Google, Apple, & Samsung are once again comScore winners, Microsoft & RIM not so much

1. Droid_X_Doug posted on 7 hours ago 0 0

Why am I not surprised that RIM's sales are tanking? Uninspiring handsets, an O/S that is having problems with bricking handsets and the new and improved O/S and related handsets won't be available until probably 4Q2012 at the earliest all conspire to give consumers a reason to shop elsewhere.

2. gallitoking posted on 7 hours ago 1 0

never in my chicken mind I would have thought that RIM would collapse so fast... still waiting for MS to rise...not!..

3. Droid_X_Doug posted on 6 hours ago 2 0

Out of curiosity, why wouldn't you have thought RIM would fall so fast?

They have consistently been approximately 12 to 18 months behind both Apple and Android handsets in release cycle. There have been problems with each version of the O/S going back to v. 5.0 (they are now on v. 7). The handset specifications are obsolete before the handset even starts to ship. And, and, and. Even the U.S. govt. got fed up with the obsolescence and has been testing/certifying alternatives to RIM handsets.

No issues with your post, but I have been predicting RIM's sales declines since mid 2010 when I moved to the Droid X.

10. gallitoking posted on 4 hours ago 1 0

all valid points... however BB fans were loyal... and jumped ship so fast... it caught me by surprise..

12. protozeloz posted on 3 hours ago 0 0

To me it's rather slower I was expecting 10% already and there are tons of reasons why its dropping

-RIM waisted lots of precious time
- little efforts trying to gather devs and pump the store
- waist of valuable time
- concentrating resources on useless Android port apps
- no outstanding features that makes people want to switch
- believe the enterprise will remain loyal
- waisted time
- too many DOA products

Did I mentioned all the time waisted? I mean seriously their only hope could be BBX or whatever that's gonna get named and will arrive when everyone has their game geared up an extra lvl or two

5. godsarmylds posted on 5 hours ago 0 0

I think Droid, gallitoking was more going along the lines. That RIM so big and had once a long time ago had a strong OS compared to the compitition at the time. It's kind of hard to believe that they would have fallen to fast as they did. But I do agree with you droid that as soon as I got my first android (mytouch) all those years ago I knew that Black berry was going down. Up against Apple and Android. It really didnt have a chance. But it has drop so fast. Mainly cause they didnt really change anything big for like 3 years or even 4 years. And always slow to release new devices that came compatable with the newest 3g or 4g services that came out. Same problem with Palm no innovation really. And I'm sorry. Apple is on the same track edging to their nearly 6th year of being relased and still very little big signs of innovation. I hope Android doesnt do the same thing. ICS is a very nice update to the phone OS. And I hear the Apple 5 will be different. So I'm excited fr 2012. Hope to see some great innovation and hopefully not so many court cases.

6. Droid_X_Doug posted on 5 hours ago 0 0

Yeah, RIM does seem to be repeating the Palm experience. Nothing like arrogance to drive a company into the ground. It will be interesting to see how Android and iOS fare in 2012. I suspect they will both continue to push each other along, which at the end of the day is good for consumers of both brands. ICS is supposedly taking some cues from WP7/7.5, I wonder what iOS 5 looks like? ICS (laughing)?

7. ardent1 posted on 5 hours ago 0 0

"And I'm sorry. Apple is on the same track edging to their nearly 6th year of being relased and still very little big signs of innovation"

Apple is a software company at heart, so the innovations will be software based, i.e. Siri in beta, using software to manage the dual antennae, using software for image stabilization for the camera/camcorder, etc. iOS 5.0 is the first software where the OS is updated based on deltas ... the list goes on. Again, as the hardware improves, it allows Apple to do more with its software.

Here are some more Apple innovations: (a) a two-year-old smartphone (3GS) that continues to outsell the leading or cutting edge android devices, (b) Apple to maintain its margins in a very competitive market for so many years, which is basically unheard off, (c) being awarded patents, which is a sore points for the android camp, etc.

It takes great software to make great handsets and the recent Samsung fiasco of how it couldn't update 10 million phones due to bad software only reinforces Apple's strengths of integrating software and hardware.

Judging Apple's products based on hardware and spec's is the main reason why android OEMs failed to duplicate the success of the 3GS.

8. willardcw4 posted on 4 hours ago 0 0

Stop comparing 3 phones (3GS, 4, 4S) with dozens (android). It makes no sense. They are different platforms with different appealing features to various individuals, and although they are in direct competition, it's not an apples to apples comparison.

The most recent software innovations you speak of (including Siri beta) are not 'innovations'. They are modified or altered from other existing ideas / programs operating systems. Nothing is truly unique. The one thing they really are masters at is producing a really smooth and clean product, but the devices experience problems just like any other phone. Try writing an OS and updates for 25 phones with differing hardware and a fast release cycle.. it's tough. On top of that, different phone manufacturers have their own skins, even more of a programming nightmare, but it offers a unique experience that isn't shared by other products. Apple has a lot more time to develop software since they release products ~1 a year.

Oh ya, they are being awarded patents because they have really good lawyers who patent things that shouldn't be accepted as patents by the USPTO... not their fault, obviously, but just because they are filing a patent doesn't mean they created the system or technology (face unlock anyone..?!?!).

13. ardent1 posted on 3 hours ago 0 0

> Stop comparing 3 phones (3GS, 4, 4S) with dozens (android).

Actually, it's one phone (i.e. the 3GS) compared to the "leading edge" or "cutting edge" android phones like I wrote originally. I can't make this point any clearer (or any more lucid) in regards to the never-ending and always-used argument that spec's help drive sales. Thanks.

> The most recent software innovations you speak of (including Siri beta) are not 'innovations'.

Then we have a difference of opinion. I believe bring Siri in beta form to the mass consumer market that totals in the tens of millions users is "innovation" and you are more than welcome to disagree.

> Try writing an OS and updates for 25 phones with differing hardware and a fast release cycle.. it's tough.

Google created this problem by itself. Look at MicroSoft, they have minimum hardware spec's and Google failed to heed MicroSoft's wisdom.

> On top of that, different phone manufacturers have their own skins, even more of a programming nightmare

That is the OWN manufacturer's choicing, thus causing the great fragmentation and user experience of android. Samsung has no problem selling 10 million units of one phone, but will not fix it's software so its 10 million users cannot obtain ICS. They created their own nightmare.

> just because they are filing a patent doesn't mean they created the system or technology

That is not correct. As you know, there is a patent examiner assigned to the patent application so there is some standard Apple must pass. Also, people tend to think there is only one face unlock invention -- I beg to differ as I understand patents can't be too broad.

18. ILikeBubbles posted on 2 hours ago 0 0

as much as i'm fully on team android, i do have to agree that Ardent1 makes many good points and made them pretty objectivly..no one here can say that any iphone has been laggy or fc's. this is because of software.

and i'm sure there are MANY details and technicalidies that the general public doesn't know about that allows apple to patent things like face unlock or a touch integrated screen..

everyone knows pattents aren't based on who created the technology lol :p

9. Sniggly posted on 4 hours ago 2 1

Chugging the Kool Aid tonight, aren't you?

Samsung originally said they wouldn't update two lines of devices with hardware that's a year and a half old. The hardware isn't bad, the software isn't bad, the hardware is just OLD. Now Samsung is possibly releasing a neutered version of ICS for those devices to placate customers who probably wouldn't have given a s**t about having new software on a year and a half old phone before it was mentioned that they might get it by overspeculative news writers.

In other words, Samsung may take the Apple route: release a neutered update to hardware that's not even optimized for it.

Ardent, have you had the opportunity to handle a brand new 3GS preloaded with iOS 5? I have. It lags and stutters worse than my Droid X did on its worst day with Froyo.

The 3GS outsells other Android devices even now because it's a FREE IPHONE. Before that it was a 50 dollar iPhone. Before that it was a 100 dollar iPhone.

It's all about brand recognition. The iPhone is considered the premium product by those who don't know any better. I compare it to the brand recognition of Mercedes or BMW versus Cadillac. The car magazines and news teams and everyone else will compare the Caddy to the Mercedes or BMW, not the other way around. Even if the Caddy totally kills the other brand, it's still considered inferior by the snobs.

Another apt comparison is between the name and store brands of cereal. The store brands are usually pretty damn good, and often cheaper, but everyone wants the god damn brand name. They want that Apple logo on the back of their phone.

11. RORYREVOLUTION posted on 4 hours ago 1 0

I want Google to do some serious marketing for the Nexus devices. They need to go all out and make it a true Android top brand. If Verizon continues where they left off and offers the next Nexus device, I will become a loyal Nexus brand buyer. I really love my Galaxy Nexus and I think they are going in the right direction. They just need to market it and hype it up, then maybe it will be the antidote to the apple fever.

14. protozeloz posted on 3 hours ago 0 0

:O I'll like to hear some feedback about it. So think on buying GSM version for my main line. Talk the other day with John V. He seems to like the razr a bit more but playing with ICS made me like stock by a lot

16. RORYREVOLUTION posted on 3 hours ago 0 0

The screen is gorgeous, the device fits very nicely in your hand despite it's large size. ICS is really really nice, couple of bugs to work out but it works very nice. I have no urges to root, put a custom rom, overclock, or even use a launcher. I LOVE ICS, it feels complete and looks great.

Yes the speaker volume is pretty weak, if you want to watch youtube videos or listen to music, you might just wanna put in your headphones. Maybe it's just my hearing but the RAZR was way louder. Battery life is what you should come to expect. I have had no issues with signal/data connection or have I had any dropped calls.

I would get it in a heart beat if you have the chance to.

15. ardent1 posted on 3 hours ago 0 0

Sniggle, do you know what your problem is? You actually believe you own nonsense.

> The 3GS outsells other Android devices even now because it's a FREE IPHONE.

That is patently NOT true. There are lots of FREE android devices, many with better specs, and these devices cannot match the 3GS sales.

I said this before and I will say it again, the reason(s) why the 3GS sells well must also HOLD TRUE for any android device.

So the question right back to Sniggly et al is why doesn't free android devices (even those with brand recognition) sell as well as the 3GS?

17. protozeloz posted on 2 hours ago 0 0

Simple my friend

While your average droid has a killing robot commercial your iPhone has Santa using siri while your droid is and Android phone the 3GS is an iPhone how much does the actual consumer know it care? The iPhone is main stream just like the BB and BBPin where. I asked ppl why would they Use bb pin when they have the MSN and FB chat all the time anyways they couldn't pull an actual answer they simply use it because "yes" so why iPhone sells more?

- is more popular: when people hear "this is an iPhone"tuey know what it is . But what's a Nexus? What's a Galaxy? Is that the same as that crappy low end LG my cousin gave his GF?

- is better promoted: have you seen that awesome TV commercial promoting voice actions on various Android phones? Have you ever saw a comercial showing off latitude? Or other Android functions? People don't buy more Android because they don't know more Android. From how to operate it to its features.

19. protozeloz posted on 2 hours ago 0 0

Also companies have different live cycles for their products while 3GS is started to get discontinued the S1 is already out of commission not because they can't sell it but because it has a shorter life circle so it's not that Samsung or other are trying to replicate apples numbers but because its being the way the sell phones even before apple jumped the boat.

21. Sniggly posted on 23 min ago 0 0

You only paid attention to one paragraph of my post. I already gave the answer. Brand recognition and marketing.

Jesus, at least READ what I write.

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Frontrunners stay (mostly) positive as super PACs do dirty work (Washington Post)

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Mitt Romney: A Candidate's Rhetorical Evolution (Time.com)

There are two broad categories of campaign messages: Stories and lists. The list message is the easiest to pull off, and usually the least effective. Put the candidate on a stump, or before a camera, and rattle it off: Less taxes, more growth, less government, more healthcare, less deficit, bigger army, less crime, better education. You know the drill. All good things to all good people. The idea is that if voters listen long enough, they will surely hear what they want to hear. Find their pleasure point, get their vote.

The second kind of campaign message is a story. It has a beginning, a middle and an end. It has a hero and a villain. And it has a moral. The idea is less about hitting pleasure points, than raising hopes, channeling frustration and offering a promise. The list, of course, can make its way into the story, but the story cannot just be the list. It must be bigger. Epic. A fight between the past and the future. Good and evil. Prosperity and decline. (Watch TIME's video "Mark Halperin Interviews Mitt Romney.")

In 2008, Barack Obama mastered the story message, out-narrating the primary and then the general election, first against list-loving Hillary Clinton and then against a befuddled John McCain. The Obama story -- Hope! Change! Aspiration! -- became the very Obama brand. It was what people voted for.

In 2008, meanwhile, Mitt Romney mastered the list message. Just take a look at any of the old stump speeches from 2007 and early 2008, when Romney was still trying to become the Republican nominee by being all things to all people -- a "conservative's conservative," he said at the time, while also claiming to have worked well with Ted Kennedy. He had talking points on everything, health care, taxes, abortion, gays, education, Iraq, etc., and he always somehow squeezed them into a 25 minute address. For some of his list items, he even had PowerPoints, a.k.a. sublists. Romney offered his lists relentlessly. He didn't win. He didn't really even come close.

But this time, for the moment at least, everything has reversed. The new and improved Romney travels the country not with a list, but with a story. "This is an election not to replace a President but to save a vision of America. It's a choice between two destinies," he said a few weeks back in New Hampshire. "This will be a campaign about the soul of America, about American greatness. I'm confident that Americans won't settle for an excuse that 'it could be worse.' " In Romney's new story, he is a proven business wiz battling a liberal optimist in over his head. (Read "Mitt Romney: Mr. Plurality.")

If this arc sounds familiar, that's because it's just a few steps removed from Obama's winning 2008 story. It is about hope for an American future that seems to be slipping away. Just make some substitutions. Replace the war in Iraq with the economy. Replace health care reform with getting deficits under control. Replace the villain George W. Bush with the villain Barack Obama. And then tell the people that the country is in danger, and there is a bright shining hero, full of confidence and smarts, who is ready to save the day. Mitt Romney wants to be that guy. He will never inspire people the way Obama did. But he can at least make them believe he can get the job done.

The irony here, of course, is that for the moment, Barack Obama doesn't have a story to tell. As Romney points out, "could be worse" won't cut it. And the list of Obama's accomplishments -- repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell; health care reform; Wall Street reform; student loan reform; green energy investment, etc. -- is not going to cut it either. Of course, the campaign is still young. Obama has plenty of time to lay out his storyline. If Romney is the nominee, it will no doubt posit him as the villain, a rich financier who benefited from a rigged game that rewards the puppet-masters while laying off workers. Obama will play the hero, fighting valiantly to protect the little guy against a rigged game dominated by Republican congressman and Wall Street henchman. It will posit two visions of the future: Obama's vision of rebuilding the country with investment, and a Republican vision of austerity that falls hardest on Main Street. The script has already been written by Obama's advisers in Chicago and at the White House.

But the difference in 2012 is that Obama's storyline will not stand alone. If Romney wins the nomination, the President will face a narrative far more potent than anything Obama's opponents came up with in 2007 and 2008.

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U.S. considers request to admit Yemeni president for medical care

HONOLULU ? The White House has not yet formally decided whether to admit Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh to the United States for medical treatment, but Obama administration officials as recently as last week considered granting Saleh a visa, in part to "get him out of the region," a senior administration official said Tuesday.

One advantage the administration sees in letting Saleh come to the U.S. would be to remove from Yemen a symbol of the country's repression of its citizens and perhaps smooth the transition to new leadership, the official said.

"If he comes without a big entourage and he's in the hospital here, it does send a signal that he's really out. So that was the thinking," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly.

Saleh was injured when a bomb exploded in a mosque within the presidential compound in Sanaa last June.

The White House announced Sunday that the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa received a request from Saleh's office that he be allowed to travel to the U.S. for medical care.

"He was really badly injured, so there's a real medical need," the official said.

Yet Saleh's departure from the region might also be welcomed by pro-democracy demonstrators in Yemen because it would "send a signal that he's not next door," the official added.

Still, the request is a delicate one for the Obama administration. The U.S. risks angering the broader Yemeni population if it is seen as sheltering Saleh, who many in Yemen want punished for the government's harsh crackdown on demonstrators over the past year.

The administration is also mindful of history. In 1979, President Jimmy Carter permitted the shah of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, to enter the U.S. for medical attention. That decision was viewed as one of the causes of the Iranian street protests that led to the attack on the U.S. Embassy and the capture of American hostages.

Asked if the shah's case was a factor that weighs on Saleh's request for entry to the U.S., the administration official said: "Sure it's on people's minds. But we're trying to balance things here."

The White House has given no timetable for a decision on Saleh's request.

Josh Earnest, a White House spokesman, said in a statement that "U.S. officials are continuing to consider President Saleh's request to enter the country for the sole purpose of seeking medical treatment."

(Peter Nicholas reports for Tribune's Washington Bureau)

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Pakistani president warns top court in scandal (AP)

ISLAMABAD ? Pakistan's president on Tuesday warned the Supreme Court not to take action in violation of the constitution, referring to a judicial hearing into a secret memo seeking to rein in the powerful military, a scandal that threatens the Pakistani leader.

The political crisis revolves around a memo that was allegedly sent to Washington with President Asif Ali Zardari's support in May asking for help in stopping a supposed army coup following the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden. Zardari has denied any connection to the memo.

Also Tuesday, gunmen killed a senior official from the government's Intelligence Bureau in the northwestern city of Peshawar, said police officer Imtiaz Khan.

No group has claimed responsibility, but the Pakistani Taliban have killed many government officials and security personnel in the last few years.

There is long-standing tension between Pakistan's civilian government and the army because the military has staged a series of coups and ruled the country for much of its 64-year history.

The government has opposed the Supreme Court's decision to open a hearing into the scandal about a week ago, saying a judicial investigation was unnecessary because parliament was already looking into the matter. The powerful army, which has denied it intended to carry out a coup and was enraged by the memo, supports the investigation.

The Supreme Court opened its hearing after receiving a petition to do so from a handful of opposition politicians ? a common practice in Pakistan.

Zardari warned Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry to respect the constitution, an indication he may be worried the judge will team up with the president's opponents to topple the government. Zardari has clashed with both Chaudhry and the army since he was elected in 2008.

"Anyone casting a bad eye intending to break up my federation, I will not let it break," Zardari told thousands of flag-waving supporters in southern Pakistan in a speech marking the fourth anniversary of the assassination of his wife, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

Zardari did not say exactly what he meant by the Supreme Court respecting the constitution, or what he fears might be the result of the inquiry. Many analysts agree the president enjoys immunity from prosecution while in office

Zardari said earlier in the day that Pakistanis should pay tribute to his slain wife by guarding against anti-democratic conspiracies, an apparent reference to tensions over the memo scandal. He said his wife's death was also a conspiracy against Pakistani democracy.

"I therefore urge all the democratic forces and the patriotic Pakistanis to foil all conspiracies against democracy and democratic institutions," said Zardari in a statement sent to reporters.

The army-backed Supreme Court hearing sparked Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to say last week that a conspiracy was under way to topple the government. He did not specifically point to the military, but said the army must be answerable to the parliament and could not act as a "state within a state."

Gilani eventually backed away from his comments after army chief Gen. Pervez Ashfaq Kayani denied any intention to stage a coup and promised to support democracy. The prime minister on Monday denied reports he would replace Kayani or the army's intelligence chief, Lt. Gen. Shuja Pasha, to neutralize the threat to his government.

Former Pakistani ambassador to the U.S., Husain Haqqani, allegedly crafted the memo sent to Washington, which promised to replace Pakistan's national security hierarchy with people favorable to the U.S. in exchange for help in reining in the military. Haqqani has denied any connection to the memo but resigned in the wake of the scandal.

The bin Laden operation angered Pakistani officials because they weren't told about it beforehand and humiliated the army because it was not able to stop the nighttime raid near Pakistan's equivalent of West Point.

The political crisis comes at a time when Pakistan is struggling with a violent Taliban insurgency, a stuttering economy and troubled relations with its most important ally, the United States.

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Associated Press writers Sebastian Abbot in Islamabad and Riaz Khan in Peshawar contributed to this report.

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East Liverpool mayor sworn in for third term

EAST LIVERPOOL - Family members packed Judge Melissa Byers Emmerling's courtroom at East Liverpool Municipal Court on Tuesday afternoon to watch as Mayor Jim Swoger was sworn in for his third four-year term as mayor of East Liverpool.

Swoger's term officially begins Jan. 2. He believes at that time he will have the longest term of any city mayor.

Swoger took his oath with his wife Amy by his side.

Amy Swoger said her husband took the oath with his hand on a Bible that belonged to his late father-in-law, Dean DeLong. She said DeLong attended the ceremony when Swoger was sworn in for his second term four years ago.

Looking on were many family members who drove in for the occasion, including the Swoger's eldest son Jim, daughter-in-law Bridget, and granddaughters Daphne, Lily, Audrey, Felicity and Charlotte, who arrived from Springfield, Va., in time for the ceremony and ahead of the predicted weather change from a cold rain to a wintry mix of ice and snow.

With no Republican or independent candidates opposing him in November, Swoger, a Democrat, won re-election by defeating Councilman Brian Kerr in the primary. Primary voters selected Swoger with a vote count of 494 to 443.

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Mike Huckabee: Ron Paul Will Never be President Because of His Views on Foreign Policy

From the Christmas day edition of Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace along with Mike Huckabee again being dismissive of what happens if Ron Paul were to win the Iowa caucuses. Huckabee thinks Paul would never win the Republican primary or be elected president because of his views on foreign policy which he and Wallace badly distorted here.

There are a lot of reasons why Ron Paul will likely never be elected president, but his views on foreign policy are not would hurt him in a general election. His racism, crazy economic views and extreme views when it comes to women's reproductive rights would do a lot more damage than his isolationism. I think most of the country is with him in that regard.

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Back in campaign mode, presidential hopefuls focus (AP)

DES MOINES, Iowa ? Republicans in search of their party's presidential nomination are returning to campaign mode after a brief Christmas respite, with Rick Santorum planning a hunting trip with conservatives in Iowa and Mitt Romney phoning supporters.

With just a week until Iowa holds its leadoff caucuses and many still undecided, the final push ahead of the Jan. 3 contests was heading into a critical time. Campaigns planned new television ads and phone calls to persuade holdout caucusgoers still weighing their options.

Romney, who kept this state at arm's length for most of the year, seemed to increase his efforts in Iowa as polls found him in a stronger position. He planned to talk with supporters in a series of telephone calls here and to New Hampshire and Florida on Monday between working on a speech that aides described as his final pitch to Iowans. Romney planned to deliver that speech Tuesday evening and then set out on a bus tour of Iowa.

However, he was to share the highways with Rep. Michele Bachmann, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. All scheduled bus tours to start then, too.

Each is running out of time and looking to derail Rep. Ron Paul, the Texas congressman who seems to have the most sophisticated network of volunteers ready to organize ahead of the caucuses. Paul was to return to Iowa this week to meet with supporters he has kept in touch with since his unsuccessful run in 2008.

Others, too, were ready to turn on their own political machines and had fresh ads ready to air.

Gingrich, who last week criticized the negative tone of the campaign, was ready to directly challenge Romney on the economy, an issue Romney has made central to his campaign. Gingrich's standing in public and private polls has slipped as he faced unrelenting criticism from the candidates and their allies.

Gingrich was expected to use clips from Romney's previous campaigns distancing himself from President Ronald Reagan and pitch Gingrich's economic plan as "Reaganomics 2.0." Gingrich also was expected to compare Romney's tax plan with his own.

Santorum, meanwhile, planned to announce support from another wave of Iowa conservatives. He scheduled a pheasant hunting trip in Adel for Monday afternoon. While he trails in polls and has not spent significant money on ads, Santorum is hoping his nonstop courtship of Iowans yields a late surge. He visited all 99 of Iowa's counties during the summer ? an accomplishment Bachmann has feverishly tried to replicate.

Bachmann, a congresswoman from Minnesota, last week darted through small towns, reminding voters that Santorum lost his 2006 re-election bid in a blowout and that Paul's foreign policy views were outside the party's orthodoxy. Looking to recapture voters' interest, her plan was to return to hand-to-hand campaigning on Tuesday.

Perry, too, was looking to keep up his message: his rivals are insiders unable to change Washington. He planned to return to his tour bus on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman kept his focus on New Hampshire. Early in the campaign, he said he would not compete in Iowa and instead make his start in New Hampshire, which comes second on the nominating calendar.

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Mexico extradites suspect in US consulate slaying (AP)

MEXICO CITY ? Mexico says it has extradited another suspect in the 2010 killing of a U.S. consulate employee, her husband and another man to the United States.

Suspect Joel Abraham Caudillo faces charges of racketeering, drug trafficking, money laundering, and obstruction of justice.

Caudillo is alleged a member of the Barrio Azteca gang, which allegedly killed consular employee Leslie Ann Enriquez Catton and her husband in the border city of Ciudad Juarez.

The Attorney General's Office said Monday that Caudillo was extradited Dec. 20.

It said he allegedly helped cover up or destroy evidence in the killings.

A U.S. grand jury indicted a total of 35 gang members in the crime, almost all of whom have been arrested.

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Japan is the most technologically advanced nation on the Planet Earth. This is thanks to the Capsule Corporation, a trillion dollar a month company that made the Briefs family and all of their shareholders into billionaires. The secret of their riches was the ability to pack any item into a capsule that could be deployed at any time. Everything from a car to a toy could be released, and in the centuries since the company was founded, almost everything can fit into one little capsule. While originally based in West City, it had moved to Hercule City and made it a booming metropolis. Hercule City, Japan was the new capital of the world.

Just outside this city stood a small wooden hut. It was a crude structure, and held no running water, indoor plumbing, or electricity. It only held one lone occupant, a young warrior named Ryukyu Taizan. The 13-year-old boy opened his eyes, shielding them from the early morning sun. It was 5:00 AM, and he had only an hour to get ready. Getting out of bed, he proceeded to get ready.

After doing his business in the surrounding wilderness, he bathed in a small pond not far from there. He could hear the rush of the river, which was where he fetched his drinking and cooking water and washed his clothes. When he wanted to eat, he hunted in the woods, captured, cooked, and then ate his prey. It was a life that most people in the world would find barbaric, but it suited Taizan just fine. He was a descendant of the Ainu, an early people in Japan who had lived just like this before being chased into the mountains of Hokkaido by the early Japanese. Thanks to the Capsule Corporation, the language barrier between the Ainu and the Japanese had been broken, and his people became modernized.

But his father had clung to the old ways, knowing that someone would have to carry on the culture and traditions of the Ainu. Taizan was the result of the union between an Ainu man and a Japanese woman, and though he was only half-Japanese, he would never admit to his Ainu heritage. It was simply a way to protect what little culture was left. Given that he looked Japanese and could speak the language at a native level, most would not question his ethnicity. Even so, Taizan preferred to live apart from them. The forest around Hercule City was his home, now and forever.

There was one other thing that separated Taizan from other Japanese boys his age. He had learned how to use his Ki, his body's natural energy, and it augmented his strength, speed, and agility. Taizan had discovered it by accident, after it came out toward the end of a particularly exhausting training regimen. Two blasts had knocked holes in his ceiling, and he had spent the rest of the evening patching them. Taizan spent almost all of his time training his body and Ki. The reason for this was rooted in his past.

When Taizan was six years old, aliens attacked the Planet Earth. They had focused their attack mainly on Hercule City, but a stray bolt from one of their ship's cannons blew apart his structure. The explosion killed his parents and left him buried under rubble. The military, with the help of the Capsule Corporation, had chased off the aliens by the time Taizan dug himself out. But, that day changed everything for him. He was grief-stricken, and vowed to someday get revenge on the aliens that robbed him of his parents.

Taizan developed what most would call an unhealthy fixation on training and the martial arts. He would exercise for hours on end, often training until he passed out. He would punch and kick at a wooden wall until his knuckles bled and his legs were bruised and calloused. It all had a positive result, as he had a bodybuilder's physique at age thirteen. After he discovered his Ki, he did research at the Hercule City Library and discovered ways to increase it and practice it. His research also revealed information on the Namekian Z-Fighter, Piccolo.

Piccolo was a loner and had a rough early life. Taizan latched on to this and made him his idol. As a show of admiration, his first ever technique, the Mouth Blast, was based on one of Piccolo's techniques. He was still working on building up callouses in his throat, so that when he used it, it did not hurt or make his throat bleed. All of this energy usage caught the eye of a man named Hinoki. He came to visit him one day, and told him that he was the Grandmaster of a school in Hercule City called the Z-Academy.

The school was meant to cater to warriors like him, who had learned to use Ki. Hinoki had been impressed with Taizan's work ethic and aptitude, and offered him a place at the Z-Academy. Taizan was not sure that he wanted to go, but today was Orientation Day, and if it was anything like what Hinoki had said, then he definitely needed to train there. After getting dressed in black weighted Kung Fu shoes, white pants, and a blue tunic, he set off for Hercule City. He arrived there in about ten minutes, and then went to the address Grandmaster Hinoki gave him. Taizan was awestruck by what he saw.

The building was huge and topped with a dome. It was connected to other buildings, and looked like a city unto itself. Taizan entered and became uneasy when he heard the buzz of voices. He followed them to the auditorium, where hundreds of teens like him were seated. After finding a seat away from everybody else, he sat down. On the stage in front of him was a podium, where he guessed the speaker that everyone seemed to waiting for would appear.

Taizan wanted to center himself, so he closed his eyes. He was a fiend for meditation, and when not physically training, eating, or sleeping, he could always be found in one of two stages. His first was just to center himself and focus his being into one point, such as when he wanted to listen very closely to a speaker or feel at one with nature. His other stage was when he was trying to break the chains of limitation on his Ki through intense focus, or when he was trying to gather his Ki into a certain body part, like his elbow joint. The first stage helped him block out the noise, and he felt better. Now was the time to wait for the speakers, and decide if the Z-Academy was right for him.

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Chinese grandmother's touch gives Christmas dinner its zest

My Chinese grandmother, Tina, sits to my right at the head of our Christmas dinner table, the matriarch of the family, poised, shoulders up straight and a sincere look on her face. She quietly eats her food, listening to her family as we loudly banter.

I'm admiring her, mid-bite into a beautifully golden pork rib. My hands are sticky from the sweet glaze, and I'm busy searching the packed table of food before me for another napkin.

"Pass the sweet rice, please," squeals my younger sister Jessica, oblivious to the bliss I'm experiencing. She playfully nudges me to hurry up.

"Hey, while you're over there, can you give me a slice of that prime rib?" yells my dad. "Make it an end piece."

My grandmother's eyes shift from one family member to another, taking in the moment.

She is a tough woman. She's a cancer survivor who doesn't take nonsense from anyone and is the first to tell you when she's unsatisfied with something ? but you'd never know it by looking at her. Her eyes are large, round and kind, and her deepest wrinkles are those around her mouth, having formed over the years from frequent smiles.

"Grandma, why do you put that much soy sauce in there?" I asked last Christmas Eve while she whipped up a batch of her famous sweet rice in her kitchen.

"Because it tastes good," she quickly replied.

Undefeated, I kept on with my playful interrogation. Her sweet rice is one of my favorite dishes, never failing to make an appearance on our holiday table for fear of an all-out family riot.

"OK, Grandma, but how much soy sauce do you put in it?"

"Oh, you know?. You just put it in," she replied with a concerned look, as if knowing how much to put in was an innate skill that disappointingly skipped my generation.

Her sweet rice dish is made of a special glutinous rice she cooks by thoroughly soaking the rice, pouring boiling water over the rice, then stir-frying rather than steaming to cook. It's a special trick she says she learned from an old cook in Los Angeles' Chinatown ? one of her cooking legends. She then mixes in chunks of caramelized lap cheong (Chinese sausage), earthy dried black mushrooms and dried shrimp. The rice clumps in your mouth, offering hints of white pepper and salty soy sauce in every bite, while the cubes of caramelized sausage are like heavenly bits of Chinese bacon.

My grandmother and her family came to the United States from the Chinese province of Canton in 1951; she was 15 years old. Her first job was selling ice cream for 95 cents an hour at the back of a bakery in Chinatown, close to where she and her family lived. She got married when she was 19 and felt it was her obligation to know how to cook for her family.

"When I got married, I learned to cook myself," explained my grandmother matter-of-factly. "You have to."

For as far back as I can remember, our holiday tables have resembled a multiethnic potluck. The American dishes are requested by my dad, who's of Russian and British descent and claims an adverse reaction to spices. For him, a HoneyBaked ham normally sits in the middle of our table, accompanied by a prime rib, made by Uncle Terry ? sous chef to my grandmother. I used to spend my summer vacations with Uncle Terry at my grandmother's house. He taught me how to properly chop with a knife and would frequently watch the show "Yan Can Cook" with me and my sister, always repeating to us the line "If Yan can cook ? so can you."

A couple more varied dishes are sprinkled across the table: a green salad with a fantastically creamy homemade Thousand Island dressing from my mother's older brother Kelly and a smoky chipotle yam gratin inspired by my love affair with Mexican cooking. Kelly's wife, Rene, is half-Lebanese. She usually makes a giant bowl of her famous tabbouleh. And my mom's younger brother Garry likes to bring Cuban guava and cheese rolls from Porto's Bakery in Glendale. For dessert, it's either a delectable apple cake or pumpkin bars baked by my mother.

The real holiday magic, though, is provided by my grandmother. Along with her sweet rice, she makes a list of family requests and dishes her mother used to make for the holidays. One family favorite is her barbecue pork ribs with a glistening honey sauce and peppery bite. The glaze is delightfully sticky, making finger licking a necessity.

If we are lucky, my grandmother will make her rice cakes, small pillows of rice that resemble fat noodles, saut?ed in a dark soy sauce with bits of celery, green onion and more lap cheong.

My grandmother's ma po doufu, a Sichuan dish resembling a giant bowl of bright red mush, is always a welcome favorite (unless you're my dad) ? a steaming bowl of silken tofu in a tear-inducing spicy chile sauce. Its flavor is a pleasant surprise given its appearance. The most comforting dish you can eat if you find yourself feeling under the weather.

It's fun to marvel at all the different colors, flavors and smells before digging in. A little bit of sweet rice and smoky yams on top of a bite of prime rib? Why not?

For as long as I can remember, my grandmother has cooked for every family gathering. My fondest holiday memories involve her standing at her kitchen stove. Watching her cook is like watching an artist paint a picture. She artfully wields her spatula, giant wok and hot fire, adding drops of oyster sauce or sesame oil and pinches of white pepper until she's satisfied.

She's been making the same recipes so long she can tell if something will taste right just by looking.

"I cook my own formula, my own way that it is," my grandmother recently tried to explain. "Good cooks have something that you don't know, that's why my food tastes good."

By the time my family holiday dinner winds down, everyone at the table seems to let out a unanimous, satisfied sigh. We make our way to the living room to exchange presents, everyone happier and heavier than when they arrived.

I sneak back into the kitchen for a couple of more bites of sweet rice after I've had a full share of my mother's dessert. My grandmother catches me, lets out a little laugh and offers one of her sweet smiles.

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Frankincense, Christmas staple, 'doomed': Scientists

If fire, grazing and insect attack, the most likely causes of decline, remain unchecked, then?frankincense?production could be doomed altogether.

Trees that produce frankincense, a fragrant resin used in incense and perfumes and a central part of the Christmas story, are declining so fast that production could be halved over the next 15 years, scientists said on Wednesday.

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In a study published in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology, ecologists from the Netherlands and Ethiopia looked at large-scale field studies and predicted that tree numbers could decline by 90 percent in the next 50 years.

If fire, grazing and insect attack, the most likely causes of decline, remain unchecked, then frankincense production could be doomed altogether, they warned.

Frankincense, best known in religious teachings as one of the gifts laid before the newborn Messiah, is obtained by tapping various species of Boswellia, a small, deciduous tree that grows across Africa from northern Nigeria to the highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Cutting the Boswellia's bark produces the frankincense resin, a white substance with a strong, sweet smell. The resin is burnt in churches, mosques and at ceremonies, as well as being used by the perfume industry and in herbal medicines.

Despite its economic importance, incense has been traded internationally for thousands of years, little is known about how tapping affects Boswellia populations.

Working in an isolated part of northwest Ethiopia near the source of the Blue Nile, a research team led by Frans Bongers of Wageningen University in the Netherlands studied 13 two-hectare plots, some where trees were tapped for frankincense and some where they were untapped.

Over two years, they monitored survival, growth and seed production of more than 6,000 Boswellia trees and used the data to build mathematical models to predict the fate of Boswellia populations in coming years. The forecasts suggest Boswellia populations are declining so dramatically that frankincense production could be halved in the next 15 years.

"Current management of Boswellia populations is clearly unsustainable," Bongers said in a statement. "Our models show that within 50 years, populations of Boswellia will be decimated, and the declining populations mean frankincense production is doomed."

The researchers found that all the Boswellia populations they studied are declining, not only those from tapped trees, a finding that suggests factors other than tapping are at the root of the problem.

Bongers said the main causes of the trees' decline are likely to be burning, grazing and attack by the long-horn beetle, which lays its eggs under the Boswellia's bark.

The scientists urged local authorities to introduce better management incentives to ensure farmers work harder to protect Boswellia trees. In the short-term this meant preventing fires and beetle attack, Bongers said, but in the longer-term, large areas should be set aside and protected for five to 10 years to allow Boswellia saplings to become established.

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Tokio Marine to buy Delphi Financial in $2.7B deal

NEW YORK (AP) ? Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. is buying financial services company Delphi Financial Group Inc. in a deal valued at $2.7 billion to strengthen its position in the U.S. property and casualty insurance market and enter the life insurance market.

Delphi shares jumped $18.50, or 72.8 percent, to $43.93 in premarket trading.

Tokio subsidiary Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. will pay $43.875 per Class A share and $52.875 per Class B share in cash.

Tokio said Wednesday that it will finance the buyout with Tokio Marine Group's available cash and borrowings.

A one-time special dividend of $1 in cash will be paid to Delphi stockholders for each Class A and Class B share they own after the transaction closes.

The acquisition is expected to close in the second quarter.

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The Standard | Row over Finance Bill boils over in Parliament

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Parliament stood its ground the Finance Bill must be amended to allow for fixing of bank interests rates, as frustration in the Executive, which is opposed to the changes, rose.

In the end, last evening the House broke off for Christmas with the standoff, and in the mercy of consultations that may continue among concerned parties during the recess.

President Kibaki held a closed door meeting with a section of Cabinet at Harambee House in a last ditch effort to push the Finance Bill through Parliament, even as MPs for the second day running declared they would not allow what they see as insubordination by Executive.

The meeting came a day after President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga faced hostile MPs at an informal sitting in Nairobi. They failed to persuade them to drop the proposed amendments that have delayed the passage of the Finance Bill and the adjournment of Parliament. The Constitution requires the Bill must be passed by December 31.

Gem MP Jakoyo Midiwo wants the Bill amended to cap the commercial banks? lending rate at not more than four per cent above the Central Bank interest rates. CBK lends to commercial banks at eight per cent, but commercial banks lend to individuals at about 25 per cent.

Should the Midiwo amendment be adopted, then banks would lend at no more than 22 per cent.

"We have a situation where the Government helps crooks to create an artificial economy," said Midiwo, pointing out that banks were fleecing Kenyans.

The Government is opposed to the amendments and has on several occasions held the Bill in abeyance, in what the MPs now say is a plot to protect banking cartels.

"We agreed to push for the adjournment of the House and continue with consultations, but in the meantime the ministry will not execute taxation measures as stipulated in the Finance Bill," revealed a minister in the closed-door talks.

Tempers flared

In Parliament, tempers flared after Gwassi MP John Mbadi asked Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta to declare the interests he has in the financial sector. "It is politics and nothing to do with interest rates and it is true that I have interests in the financial sector," responded Uhuru.

The minister said the amendments proposed in the Finance Bill were floated about a month ago and he had engaged Midiwo, but in vain.

The minister asked the House to go on recess as he continues engaging House Finance Committee after the Christmas holiday, so that a solution can be found over the high interest rates banks charge.

"We wasted three weeks trying to engage but that does not mean we will stop deliberating with the committee and individual members," said Uhuru.

Mbadi, Kisumu Town West MP Olago-Aluoch and Assistant Minister Ayiecho Olweny opposed the recess. They argued the Finance Bill must be debated and finalised before the House breaks for holidays.

"Kenya has become a striking nation and that is bad for both foreign and local investors," said Olweny.

Unruly banks

Juja MP William Kabogo supported the adjournment Motion but said Kenyans need to be helped because banks were unruly. "Kenya is the only country in the world where the exchange rates can go from Sh82 to Sh114 and back to Sh82 in the same month,"

Assistant Minister for Defence Joseph Nkaiserry supported the adjournment Motion moved by Transport minister Amos Kimunya.

"The banks have been left to fleece Kenyans. Kenyans have been left at the mercy of these banks, which are charging high interest rates. It is irresponsible for Parliament to go home and leave Kenyans at the mercy of cartels," said Gichugu MP, Martha Karua.

Imenti Central MP, Gitobu Imanyara accused the Government of acting as "an employee of the commercial banks".

"One bank has taken the role of CBK and functioning as CBK contrary to the banking regulations," said Imanyara.

"You can only control cartels through legislation because the Government has failed to regulate them," said Mbadi.

Nambale MP Chris Okemo, who chairs Departmental Committee on Finance, accused banks of behaving irresponsibly by posting huge profits through exploitation of Kenyans.

Water Minister Charity Ngilu accused the banks of charging exorbitant rates, a line that was borrowed by Yatta MP Charles Kilonzo and Justice minister Mutula Kilonzo who, however, said the issue was technical and needed time to discuss.

Parliament adjourn

During morning session, the tussle forced Parliament to adjourn early and the members were irked by the absence of the proposed law on the Order Paper as Government planned to have Parliament break for Christmas.

Chepalungu MP, Isaac Ruto, accused the Executive of protecting commercial banks by failing to list the Bill for discussion.

Midiwo and Rangwe Martin Ogindo wanted the Bill amended to restrict lending rates.

"Where is the Finance Bill? Can you bring it up? This Government is protecting banks. We can stay here throughout Christmas until we ensure Kenyans are okay," said Ruto.

Consequently the MPs shot down procedural Motion seeking to have Government business prioritised effectively sending the House for an adjournment at 10am instead of 12:45pm.

MPs defeated the Motion, which was moved by Amos Kimunya who is the Deputy Leader of Government Business.

Ikolomani MP Boni Khalwale, who had asked why CBK is not audited, protested his question had not been answered.

Olago-Aluoch accused the House Business Committee of not coming to them ?with clean hands?, referring to the absence of the Bill on the Order Paper. Vihiga MP Yusufu Chanzu also opposed the Motion.

Planning minister Wycliffe Oparanya warned the changes would scare away investors.

"We have asked the Finance Minister to lobby Honourable Midiwo so that he can withdraw the amendments," said the Minister.

He said there was no urgency to pass the Finance Bill because unlike the old Constitution, which set the deadline for the passing of the Bill, the new one does not. "It will be disastrous if the Finance Bill is defeated in the House or amendments sought are adopted because it would mean reversing of all taxes as had been proposed by the minister in the Budget Speech," argued Oparanya.

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Michele Bachmann Calls President Of Iran A 'Hater'

During her stop in Estherville, Iowa, Bachmann responded to Ron Paul's accusation on the Jay Leno show last night that she "hates Muslims."

"I don't hate Muslims," Bachman said. "I love the American people. And as president of United States, my goal would be to keep the American people safe, free and sovereign."

"The haters are the president of Iran," she said. "He stated unequivocally that given a nuclear weapons he will use that weapon to wipe Israel off the map, and he's willing to use it against the United States of America."

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Brock Lesnar charged with hunting violations in Canada

Brock Lesnar is a huge fan of hunting, but his favorite pastime got him in a spot of trouble in Canada. Lesnar faces charges in Medicine Hat, Alberta for doing the kind of things that tick off hunting officials. From our friends at CJCY in Alberta:

The charges came before Medicine Hat Provincial Court Thursday morning and include improper affixation of tags, spoilage of skin and edible flesh and possession of a controlled animal.

My lack of hunting knowledge makes this sound pretty bad, because spoilage of skin and edible flesh sound like plot devices from "Silence of the Lambs." However, the good people of Canada must not be too angry with Lesnar, because his court date was continued until January, after his fight with Alistair Overeem.

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