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DETROIT (AP) ? Aaron Rodgers shrugged off Detroit's powerful pass rush and helped the Green Bay Packers stay perfect.

This year, it was Ndamukong Suh who didn't finish the game.

Rodgers threw two touchdown passes, and Green Bay took advantage of Suh's third-quarter ejection, pulling away for a 27-15 victory over the Lions on Thursday. It was a much better day for the Packers than their previous visit to Ford Field, when Rodgers was knocked out of the game with a concussion in a 7-3 loss last December.

"I felt it was an excellent character win for our football team, something we talked about at halftime." Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy said. "I'm very proud of our football team to fight through adversity."

Detroit is now facing serious adversity of its own. The Lions (7-4) have lost four of six since a 5-0 start, and three defensive backs were hurt Thursday. Detroit will also have to wait and see what kind of discipline could await Suh, who was dismissed after tangling with Packers offensive lineman Evan Dietrich-Smith. After being pushed off Dietrich-Smith, Suh stepped down hard with his right foot, appearing to make contact with Dietrich-Smith's right arm.

Suh said he was trying to keep his balance while freeing himself from the brief scuffle.

"My intention was not to kick anybody, as I did not, removing myself," he said. "I was on top of a guy, being pulled down, and trying to get up off the ground ? and why you see me pushing his helmet down, because I'm trying to remove myself from the situation, and as I'm getting up, I'm getting pushed, so I'm getting myself on balance."

In less than two seasons as a pro, Suh has established himself as one of the game's strongest and most athletic defensive linemen, but he's also received his share of fines.

Suh requested and received a meeting earlier this season with Commissioner Roger Goodell to discuss his play. He said that dialogue was helpful, but now the league will have to decide whether more punishment ? be it a fine, a suspension or both ? is merited in this case.

"I can't speak on that," Suh said. "I don't have a decision in that."

In 2006, Albert Haynesworth, who was then with the Tennessee Titans, was suspended five games after swiping his cleats across the head of a helmetless Dallas player. Suh's stomp wasn't toward Dietrich-Smith's head, and the Green Bay player didn't seem too much worse for wear.

Suh's penalty helped turn a close game into a rout. It came on third down when the Lions appeared to have forced Green Bay to settle for a short field goal. Instead, the Packers scored a touchdown moments later, taking a 14-0 lead on John Kuhn's 1-yard run.

"We kept things between the whistles," Rodgers said. "That's how we've been coached, and we stayed disciplined."

The Packers now lead San Francisco by two games in the race for home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. The defending Super Bowl champions are 11-0 for the first time in franchise history and have won 17 straight games, including the playoffs.

"We're at 11 wins," McCarthy said. "Once you get to 11 or 12, you start focusing on winning your division. After that comes home-field advantage, and after that comes winning the Super Bowl. Those are always the three goals in Green Bay. If a bonus goal comes up along the way, we'll deal with it, but those are the three we care about."

Rodgers was 22 of 32 for 307 yards. He threw a 3-yard TD pass to Greg Jennings with 4:51 left in the first half to break a scoreless tie, and a 65-yarder to James Jones in the third for a 21-0 lead.

Detroit dropped its eighth straight Thanksgiving game.

The Lions lost two starting defensive backs early on, when cornerback Chris Houston and safety Louis Delmas left with knee injuries. Cornerback Brandon McDonald was also helped off in the second half.

Kevin Smith, who had given the Detroit running game a much-needed boost last weekend when he ran for 140 yards against Carolina, went down with a right ankle injury. He said an X-ray was negative.

Green Bay also had its share of injuries, to players like running back James Starks (ankle) and linebackers A.J. Hawk and Desmond Bishop (calves). But the situation become so dire for the Lions that wide receiver Rashied Davis was playing in the defensive backfield toward the end.

The Lions committed 11 penalties for 82 yards, including three important ones when they were in Green Bay territory early on. Matthew Stafford threw for 276 yards and a touchdown, but he was also intercepted three times.

Detroit's Keiland Williams scored on a 16-yard run, and Stafford threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Calvin Johnson with 11 seconds left in the game.

NOTES: Packers OL Josh Sitton (knee) was also injured. ... Green Bay's next game is on the road against the New York Giants, and Detroit plays at New Orleans.

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Author Charles Frazier follows the sound of music (AP)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. ? Growing up deep in the mountains of western North Carolina in the 1950s and 1960s, a young Charles Frazier couldn't wait for the sun to go down. That's when the WLAC signal would suddenly come clear out of the night sky and things would get really interesting on his radio.

"We had a little radio station that went off at dark," Frazier recalls. "So all during the day, one radio station, country music. When school was out there was two hours of teenage music. And then the sun goes down and all the sudden there's this station from Nashville pouring in. And I liked that really raw rockabilly stuff that's so hard to classify. It's definitely rawer ... than even country at the time, but it was way more country sounding than most rock `n' roll from places outside The South."

James Brown came wailing from the speaker. That spooky voice of Howlin' Wolf added an uneasy edge to the night. Guys like Charlie Feathers and Gene Vincent would rock his world.

Those sound memories populate the pages of the author's new best-seller "Nightwoods," whose quiet, reflective moments play out to a soundtrack of rhythm and blues, early rock `n' roll and melancholy jazz.

"Nightwoods" is the story of Luce, a disconnected young woman who is left to take care of a nearly feral set of twins after her sister is murdered by her husband. As the book opens, she has sequestered herself in an abandoned lodge far from the nearest people or town. She spends her nights listening to WLAC and waiting for life to pass her by before the children and eventually a love interest named Stubblefield somehow find her in her self-imposed exile.

Frazier assigns each of the book's main figures music that sheds light on their personalities.

"It always helps me connect with characters, to think about what music they respond to," Frazier said. "So Luce has her WLAC. She is such a closed-up inner person who is holding the world at arm's length and things like that, yet she stays up late at night listening to this really intense, energetic, passionate music and she sees them like prayers.

"Or Stubblefield with his record collection and the reference that (Miles Davis') `Kind of Blue' is the thing that makes him think about his inability to sustain a relationship. All he can do is listen to `Kind of Blue' and get sad."

Frazier talked about "Nightwoods" during a stop last month for a book festival in, appropriately enough, Music City. He was something of a literary rock star while in town, filling Tennessee's legislative chamber with admirers for a reading from "Nightwoods." He stopped by Third Man Records, owned by "Cold Mountain" film friend Jack White, for a look around.

Much of the time Frazier sits reserved behind a salt-and-pepper beard on a serious face. Ask him about music, though, and his eyes light. He becomes animated as if from some unseen energy source and his hands begin to move as he talks.

He's been listening to jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz and Tom Waits in heavy rotation this fall and he's been listening to new recordings from Norwegian jazz pianist Tord Gustavsen, Saharan guitar heroes Tinariwen and Nick Lowe. Until record stores began to disappear, he could be found leaning on the stacks three or four days a week.

Music is as much a part of his life as the words with which he fills his books. The two are intertwined. The stone walls in his office are lined with shelves full of CDs, vinyl and stereo equipment, and something is always playing as he taps out his books. His breakthrough debut, "Cold Mountain," in 1997, had music at its heart and has spurred a whirl of creativity as others responded strongly to the sounds in his books.

Bluegrass and roots player Tim O'Brien and friends recorded an album of music inspired by that National Book Award winner, and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon is working on an opera based on the book, set to debut in 2015. It is a delightfully curious development that brings a wry smile to Frazier's face.

"So I'm going to put on the tuxedo and go to Santa Fe," he says.

Higdon was drawn to "Cold Mountain" because she grew up in east Tennessee, on the other side of the Great Smoky Mountains from the territory Frazier's characters haunt in North Carolina. She heard the melody in Frazier's prose from the moment she picked up "Cold Mountain" five years ago.

"This is going to sound really strange, but I think the way he writes is musical," Higdon said. "The phrases and the rhythm and the pacing ? to me it sounds very musical. It's like a poetic kind of music, and I don't have that with all the authors I read. But it drew me in from the first line. It was that noticeable. The length of his sentences, just the way the sentences flow, to me it sounds like music."

O'Brien remembers reading "Cold Mountain" with a friend and being riveted as little bits and pieces of old-timey music popped up here and there in chapter titles and dialogue. O'Brien and Frazier have become friends and often discuss the power of music and its ability to inspire.

"Music is a touchstone like smell or color or taste," O'Brien said. "It sort of reminds you of things. And getting to know him afterward, after having read ('Cold Mountain'), it was really telling. He said that he tried to listen to the oldest recordings made by the people who were oldest in age at the time to get back to a certain way of speech and thinking. Obviously, that worked for him."

"Nightwoods" unfolds something like a murder ballad, one of those dark, often gory tales of death and deceit so popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. There's tragedy and death at its heart, but there are moments of quiet strength and bravery as well, not to mention a mysterious deep, dark hole.

Frazier will soon wrap his "Nightwoods" book tour and has begun assembling a sound track that will help him craft his next book. He's looking for AM radio gems from the 1930s and 1940s that would have been played in the rural west. Think Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys.

"(I've got) these few little flickers of ideas," Frazier said. "I've lived out West some. ... I've always liked the High Plains areas ? eastern Colorado, eastern Wyoming, western Nebraska. Can that factor into maybe half of this next book? I'll tinker around with that for a couple or three months and see if it's something worth spending three years on."

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Writers: Steven Moffat (screenplay), Edgar Wright (screenplay),
Stars: Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis and Daniel Craig

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PFT: Vick, Jackson miss practice again

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The bad news is that I gained no ground on Rosenthal last week in the picks contest.

The good news?? I lost no ground, either.

We matched our records in Week 11 with 10-4 efforts; he picked the Dolphins when I foolishly trusted the Bills.? Fortunately, Rosenthal sided with the Jaguars while a scored a near hole in one, picking the Browns to win by the score of 13-10.

For the year, he?s 109-51.? I?m 98-62.

This weekend, when factoring in the Thanksgiving picks, we disagree on five games.? If I?m right on all of them, I can cut his lead nearly in half.

Now, where?s that damn wishbone?

Vikings at Falcons

Florio?s take:? Barring a miracle, Minnesota tailback Adrian Peterson will miss the game.?? And that will make it even harder for the 2-8 Vikings to avoid losing their ninth game of the season, especially since the Falcons now have a great opportunity to leapfrog the Giants and the Bears for a spot in the playoffs.? The fact that former Falcons quarterbacks coach and current Vikings offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave knows the Atlanta offense could help keep it from being a blowout.

Florio?s pick:? Falcons 31, Vikings 20.

Rosenthal?s take:? The Falcons have shown an ability to consistently beat bad teams, which may be enough to get them back to the playoffs. While the Vikings don?t feel 2-8 bad, their offense will be among the league?s worst without Adrian Peterson. Heck, it was among the league?s worst with Adrian Peterson.

Rosenthal?s pick: Falcons 28, Vikings 17.

Browns at Bengals

Florio?s take:? After close losses to the Steelers and Ravens, the Bengals should believe that they can play with anyone.? If the Bengals somehow can?t play with the Browns, the Bengals definitely won?t be playing past January 1.

Florio?s pick:? Bengals 20, Browns 0.

Rosenthal?s take: It took a dropped pass and some bad playcalling by the Jaguars for the Browns to win their fourth game. The Bengals won?t be so forgiving.? Jay Gruden has quietly been among the best offensive coordinators in the league.? He?ll be happy to face a division rival that isn?t Baltimore or Pittsburgh.

Rosenthal?s pick: Bengals 23, Browns 10.

Panthers at Colts

Florio?s take:? Carolina has become an unexpected entrant in the ?Suck of Luck? sweepstakes.? It won?t last.? The Panthers are better than the Colts, and the Colts are fine with that . . . at least until they clinch the top pick.

Florio?s pick:? Panthers 28, Colts 14.

Rosenthal?s take: The Colts have finally found a team they can score against! The Panthers defense is second-to-last in points allowed this year.? The only problem: The Colts are dead last in the same category.? And they don?t have Cam Newton.

Rosenthal?s pick: Panthers 28, Colts 24.

Texans at Jaguars

Florio?s take:? Publicly, the Texans see the glass as half full in the wake of Matt Schaub?s season-ending injury.? Privately, they have to be worried that Matt Leinart isn?t the answer.? If the Jaguars team that beat the Ravens last month shows up on Sunday, the Texans may be bidding farewell to their shot at a bye.

Florio?s pick:? Jaguars 20, Texans 17.

Rosenthal?s take:? I don?t expect much out of Matt Leinart, but I do expect him to be better than Blaine Gabbert. The Jaguars defense has been strong all year, but it struggled last week without Terrance Knighton and Clint Session. Allowing Colt McCoy and Chris Ogbonnaya to have breakout games was a bad sign.

Rosenthal?s pick: Texans 24, Jaguars 17.

Bills at Jets

Florio?s take:? With multiple teams clustered between 6-4 and 4-6 in the AFC, one of them likely will get hot and take the final playoff spot.? Though there?s a good chance that neither the Jets nor the Bills will be that team, one of them has to win this one (barring a tie, obviously).? Injuries have decimated the Bills, and the rollercoasting Jets will head back up the mountain once again, with three winnable games on tap before a trip to Philly and a ?visit? from the Giants.

Florio?s pick:? Jets 27, Bills 14.

Rosenthal?s take: Even the most cynical Bills fan couldn?t have imagined a collapse like this. They?ve lost three straight games by a combined score of 104-26. Fred Jackson is done for the year. Ryan Fitzpatrick?s future looks shaky. Their defense can even make Mark Sanchez look good. Bills fans deserve better.

Rosenthal?s pick: Jets 27, Bills 13.

Cardinals at Rams

Florio?s take:? The Rams predictably struggled through the tough seven-game stretch of their schedule to open the season.? But they?re now unexpectedly struggling through the supposedly soft spot.? The Cardinals continue to have issues at quarterback, and if the Rams slide to 2-9, Steve Spagnuolo may not be around to get fired after the season ends.

Florio?s pick:? Rams 23, Cardinals 13.

Rosenthal?s take:? This is a big game for Steve Spagnuolo. If the Rams can?t beat John Skelton in St. Louis, what games can they win? I have doubts the Rams will win many more games, but Spagnuolo should at least get his third win Sunday.

Rosenthal?s pick: Rams 20, Cardinals 17.

Buccaneers at Titans

Florio?s take:? The Bucs gained some confidence via a loss at Lambeau Field, and the Titans haven?t shown an ability to take advantage of opportunities to gain ground on the Texans.? With the seat heating up for Raheem Morris, look for Tampa to string a few wins together during a rare respite from their tough schedule.

Florio?s pick:? Buccaneers 27, Titans 20.

Rosenthal?s take: The Titans are 5-5 because they beat bad teams. Tennessee is 4-0 against teams that currently have a sub .500 record. The Bucs are a bad team. Raheem Morris? defense is near the bottom of every meaningful statistical category for a reason. He can?t complain about the schedule when they lose this one.

Rosenthal?s pick: Titans 24, Bucs 17.

Bears at Raiders

Florio?s take:? The banged-up Raiders and the healthy-but-for-the-most-important-position-on-the-field Bears each need this one.? Badly.? The Raiders are fending off the Broncos, and the Bears need to guard against a gaggle of would-be wild-card contenders.? Even without Jay Cutler, the Bears have the firepower to overcome an Oakland team that isn?t as good as its record would suggest, especially in light of all the injuries.

Florio?s pick:? Bears 21, Raiders 17.

Rosenthal?s take: This would have been Sunday?s best game before Jay Cutler?s thumb injury ruined it. I?m not buying that the Bears will survive without Cutler. He made Chicago?s offensive line look a lot better than it really was by making throws Caleb Hanie shouldn?t even attempt.

Rosenthal?s pick: Raiders 24, Bears 14.

Redskins at Seahawks

Florio?s take:? But for the 49ers, the Seahawks ? even at 4-6 ? would be on track for a second straight NFC West crown.? They remain tough to beat at home; just ask the Ravens.? Or the Redskins come Sunday night.

Florio?s pick:? Seahawks 20, Redskins 13.

Rosenthal?s take: This game looks close (and uninteresting) on paper.? It won?t be close. It will be uninteresting. The Seahawks? defense has quietly grown into a difference-making unit. Tarvaris Jackson is playing well enough at quarterback.? By well enough, I mean ?better than Rex Grossman.?

Rosenthal?s pick: Seahawks 28, Redskins 14.

Patriots at Eagles

Florio?s take:? The New England defense is improving, and the offense can?t get much better.? The longest-tenured coach in the NFL never has beaten the second longest-tenured coach in the NFL, and that?s not likely to change, regardless of whether Mike Vick or Vince Young is playing quarterback for the home team.

Florio?s pick:? Patriots 24, Eagles 20.

Rosenthal?s take: This is probably the toughest game left on New England?s schedule, even if Vince Young starts. Philadelphia?s wide receiver talent can overwhelm the Patriots? undrafted afterthoughts. The Eagles have the secondary to slow down New England in man coverage. That?s a long way of saying Philly will be in position to win, but blow another fourth-quarter lead.

Rosenthal?s pick: Patriots 35, Eagles 31.

Broncos at Chargers

Florio?s take:? What you gonna do, Chargers, when Tebowmania runs wild on you?? It?s illogical and counterintuitive, but after seeing what I?ve seen over the last three weeks, I can?t pick against the Broncos.? And after what I?ve seen from the Chargers since they started 4-1, I can?t pick San Diego to win, either.

Florio?s pick:? Broncos 15, Chargers 12.

Rosenthal?s take: A month ago, who would have believed that Tim Tebow would be in position to bury Philip Rivers? playoff hopes in this game? And who would have believed John Elway would be rooting for Rivers?

Rosenthal?s pick: Chargers 24, Broncos 20.

Steelers at Chiefs

Florio?s take:? Blown out four times this year, the fifth one is coming, courtesy of the team for which Todd Haley?s dad once worked.? The Steelers have too much firepower on offense, and the Chiefs simply have no answer for it.

Florio?s pick:? Steelers 38, Chiefs 13.

Rosenthal?s take: If Tyler Palko led the Chiefs to three points in Foxborough, he may score negative three points against Pittsburgh. Perhaps Kyle Orton will come in woefully unprepared during the second half like Carson Palmer did in his first Raiders game. That may be the only way this game stays interesting into the fourth quarter. (But, uh, watch it. It?s on NBC.)

Rosenthal?s pick: Steelers 30, Chiefs 10.

Giants at Saints

Florio?s take:? With a bye week plus an extra day to prepare for the Giants, the 7-3 Saints will do their best to keep pace with the 49ers for the No. 2 seed in the NFC.? Or possibly to cut San Fran?s lead in half, if the 9-1 Niners slip up in Baltimore on Thursday night.

Florio?s pick:? Saints 34, Giants 21.

Rosenthal?s take: Conflicting emotions here. As Florio has mentioned, I got a fleur de lis tattoo while in college at Tulane. I also picked the Giants to win the NFC East, a choice that isn?t looking as good these days. When in doubt, take the team that hasn?t lost at home.? (Note: I didn?t actually get that tattoo.? Also: I?m not actually 15. I?m 19.)

Rosenthal?s pick: Saints 33, Giants 30.

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Blacks with diverticulitis have worse outcomes (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) ? Blacks need emergency surgery more often than whites for a common type of intestinal disease, and they tend to fare worse afterwards, suggests a study of older Americans on Medicare.

It's not the first time researchers find racial differences in rates of complications and death from the disease, called diverticulitis. But those disparities have been blamed on lack of health insurance and access to care among blacks.

The new study hints there may be cultural differences or treatment disparities between races that explain why blacks are more likely to die or be sent back to the hospital after treatment, even when they have health insurance.

For example, blacks seem to be less likely to see a primary care doctor regularly, experts said, or may be treated in more-crowded, poorly-funded hospitals.

"You're left with this very disturbing finding that the treatment of blacks and whites in the United States remains disparate," said Dr. Selwyn Rogers, Jr., who studies inequalities in surgical care at Harvard Medical School in Boston but wasn't involved in the new work.

"You're more likely to die if you happen to be black," he told Reuters Health.

In diverticulitis, pouches in the intestine become infected or inflamed. The condition may affect up to one in four elderly Americans at some point, researchers wrote in the Archives of Surgery, and can be dangerous when not caught early. It causes severe stomach pain and sometimes nausea and vomiting.

The study, led by Eric Schneider from The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, included more than 50,000 patients who were treated for diverticulitis, either with emergency or elective surgery, between 2004 and 2007. All of them were at least 65 years old and covered by Medicare, the government health insurance for the elderly.

More than two-thirds of the procedures done in blacks were emergency surgeries, compared to about 55 percent of those in white patients.

Blacks were more likely to die in the hospital than whites: Close to seven percent of them didn't survive their stay, versus five percent of white patients.

That difference persisted when the researchers looked only at people who were admitted for emergency care, and when they took into account pre-existing medical conditions, such as heart failure and diabetes.

Death rates were one or two percent in both blacks and whites who had elective surgery before their symptoms were severe, but rose to up to nine percent in blacks getting emergency surgery.

On average, black diverticulitis patients also had longer and more expensive hospital stays, and they were more likely to be readmitted to the hospital within a month of their surgery.

Even when they do have insurance, blacks may wait longer to see a doctor if they're having stomach symptoms, or might have less accessible places to get treated, according to researchers who spoke with Reuters Health.

They may also have worse general health that wasn't reflected in the data Schneider and his colleagues were using.

Another explanation may be in the type of care patients receive -- for example, blacks may be more likely to be treated at hospitals that are smaller and not as well-staffed, the researchers wrote.

"Some of these observed differences despite Medicare coverage reflect the hospitals in which patients receive care," agreed Rogers.

"A patient can walk in with Medicare coverage, but if those hospitals are struggling (financially), that's going to be reflected in the services they can provide," he told Reuters Health.

He pointed to the effect of poverty and lack of education on health and disease outcomes, adding that "every time we turn over a rock" there are disparities by race, ethnicity and income.

Schneider's team called for further studies to tease out the reasons why blacks with diverticulitis specifically tend to have worse outcomes than whites, even when they're both covered by insurance.

For now, he emphasized that having regular primary care visits and being aware of anything that's not quite right are key to preventing the worst.

"The one thing that's clear, regardless of who you are, seeking treatment early is better than waiting," he told Reuters Health.

"If you were being followed on a regular basis and it was determined you needed to have this surgery and it was done (electively), that's a much better way to go."

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Britain wins 5 International Emmys (AP)

NEW YORK ? Christopher Eccleston and Julie Walters garnered the main acting awards as British TV productions won five International Emmys, including two for the BBC crime anthology "Accused."

"Accused," written and created by Jimmy McGovern, received the Emmy for best drama series at the 39th Annual International Emmy Awards ceremony at the Hilton New York Hotel. The anthology tells the stories of people accused of crimes as they sit in holding cells beneath the courtroom awaiting the verdict in their trials.

The ceremony kicked off with a surprise appearance by Lady Gaga, wearing a tattooed-thigh-revealing, floor-length black gown and oversize sunglasses. She presented the honorary International Emmy Founders Award to Britain's Nigel Lythgoe, executive producer of "American Idol" and "So You Think You Can Dance."

Gaga praised Lythgoe as her favorite producer and expressed gratitude for "all of the early opportunities he gave me to perform on TV." She also cited the more than $140 million he has raised for charity through "Idol Gives Back" and his Dizzy Feet Foundation that provides scholarships to young dancers.

"He has always helped to nurture and foster my ideas, no matter how crazy or demographic-unfriendly they may have been," said Gaga, before introducing a video tribute to Lythgoe featuring "Idol" judges Randy Jackson, Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez and host Ryan Seacrest. "He always spoke poetically about the pursuit of widening the boundaries of love and acceptance in TV."

Lythgoe returned the favor by calling Gaga "the most creatively talented woman in the world of show business right now." But he couldn't resist taking a few good-natured jabs at former "Idol" judge Simon Cowell, who received the Founders Award last year.

"I now call Simon Lord Voldemort because he must not be named because every time I name him the press say that we're enemies and we're fighting each other," Lythgoe said. "That's not true at all. Simon has no enemies whatsoever in the world. He just has a lot of friends who hate him."

"Accused" originally wasn't even among the nominees in the drama category. But it ended up replacing another British crime show "Sherlock" after it was determined that the updated version of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries had also been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the U.S. The rules bar a program from being entered into the two Emmy competitions in the same year.

Eccleston, the former "Doctor Who" star, won the best actor award for his role in an episode of "Accused," in which he played a financially stressed, lapsed Catholic plumber who's struggling with an adulterous relationship and coming up with the money to pay for his daughter's wedding. After praying to God, he finds a packet of 20,000 pounds in the back of a taxi, doubles his money on the roulette wheel, but ends up on trial after the windfall turns out to be forged notes.

Walters, who earlier won a British BAFTA TV award for the same role, was chosen best actress for the TV film "Mo." She portrayed the late Mo Mowlam, the unorthodox British politician who battled a brain tumor which she concealed from Prime Minister Tony Blair while working to forge the 1998 Northern Ireland peace accord.

The other British winners both centered on teenagers in unusual circumstances. "Gareth Malone Goes to Glyndebourne" won in the arts programming category for its account of the staging of a new opera by untrained teenagers at the renowned British opera house. The Emmy for non-scripted entertainment went to "The World's Strictest Parents," which takes unruly British teenagers and sends them abroad to spend 10 days living with a strict host family.

Forty nominees from a record 20 countries were competing in 10 categories for International Emmys, honoring excellence in television programming outside the U.S., at the ceremony hosted for the second straight year by former "Beverly Hills 90210" star Jason Priestley.

The award in the TV Movie/Mini-Series category went to Sweden's "Millennium," based on the late Stieg Larsson's best-selling trilogy that follows investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the anti-social computer hacker Lisbeth Salander as they unravel various crimes.

A real-life family drama, Canada's "Life with Murder," about an Ontario couple, Brian and Leslie Jenkins, struggling to accept their son back into the family after he's convicted of murdering his younger sister, was chosen the best documentary. The couple learned during the making of the film who actually killed their daughter and the real killer confessed on camera.

"This is the most meaningful Emmy that I've won because of the wonderful sacrifice of the family in the film ... made by allowing us into the darkest and most difficult corners of their lives," said director John Kastner, who now has won three International Emmys.

Other winners included Portugal's "Lacos de Sangue" ("Blood Ties") for best telenovela; the Belgian hidden camera show "Benidorm Bastards" for best comedy, and Chile's "Con Que Suenas?" ("What Is Your Dream?") in the children & young people category.

Actress Archie Panjabi ("The Good Wife") and Citigroup chairman Richard Parsons presented the honorary International Emmy Directorate Award to Indian media mogul Subhash Chandra, who broke a government monopoly by launching India's first privately owned satellite television channel nearly 20 years ago. His Zee TV network now reaches more than 600 million viewers worldwide.

"All eyes are on India today and it is a great privilege to be the first Indian to receive this award," Chandra said. "While India has been well respected as a technology and IT software giant, this award helps tremendously to raise the profile of India's leading role in television production and broadcasting media."

The awards are sponsored by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, which includes media and entertainment figures from more than 50 countries and 500 companies.

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WWE Raw SuperShow results: The "Awesome Truth" unfolds

HERSHEY, Pa. ? With the ?Rock Bottom Heard ?Round the World? still resounding throughout the WWE Universe, John Cena attempted to set the issue straight. Instead, the Cenation leader created an entirely different issue between the members of The ?Awesome Truth.?

John Cena embarrassed The ?Awesome Truth?; The Miz laid R-Truth out (WATCH | PHOTOS)
In the middle of addressing The Rock?s attack on him, John Cena was interrupted, as usual, by The ?Awesome Truth.? Looking to rile up the Cenation leader, The Awesome One and his dangerous crony got more than they bargained for when Cena turned the tables and convinced both Superstars that they shouldn?t trust one another.

The Cenation?s leader?s seeds of doubt quickly grew into a serious issue between the partners in crime, leading to pushing and shoving in the ring. As politically savvy as ever, The Miz managed to calm his partner down, but as soon as R-Truth turned his back, his former friend nailed him with a blistering Skull-Crushing Finale on the steel entrance ramp.

Wade Barrett def. Kofi Kingston (WATCH | PHOTOS)
The man who led Team Barrett to victory at Survivor Series continued his so-called ?Barrage? on WWE Raw SuperShow as he barreled through Kofi Kingston, but the British Superstar?s bout was shaken by a surprise appearance from Randy Orton. Momentarily taking Barrett off his game, The Viper kept a keen eye on the action from ringside as his rival scored the win. The arrogant brawler taunted Orton after the bout, but the former WWE Champion did not strike. Like a true predator, he?s waiting for the perfect opportunity.

Big Show discussed his destruction of World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry (WATCH | PHOTOS)
Using all 480 pounds of his 7-foot frame to decimate Mark Henry?s ankle during Sunday?s World Heavyweight Championship Match, Big Show personally inducted The World?s Strongest Man into the Hall of Pain at Survivor Series. The World?s Largest Athlete admitted it felt good to hurt his rival, but he won?t be happy until he?s wearing the World Heavyweight Title around his massive waist.

WWE Champion CM Punk def. United States Champion Dolph Ziggler in a Title-free Match (WATCH | PHOTOS)
Their championships may not have been at stake in this match, but both new WWE Champion CM Punk and United States Champion Dolph Ziggler certainly fought like they were. Convinced that he was, in fact, the new face of WWE, the United States Title holder looked to knock Punk off his perch early, but The Straight Edge Superstar wasn?t going down that easy. Catching the bleached blond off guard, the WWE Champion scored with a devastating GTS to secure a? thrilling victory.

Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes def. Santino Marella (WATCH | PHOTOS)
Describing himself as unmasked, unbeatable and completely unrepentant, Cody Rhodes made an example of Santino Marella, but the real story occurred after the match. Before leaving ringside, the Intercontinental Champion confronted Booker T and explained to the commentator that he's heard his critiques and he's not happy about it. The twisted Superstar then disrespected Book by throwing a glass of water in his face.

Kevin Nash taunted Triple H (WATCH | PHOTOS)
With Triple H still recuperating from Kevin Nash?s vicious sledgehammer attack, the big man took another opportunity to taunt his former friend on live television. Taking cruel pleasure in his words, Nash bragged about returning to Madison Square Garden ? the sight of ?The Kliq?s? infamous 1996 WWE farewell ? while The Game was incapacitated at home. Nash then reiterated that his animosity towards The Cerebral Assassin comes down to one thing ? friendship. In Big Daddy Cool?s view, WWE?s COO ended The Kliq when he didn?t sign him to a contract, so Nash ended The King of Kings by breaking his neck with a sledgehammer.

Sheamus def. Jack Swagger (WATCH | PHOTOS)
Jack Swagger was so furious after being manhandled by Sheamus during Sunday?s Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match that he demanded a bout with The Celtic Warrior tonight. Big mistake. Attacking his opponent with the same fire that got him disqualified at Survivor Series, The Great White planted The All-American American with a Brogue Kick.

Alberto Del Rio def. Zack Ryder (WATCH | PHOTOS)
Less than 24 hours after dropping the WWE Title to CM Punk, Alberto Del Rio was out to prove that he was still the man to beat in WWE, but he was facing one of the fastest rising Superstars in WWE. Still pumping his fist from the ovation he received in the Garden, Zack Ryder had the WWE fans in Hershey behind him tonight, but it wasn?t enough to stop the underhanded skills of The Mexican Aristocrat.

WWE Champion CM Punk mouthed off to John Laurinaitis (WATCH | PHOTOS)
Still reeling after winning the WWE Title in Madison Square Garden at Survivor Series, WWE Champion CM Punk promised the WWE faithful in Hershey, Pennsylvania that he would make things interesting on WWE Raw SuperShow again. His first goal? To put Interim Raw General Manager John Laurinaitis on the unemployment line.

The WWE Universe may have liked the sound of that, but Mr. Laurinaitis was quick to squash their applause. Entering to tell the new WWE Champion that he believes they can work together, the Executive Vice President of Talent Relations promised that he was more radical than one might expect and then proved his unpredictability by scheduling Punk in two bouts ? a rematch against Alberto Del Rio next Monday and a showdown with United States Champion Dolph Ziggler tonight.

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The Volokh Conspiracy ? Estimating the Costs of Legal Scholarship

Over at Inside the Law School Scam, Paul Campos reveals that he worked extensively with David Segal in helping Segal with his article on law professors and legal scholarship, and in particular with Segal?s estimate of the price students pay for legal scholarship. According to Campos, the basic methodology is to assume that 40% of law school operating costs pay the salaries of tenured or tenure-track professors, and that law professors spend 40% of their time writing articles. Multiplying the two suggests that 16% of law school operating costs pay for law review articles, which Segal estimates collectively at about $575 million.

I am no labor economist, and my comment is probably amateurish, but this strikes me as a puzzling way to calculate the costs of legal scholarship. It assumes that professors spend a fixed amount of time working and a fixed percentage of time writing articles. But that?s not the case, as professors spend a wildly varying amount of time working and a wildly varying amount of time writing. Some professors work very hard; some don?t. As a result, I would think that a better way to measure the costs of legal scholarship would be to compare the salaries of the professors who are active scholars with the salaries of the professors who are inactive scholars. (To determine the costs of X, compare the costs with X to the costs without X.) Consider an example. At a given school, it may be that a professor who spends 25 hours a week writing articles has earned merit increases in pay over time, and as a result is paid $40,000 more per year than a professor who doesn?t write articles at all. If so, that would suggest the costs of legal scholarship are somewhere in the ballpark of $30 an hour. That is, $40,000 additional pay for 1,300 hours of additional work.

This calculation has lots of problems, too, I realize. For example, it assumes that salary competition for active scholars has no effect on the salaries of inactive scholars. But at the very least I would think it?s a better gauge of the costs of legal scholarship than the methodology used by Campos that was followed in the Times article. Or so it seems to me, but then I?m about as far a way from my area of academic expertise as I can get. Comments are open, with corrections and criticisms particularly welcome.

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'US won't be happy': Taliban, Pakistan talk peace

ISLAMABAD ?? Pakistan's Taliban movement, a major security threat to the country, is holding exploratory peace talks with the U.S.-backed government, a senior Taliban commander and mediators said Monday.

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The United States, the source of billions of dollars of aid vital for Pakistan's military and feeble economy, is unlikely to look kindly on peace talks with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which it has labeled a terrorist group.

Past peace pacts with the TTP have failed to bring stability, and merely gave the umbrella group time and space to consolidate, launch fresh attacks and impose their austere version of Islam on segments of the population.

'Difficult'
The discussions are focused on the South Waziristan region on the Afghan border and could be expanded to try to reach a comprehensive deal.

A senior Taliban commander told NBC News that the talks were in "an initial and difficult stage." He added that the while the negotiations had not yet achieved any tangible results, they were "going in the right direction."

The Taliban, who are close to al-Qaida, made several demands, including the release of prisoners.

A peace deal between the authorities and the Pakistani Taliban could represent the best hope of ending years of fighting that has killed thousands of security personnel and civilians.

But it is unclear whether the preliminary talks will gain traction or if the Pakistani Taliban are unified enough to actually strike a deal. It is also uncertain whether a deal could last.

However, Washington's push for a peace deal with the Afghan Taliban could make it difficult to oppose an agreement in Pakistan.

"Yes, we have been holding talks. We will see if there is a breakthrough," a senior Taliban commander, who asked not to be identified, told Reuters.

"Right now, this is at the South Waziristan level. If successful, we can talk about a deal for all the tribal areas," he said, referring to Pashtun lands along the Afghan border.

Slideshow: Pakistan: A nation in turmoil (on this page)

The TTP, which is allied with the Afghan Taliban movement fighting U.S.-led NATO forces in Afghanistan, is entrenched in the unruly areas along the porous border.

Pakistan has come under pressure to eradicate militancy since U.S. special forces in May killed Osama bin Laden in a Pakistani town, where he had apparently been living for years.

Pakistan's government and military have said they had no idea bin Laden was in Pakistan and have yet to explain the intelligence gap.

The operation enraged Pakistan's military, which branded it a violation of sovereignty and then reduced cooperation on intelligence critical for U.S. efforts to stabilize the region as it winds down combat operations in Afghanistan.

"The U.S. won't be happy," said Rahimullah Yusufzai, a Pakistani expert on the Taliban. "If there is less pressure from Pakistan on the militants then they (the Pakistani Taliban) will turn their attention to Afghanistan."

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Speculation on peace talks has been rife since the government said in a September all-party conference on a crisis in relations with the United States that it would attempt negotiations with militants to bring peace.

"We never wanted to fight to begin with," said the senior Taliban commander. "Our aim was to rid Afghanistan of foreign forces. But the Pakistani government, by supporting America, left us no choice but to fight."

Since bin Laden's death, the TTP has vowed to attack Western targets abroad.

Slideshow: After the raid: Inside bin Laden's compound (on this page)

The government delegations that held preliminary talks with the Pakistani Taliban over roughly the past six months have included former civilian and military officials and tribal elders, the intelligence officials and a senior militant commander said in recent interviews with The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the talks.

The TTP was formed in 2007 and is blamed for many of the suicide bombings across nuclear-armed Pakistan, one of the world's most unstable but strategically important countries.

Audacious attacks
Its founder, Baitullah Mehsud, was killed by a U.S. drone aircraft missile strike in northwest Pakistan in 2009.

The group has staged audacious attacks on government installations, even army headquarters near the capital, and the violence has also killed many civilians.

While its activities have been almost entirely confined to Pakistan, the TTP has shown an interest in expanding its range under the banner of al-Qaida.

Pakistan's list of banned words met with ridicule

A suicide bombing at a U.S. base in Afghanistan's Khost province in 2009, carried out by a Jordanian national, killed seven Central Intelligence Agency employees.

In video footage released after the attack, the bomber was shown sitting with Mehsud, a stark illustration of growing links between the Pakistani insurgents and foreign militants.

A Pakistani-born American who tried to set off a car bomb in New York's Times Square last year told a U.S. court he got bomb-making training and funding from the Pakistani Taliban.

The TTP staged a series of attacks to avenge bin Laden's death. They claimed responsibility for an attack on a naval base in Pakistan's biggest city and commercial capital Karachi in May which embarrassed the powerful military.

Reuters, The Associated Press, NBC News and msnbc.com staff contributed to this report.

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Chemical plant blast in China kills 14 workers

BEIJING?? An explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China has killed 14 workers and injured five others.

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Chinese state media and an official said the explosion happened Saturday at a plant in Xintai city in Shandong province.

Xinhua News Agency says workers were maintaining and repairing a condenser at a melamine production facility when the explosion occurred.

It says no poisonous or harmful substances were released. Melamine is a nitrogen-rich chemical used in making plastics and many other products.

An official surnamed Xu at the Xintai city government says the cause of the blast is under investigation.

He says the plant's owner, Shandong Liaherd Chemical Industry Co., used to be state-run but is now a shareholding company.

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Nowinski hopes former players lend hand

CHICAGO (AP) ? Already at the forefront of research on the effects of repeated blows to the head, Chris Nowinski is trying to raise awareness at a grass-roots level and he hopes former players will lend a hand.

As CEO of the Sports Legacy Institute at Boston University, Nowinski has studied the issue closely. High-profile cases in recent years have made it a hot-button topic, but he's also trying to raise awareness by educating coaches and athletes on the high school and youth levels.

"Having the former NFL players is just a great way to get into the door," Nowinski said. "People love them. We're hoping it just gets us more invitations."

That was one of his goals at the "Eye On Concussions ... Taking a Closer Look" fundraiser on Friday, along with raising money and promoting education on the effects of head trauma. Roughly two dozen former professional athletes along with politicians, medical personnel and educators were on hand for the event, which organizers expected to raise about $50,000. The proceeds were to go to the Sports Legacy Institute, which has been studying the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, along with Illinois Eye Institute Foundation and the Chicago Concussion Coalition.

Nowinski grew up in the Chicago area, played football at Harvard and had his career as a professional wrestler cut short by concussions. He has since dedicated himself to the issue.

The groups have helped educate about 2,000 Chicago Public Schools coaches and 5,000 nationally through various workshops. They've also visited with about 6,000 youngsters, mostly in the Boston area, but plan to conduct more in Chicago.

"I think it's been phenomenal what Chris has done," said Reggie Smith, president of Chicago chapter of the NFLPA and a former offensive lineman. "The support that he's gotten nationally and internationally, he's letting folks know in an up-front way. This has always been there, but now, there's an advocate making sure something is done ? not from a 'look what happened to these guys' but 'let's not let this happen again.'"

The long-term effects of repeated blows to the head have dominated discussions in the NFL, around the NCAA and into the prep ranks for some time now, with states passing laws intended to protect young athletes from trauma.

High profile cases in recent years such as pro wrestler Chris Benoit's suicide after murdering his wife and young son in 2007 and the suicide of former Chicago Bears Pro Bowl safety Dave Duerson helped shine a light on the issue. The late Bob Probert, who spent part of his career as one of the NHL's toughest enforcers with the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks, had CTE, too, and relatives of former NFL player and Notre Dame defensive coordinator Corwin Brown have said they believe he has the disease.

Brown was taken from his home in Granger, Ind., near South Bend after a seven-hour standoff with police Aug. 12 in which prosecutors say he held his wife hostage with a handgun and bruised her. The standoff ended after Brown shot himself in the abdomen.

"I'm lucky," former Bears player Charlie Brown said. "But I've known a lot of guys who weren't. Dave Duerson was a friend, and we both wore the same number as Bears ? 22. I can't pass judgment on Dave. I just thought he was a fine person."

The NFL and NHL require players who have suffered concussions to be cleared by an independent neurologist before they're allowed to play again. The NFL also made significant changes in offseason workout schedules, reducing team programs by five weeks and cutting organized team activities (OTAs) from 14 to 10 sessions as part of the new labor deal reached this past summer. Practice time and contact is more limited now, too, but youth and high school players don't have a union bargaining for them.

They're relying on the adults to look out for them. They're also more prone to concussions because their bodies are still developing and they're not necessarily using the best equipment. Young children might not possess the language skills to alert coaches who might not recognize the symptoms that there is a problem.

That's why officials insist education is essential, and that's where the workshops come in.

"The goal with that is simply teach them the signs and symptoms and what you do ? and that is tell your coach, tell your parent," Nowinski said. "We've got excellent data showing they walk in not understanding what a concussion is and walk out knowing eight signs and symptoms, and five things they should do when it happens."

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Israel, Bulgaria sign environmental agreements

Saturday 19th November, 2011

Israel, Bulgaria sign environmental agreements ??

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Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan and Bulgarian Minister of Environment and Water Nona Karadjova met in Jerusalem Sunday to sign a joint declaration on cooperation and information exchange involving environmental issues, the ministry announced.During their meeting, the two ministers discussed topics such as waste, climate change, wa...

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Nigerian Chevron vessel hijacked, 3 hostages taken (Reuters)

ABUJA (Reuters) ? Eight pirates boarded an oil supply vessel contracted by Chevron Corp off the Nigerian coast and took three hostages, the U.S. oil company said on Friday.

The attack, which occurred late on Thursday, is the second by gunmen on Chevron-contracted vessels off the coast of President Goodluck Jonathan's home state of Bayelsa this month.

A security source said the latest vessel, the MV C-Endeavour belonging to service company Chouest, was serving Chevron's Agbami field, which produces 250,000 barrels per day 70 miles off the Nigerian coast. Two other sources close to the incident confirmed the details.

A California-based spokesman for Chevron declined to comment beyond the official statement.

"Chevron Nigeria Limited is assisting the service company to ensure the safe release of the kidnapped crew members," the company said.

Experts say recent attacks on ships in the Gulf of Guinea threaten the region's position as an emerging trade hub that is an increasingly important source of oil, metals and agricultural products such as cocoa for world markets.

Chevron has a history with troubles in Nigerian waters. It was only a year ago that a U.S. appeals court upheld a lower court ruling that Nigerian villagers who occupied a Chevron offshore platform in 1998 could not hold the oil company liable for their violent clash with security forces.

(Reporting by Joe Brock in Abuja and Braden Reddall in San Francisco; Editing by Anthony Barker and David Gregorio)

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Report: Gingrich uses writings to promote his clients (Washington Bureau)

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Samsung Galaxy Nexus: A First Look at Android?s Next-Gen Handset

The Galaxy Nexus is the latest in a line of flagship device launches for Google, a program it began after collaborating with HTC to launch the first Android phone, the HTC Dream, in October 2008. Working closely with a single manufacturer, Google prepares each major iteration of Android for launch with a brand new device. The practice eventually became what we now know as the "Nexus" program, beginning with the HTC Nexus One almost two years ago. And now, finally, the ICS flagship has arrived. I've spent about eight hours running the smartphone through its paces, and here are my first-look impressions.

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Tina Fey On 'The Real Housewives' And Maternity Leave

When you're pregnant, maternity leave sounds great, doesn't it? Three whole months off -- you can finally reorganize your kitchen, or maybe you'll pen that book you've always dreamed of.

But then, the baby comes and you realize you won't be doing much of anything but holding her -- probably with bad TV on in the background. But you're not alone, even the Queen of TV admits to watching some less-than-favorable programming during her "nine-day" leave:

"You watch different stuff because you're up nursing or something in the middle of the night, and you watch like 'Extreme Couponing' and 'Cake Boss.' You know, you -- you know it's like your maternity leave's about to end and you're like, 'Oh, I've seen this 'Cake Boss,'" Tina Fey told Brian Williams on "Rock Center."

As for the mother of all guilty-pleasure TV, Fey said she's a fan of the "The Real Housewives," but not when they're fighting. And she can only watch New York and Beverly Hills.

Jersey? "Subhuman," she said.

Orange County? "I literally can't tell the women apart. I literally -- they look like a fire at a wax museum."

While she might be up on her "Cake Boss" and some of the "Housewives," the new mom hasn't tuned into the news since Penelope was born.

"I know we're suppose to prepare for Hurricane Irene," she joked (we think...). Who has time for the news anyway when your "head's in a diaper," as she says.

Watch the whole interview below. The parenting stuff starts at 2:22.

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A Crazy Woman Kept a Rotting Vegetable in Her Fridge for Two Years Because She Thought It Was an Alien [Wtf]

Marta Yegorovnam, who I'm assuming is either a lunatic or an evil prankster, says she has kept an alien corpse in her refrigerator for two years. Apparently, she found this green alien after a UFO crashed right outside her house. More »

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