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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Bieber cited for speeding on LA freeway
Justin Bieber is used to attracting crowds. But he had at least one follower too many when somebody tailed him on a Los Angeles freeway, and it led to a speeding ticket for the teen idol. The singer of “Boyfriend” and “Baby” was cited for driving in excess of 65 mph at about 10:45 a.m. Friday, after calls came in complaining of a freeway chase on southbound U.S. Highway 101 near Studio City, said Officer Ming Hsu of the California Highway Patrol. The 18-year-old crooner told officers he was being chased by paparazzi, and investigators confirmed he was being followed by at least one vehicle, Hsu said.
“The second vehicle left the area and there’s a search to find that driver,” Hsu said. Hsu did not have a description of the other vehicle. A call and an email to Bieber’s publicist weren’t immediately returned. The claim of a chase is backed by an unlikely eyewitness, Los Angeles City Councilman Dennis Zine, who called authorities after seeing Bieber’s distinctive chrome Fisker Karma being chased by five or six other cars. On his morning commute to City Hall, Zine, who spent 33 years as a police officer, said he saw Bieber’s sports car drive up behind him and zoom around him, weaving wildly in and out of traffic while five or six
other cars gave chase. Zine estimated the chase exceeded 100 mph as paparazzi engaged in wild maneuvers to keep up with Bieber, including driving on the shoulder and cutting off other vehicles. Zine said Bieber was breaking the law by driving recklessly and speeding, and the paparazzi were breaking the law by hounding him. “This was very bizarre, very outrageous and showed a total disregard for life and property,” Zine said. Zine, a witness to countless crashes and fatalities during his time as an officer, said he was surprised no one crashed. “The way (Bieber) was driving was totally reckless, I would have arrested him if I had pulled him over,”
said Zine. “I wouldn’t have given him a ticket and let him go.” Friday’s incident isn’t the only time the floppy-haired singer has had conflict with paparazzi. In May, a photographer called authorities, complaining he was roughed up by the pop star in a shopping center, The Commons at Calabasas. Authorities said the scuffle happened when a photographer tried to snap photos of Bieber and his girlfriend, teen actress Selena Gomez. In April 2011, Bieber called off a meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, saying he cancelled, in part, because he didn’t want to face the country’s notoriously aggressive paparazzi.
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New “Spider-Man” comes out swinging in box office win
The new “Spider-Man” climbed to the top of movie box office charts with weekend sales of $65 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales, a smashing debut for the reinvented franchise about a web-slinging superhero. “The Amazing Spider-Man,” starring Andrew Garfield in the role played by Tobey Maguire in three earlier installments, started strong with $7.5 million in midnight sales on Tuesday and remained so through the U.S. Independence Day holiday and the weekend. The 3D film has so far snared $140 million during its domestic run, distributor Sony Pictures said. The film has generated $341.2 million overall, including $201.6 million in the 70 foreign markets in which it has opened. Of its worldwide total, more than $24 million has come from showings in IMAX wide-screen theaters, according to Imax. Earlier in the week, Sony had forecast
domestic ticket sales of $130 million for the first six days. The movie reboots the modern film series that began with 2002’s “Spider-Man” and whose three movies netted around $2.5 billion at global box offices for its makers, Marvel Studios and distributor Sony Pictures. After those earlier films, Sony cut the budget for its fourth installment and replaced Maguire with Garfield, who played a supporting role in Facebook movie “The Social Network,” The film follows Spider-Man alter-ego Peter Parker in high school as he turns into a crime-fighting superhero. Garfield’s
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The new “Spider-Man” climbed to the top of movie box office charts with weekend sales of $65 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales, a smashing debut for the reinvented franchise about a web-slinging superhero.
real life girlfriend, Emma Stone, plays Parker’s girlfriend, Gwen Stacy. The story of young love helped lure female viewers, who made up 42 percent of the audience, according to Sony. Seventy-three percent of reviews compiled on website Rotten Tomatoes recommended the movie. The new “Spider-Man” cost about $215 million to produce, plus tens of millions more for marketing. The film is Sony’s second big-budget hit this summer, following the success of alien comedy “Men in Black 3” in May. Last week’s winner, comedy “Ted” about a man and his foul-mouthed, potsmoking teddy bear, slipped to second place with domestic sales of $32.6 million from Friday through Sunday. Directed by “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane, “Ted” has earned $120.2 million domestically since its debut a week ago. The No. 3 slot went to “Brave,” an animated fairy tale from Walt Disney Co’s Pixar studio. The movie about a rebellious, red-haired Scottish princess grabbed $20.1 million at North American (U.S. and Canadian) theaters. That brings its domestic ticket sales to $174.5 million. Oliver Stone’s new movie, “Savages,” rung up $16.2 million in its opening weekend, finishing in fourth place. The “Savages” cast includes Salma Hayek, Benicio Del Toro, John Travolta and Taylor Kitsch, the star of this year’s two big box-office flops - “John Carter” and “Battleship.” In fifth place, male striptease movie “Magic Mike” racked up $15.6 million. The movie starring Channing Tatum and Matthew McConaughey has brought in $72.8 million domestically since last week’s debut.
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Candikuning residents question about certainty of geothermal project
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Polemics related to geothermal project in Dasong forest, Candikuning village, Baturiti, started to come up again. As assessed to be dormant, local residents questioned the certainty of the mega-project. Bali Post
TABANAN - Polemics related to geothermal project in Dasong forest, Candikuning village, Baturiti, started to come up again. As assessed to be dormant, local residents questioned the certainty of the mega-project. Moreover, the lineups of Bali House had raided to the project site some time ago. However, the geothermal drilling project remains uncertain. Hamlet Chief of Bukit Catu, Candikuning village, Wayan Sarma, asserted that his residents really hoped the clarity of such geothermal project. Explained, there had been some artesian wells exuding hot temperature. If left unchecked, people who had direct contact would be affected. “If continued, there should be clarity. Otherwise, please immediately close and stop so as not to make people anxious,” he said on Sunday (Jul 8). According to him, people always worried about the disaster if the geothermal drilling project had no clarity. Meanwhile, Headman of Candikuning, Made Mudita, said his party got a lot of questions from his residents related to the project. In essence, they questioned whether the project reaping the pros and cons would be continued
or totally closed. “Since there is no certainty, residents re-questioned the geothermal project whether it would be continued or not,” he said. According to Mudita, the central and provincial government should immediately ensure the project. If it was rejected and not resumed, the land drilled had to be reforested and restored to its original condition. Conversely, if it would be resumed, the residents had to be involved in discussion and given a clear understanding and certainty. “Do not be suspended like this, the drilling worked on seems to be left dormant,” he protested. Decisiveness of the government was awaited by the community because they had direct contact with the project, said Mudita who lived near the location of geothermal drilling. Continued on page 6
Thousands risk Internet shutdown as US fix expires
Agence France-Presse
WASHINGTON - Tens of thousands of people around the world whose computers were infected with malware may lose their Internet access Monday after the expiry of a US government fix, security experts said. However, no trouble was reported in the early hours of Monday. The problem stems from malware known as DNS Changer, which was created by a gang of cybercriminals to redirect Internet traffic by hijacking the domain name systems of Web browsers. The ring behind the DNS Changer virus, discovered in 2007, was shut down last year by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Estonian police and other law enforcement agencies. Six Estonians and a Russian were
charged in Estonia in November with infecting computers, including NASA machines, with the malware as part of an online advertising scam that reaped at least $14 million. Because the virus controlled so much Internet traffic, authorities obtained a court order to allow the FBI to operate replacement servers which allow traffic to flow normally, even from infected computers. But those replacement servers were to have been shut down at 0401 GMT, when some experts say infected computers could face an “Internet doomsday.” “DNS Changer is an insidious form of malware affecting everyone from the everyday consumer to a large chunk of the Fortune 500,” said Lars Harvey, the chief executive of security firm Internet Identity.
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