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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Crews rehearse Launch Abort System stacking with Orion

Feb. 28, 2013 ? Crane operators, technicians and engineers practiced lifting and stacking techniques this week as they moved a 6-ton replica escape rocket called the LAS, for Launch Abort System, from a trailer to the top of a mockup Orion capsule.

Though stacking the real thing for a Space Launch System mission is still a few years off, engineers said performing the task now, using the same procedures and demands that will accompany the actual assembly, helps them anticipate difficulties ahead of time.

The practice also keeps the crane operators proficient in handling spacecraft components that must be moved gingerly and placed precisely. The exercise took place inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida using the same equipment and operators that stacked space shuttles for launch.

"The breakover, taking the LAS from horizontal to vertical, is not as easy as it sometimes seems, but the VAB guys are exceptional, they are really good at what they do so they really didn't have a problem," said Douglas Lenhardt, who is overseeing the Orion mock-up and operations planning for the Ground Systems Development and Operations program, or GSDO.

During missions, the LAS will be ready to ignite its solid-fueled engines and lift the Orion and its crew away from disaster in the unlikely event that the booster fails during the first part of launch. Its design is similar to that used during Apollo launches, though the LAS is larger than the escape rocket used before. A test flight in 2010 saw the LAS produce 500,000 pounds of thrust, about the same as the Titan II rockets that launched Gemini spacecraft into orbit.

As powerful as it is for an escape rocket, the LAS's power is a fraction of the overall thrust the Space Launch System is designed to produce to lift Orion into orbit and then propel it to deep space.

The LAS stacking topped off a mockup Orion and service module that has been standing at the north end of the transfer aisle in the VAB for several months. It will remain there so engineers and designers can continue to refine their plans for the spacecraft as it evolves from a concept that exists only on a computer screen to a spacecraft carrying humans into deep space.

"The number one thing people say about real hardware is, the computer-aided design (CAD) model doesn't do it justice," Lenhardt said. "Things seem to almost always work on a CAD mode. Real-life, things don't always work perfectly and that's why it really does help having a physical model."

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New Zealand police hunt giant killer great white shark

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A New Zealand man was attacked and killed by a great white shark on Wednesday in a rare fatal shark incident in the country, prompting police to open fire.

Police said they fired shots at the shark after a man was fatally bitten at Muriwai beach located around 40 kilometers (25 miles) northwest of Auckland, one of many beaches dotted along the North Island's west coast that are known for their wild surf.

Rescue crews were quoted by local media as saying the shark was a "white pointer", commonly known as a great white, measuring roughly 4 meters (13 feet) long. Witnesses said a rescue helicopter also fired shots at the shark.

"We saw the shark fin, and the next minute, boom, the attack came. There was blood everywhere on the water," eye witness Pio Mosie was quoted by local news website Stuff.co.nz as saying.

"They fired six or seven shots to the shark, three from the police helicopter and a few shots from the lifeguard. I don't know if they killed the shark or not," he added.

The head of the local volunteer lifeguard service was quoted as saying they had confirmed that "one or two" sharks were spotted, but none had been seen since the man's body was removed from the water.

Shark attacks are rare in New Zealand, where water sports and beach holidays are a rite of summer. More than 60 shark species are known to swim in the country's waters.

Fourteen fatal attacks have been reported since records began around 1837, according to the country's Department of Conservation, which added that non-fatal shark attacks average roughly two each year.

The last attack linked with a death was in 2009, when a kayaker was mauled by a great white in the nearby Coromandel Peninsula, although whether the victim drowned before the attack has been disputed.

According to the International Shark Attack File, 11 shark fatalities were reported last year, including three in Australia and South Africa, nearly tripling the average annual number of fatalities for 2001 to 2010.

(Reporting by Naomi Tajitsu, editing by Elaine Lies)

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Video: Catholic Church in turmoil as pope abdicates

>>> more on the historic abdication of pope benedict xvi and the current state of the catholic church . nbc's anne thompson is here at the vatican with more on that. good to see you.

>> good to see you, too, savannah. as the battle for control of this institution begins, that some say is a holy mess. it's been a tumultuous eight years for the church and benedict, allegations of sex abuse , money laundering at the vatican bank , the pope's own butler stealing documents and reports of political jockeying that could make corporate america or capitol hill blush. alexandra borgese has known the pope for years. she wrote about her friend when he was just cardinal joseph ratzinger .

>> john paul ii was much more vigorous. when he wanted something, he was really now! joseph ratzinger is not now, but is trying to convince -- maybe try to convince to make these people reasoning in a certain way, but he didn't succeed.

>> reporter: even the most faithful say his legacy will be m mixed with great accolades for his teachings and writings but criticism for some of his leadership.

>> success is hard to say. it's not that there's been highs and lows but issues to deal with that have been very serious.

>> reporter: the abuse of children by priests has driven people away from the church.

>> i think there are all kinds of rules and regulations that have been set up to protect children more so that this does not happen again.

>> reporter: the growing consensus is that the next pope must be a strong manager, able to take on the challenges and reign in a dysfunction al. able to lead this institution and charisma never hurt.

>> i hope he will be a man with a vision and can move forward. say to the crowd i love you and be strong. we have to make it together.

>> reporter: her latest book is about the vatican in the 20th century . she says today there's no more fascinating story than the one playing out in st. peter's square. could you make up the drama going on inside the vatican ?

>> i have good fantasy, but i don't think so.

>> reporter: you couldn't make this stuff up?

>> no. nowadays is better than novels.

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Illegal music file-sharing down 'significantly'

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Illegal music file-sharing "declined significantly," down by 17 percent in 2012 compared to 2011, according to The NPD Group.

With more services available, such as Spotify, Last.fm and Pandora for streaming and buying music, and giant digital music retailers like Amazon and Apple, consumers have more choices than ever for getting music legally, easily and relatively cheaply.

"For the music industry, which has been battling digital piracy for over a decade, last year was a year of progress," said Russ Crupnick, NPD's senior vice president of industry analysis, in a statement about the research group's findings, part of its "Annual Music Study 2012" report.

NPD's findings come on the heels of a recent report that says music sales actually saw a small gain, 0.3 percent, in 2012 to $16.5 billion, the industry's first revenue increase in 13 years, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.

Meanwhile, a new, U.S.-based Copyright Alert System is kicking in this week to target consumers who use peer-to-peer software to illegally share music, as well as movies and TV shows. The alert system will be used by five major Internet service providers to notify a customer whose Internet address has been detected sharing files illegally.

Peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing peaked in 2005, NPD said, when about 20 percent of Internet users ages 13 and older used P2P services, such as LimeWire (now shut down), to download music. In 2012, "that number fell to 11 percent."

P2P services are still out there, of course. But The NPD Group notes that the volume of illegally downloaded music files from P2P sites "also declined 26 percent, compared to the previous year."

Also down: the "number of music files being burned and ripped from CDs owned by friends and family fell 44 percent, the number of files swapped from hard drives dropped 25 percent, and the volume of music downloads from digital lockers decreased 28 percent."

The NPD Group says the main reason for the reduced sharing is the "increased use of free, legal music streaming services. In fact nearly half of those who stopped or curtailed file sharing cited the use of streaming services as their primary reason for stopping or reducing their file-sharing activity."

"In recent years, we?ve seen less P2P activity, because the music industry has successfully used litigation to shut down Limewire and other services," said Crupnick. "Many of those who continued to use P2P services reported poor experiences, due to rampant spyware and viruses on illegal P2P sites."

NPD's research was based on 5,406 completed online surveys in the U.S., a spokesman told NBC News. The survey was done between Dec. 12, 2012 and Jan. 9, 2013.

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Bug In Kindle Update For iOS Deletes User?s Entire Library, Amazon Warns Users Not To Update

Amazon yesterday updated its Kindle for iOS app, which works across iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, to version 3.6.1. The update was meant to fix a few bugs as well as the registration process. Instead, that update seems to be wreaking havoc on bookworm-style iThing owners who watched as their Amazon digital libraries and saved settings were erased before their eyes. Here's just a taste of the reviews on Amazon's iTunes page:

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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Television ratings up for Oscars, to 40.3M people

Director/producer Ben Affleck, center, accepts the award for best picture for "Argo" as the cast and crew look on during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday Feb. 24, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

NEW YORK (AP) ? The Oscars telecast was seen by 40.3 million people, a slight increase over last year's show.

The Nielsen Company said Monday it was the most-watched Oscars telecast in three years. Last year's show, when "The Artist" won best picture, had an audience of 39.3 million people. After bringing in "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane as host this year, ABC saw an 11 percent ratings boost over 2012 among viewers ages 18 to 49 years old.

The Academy Awards exceeded 40 million viewers four times in the previous 10 years.

The Oscars regained its traditional status as most-watched awards show, after the Grammy Awards topped it last year.

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Little telescope to hunt big game: hard-to-see near-Earth asteroids

Canada's NEOSSat space telescope was launched Monday atop an Indian rocket. It will monitor two groups of asteroids whose proximity to the sun makes them hard to see from Earth.

By Pete Spotts,?Staff writer / February 25, 2013

In this frame grab made from dashboard camera video shows the Chelyabinsk asteroid on Feb. 15, about 930 miles east of Moscow. Efforts to discover near-Earth asteroids received a potential boost Monday with the launch of Canada's NEOSSat space telescope.

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Efforts to discover near-Earth asteroids ? including those that are potentially hazardous ? received a potential boost Monday with the launch of the Canadian Space Agency's Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite (NEOSSat).

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Housed in a spacecraft the size of a large suitcase, the space telescope physically is a munchkin among behemoths. Its light-gathering mirror is only about 6 inches across.

But from its orbit nearly 500 miles above Earth, NEOSSat will be able to view faint near-Earth asteroids in a region of space that is tough for terrestrial telescopes to tackle.

The $25 million NEOSSat mission is one of seven satellites the Indian Space Agency lofted Monday aboard a single rocket launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center, some 50 miles north of Chennal, on India's east coast.

Ground stations have made contact with NEOSSat, "and the basics are green," says Alan Hildebrand, a researcher at the University of Calgary in Alberta and the project's lead scientist.

To date, astronomers say they have discovered between 90 and 95 percent of the approximately 1,000 near-Earth asteroids estimated to be larger than half a mile across.

In 2005, Congress instructed NASA to hunt for smaller asteroids ? setting a goal of finding 90 percent of near-Earth asteroids 500 feet wide and larger by 2020.

But as the Chelyabinsk asteroid demonstrated on Feb. 15, objects far smaller can inflict damage. At about 55 feet across, and with a mass estimated at 10,000 tons, the asteroid exploded high over the Ural mountains. The shock waves damaged an estimated 4,300 buildings and injured nearly 1,500 people.

With tens of millions of objects this size orbiting the sun, the recurrence rate for collisions with a Chelyabinsk-like object averages once every 100 years, according to Paul Chodas, with NASA's Near-Earth Objects Program Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.

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NVIDIA Tegra 4i Phoenix reference phone hands-on (video)

NVIDIA's latest venture in the mobile world, called the 4i, was introduced last week ahead of Mobile World Congress, and fortunately the chipset maker brought the product to Barcelona embedded in a reference phone known as "Phoenix." The 8mm-thick handset, which will find a home in the labs of manufacturers and carriers (as well as the desks of many third-party devs), sports a 5-inch 1080p display, 13MP rear-facing camera, PRISM 2, Chimera, DirectTouch and LTE (we're told that most major bands are included for testing purposes). As it's not geared for general consumer use, so it's not the thinnest, sleekest or best-looking device, and the back doesn't even seem to snap completely shut. Units are being sampled as we speak, and we should expect to see devices hit the market in nine to twelve months. Since it's still pretty early in the process, we weren't able to turn on the phone or benchmark the chipset; the only exception to this rule, as you'll see in the video, was when a rep showed a gaming demo on his particular unit.

While the 4i is the smaller brother of the Tegra 4 family, it's still expected to be quite powerful. The chip, which is designed specifically for smartphones (tablets will take advantage of Tegra 4 instead), features four 28nm Cortex-A9 r4 (beefed-up from the standard A9) cores that can be clocked up to 2.3GHz, 60 GPU cores (compared to 72 on the T4) and an integrated i500 LTE baseband modem. For additional comparison, NVIDIA showed us the two sibling boards side-by-side. Head below to check out our galleries of Phoenix and the two chipsets, as well as a brief video that shows off the graphics prowess of the 4i.

Gallery: NVIDIA Tegra 4i Phoenix reference phone hands-on

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Monday, February 25, 2013

The Oscar Tie: Has It Happened Before?

With the 2013 tie for Best Sound Editing, MTV News looks back at historical even match-ups.
By Drew Taylor

Mark Wahlberg presents the award for Best Sound Editing at the 2013 Oscars
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Sunday, February 24, 2013

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Video: The truth behind some Oscar-nominated films

>>> are just one day away with three best picture contenders based on real-life events. but how much is fact, and how much is fiction? here's nbc's mike taibbi .

>> reporter: in "argo" the story of a rescue during the iran iran hostage crisis , there's an intense chase scene at the end that never happened.

>> in order to make an exciting and entertaining film, you have to stretch the truth.

>> reporter: artistic license , says one critic.

>> you have to dramatize things a little bit. that's just the way moviemaking is.

>> reporter: "zero dark thirty," about the killing of osama bin laden , began with a torture scene even the filmmakers say they never confirmed produced useful clues.

>> now, now --

>> reporter: in steven spielberg 's "lincoln," they got a key fact wrong. connecticut 's two congressmen did not vote against the 13th amendment ending slavery. current connecticut congressman joe courtney wrote spielberg that "placing the state of connecticut on the wrong side of the historic and divisive fight over slavery is a distortion of easily verifiable facts." agreed, said turner classic movies host ben mankowitz.

>> i think if the movie is a movie about the passage of the 13th amendment or it's a movie about whether we're going to torture people in the united states of america , you bet they -- their feet should get held to the fire.

>> reporter: oscar has celebrated dozens of films over the years that were based on true stories but then imagined characters and dialogue and whole scenes. from patton to "a beautiful mind " to "the king's speech," filmmakers have relied on artistic license to create historical dramas, not documentaries. if some confuse the two, that does worry historians.

>> as a teacher, i find that what students know or think they know about history often comes from movies. you have to disabuse them of some misconceptions and give a broader context of history than hollywood movies are capable of giving them.

>> reporter: in the oscar spotlight this year, three movies about significant historical events , along with the storyteller's age-old question why let the facts get in the way of a good story. nbc news, los angeles .

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Saturday, February 23, 2013

Google Ports Quickoffice To Chrome Using Native Client, Will Get Full Editing Features In About 3 Months

At its Chromebook Pixel event yesterday, Google didn’t just launch its new premium Chromebook. It also announced that it is porting Quickoffice, the mobile productivity app that brings Microsoft Office to iOS and Android to the web through Native Client and Chrome. Google acquired Quickoffice. As Google’s vice president of Chrome Sundar Pichai noted at yesterday’s event, a lot of people love Google’s productivity apps, but having a solution like Quickoffice available for Chrome and on Chromebooks “completes the story for a lot of users.” This is a big step for Native Client, Google’s technology for allowing developers to write web apps that get full access to the power of the CPU. Currently, Native Client is mostly being used by game developers, and there are a number of Chrome Web Store apps that use it, but because it is still limited to Chrome, the number of developers who write applications for it remains small. Google already launched a number of Quickoffice document viewers for Chrome that are only available on the new Pixel Chromebook. In about three months, however, Google told me at the Pixel launch event yesterday, Quickoffice for the browser will also feature the ability to edit documents. The new viewers are also based on Native Client, but for Microsoft Office users on Chrome and ChromeOS, the ability to edit documents and do so in what is essentially a native app is likely a far more interesting solution. Quickoffice for Chrome, of course, won’t just run on the Pixel but should work on the desktop as well, where Native Client has been a built-in feature of Chrome for a long time now. Pricing is also still up in the air. Google continue to charge for the Quickoffice mobile app ($7.99 for Quickoffice Pro HD for the iPad, for example), but paying Google Apps users can get the iPad app for free. When Google acquired Quickoffice, most of us assumed it was doing so to strengthen Google Drive and to ensure that Android would have a viable native Office client as well, but adding it to ChromeOS also makes a lot of sense, especially given ChromeOS’s ambitions in the enterprise.

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Russia meteor triggered nuclear warning system

The infrasonic waves from the detonation of a meteor over the Ural Mountains earlier this month was detected by 17 nuclear monitoring stations around the globe. ?

By Leonard David,?SPACE.com / February 22, 2013

This dashcam video frame grab shows a meteor streaking across the sky of Russia?s Ural Mountains earlier this month.

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A far-flung system of detectors that make up a Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty network made its largest ever detection when a meteor exploded over Russia?s Ural mountains last week.

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The Vienna, Austria-based Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) runs the International Monitoring System made up of infrasound stations. Infrasound is low frequency sound with a range of less than 10 Hertz. Humans cannot hear the low frequency waves that were emitted by the?meteor blast over Russia?on Friday (Feb. 15), but they were recorded by the CTBTO?s network of sensors as they travelled across continents.

When the space rock detonated, the blast was detected by 17 infrasound stations in the CTBTO?s network that track atomic blasts across Earth. The furthest station to record the sub-audible sound was some 9,320 miles (15,000 kilometers) away in Antarctica.

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Prior to the Russian meteor event, the largest infrasound event registered by 15 stations in the CTBTO?s network was the October 2009 meteor explosion (called a bolide) over Sulawesi, Indonesia. [See video of the intense meteor explosion]

In a CTBTO statement discussing the Russian bolide, Pierrick Mialle, an acoustic scientist for the group said:? "We saw straight away that the event would be huge, in the same order as the Sulawesi event from 2009. The observations are some of the largest that?CTBTO's infrasound stations?have detected."

The Russian meteor blast picked up by the detectors is not a single explosion, Mialle said. Rather, it is burning, traveling faster than the speed of sound. "That's how we distinguish it from mining blasts or volcanic eruptions," he said.

Mialle said that scientists around the world will be using the CTBTO's data to better gauge the object's breakup and discern more about the object's final altitude, energy released and how the meteor disintegrated.

Micropressure changes

There are currently 45 infrasound stations in the CTBTO's network that measure micropressure changes in the atmosphere generated by infrasonic waves. Infrasound is one of the technologies used in the CTBTO?s network of sensors to monitor the globe for violations of the?Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty?that bans all nuclear explosions.

Infrasound has been used as part of the CTBTO's tools to detect atomic blasts since April 2001 when the first station came online in Germany. Data from the stations is sent in near real time to Vienna, Austria, for analysis at the CTBTO?s headquarters. Both the raw and analyzed data are provided to all Member States of the CTBTO.

CTBTO Member States have spent $1 billion on setting up the CTBTO verification regime.

Just days before the meteor explosion over Russia, the CTBTO's seismic network detected a seismic event in North Korea. That event on Feb. 12 measured 4.9 in magnitude. Later that morning, North Korean officials announced that the country had conducted a nuclear test. The event was registered by 94 seismic stations and two infrasound stations in the CTBTO's network.

Leonard David has been reporting on the space industry for more than five decades. He is former director of research for the National Commission on Space and a past editor-in-chief of the National Space Society's Ad Astra and Space World magazines. He has written for SPACE.com since 1999.

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Friday, February 22, 2013

Rivera throws BP for first time since knee injury

New York Yankees' Mariano Rivera pitches during a workout at baseball spring training, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

New York Yankees' Mariano Rivera laughs during a workout at baseball spring training, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) ? Yankees closer Mariano Rivera did more than throw on Friday. He also called balls and strikes.

The 43-year old Rivera threw 25 pitches in his first batting practice session since knee surgery last year and said he was happy with the results.

"It feels great to be on the mound," said Rivera, who expects to throw BP one or two more times. "Basically, just wanted to see hitters. I'm excited. Build up, and we'll go from there."

The first batter Rivera faced was minor leaguer Rob Segedin. After the first pitch, which the right-handed batter took, Rivera said: "Strike 1." When the next pitch was taken, Rivera said: "Strike 2, you better swing."

Segedin took the advice on the third offering, and lined what would have been a single to right center.

"There you go," Rivera said.

Rivera was limited to nine games last year, his season ending when he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee while tracking down a fly ball during batting practice in Kansas City on May 3. He had surgery to repair the injury on June 12.

"He looked great," manager Joe Girardi said. "Looked like what you'd expect him to look like, which is a good thing."

Rivera is a 12-time All-Star with 608 saves in the regular season and 42 more in the postseason. After additional BP sessions, he might throw a simulated game before starting exhibition play ahead of the Yankees' April 1 opener against Boston.

Ace CC Sabathia, likely to start that opener, threw 40 pitches during his third bullpen session and intends to throw batting practice on Monday.

"Felt good. No problems," Sabathia said.

The left-hander had arthroscopic surgery Oct. 25 to remove a bone spur from his left elbow.

Shortstop Derek Jeter, coming back after ankle surgery, continues to increase his workouts. He is hitting and fielding, and participating in an indoor running program.

"Every day is more and more," Jeter said. "More agility, more running."

Andy Pettitte, who turns 41 in June, threw 24 pitches in his initial batting practice session.

Right-hander Phil Hughes, receiving treatment for bulging disk in his upper back, said he feels significantly better and could start pool work Sunday. He might resume playing catch next week.

Notes: Jorge Posada arrived in camp as a guest instructor. The former catcher again said he has no interest in making a comeback and is talking with the team about being a part-time instructor. "I'm not second guessing myself," Posada said. "I know I can't play. So, in my mind I think I made the right decision." ... RHP David Phelps is the scheduled starter for Saturday's spring training opener against Atlanta. Position players making the trip to Kissimmee include 1B Mark Teixeira, 2B Robinson Cano and SS Eduardo Nunez. ... Reliever Joba Chamberlain is scheduled to take part in a simulated game Saturday. ... Minor league pitching prospect Mark Montgomery (back spasms) threw 28 pitches in a bullpen session.

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Latest updates, rumors leading into NBA trade deadline

Josh Smith has spent his entire eight-year career with the Hawks. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Deadline day has finally arrived. NBA teams have until Thursday at 3 p.m. ET to complete trades for the stretch run of the season. The Point Forward will be here all day providing the latest news, rumors and analysis. Refresh this page often for updates, and be sure to check back late today for our deadline winners and losers and more reaction to the deals that were made and not made.

2:32 p.m.: Warriors to stand pat

Despite earlier discussions regarding back-up big man Jeremy Tyler, the Warriors will not make any moves, reports Yahoo! Sports? Marc Spears.

2:08 p.m.: Smith talks continue

The Bucks and Hawks are still discussing a possible trade for Josh Smith, reports?Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports.?Wojnarowski reported earlier in the day that?Monta Ellis and Ekpe Udoh were among players discussed for Smith, Devin Harris.

USA Today Sports? Sam Amick confirms?Wojnarowski?s report and adds that the Suns aren?t expected to land Smith.

NBA.com?s David Aldridge notes that the Nets are in talks, but that the Bucks appear to be the favorites.

2:03 p.m.: Toronto acquires Telfair

The Raptors got the guard they needed, acquiring Sebastian Telfair from the Suns in exchange for?Hamed Haddadi and a second-round pick, reports ESPN.com?s Chris Broussard.

Rob Mahoney?s take:

This was a natural move given that rookie guard Kendall Marshall had recently overtaken Telfair for back-up point guard duties in Phoenix. Telfair had a quietly dependable season for the Suns last year, but has seen his play regress along with the general quality of Phoenix?s roster this season. That ? along with his $1.6 million expiring deal ? made him imminently tradable, and it just so happened that the Raptors were in the market for an extra ball-handler after dealing away steady playmaker Jose Calderon. Telfair doesn?t exactly fill that void, but he?ll lift the burden from an overextended John Lucas III and round out Toronto?s bench for the year.

1:58 p.m.: Nuggets not expected to make a deal

The Nuggets had been shopping third-string center?Timofey Mozgov, who was acquired in the deal for Carmelo Anthony in 2011, but CBSSports.com?s Ken Berger reports that the team will stand pat the deadline.

1:48 p.m.: Heat send Pittman to Grizzlies

The Heat have traded back-up center Dexter Pittman to the Grizzlies for a second-round pick and a trade exception, reports Yahoo! Sports? Marc Spears.

1:45 p.m.: First deal of the day

We have the first deal of the day. According to NBA.com?s David Aldridge, Jordan Crawford has been traded to the Celtics.?Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports reports that the Wizards will?receive?Leandro Barbosa, and his expiring contract in return.

Rob Mahoney?s take:

As much as I understand the Wizards wanting to unload Jordan Crawford, I?m not grasping what about him is so rotten that they would just give him away. Crawford is owed a paltry $1.2 million this season and $2.2 million next year, after which Washington could have decided whether he was worth fighting for in restricted free agency (hint: he?s not). In the meantime, the Wizards would have a shot-happy bench player whom they could choose to use or not. Instead, they?ll have the expiring contract of a player who has been ruled out for the season, a marginally decreased payroll and the same nonexistent amount of cap room they had previously. The sole gain here is a more permanent cure for Crawford-induced headaches, but is ditching an asset ? even a marginal one ? really so preferable to buying some extra Tylenol?

1:28 p.m.: Smith claims he didn?t ask for the max

The Josh Smith trade saga has been months in the making, but the rumors really started to pick up after Smith claimed he was worth a max contract as a free agent this summer. But Smith is now claiming he never asked for the max, per NBA.com?s Sekou Smith.

Sekou further quotes Josh Smith in saying that??Atlanta will be on my list in free agency.? With no trades on the immediate horizon, it appears the Hawks forward is keeping all his options open.

1:20 p.m.: C?s, Wiz talking Melo for Crawford

The Wizards have been shopping Jordan Crawford all day, and they might finally have a buyer in the Celtics, says Yahoo! Sports? Adrian Wojnarowski.

1:10 p.m.: CBA impacting deadline

The forthcoming luxury tax restrictions are casting a large shadow over the trade deadline, according to several reports.

Rob Mahoney?s take:

The revised collective bargaining agreement can?t stop the truly committed teams from piling up salary, but it does make the luxury tax threshold ? which many teams around the league are over or nearing ? a bit more fearsome. Tax-paying teams are hindered in the offseason, as tools like the mid-level exception and the sign-and-trade now come with a hitch for those that cross a certain line in terms of overall salary. But even more gruesome is the ?repeater tax,? a compounding penalty that applies to teams that fall above the tax line in three out of four consecutive seasons. The repeater tax won?t actually be levied until 2014-15, but this season is still in play as teams grow wary of that ?three-out-of-four? criteria, effectively deterring borderline teams from making moves that would put them over the tax line.

On a related note, this could also serve to explain why draft picks are being clutched a bit more tightly at this year?s deadline, despite the fact that some of the picks in play are reportedly in the late 20s. With teams around the league more cost-conscious than ever, the notion of picking up a potential role player on a rookie-scale deal is an incredibly attractive one ? even if selecting in that range in the draft rarely produces star-level NBA talent.

1:05 p.m.: Clippers unlikely to shake it up

The Clippers were one of the more active teams in the weeks leading up to the deadline, but reports now say they?re unlikely to make a move before 3 p.m. ET.

Rob Mahoney?s take:

Precious few teams are able to boast the record and synergy of the Clippers, who have spent large chunks of the season playing at league-best levels. There are surely deals out there if they decided to move Eric Bledsoe or DeAndre Jordan, but for the moment both are important elements of L.A.?s rotation and valued assets for a team rife with aging veterans.

1:00 p.m.: Redick staying in Orlando?

The field for J.J. Redick has been narrowing all afternoon, and now Ken Berger of CBSSports.com says there?s a strong possibility Redick stays in Orlando.

12:46 p.m.: Deals that won?t happen

Much of the focus today is on the guys who will be traded, but several reports have emerged on guys who will be staying put, most importantly Monta Ellis, who CBSSports.com?s Ken Berger says is ?unlikely? to be moved in a deal for Josh Smith.

12:37 p.m.: Hawks to hold on to Smith?

Reports indicated that the Hawks were intent on dealing Josh Smith before the 3 p.m. ET deadline, but ESPN.com?s Chris Broussard is hearing that the probability of a Smith deal has declined.

The Nets still believe they?re in the running for Smith?s services, says the New York Daily News? Stefan Bondy.

12:32 p.m.: Spurs fall out of Redick derby

The stars seemed to be aligning for a J.J. Redick-to-San Antonio trade, but Yahoo! Sports??Adrian Wojnarowski says the Spurs have fallen out of the race for the sharpshooter.

Judging by earlier reports, that would leave the Sixers, Pacers and Bucks as potential Redick suitors. But Sam Amick of USA Today Sports says don?t rule out Redick staying in Orlando.

12:20 p.m.: Wizards? Crawford drawing interest

The Wizards seem unlikely to make the postseason, but that reportedly won?t keep them from dealing. According to a report from USA Today Sports? Jeff Zillgitt, Washington is discussing guard Jordan Crawford with several teams.

Rob Mahoney?s take:

Jordan Crawford is a non-essential piece for a Washington team that already has its core prospects in John Wall and Bradley Beal, while Dallas and Boston both make sense as trade partners looking to add younger pieces at minimal cost. Crawford is primarily a volume scorer at this point, averaging 18.1 points on?16.2 field goal attempts?per 36 minutes. Both the Mavs and Celtics are undoubtedly well aware of this, and would be banking on the potential to reform some of Crawford?s worrisome offensive habits in order to make him a more helpful player.

12:13 p.m.: Race for Redick narrowing

We outlined the potential suitors for J.J. Redick below, but according to several reports, that list is getting shorter.

Going off earlier reports, that leaves the Spurs, Sixers and Pacers as contenders for Redick?s services. Yahoo! Sports? Adrian Wojnarowski, who reported earlier that the Spurs are legitimately in on Redick, further connected the dots with this tweet:

12:04 p.m.: Smith or bust for Nets

The Nets have been linked with several players this month, but according to a report from Yahoo! Sports??Adrian Wojnarowski if the Nets can?t land Josh Smith, then they?re likely to stand pat.

12:00 p.m.: Rockets won?t flip Robinson

There were rumblings that the Rockets acquired Thomas Robinson from the Kings in advance of another deal, but NBA.com?s David Aldridge is hearing that Houston ?loves? him and won?t be trading him.

11:49 a.m.: Kings won?t deal Evans, Cousins

Despite reported interest from the Celtics, the Kings have no intention of moving Tyreke Evans or DeMarcus Cousins, reports Yahoo! Sports? Marc Spears.

Evans, 23, was the 2010 Rookie of the Year; Cousins, 22, was the No. 5 pick in the 2010 draft. Though Evans will be a restricted free agent this offseason, the pair are expected to serve as the foundation for a Kings team in transition. A Seattle group is expected to purchase and move the Kings to Seattle at the beginning of next season.

11:37 a.m.: Kings? Evans on the move?

The Kings have already made one surprising move this week. Could another be forthcoming? According to a report from ESPN.com?s Marc Stein, the Celtics are actively pursuing the Kings? Tyreke Evans, the 2010 NBA Rookie of the Year.

Shortly after that tweet, however, Jason Jones of the Sacramento Bee reported that Evans would not be moved by Sacramento.

11:24 a.m.: Spurs legitimately in on Redick

Several teams are chasing Magic sharpshooter J.J. Redick, but the Spurs could be emerging as a serious threat to land him, says Yahoo! Sports??Adrian Wojnarowski.

Rob Mahoney?s take:

The Spurs don?t have any pressing need for another perimeter shooter, but why miss out on a viable fit who is very much attainable? J.J. Redick, Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green would set up the Spurs with a fantastic core of role players to rotate in alongside Tony Parker, Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili, and the acquisition of Redick?s Bird rights would give San Antonio a good shot at re-signing him for the long haul. San Antonio is still an unlikely landing spot given the poor value of their first-round pick and minimal trade assets, but the team would be a great fit for Redick.

11:17 a.m.: Knicks to stand pat?

According to reports, the Knicks are likely to stay quiet at the deadline, meaning no trade of Iman Shumpert, who was the subject of rumors earlier this month. But ESPNNewYork?s Ian Begley says the Knicks could still make a move, just not a trade.

10:50 a.m.: Phoenix, Milwaukee emerging as Smith favorites?

We outlined the Bucks? interest in Josh Smith below. The latest report from Yahoo! Sports Adrian Wojnarowski?suggests they aren?t the only ones involved, though.

ESPN.com?s Chris Broussard says that, contrary to prior reports, Monta Ellis will not be involved.

10:41 a.m.: Redick rumors

Impending free agent J.J. Redick has generated plenty of interest in the weeks leading up to the deadline, and he remains a hot commodity according to several reports.

Reports out of Orlando suggest that the rebuilding Magic wil look to deal the sharpshooter .

Rob Mahoney?s take:

It?s not at all surprising that there?s an extensive market for Redick, who works well playing any style and fits on just about any roster. He?s a low-maintenance offensive piece that?s efficient with his touches, and can immediately help to space the floor as he picks up the schematic basics of a new team. He?s also a much better defender than most understand. He?s not a star, but he?s an ideal role-playing wing with no salary obligations beyond this season.

10:16 a.m.: Bucks continue to push for Smith

The Bucks have been linked to Josh Smith over the last few days, and, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of?Yahoo! Sports, the Hawks and Bucks are now ?seriously? negotiating.

Ben Golliver broken down the cons of a Milwaukee trade yesterday: ?The Hawks would ideally find a way to get an additional younger asset and/or pick(s) in a Smith deal. Ellis? shooting inefficiency cuts deeply into his value as a player and he?s not a long-term fit in Atlanta with Lou Williams already in the fold (although he?s currently injured).?

Ken Berger of CBSSports.com also reports that the Bucks are in on Smith, which could lead to another move as well.

9:55 a.m.: Guards on the move

Several guards could be on the move prior to the 3 p.m. ET deadline.

? In need of another ball-handler, the Raptors have emerged as the favorite for Sebastian Telfair, according to Yahoo! Sports? Adrian Wojnarowski.

? The Mavs have been reluctant to add future salary but are reportedly interested in the Bucks? Beno Udrih, who has a $7.3 million expiring contract, reports ESPN.com?s Marc Stein.

? One guard who might not be on the move: Ben Gordon. CBSSports.com?s Ken Berger reports that the Nets have ?pulled the plug? on talks for Gordon.

? The Pacers are shopping D.J. Augustin, according to Yahoo! Sports??Adrian Wojnarowski.

9:20 a.m.: Smith to Rockets?

The Rockets aren?t done dealing, according to Ken Berger of CBSSports.com.

But Yahoo! Sports? Adrian?Wojnarowski says the price for Smith, the most-high profile piece currently on the block, is too high right now.

Rob Mahoney?s take:?

Houston is certainly the most intriguing destination for Smith still in play. The Rockets provide the most natural fit for Smith and have the potential to furnish the Hawks with good, cheap assets. Atlanta seems to be looking to get a return on Smith without compromising its future cap space, and Houston could offer some combination of the newly acquired Thomas Robinson (who can be flipped immediately because the Rockets are under the salary cap), Donatas Motiejunas, Terrence Jones and Royce White ? all of whom are in the first year of their rookie deals.

That said, Houston?s cap space puts GM Daryl Morey in a unique negotiating position. The Rockets will have a chance to make a run at Smith in free agency, and thus Morey can drive as hard a bargain as he pleases. If they land Smith, then they?ll have an upper hand in their attempts to re-sign him this summer via Bird rights. If not, then the Rockets? season goes on, and they?ll circle back to Smith in a few months.

9 a.m.: Deadline storylines to watch

The ever-active Rockets made the first moves of deadline week on Wednesday night, acquiring Thomas Robinson from the Kings in a six-player deal and sending Marcus Morris to Phoenix for a second-round pick. What?s in store for Thursday? Here are some key questions that will shape deadline day:

? Where will Josh Smith land? The Hawks are committed to dealing the soon-to-be free-agent forward, as SI.com?s Chris Mannix reported. But ESPN.com reported early Thursday that the Hawks were struggling to find a deal they liked for the 27-year-old, who believes he deserves a max contract this summer. Brooklyn, Boston and Milwaukee have been among the teams linked to Smith. CBSSports.com reported that Smith would be open to re-signing with Milwaukee if traded there. (Meanwhile, the Bucks are not dealing Brandon Jennings, according to ESPN.com.)

? What will the Celtics do? Boston reportedly told Rajon Rondo that he won?t be traded, but the Celtics have been active exploring their options amid season-ending injuries to Rondo, Jared Sullinger and Leandro Barbosa. Yahoo! Sports reported that the Celtics and Nets discussed a deal for Paul Pierce, while Boston and the Clippers have had talks about Kevin Garnett, who must give his consent to be traded. Here?s how Steve Bulpett of the Boston Herald characterized the Celtics-Clippers situation:

Sources were saying again [Wednesday] that while no hard bargaining has taken place, the Clips are aware it would cost them Eric Bledsoe and DeAndre Jordan to get Garnett and a greater chance at the 2013 NBA championship.

? Will Utah deal a big man? Jazz starters Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap will be free agents in July, and Utah has young, promising big men Derrick Favors and Enes Kanter played behind the two vets. Many around the league have long anticipated that at least one of Jefferson or Millsap would be dealt this season, but the Jazz have won 12 of 17 and are a half-game behind Golden State for sixth in the Western Conference.

? What happens with J.J. Redick? The Magic shooting guard, in the midst of a career year, will be a free agent in July. Several teams are reportedly interested, from championship-contending San Antonio to playoff-contending Milwaukee to lottery-bound Minnesota. Orlando is said to be looking for a first-round pick as part of a package for Redick, who is making $6.2 million.

? Will the Lakers do something big? Short answer: No. At least that?s the word from GM Mitch Kupchak, who is on record saying the team won?t be trading Dwight Howard or Pau Gasol before the deadline.

8:45 a.m.: Deadline primer

To get you ready for the deadline, here?s a look at SI.com?s recent trade coverage:

? Rob Mahoney examined the wish lists for the top teams in the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference and assessed the puzzle that is Monta Ellis, one of the names on the block.

? Ben Golliver separated fact from fiction and examined the possible destinations for Hawks forward Josh Smith.

? Here was the trade buzz from Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and early Thursday.

? Chris Mannix weighed in on the potential buyers and sellers.

? Ian Thomsen evaluated the development of Orlando shooting guard J.J. Redick, who has blossomed into a solid shooting guard and attractive trade chip.

? And here?s our look at some of the biggest in-season trades in NBA history.

Source: http://nba.si.com/2013/02/21/nba-trade-rumors-deadline-deals-josh-smith-boston-celtics/?xid=si_topstories

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Domenici news stuns New Mexico

Posted at: 02/20/2013 7:36 AM | Updated at: 02/20/2013 6:49 PM
By: Eddie Garcia, KOB Eyewitness News 4; The Associated Press

Former U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici is acknowledging he fathered a son outside his marriage three decades ago.

Statements from the New Mexico Republican and the son's mother, Michelle Laxalt, of Alexandria, Va. - provided to KOB by a former Domenici spokesman -? identify Domenici as the father of Las Vegas lawyer Adam Paul Laxalt.

Read Domenici's statement here.

Michelle Laxalt's statement says she and Domenici had agreed to keep his fatherhood secret because he and her father, Nevada Republican Paul Laxalt, were senators.

Read Michelle Laxalt's statement here.

Laxalt says they're disclosing Domenici's fatherhood because she believed someone would shop a story to the media to smear Domenici.

In his statement, Domenici says he's sorry that he caused hurt and disappointment for his wife and other family members.

> Reaction to revelation

Domenici served six Senate terms. He didn't run for re-election in 2008.

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