteras-css-alabama.jpg1347381635" width="130" height="86" alt="Divers to Get 3D Images of Sunken Civil War Ship" align="left" title="Divers to Get 3D Images of Sunken Civil War Ship" border="0" /></a>The USS Hatteras, an iron-hulled steamship that was converted into a gunboat by the U.S. Navy during the Civil War, was lost to the sea on Jan. 11, 1863, during one of the many battles for the strategic Confederate port of Galveston, Texas.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/divers-3d-images-sunken-civil-war-ship-181108655.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 14:11:08 -0400LiveScience.comdivers-3d-images-sunken-civil-war-ship-181108655<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/divers-3d-images-sunken-civil-war-ship-181108655.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GvXspGGH0G8.ukP20Nj3ZA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/uss-hatteras-css-alabama.jpg1347381635" width="130" height="86" alt="Divers to Get 3D Images of Sunken Civil War Ship" align="left" title="Divers to Get 3D Images of Sunken Civil War Ship" border="0" /></a>The USS Hatteras, an iron-hulled steamship that was converted into a gunboat by the U.S. Navy during the Civil War, was lost to the sea on Jan. 11, 1863, during one of the many battles for the strategic Confederate port of Galveston, Texas.</p><br clear="all"/><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/queen-elizabeth-s-diamond-jubilee-1338568490-slideshow/"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lXgoBXHpUmzOjprss1V6Sw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/2d84458da83ada191a0f6a70670056f5.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Photos: Prince William, Catherine embark on Far East tour" align="left" title="Photos: Prince William, Catherine embark on Far East tour" border="0" /></a>Britain&#039;s Prince William and his wife Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, view a hybrid orchid named in their honor while touring the Orchid Garden within the Singapore Botanical Gardens in Singapore, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. The British royal couple are on an official three-day trip to Singapore. (AP Photo/Stephen Morrison, Pool)<br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/photos/queen-elizabeth-s-diamond-jubilee-1338568490-slideshow/Tue, 11 Sep 2012 08:03:24 -0400photos/queen-elizabeth-s-diamond-jubilee-1338568490-slideshow/<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/queen-elizabeth-s-diamond-jubilee-1338568490-slideshow/"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lXgoBXHpUmzOjprss1V6Sw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/2d84458da83ada191a0f6a70670056f5.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Photos: Prince William, Catherine embark on Far East tour" align="left" title="Photos: Prince William, Catherine embark on Far East tour" border="0" /></a>Britain&#039;s Prince William and his wife Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, view a hybrid orchid named in their honor while touring the Orchid Garden within the Singapore Botanical Gardens in Singapore, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. The British royal couple are on an official three-day trip to Singapore. (AP Photo/Stephen Morrison, Pool)<br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ap-exclusive-intelligence-iran-nuke-110135519.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Z8yFdahd.0MTj2xOtj7Z0w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/1acd0178a857f118190f6a706700c423.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Wednesday Feb. 15, 2012 file photo, released by the Iranian President&#039;s Office, claims to show Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, second left being escorted by technicians during a tour of Tehran&#039;s research reactor centre in northern Tehran, Iran. Iran&#039;s denials that it is trying to develop nuclear weapons carry a distinctly hollow ring among its foes as the U.N. nuclear watchdog piles on worries: Complaining about limits on inspection access and reporting that Tehran is expanding its nuclear fuel labs. But, as Israel increasingly weighs the option of a military strike, Western leaders wary of another Middle East conflict may have to pay closer attention to the claims. (AP Photo/Iranian President&#039;s Office, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Wednesday Feb. 15, 2012 file photo, released by the Iranian President&#039;s Office, claims to show Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, second left being escorted by technicians during a tour of Tehran&#039;s research reactor centre in northern Tehran, Iran. Iran&#039;s denials that it is trying to develop nuclear weapons carry a distinctly hollow ring among its foes as the U.N. nuclear watchdog piles on worries: Complaining about limits on inspection access and reporting that Tehran is expanding its nuclear fuel labs. But, as Israel increasingly weighs the option of a military strike, Western leaders wary of another Middle East conflict may have to pay closer attention to the claims. (AP Photo/Iranian President&#039;s Office, File)" border="0" /></a>The U.N. atomic agency has received new and significant intelligence over the past month that Iran has moved further toward the ability to build a nuclear weapon, diplomats tell The Associated Press.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/ap-exclusive-intelligence-iran-nuke-110135519.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 12:47:46 -0400Associated Pressap-exclusive-intelligence-iran-nuke-110135519<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ap-exclusive-intelligence-iran-nuke-110135519.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Z8yFdahd.0MTj2xOtj7Z0w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/1acd0178a857f118190f6a706700c423.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Wednesday Feb. 15, 2012 file photo, released by the Iranian President&#039;s Office, claims to show Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, second left being escorted by technicians during a tour of Tehran&#039;s research reactor centre in northern Tehran, Iran. Iran&#039;s denials that it is trying to develop nuclear weapons carry a distinctly hollow ring among its foes as the U.N. nuclear watchdog piles on worries: Complaining about limits on inspection access and reporting that Tehran is expanding its nuclear fuel labs. But, as Israel increasingly weighs the option of a military strike, Western leaders wary of another Middle East conflict may have to pay closer attention to the claims. (AP Photo/Iranian President&#039;s Office, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Wednesday Feb. 15, 2012 file photo, released by the Iranian President&#039;s Office, claims to show Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, second left being escorted by technicians during a tour of Tehran&#039;s research reactor centre in northern Tehran, Iran. Iran&#039;s denials that it is trying to develop nuclear weapons carry a distinctly hollow ring among its foes as the U.N. nuclear watchdog piles on worries: Complaining about limits on inspection access and reporting that Tehran is expanding its nuclear fuel labs. But, as Israel increasingly weighs the option of a military strike, Western leaders wary of another Middle East conflict may have to pay closer attention to the claims. (AP Photo/Iranian President&#039;s Office, File)" border="0" /></a>The U.N. atomic agency has received new and significant intelligence over the past month that Iran has moved further toward the ability to build a nuclear weapon, diplomats tell The Associated Press.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/jailed-doctor-helped-nab-osama-bin-laden-says-151023898.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QIO3.VqBmskd0kQ6KW91Gg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/video/video.fbc.com/052512_otr_ubl_640.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Will the US free hero Pakistani doctor?" align="left" title="Will the US free hero Pakistani doctor?" border="0" /></a>The jailed doctor who helped the U.S. military locate the compound of Osama bin Laden now says Pakistan views the United States as its &quot;worst enemy.&quot;</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/jailed-doctor-helped-nab-osama-bin-laden-says-151023898.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 11:10:23 -0400blogs/lookout/jailed-doctor-helped-nab-osama-bin-laden-says-151023898<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/jailed-doctor-helped-nab-osama-bin-laden-says-151023898.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QIO3.VqBmskd0kQ6KW91Gg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/video/video.fbc.com/052512_otr_ubl_640.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Will the US free hero Pakistani doctor?" align="left" title="Will the US free hero Pakistani doctor?" border="0" /></a>The jailed doctor who helped the U.S. military locate the compound of Osama bin Laden now says Pakistan views the United States as its &quot;worst enemy.&quot;</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/now-11-things-old-iphone-173431389--finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4fbodqL7n_kyoUHBUUyMOg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b07223b5a93fde191a0f6a706700c770.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE-In this Thursday, June 24, 2010 file photo, Piotr Kubiak of Oakland, Ill., shows off his new iPhone 4, right, next to his old iPhone outside of an Apple store, in Chicago. Millions of people will likely buy new iPhones after Apple&#039;s expected announcement of a new model on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. The new phones would join some 244 million iPhones already sold since the first one launched in 2007. Some have been lost, some stolen and some are still in use. But it&#039;s fair to say that millions of iPhones are languishing in desk drawers or gathering dust. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)" align="left" title="FILE-In this Thursday, June 24, 2010 file photo, Piotr Kubiak of Oakland, Ill., shows off his new iPhone 4, right, next to his old iPhone outside of an Apple store, in Chicago. Millions of people will likely buy new iPhones after Apple&#039;s expected announcement of a new model on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. The new phones would join some 244 million iPhones already sold since the first one launched in 2007. Some have been lost, some stolen and some are still in use. But it&#039;s fair to say that millions of iPhones are languishing in desk drawers or gathering dust. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)" border="0" /></a>In case you haven&#039;t heard by now, Apple is unveiling its latest iPhone on Wednesday. That leaves the question: What should you do with your old one?</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/now-11-things-old-iphone-173431389--finance.htmlTue, 11 Sep 2012 16:06:52 -0400Associated Pressnow-11-things-old-iphone-173431389--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/now-11-things-old-iphone-173431389--finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4fbodqL7n_kyoUHBUUyMOg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b07223b5a93fde191a0f6a706700c770.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE-In this Thursday, June 24, 2010 file photo, Piotr Kubiak of Oakland, Ill., shows off his new iPhone 4, right, next to his old iPhone outside of an Apple store, in Chicago. Millions of people will likely buy new iPhones after Apple&#039;s expected announcement of a new model on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. The new phones would join some 244 million iPhones already sold since the first one launched in 2007. Some have been lost, some stolen and some are still in use. But it&#039;s fair to say that millions of iPhones are languishing in desk drawers or gathering dust. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)" align="left" title="FILE-In this Thursday, June 24, 2010 file photo, Piotr Kubiak of Oakland, Ill., shows off his new iPhone 4, right, next to his old iPhone outside of an Apple store, in Chicago. Millions of people will likely buy new iPhones after Apple&#039;s expected announcement of a new model on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. The new phones would join some 244 million iPhones already sold since the first one launched in 2007. Some have been lost, some stolen and some are still in use. But it&#039;s fair to say that millions of iPhones are languishing in desk drawers or gathering dust. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)" border="0" /></a>In case you haven&#039;t heard by now, Apple is unveiling its latest iPhone on Wednesday. That leaves the question: What should you do with your old one?</p><br clear="all"/><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/life-a-tribute-to-lower-manhattan-slideshow/"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sel75jvQA4guc39hFiFBlQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/152/2012/09/11/23-01149603-jpg_141639.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Photos: LIFE.com&#039;s tribute to Lower Manhattan" align="left" title="Photos: LIFE.com&#039;s tribute to Lower Manhattan" border="0" /></a><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/photos/life-a-tribute-to-lower-manhattan-slideshow/Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:00:43 -0400photos/life-a-tribute-to-lower-manhattan-slideshow/<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/life-a-tribute-to-lower-manhattan-slideshow/"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sel75jvQA4guc39hFiFBlQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/152/2012/09/11/23-01149603-jpg_141639.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Photos: LIFE.com&#039;s tribute to Lower Manhattan" align="left" title="Photos: LIFE.com&#039;s tribute to Lower Manhattan" border="0" /></a><br clear="all"/>

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Spestle Is CafePress For Seasoning Blends (Seriously)

When I read Spestle's pitch for Startup Alley I thought it was either a prank or a goofy placeholder for a stealth startup: "Spestle lets you create custom seasoning & herb blends." But Spestle is real and serious. It's a service that enables you to create a custom seasoning blend, complete with your own packaging, and sell it online. When someone buys your spice mix, Spestle will make the blends to order, handle fulfillment, and cut the creators a check -- just like a print-on-demand service.

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Apple takes wraps off thinner iPhone

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How to take title when buying Las Vegas Real Estate

After writing this newsletter every week for the last six years, you?d think I?d run out of subjects, wouldn?t you?? I began writing yesterday and was sharing my thoughts on coffee machines and outstanding customer service.? Then the phone rang.

It was a young man in a bind.? He was working with a real estate agent to help him secure a rental in a high-rise building on the Strip.? He said he had ?a bad feeling? about this person but kept working with them.? He flew in to Vegas with one purpose, to secure a condo, as he would be starting his job here in?ten days.

Long story short, the agent ditched him.? His flight leaves on Sunday morning at 11am and he has to find a place today.? It?s 2:45pm on Saturday.

He actually spoke to one of my agents first, who told him to call me.? If you go back to my article from three weeks ago, this is almost exactly the scenario I described.? Folks need help immediately and fulfilling that wish is difficult to do.? It all worked out, thanks to our team pulling together instantly.

Seeing high-rise condos are hard to do ?on demand? due to occupancy, availability of the agent, etc.? We found three listings that fit our new client?s needs perfectly and while our agent, John, was in transit to pick?the client?up and show the units, I drove to a listing agent?s office to get a spare key for one of the listings and then meet John.? It was ?Mission Impossible: Vegas Style.?? By 6:30pm, this young man had three viable choices and his trip was a success.

Is this an unusual occurrence?? Hardly, it happens all the time.? It just amazes me that these last minute calls come to us so often.

So my article on outstanding customer service got derailed ? or did it?? Actually, if you?ve got a few minutes and want to read what I originally wrote ? click HERE.

Last week, I began telling you about the ?bundle of rights? that every property owner has.? Today we?ll talk about ?the right of possession.?

There are four ways to take title in Nevada.? The first two require you to be married ? ?community property? and ?community property with rights of survivorship.?? The other two ways do not require the owners to be married ? these options are ?joint tenants with rights of survivorship? and ?tenants in common.?

If you take title with ?rights of survivorship? ? the person who dies first automatically ?leaves? their portion to the surviving party.? It doesn?t matter if there?s a will or what it says.

For ?community property? and for ?tenants in common? ? when one party dies, their will determines who gets their share.? For this reason, it is extremely important to have a will and keep it updated, if you take title this way.

Here?s where it gets tricky.? Let?s say a married couple buys a property and takes title as ?joint tenants with rights of survivorship.?? This was a second marriage and the husband has kids from his first wife.? The husband says, ?I?m not feeling well, I want to make sure that if I die, my kids get half the property.?? He can convey his half to his children, before his death.

This action breaks the joint tenancy and now turns the ownership into a ?tenancy in common.?? Tricky, isn?t it?? Now the wife is half owner with her stepchildren and there?s no choice in the matter.? Moving forward they?re all decision-makers in the process.

Domestic partners who don?t have a will may want to take title as joint tenants with rights of survivorship.? However, if wills have been written, then tenants in common is another viable choice.? It?s always best to consult an attorney for more complicated situations.

As you can see, this is a choice you want to make carefully, depending on your particular circumstances.? To see the different choices for taking title, click HERE.

Have a great week!

?

Mark Karten is a Las Vegas Realtor who specializes in listing and selling homes in Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson. If your home is ?upside down? ? learn more about your choices before you think of walking away ? a short sale might be the right option.

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