Archive for February 13, 2012
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DMN: THE EVENING NEWS MONDAY
Houston, Texas this afternoon.
- Whitney Houston found under water, cops confirm
- Sandusky gets visits with grandkids, local jury
- Obama: 2013 budget reflects “tough choices”
- Navy: Iran capable of sea-based suicide attacks
- Battle over contraception rule wages on
- Syrian rebels claim to repel attack on town
- Whitney Houston’s body to be taken home to N.J.
- Overeating may double memory loss risk in elderly
- Israel accuses Iran in India, Georgia attacks
- Winner of $336.4M Powerball has yet to claim prize
- Suspect arrested in Ga. man’s videotaped beating
- Prosecutor: Mich. militia willing to “go to war”
- Columbine students attacked with hammer at school
Winner of $336.4M Powerball has yet to claim prizeWinning ticket for third largest Powerball jackpot was among three tickets purchased on a $9 wager in Rhode Island
Sandusky gets visits with grandkids, local juryJudge overseeing child sex abuse case eases bail restrictions to allow visits with grandchildren under parents’ supervision
- Pastor’s daughter accidentally shot at church
- Prosecutor: Mich. militia willing to “go to war”
- Whitney Houston death may be mystery for weeks
- Induced labor allows dying man to see daughter
- Coroner: Autopsy on Whitney Houston completed
- Autopsy on Whitney Houston to begin Sunday
- How the revolution became digitized
- Some glimmer of hope in Ohio employment
- Family, teachers remember Powell boys
David Ortiz, Red Sox agree to $14,575,000 deal36-year-old free agent and team avoid salary arbitration by agreeing to one-year contract
Yoenis Cespedes agrees to $36M deal with A’sIn surprise move, Oakland outbids other big-spending teams and signs highly touted Cuban defector to 4-year deal
- Watch: Brazil player uses camera stand as weapon
- Watch: Soccer handshake snub amid racism dispute
- Watch: Chair-throwing riot at boxing match
- Armstrong finishes 2nd in ironman, snubs winner?
- Zambia shocks Ivory Coast in African Cup final
- Mickelson snags 40th PGA win at Pebble Beach
- Boxing her way into history
- Jeremy Lin crushing it as overnight Twitter star
- Lin scores 38 to lead Knicks over Lakers 92-85
- Reports: Youkilis engaged to Tom Brady’s sister
REPORTERS NOTEBOOK: NORTH KOREAN NOTES…DIALOGUE TO RE-START…PYONYANG HOTEL TO BE FINISHED
The funeral procession for North Korean leader Kim Jong Il proceeds through Pyongyang on December 28.
There are some interesting notes from North Korea’s capital. A senior US envoy will hold talks next week in Beijing with North Korea, resuming a dialogue put on hold last year by the death of leader Kim Jong-Il, the State Department said Monday. Glyn Davies, the coordinator for US policy in North Korea, will meet in Beijing on February 23 with North Korean negotiator Kim Kye-Gwan, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters. The United States has been exploring a resumption of six-nation de-nuclearization talks with North Korea but has insisted that Pyongyang respect a 2005 agreement at the talks to give up its atomic weapons. “This is a continuation of the meetings that we’ve been having with North Korea to see if it is prepared to fulfill its commitment (under six-way talks) and its international obligations as well as to take concrete steps towards de-nuclearization,” Nuland said.
The United States held two rounds of talks with North Korea last year in New York and Geneva in hopes of keeping open a dialogue, despite deep skepticism in Washington on whether the communist state will ever give up its weapons. A third round was scheduled for Beijing in December but was called off after the sudden death of Kim, which left the isolated and nuclear-armed country in the hands of his untested young son Kim Jong-Un. Before the planned last round, the United States had been discussing a request by North Korea to resume food assistance. The country suffered a devastating famine in the 1990s and aid groups have voiced concern about new shortages.
According to analysts in South Korea, the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang was initially conceived as the unbeatable hand in a game of one- upmanship with Seoul. As the South prepared to host the 1988 Summer Olympics, its capital underwent a high-rise boom that included construction of a 63-story, gold-clad building that was the highest in Asia. North Korea countered with the Ryugyong, almost 200 feet higher. At the time, the two economies weren’t so far apart, and the North — with aid flowing in from the Soviet Union — could afford occasional big spending projects. But the Soviet collapse in 1991 ended the flow of funds and also left the North short of raw materials.
Over the years, the North tried several times to revive the project, once even turning to the South. In 2005, the South Korean port city of Incheon planned to host the Asian Athletics Championship, and the South wanted North Korean participation. The North bargained, saying it would send its athletes — if Incheon funded the Ryugyong. So a 100-person team from Incheon flew to Pyongyang for meetings. “The North Koreans made it very clear that Kim Jong Il and other top officials considered this renovation a priority,” said Park Kil-sang, a liaison in the negotiations. “But it looked like a huge cement mountain, and it showed the wear of 20 years of just sitting there untouched. We actually figured it would be better to break it down entirely and build a new hotel from scratch.”
After the Incheon deal fell apart, Orascom agreed in 2008 to begin renovations. Construction workers affixed mirrored glass to the structure, and the building’s conical point came to look like a pen’s silver cap. Finally, one day, the crane disappeared. “It was the middle of 2009,” said Cockerell, who was in Pyongyang at the time. “It was a very foggy day, and you couldn’t even see the top of the building. But you could hear very loud helicopter noises. Very loud, and that’s not common in Pyongyang. About an hour later, the fog cleared, and there was no more crane on that hotel. Everybody was just staring at it. “It was a bit like when my dad shaved his beard off,” he added. “It was a very weird vibe.”
DMN: THE MORNING NEWS MONDAY
New Orleans, Louisiana this morning.
- Big fight looms over Obama’s proposed budget
- Athens cleans up after rioters burn 45 buildings
- Whitney Houston death may be mystery for weeks
- Whitney Houston’s daughter out of hospital
- Syrian unrest resembling Iraq sectarian violence
- Arrest after Amsterdam airport evacuated
- Israel accuses Iran of India, Georgia bombings
- Pirates attack cargo ship off Nigeria, kill 2
- “60 Minutes”: Deception at Duke
- Pakistan PM vows to fight contempt charge
- Hutaree militia members face trial
- Pastor’s daughter accidentally shot at church
- “60 Minutes”: Funniest moments with Adele
Hutaree militia members face trial2 years after FBI bust, jurors must decide if Midwest militia was a real terror threat, or just boastful “weekend warriors”
Whitney Houston death may be mystery for weeksLaw enforcement sources say most likely theories for singer’s death are heart attack or prescription drug overdose, but official determination will take time
- Induced labor allows dying man to see daughter
- Coroner: Autopsy on Whitney Houston completed
- Autopsy on Whitney Houston to begin Sunday
- How the revolution became digitized
- Some glimmer of hope in Ohio employment
- Family, teachers remember Powell boys
- Cops: Accused pimp solicits bail via Facebook
- Emotions high in UVa. lacrosse murder trial
- Park Service to remove inscription on MLK Memorial
- Santorum infers straw poll-rigging at CPAC
- Sarah Palin revs up CPAC faithful
- Immigration speaker sparks controversy at CPAC
- More from Political Hotsheet »
Whitney Houston: The death of a pop divaComplete coverage of the singer’s life, with photos, video and more
Grammys 2012: Fashion statements for good and bad Grammy winner Adele also emerged victorious on the fashion front; other stars were not so lucky
- Whitney Houston in recent interview: “I’m good”
- Quincy Jones: Whitney “blew my mind”
- The scramble to honor Whitney Houston at Grammys
- Adele reflects on body image, her weight
- Best Bets: Anne Rice, “Amazing Race,” “Cougar Town”
- Whitney Houston death: Meds OD or heart attack?
- 6 Grammys for Adele, tributes to Whitney Houston
- Whitney Houston death may be mystery for weeks
- Bonnie Raitt, Alicia Keys pay tribute to Etta James
- Betty White wins her first Grammy
Bobby Brown joins daughter in Los AngelesR&B singer Bobby Brown shed tears on stage after hearing about the death of his ex-wife; asks for privacy, especially for daughter Bobbi Kristina
“American Idol”: Group therapy, but no singingSymone Zaire Black recovers after falling off stage; Hollywood round continues with contestants paired up in groups
“The Artist” wins Britain’s top film prize The French film “The Artist” took home seven BAFTA awards, including best picture, on Sunday night
Adele wins 6 Grammys, including Album of the YearBritish songstress’ wins include Album, Record and Song of the Year; Ceremony pays tribute to Whitney Houston
Halfway through Fashion Week, fierce fitted looksPrabal Gurung, Victoria Beckham, Alexander Wang, DKNY, Tracey Reese and Lela Rose present collections over the weekend in New York
The woman who became kingHow did a Washington, D.C. secretary become king of an African village? Seth Doane finds out about the phone call that transformed Peggielene Bartels’ life
Prince Harry visits Royal Air Force baseNewly-qualified Apache attack helicopter pilot meets servicemen and their families at RAF Honington
25 drunkest countries in the worldCountries that consumed the most alcohol per capita, according to 2011 report
Woman induces labor to let dying husband hold babyMark got to hold his daughter Savannah for 45 minutes after she was born, before slipping into a coma
- Online dating downsides, romantic tattoo gone wrong: HealthPop Valentine’s Day video
- 4.5 million Americans over 50 have artificial knees
- Cancer drug reverses Alzheimer’s in mice: Study
- Marijuana-smoking motorists twice as likely to crash
- Let’s Move! campaign turns 2 today: Is it working?
- America’s pets also have an obesity epidemic
- Military food getting nutrition upgrade
- Norovirus outbreak hits Rider University in N.J
- Electric shocks to brain may boost memory: Study
- Measles patient at Super Bowl prompts health alert
- HealthPop
Woman induces labor to let dying husband hold babyMark got to hold his daughter Savannah for 45 minutes after she was born, before slipping into a coma
- Diet
Drinking soda raises risk for asthma, COPD: StudyOverall, 13.3 percent of participants with asthma and 15.6 percent of those with COPD drank more than two cups of soda each day, study found
- Fitness
Boring playgrounds tied to sedentary kids: StudyDoes playing it safe promote childhood obesity?
- Celebrity
Bella Santorum hospitalized: What is Trisomy 18?Trisomy 18 occurs in about one out of every 3,000 births, can cause life-threatening kidney and heart problems
- Dr. Jonathan LaPook
More and more Americans living past 90Nearly 2 million Americans are older than 90 and the very elderly may number 9 million by 2050; Health care system strained
- Dr. Jennifer Ashton
Barry Manilow: I have “A-fib” heart conditionSays he wants to raise awareness of atrial fibrillation, which causes occasional irregular, racing heartbeat
C-Sections not always best for small babiesBabies in the womb who are smaller than they should be have higher rates of breathing problems when delivered early by C-section vs. similar babies who are born vaginally, a new study shows.
