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Hostess, the maker of Twinkies and Wonder Bread, is going out of business IRVING, Texas (AP) - Hostess, the maker of Twinkies and Wonder Bread, is going out of business, closing plants, laying off its 18,500 workers and putting its brands up for sale. The Irving, Texas, company said a nationwide worker strike crippled its ability to make and deliver its products. Its brands also include Ding Dongs, Ho Ho's and Dolly Madison. Hostess had warned employees that it would file a motion in U.S. Bankruptcy Court to unwind its business and sell assets if plant operations didn't return to normal levels by Thursday evening. The privately held company filed for C…

(CNN) -- Cory Monteith, who played heart throb Finn Hudson in the Fox hit "Glee," was found dead in a Vancouver hotel room Saturday, police said. He was 31. Vancouver police said the cause of death was not immediately apparent, but they ruled out foul play. Medical examiners will conduct an autopsy Monday. Monteith's body was discovered by staff members at the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel after he missed his checkout time, acting Chief Constable Doug LePard told reporters. He had checked into his room July 6. The actor apparently had several people over to his room at one point Friday night, but LePard said Monteith was seen on hotel surveillance video returning to his…

What are your thoughts? I saw someone post this article on facebook tonight and made me think about the trial even more. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57433184/fla-mom-gets-20-years-for-firing-warning-shots/

Deadly French train crash at Bretigny-sur-Orge Seven people have been killed in a train crash at Bretigny-sur-Orge, south of the French capital Paris, officials say. The intercity train had just left Paris and was heading towards Limoges when it derailed, crashing into a station platform at about 17:00 (16:00 GMT). Passengers were said to be trapped inside the train and a local official said there were "many casualties". Interior Minister Manuel Valls said seven people died and dozens were hurt. It was a "constantly evolving" situation, he told reporters. Bretigny mayor and local MP Michel Pouzol said four of the carriages were lying wrecked on the station platfo…

Sam Mendes to direct next James Bond film (2015) Skyfall director Sam Mendes is to direct the 24th James Bond film, due for release in 2015, it has been announced. Daniel Craig will reprise his role as the British spy, with the script penned by Oscar winner, John Logan. Producers Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said: "We're really excited to be working once again with Daniel Craig, Sam Mendes and John Logan." Bond 24 is due for release in the UK on 23 October 2015. It will have its US release two weeks later, on 6 November. Mendes, who directed the recently-opened West End musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, said he was "very much looking forward …

Boeing 777 plane crash-lands at San Francisco airport A Boeing 777 aircraft has crash-landed at San Francisco international airport. There is no word so far on casualties. Pictures posted on Twitter showed passengers jumping down the inflatable emergency slides and leaving the area, as plumes of smoke rise from the plane. The aircraft operated by the South Korean airline Asiana had taken off from Seoul. Firefighters and rescue teams are at the scene. The cause of the emergency is not known. There were reportedly 12 crew and 290 passengers on board - the Boeing 777 can carry as many as 300 passengers. While the sequence of events remains unclear, it appeared th…

Heathrow shut after another Dreamliner catches fire Shares in Boeing took a nosedive on Friday after one of its Dreamliner 787 aircrafts caught fire while parked at Heathrow, closing the airport. The incident, on a plane flown by Ethiopia Airlines, comes less than six months after Boeing was temporarily forced to ground the new plane, amid concerns over the safety of its batteries. The fuel-efficient lithium-ion batteries at the heart of the Dreamliner design overheated on two different jets, forcing Boeing to modify the planes before they were allowed to fly again. The American aerospace giant put more insulation around the batteries, encasing it in a stee…

Lions 2013: Brisbane braced for another Australia v Lions epic Saturday 22 June: First Test: Lions v Australia - Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane. Kick-off: 1100 BST (2000 local) Saturday 29 June: Second Test: Lions v Australia - Etihad Stadium, Melbourne. Kick-off: 1100 BST (2000 local) Saturday 6 July: Third Test: Lions v Australia - ANZ Stadium, Sydney. Kick-off: 1100 BST (2000 local) No-one, it seems, is in any doubt about the scale of what is about to unfold in Brisbane on Saturday. The hype around the first Test of a British and Irish Lions series can make mature rugby men voice grand pronouncements, and the participants wide-eyed with anticipation. "It is u…

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYdIAx7i__E]Russian Rocket Explodes Blows Up After Launch Take Off Russian Proton M rocket Explosion VIDEO - YouTube[/ame] Russian rocket explodes in Kazakhstan An unmanned Russian Proton-M rocket has crashed just seconds after its launch from the Russian Baikonur facility in Kazakhstan. Dramatic video footage broadcast by Russian TV shows the rocket breaking up before exploding into a fireball over the Baikonur cosmodrome. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23141297

World's hottest ever temperature could be broken in US heatwave Weekend heat wave to bake western US LAS VEGAS (FOX5) - Las Vegas could experience some of the hottest weather ever recorded this weekend. The National Weather Service issued an excessive heat watch for elevations below 4,000 feet beginning Friday morning and ending Sunday evening. Forecasters said the mercury may climb to 115 degrees during the weekend - only two degrees shy of the hottest temperature ever recorded in Las Vegas of 117 degrees in 1942. Temperatures could climb to as high as 123 degrees in Mesquite and communities along the Colorado River, forecasters said. They said temperatur…

If you haven't seen it, you should. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mZEZ35Fhvuc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> I almost cried

Does anyone know how I can get songs (a lot, not just a couple) that work/play on a blackberry onto my iPhone? It's a different type of file thing (don't know correct word/terminology)

New Terminator trilogy to begin in 2015 The latest instalment in the Terminator franchise will be the first in a stand-alone "rebooted" trilogy. Paramount Pictures said the fifth Terminator film, based on the original series starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, is due to be released in June 2015. There was no official confirmation on who would direct or star in the forthcoming film. However Schwarzenegger revealed earlier this month he would be returning to the role that made him a household name. Speaking at an event in Sydney, Australia, the former governor of California said: "I'm very happy that the studios want me to be in Terminator 5 and to star as the Terminat…

There are two very disturbing bills making their way through Congress: Protect IP Act (PIPA - S.968) and Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA – H.R.3261). These bills are coated in rhetoric that I find disgusting since at their core they are online censorship bills. It’s incredible to me that Congress would take seriously anything that censors the Internet and the American public but in the last few weeks PIPA and SOPA have burst forth with incredibly momentum, largely being underwritten by large media companies and their lobbyists. A number of organizations in support of free speech and a free and open Internet have recently come out in opposition to these bills. They inc…

Sony reveals new PlayStation 4 to rival Xbox One - and at £349, it's also £80 cheaper PlayStation 4 owners will be able to trade and sell second-hand games without paying a fee Console doesn't need to be connected to the internet like the Xbox One New DualShock controller has a 'share' button, touchpad and built-in motion sensor to rival Microsoft's Kinect Sony working with indie developers to produce new PS4 games Sony has revealed its hotly anticipated PlayStation 4 will cost $399 in the U.S and £349 in the UK, giving rivals Microsoft 'a bloody nose' in the battle over their latest gaming consoles. Sony chief executive Andrew House gave the audience the first gl…

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rej9n3CDtRY]3D gun printed and fired - YouTube[/ame] US government orders removal of Defcad 3D-gun designs The US government has demanded designs for a 3D-printed gun be taken offline. The order to remove the blueprints for the plastic gun comes after they were downloaded more than 100,000 times. The US State Department wrote to the gun's designer, Defense Distributed, suggesting publishing them online may breach arms-control regulations. Although the files have been removed from the company's Defcad site, it is not clear whether this will stop people accessing the blueprints. They were being hosted by the Mega online servic…

Italian ex-PM Berlusconi sentenced in sex case Italy's former PM Silvio Berlusconi has been found guilty of having sex with an underage prostitute, and abusing the power of his office. He has been sentenced to seven years in jail and banned from public office, pending the outcome of an appeal. The 76-year-old media tycoon had denied all the allegations against him. Mr Berlusconi is already embroiled in several other court cases and was given a four-year sentence for tax fraud in October 2012. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-23034167

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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QfslOvfFJU]Brazil Boiling: Video of brutal clashes as country gripped by protests - YouTube[/ame] The streets of central Rio de Janeiro and dozens of other cities echoed with percussion grenades and swirled with teargas last night as ranks of riot police scattered the biggest demonstrations Brazil has seen for more than two decades. As a minority of protesters threw rocks, torched cars and pulled down lamp-posts, the police fired volleys of pepper spray and rubber bullets into the crowd and up onto overpasses where car drivers and bus passengers were stuck in traffic jams. At least 40 people were injured in the city and many more…

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP_E6Bn6fWM]Xbox One Unveil Video - YouTube[/ame] Microsoft unveils Xbox One console Microsoft has unveiled the Xbox One which will go on sale later this year. The next-generation console was shown off alongside a new Kinect sensor and a redesigned gamepad. The US firm described the voice and gesture-controlled machine as an "all-in-one" system offering games, live TV, movies and music. The firm's Entertainment and Devices Division accounted for $9.6bn (£6.3bn) worth of sales in Microsoft's last financial year. That only represented about 13% of its total revenue for the period - but one analyst said the importance of this…

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Taliban spokesman Mohammed Naeem, second right, opened the Doha office US to open direct Taliban talks The US is to open direct peace talks with the Taliban, senior White House officials have announced. The first meeting is due to take place in the coming days in Doha, Qatar, where the Taliban have just opened their first official overseas office. Afghan President Hamid Karzai said his government was also sending delegates to Qatar to talk to the Taliban. The announcement came on the day Nato handed over security for the whole of Afghanistan to government forces. US officials said prisoner exchanges would be one topic for discussion with the Taliban, but …

I updated my iTunes to 11.0.4 Wednesday night and haven't used it before it's update until today. When I went to open it this has kept popping up. I've deleted iTunes completely off my Mac and reinstalled it and still have this problem. Please tell me someone can help me!

Derren Brown, in my opinion, is a truly interesting and brilliant man (Was a thread for a "Darren Brown", but that's not right.) To achieve his results, he combines magic, suggestion, psychology, misdirection and showmanship. He's not like your average David Blaine or any nonsense like that. If you don't know this man, you really need to give him a whirl. I'd suggest watching an episode of either "Trick Of The Mind", "Trick or Treat" or one of his live shows. In all of Derren's work, no stooges or participants are told about it beforehand. I'll post a link here, so you can get a feel of what his shows are like, but you really need to watch and episode or two, to get a …

(Reuters) - Turkish police fired tear gas and water cannon on Friday at protesters occupying a park in central Istanbul, wounding scores including tourists in the harshest crackdown so far on days of anti-government unrest. The protest at Gezi Park started late on Monday after developers tore up trees but has widened into a broader demonstration against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP). Friday's violence erupted after a dawn police raid on demonstrators who had camped for days in the park in anger at plans to build a shopping mall. Clouds of tear gas rose around the area in Taksim Square, long a venue for political …