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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Johnson's free kick lifts Timbers by 'Quakes, 1-0

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ? When Earthquakes forward Alan Gordon directed a slur at Will Johnson, the Timbers midfielder responded with the game-winning goal.

Johnson's goal in the 78th minute gave Portland a 1-0 win on Sunday night. It was their second straight victory, moving the team to 2-1-3 under new coach Caleb Porter.

Gordon was ejected in the second half after receiving a pair of yellow cards involving fouls on other players. But minutes earlier, he was seen on the television broadcast using a slur toward Johnson.

After the match, Gordon released a statement through the team.

"I would like to sincerely apologize to everyone who watched tonight's match on NBC Sports Network. The language I used came during a heated moment and does not reflect my feelings toward the gay and lesbian community. I made a mistake and I accept full responsibility for my actions," the statement read.

Johnson was diplomatic.

"I think it's probably better that I don't comment on that," he said. "It's a very sensitive matter. I'd prefer the league go through with their protocol."

It's standard procedure for Major League Soccer to review the video of matches that involve a red card.

Gordon was escorted from the locker room after the game by team personnel and did not speak with reporters after match.

The loss dropped the Earthquakes to 2-3-2.

Forward Steven Lenhart was back in San Jose's starting lineup after returning from a partially torn meniscus last weekend as a reserve. The striker missed San Jose's first five matches after offseason surgery. That meant the Earthquakes' so-called Bash Brothers ? Lenhart and Gordon ? were both starting for the first time this season.

But Gordon was sent off in the 68th minute after getting a second yellow card, for elbowing Timbers defender Mikael Silvestre in the face, causing a bloody lip. Gordon was also received a yellow in the 41st minute for a foul on Diego Chara.

Video replay appeared to show that Gordon directed a slur at Johnson a few minutes before his ejection. Such a comment would bring an automatic three-match suspension by MLS.

Some 10 minutes later, Johnson hit a free kick from just outside the penalty arc that sailed over the wall and past goalkeeper Jon Busch.

"It doesn't work every time," Johnson said. "But when it does, it's nice."

Earlier in the day, Porter had texted Johnson asking "Why don't you hit a free kick tonight?" The coach was floored when it happened.

"Everybody's going to talk about the free kick," Johnson said. "But it's really about the team."

The teams played to a scoreless draw in the first half. Portland missed an opportunity when Ryan Johnson's header was snagged in midair by Busch in the 43rd minute.

The Timbers dominated possession (62.6 percent) in the first half, but matched San Jose with just four shots. It was a physical match, as evidenced by the yellow cards. Four minutes after Chara was fouled by Gordon, Chara got a yellow card for a foul on Rafael Baca.

Following the game, Yallop questioned why officials waited to make the call to eject Gordon until after the video scoreboard had shown a replay, firing up the crowd at Jeld-Wen.

"You should let the officials call the game," he said, adding that he had not seen the replay.

Portland was without midfielder Diego Valeri, who was elbowed in the face last weekend against the Dynamo and only participated in light workouts this week because of the league's concussion protocol. The Timbers also lost defender David Horst to a fractured right tibia during the Houston game. He is out six months.

The Timbers also announced shortly before the game that defender Andrew Jean-Baptiste would not start because of a right adductor strain. Futty Danso started in his place.

Portland is 2-0-4 against the Earthquakes. Sunday's game was the first of a home-and-home with San Jose, and the two teams meet again next Sunday at Buck Shaw Stadium.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/johnsons-free-kick-lifts-timbers-quakes-1-0-070852480--sow.html

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Tight win for Chavez's heir spells uncertainty for Venezuela

CARACAS (Reuters) - Late socialist leader Hugo Chavez's chosen successor Nicolas Maduro won Venezuela's presidential election by a whisker but now faces opposition protests plus a host of economic and political challenges in the OPEC nation. The 50-year-old former bus driver, whom Chavez named as his preferred heir before dying from cancer, edged out opposition challenger Henrique Capriles with 50.7 percent of the votes in Sunday's election, according to election board returns.

North Korea looks inward for founder's birthday, tensions ease

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea celebrated the anniversary of its founder's birth on Monday and abandoned its shrill threats of war against the United States and the South, easing tensions in a region that had seemed on the verge of conflict. The North has threatened nuclear attacks on the United States, South Korea and Japan after new U.N. sanctions were imposed in response to its latest nuclear arms test in February.

Assad's forces break rebel blockade in north Syria

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government troops have broken through a six-month rebel blockade in northern Syria and are now fighting to recapture a vital highway, opposition and state media said on Monday. Rebels had kept the army bottled up in the Wadi al-Deif and Hamidiya military bases in Idlib province. But on Sunday, President Bashar al-Assad's forces outflanked the rebels and broke through, the pro-government al-Baath newspaper said.

Egypt's Mubarak stays in detention despite release order

CAIRO (Reuters) - Ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak will stay in detention despite a judge ordering his release on bail pending a retrial over charges in complicity in the murder of protesters because he still faces other charges, court officials said on Monday. Mubarak, 84, has spent the maximum legal time of two years in detention since being charged with former interior minister Habib al-Adli for their involvement in the killing of protesters in the 2011 uprising that unseated him.

Tensions rise over Afghan, Pakistan border dispute

KABUL (Reuters) - Hundreds of Afghan university students in the eastern city of Jalalabad took to the streets on Monday to protest the building of a Pakistani military gate in what the Afghan defense ministry says is inside Afghanistan. The incident is the latest in rising tensions between the two sides, whose attempts to lure the Taliban to the peace table have stalled amid their feuding.

Somali militants threaten more attacks after killing 30

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali militants linked to al Qaeda warned on Monday of further attacks in the capital, a day after killing at least 30 people in a wave of coordinated bombings and shootings that exposed the fragility of security gains in Mogadishu. African peacekeeping troops blocked off streets and searched houses across the city at dawn on Monday to flush out suspected members of the Islamist militant group al Shabaab which claimed responsibility for the strikes.

Bombs kill 23 across Iraq before local poll

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Car bombs and blasts in cities across Iraq, including two explosions at a checkpoint outside Baghdad's international airport, killed at least 23 people on Monday days before provincial elections. No one claimed responsibility for the attacks in Baghdad, Kirkuk, Tuz Khurmato and other towns to the north to south, but al Qaeda's local wing is waging a campaign against Shi'ites and the government to stoke sectarian confrontation.

Kuwaiti politician jailed for insulting emir: lawyer

KUWAIT (Reuters) - A prominent Kuwaiti opposition politician was sentenced to five years in jail on Monday for insulting the ruling emir, his lawyer said, in a ruling expected to stoke political tension in the Gulf Arab state. Kuwait, an OPEC member and U.S. ally across the Gulf from Washington's main regional adversary Iran, has avoided the sort of mass pro-democracy unrest seen in other Arab states. But tensions have risen between former members of parliament and the government, long dominated by the Al-Sabah family.

Italian prosecutors pursue trial for Costa Concordia officers

GROSSETO, Italy (Reuters) - Italian prosecutors on Monday launched a case to put officers of the Costa Concordia on trial for the accident in which the giant cruise ship ran aground and capsized off the coast of Tuscany last year, killing 32 people. Prosecutors argued at a preliminary hearing that ex-captain Francesco Schettino should be tried on charges including manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship in the accident. If convicted, Schettino could face 20 years in jail.

Exclusive: Lion Air crash pilot felt jet "dragged" from sky

PARIS/DENPASAR, Indonesia (Reuters) - The pilot whose Indonesian jet slumped into the sea while trying to land in Bali has described how he felt it "dragged" down by wind while he struggled to regain control, a person familiar with the matter said. All 108 passengers and crew miraculously survived when the Boeing 737 passenger jet, operated by Indonesian budget carrier Lion Air, undershot the tourist island's main airport runway and belly-flopped in water on Saturday.

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Sunday, April 14, 2013

Gabrielle Reece, Laird Hamilton's Wife, Says Being 'Submissive' Is A Sign Of Strength (VIDEO)

Volleyball star Gabrielle Reece and pro surfer Laird Hamilton have been married for 17 years, and Reece recently revealed the controversial secret to their successful relationship: creating an "old fashioned" dynamic.

In appearances on the "Today" show and "Rock Center With Brian Williams" Friday, Reece explained that she and Hamilton considered divorcing after four years of marriage. But their relationship improved when they learned how to complement each other by adopting more traditional gender roles.

?I think the idea of living with a partner is ?How can I make their life better?'" Reece told "Today's" Natalie Morales. ?So if I?m the woman and he?s the man, then yes, that?s the dynamic. I?m willing and I choose to serve my family and my husband because it creates a dynamic where he is then in fact acting more like a man and masculine and treating me the way I want to be treated."

Reece recently wrote a memoir called "My Foot Is Too Big For The Glass Slipper," in which she claims, ?to truly be feminine means being soft, receptive, and ?- look out, here it comes ?- submissive.?

But on the "Today" show, she clarified that she doesn't think being "submissive" is a sign of weakness.

?I think because women have the ability to set the tone, that the ultimate strength and showing real power, I believe, is creating that environment," she said. "I think it?s a sign of strength.??

She told Kate Snow of "Rock Center" that ultimately, communication and attraction to your partner are the keys to any successful marriage.

Watch more of Reece's "Today" show appearance in the video above.

Check out HuffPost bloggers' advice for keeping your marriage stress-free in the slideshow below.

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Craig Patterson, avalanche forecaster, killed. Why didn't his air bag save him?

Craig Patterson was an experienced avalanche forecaster. Craig Patterson deployed his avalanche air bag near Kessler Peak. Why didn't it save him?

By Paul Foy,?Associated Press / April 13, 2013

Authorities Friday were investigating a fatal avalanche involving a backcountry professional who deployed a special air bag but didn't survive a snow slide in the Wasatch mountains east of Salt Lake City.

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Craig?Patterson of Park City was a veteran backcountry skier for the Utah Department of Transportation since 2006. He was scouting terrain Thursday for avalanche danger in Big Cottonwood Canyon.

Officials for UDOT and the Utah Avalanche Center were at a slope under 10,403-foot Kessler Peak on a divide between Big and Little Cottonwood canyons, home to four of Utah's resorts including Alta and Snowbird.

Patterson, 34, was among eight backcountry professionals for UDOT who climb mountains on skis and drop explosives to set off avalanches, usually early in the morning before ski resorts open. They also fire cannon shells from fixed positions, working round-the-clock shifts to keep slides from endangering motorists on canyon roads.

"It's a big responsibility," UDOT spokesman Adam Carrillo said Friday. "They don't take it lightly, and a lot of times they end up going out on their own because there's a lot of terrain to cover."

Patterson's body was recovered just before 1 a.m. Friday.

"He was able to deploy his air bag," Carrillo said. "He did everything he needed to do."

Air bags for skiers, often built into backpacks, are fairly new technology. They were first developed in Europe, where a Swiss avalanche institute says they have saved hundreds of lives. There were introduced in the Rocky Mountains a few years ago at prices from $600 to more than $1,000.

The air bags are designed to keep skiers afloat in an avalanche, but skiers can still be dragged over rocks or into trees. He also had an AvaLung, a device that allows someone to breathe if caught in snow.

UDOT has never lost an avalanche forecaster before, Carrillo said.

The agency is evaluating whether it should require the backcountry avalanche-control workers to work in pairs so one can dig the other out from any slide, he said.

"This is a one-of-a-kind incident," he said. "It's strategic loss to our family."

Avalanche work can be risky. In December, a veteran ski patroller was buried by a slide intentionally set by another member of his patrol at Alpine Meadows near Lake Tahoe.

Bill Foster, 53, died of injuries a day later.

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said Patterson was a "dedicated state employee who was admired and respected for his professionalism and expertise in making our canyons safer for countless Utahns."

Patterson leaves a wife and six-year-old daughter and "will be dearly missed," the governor said.

By late Friday, there was still no report from investigators at Kessler Peak.

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Saturday, April 13, 2013

PSY says he hopes NKoreans enjoy his new single

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? South Korean rapper PSY says he hopes North Koreans enjoy his new single even as tensions remain high on the Korean Peninsula.

The single, "Gentleman," was released in 119 countries Friday.

The "Gangnam Style" star said Saturday that he regretted the current situation between the two Koreas. He said his job is to make people, including North Koreans, laugh.

North Korea has been increasingly belligerent with war rumblings recently, leaving its neighbors wary of a possible missile test.

PSY is set to unveil the music video and choreography for "Gentleman" at a Seoul concert on Sunday.

PSY's "Gangnam Style" video ? featuring his much-mimicked horse-riding dance ? made him an international star almost overnight. It's the most watched video of all time on YouTube, with more than 1.5 billion views.

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