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Sunday, October 20, 2013

TV Ratings: 'Wonderland' Slips Down the Rabbit Hole, 'Reign' Opens Soft

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"Once Upon a Time in Wonderland"

The Big Bang Theory ruled Thursday once again, averaging a sturdy 4.9 rating among adults 18-49 -- a loss of just a tenth of a point from last week. Freshman comedies The Millers (3.2 adults) and The Crazy Ones (2.5 adults) were both up, week to week, rising a respective two- and one-tenth of a point. Two and a Half Men (2.1 adults) was down two-tenths of a point to a series low. Elementary (1.6 adults), also at a low, was off by three-tenths. CBS dominated the evening in both adults 18-49 (2.6 rating) and total viewers (10.7 million).

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After last week's soft debut for Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, the ABC spinoff sank in its second outing -- averaging just a 1.2 rating among adults 18-49, a half-point drop. Grey's Anatomy (2.6 adults) shed two-tenths of a point, leading into a boosted Scandal (3.3 adults) -- which grew by the same measure. ABC averaged a 2.4 rating with adults 18-49 and 7.5 million viewers.

Though its numbers are still preliminary and subject to significant change when time zone adjustments are taken into account, Fox's coverage of the MLB postseason continued to see year-to-year growth with Game 5 of the ALCS showdown between Boston and Detroit. Up 41 percent from last year's fast nationals, the game is currently averaging a 2.4 adults rating.

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NBC's comedy block saw upward momentum, though modest. Parks and Recreation (1.3 adults), Welcome to the Family (0.9 adults) and Sean Saves the World (1.1 adults) both inched up a tenth of a point. The Michael J Fox Show (1.2 adults) held even, while Parenthood (1.3 adults) also grew by a tenth. NBC averaged a 1.2 demo rating and 3.4 million viewers.

The Vampire Diaries (1.3 adults) rose three-tenths of a point from last week, topping both NBC comedies and ABC's Once spinoff. It did not give much of a boost to lead-out Reign, however, which pulled a modest 0.8 adults rating in its first showing. The network averaged a 1.0 adults rating and 2.4 million viewers.

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Saturday, October 19, 2013

Watch: Bonnie McKee Releases A ‘Scary’ Music Video For Her New Song ‘Sleepwalker’

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Posted by: Trent on October 18, 2013|

Back in July singer/songwriter Bonnie McKee released a music video for her summer singer American Girl and today, we get to check out her just released new music video for her newer single Sleepwalker. As you can see in the embed above, the video has a Hallowe’en theme as it features zombies, blood, guts and gore … but it starts out as a bit of an anti-drug PSA or something. There’s a message in there somewhere, I’m just not sure exactly what it is. Make sure you watch the video all the way thru, there’s even a same-sex kiss scene squeezed into the middle. The song is OK but I much prefer the poppiness of her earlier single American Girl. Check out this video and see what you think. Is Bonnie the kind of artist that makes you want to hear/see more?

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Signifyd Checks Your Tweets to Make Sure Your Spending Spree's Legit

When it works right, fraudulent charge detection is great. But sometimes businesses mistakenly freeze your legit purchases — usually when you're traveling somewhere far-flung and can't easily straighten things out. Signifyd, launched today, hopes to fix that by watching your social media to see when you're really on a Caribbean shopping spree.

Shutdown Diary: Hope Turns Into Wall Street Warning

Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, the House Budget Committee chairman, walks to a GOP meeting Tuesday.

Evan Vucci/AP

Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, the House Budget Committee chairman, walks to a GOP meeting Tuesday.

Evan Vucci/AP

Day 15 of the government shutdown started with as much promise as any recently: There was a bipartisan proposal by Senate leaders to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling.

But any hopes were quickly dashed when leaders of the Republican-controlled House said they would offer a competing proposal because of their dissatisfaction with the Senate effort.

The Senate's Bipartisan Proposal

The Senate agreement between Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., came after weekend negotiations.

It would reopen the government until Jan. 15, 2014, and extend the debt ceiling until February. Among its provisions, it would require income verification for individuals and families seeking subsidies in health care exchanges through the Affordable Care Act.

The House Responds

That Senate agreement was viewed as weak tea by House Republicans, however, particularly those affiliated with the Tea Party: They wanted more to show for the political hits they've taken in the fiscal fights. Yet it was clear early Tuesday they weren't sure what they wanted.

Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, told reporters: "Our leadership team met with our members today trying to find a way forward in a bipartisan way that would continue to provide fairness to the American people under Obamacare. There are a lot of opinions about what direction to go. There have been no decisions about what exactly we will do."

Eventually, House Republicans coalesced around a proposal to reopen the government and raise the debt limit with some Obamacare-related features to which Democrats hotly objected.

For instance, it would ban members of Congress and the White House staff from receiving the same employer-paid tax subsidies for health insurance received by other U.S. employees. And it would stop a fix in the Senate proposal meant to placate unions whose members must pay a fee under the new health care law.

Perhaps most objectionable to many, and not just Democrats, was a provision in the proposal that would limit the power President Obama and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew would have to take extraordinary measures to prevent a future default. In recent months, the Treasury has taken such financial steps to remain under the debt ceiling.

"Extremist Republicans in the House of Representatives are attempting to torpedo the Senate's bipartisan progress with a bill that can't pass the Senate ... and won't pass the Senate," said Reid.

It wasn't just Democrats who opposed the House proposal. The conservative advocacy organization, the Heritage Action for America, said it would score the proposal as a "key vote," thus dinging the conservative credentials of any Republican who didn't vote "no."

House leadership had scheduled a Tuesday evening vote on its proposal, despite the fact that it had no chance of passing in the Senate. After it became clear it also had no chance of passing in the House following Heritage's grenade, it appeared to be another instance of sound and fury in the House, signifying nothing.

Obama Meets Democratic Leadership

President Obama met with House Democratic leaders at the White House Tuesday afternoon. Following the meeting, Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., the House minority leader, struck an optimistic tone. Vaguely echoing something Winston Churchill once said of Americans, she said: "I have confidence, and I'm optimistic, because I believe that at the end of the day, they will do the right thing even if they have to have a — do contortions to get to that place. That's unfortunate, because it doesn't inspire confidence, but if that's how they have to get there, that's a path."

Wall Street Sounds An Alarm

Pelosi's optimism wasn't universally shared. The Wall Street credit rating service, Fitch Ratings, placed the U.S.'s AAA rating on a negative watch because of the debt ceiling uncertainty.

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The Longform Guide to Gay Talese

Every weekend, Longform shares a collection of great stories from its archive with Slate. For daily picks of new and classic nonfiction, check out Longform or follow @longform on Twitter. Have an iPad? Download Longform’s app to read the latest picks, plus features from 70 of the world’s best magazines, including Slate.

Did you know that Longform has a podcast? Longform has a podcast! We produce it along with The Atavist, and every week we sit down with a magazine writer or editor to talk about how they tell stories. We started the show a year ago and have had a slew of great guests, including David Grann, Susan Orlean, Jon Ronson, Ta-Nehisi Coates and many others whose work have appeared in these guides.

This week our guest was Gay Talese, the legendary writer whose work for Esquire in the 1960s defined a new era of journalism. You can listen to the episode below. But you may first want to (re)acquaint yourself with Talese’s classic stories, many of which he’s allowed us to put online for the first time.

Perhaps the most famous magazine article ever published, Talese captured Sinatra in a way no one else ever had without a single interview.

A part of Sinatra, no matter where he is, is never there. There is always a part of him, though sometimes a small part that remains Il Padrone. Even now, resting his shot glass on the blackjack table, facing the dealer, Sinatra stood a bit back from the table, not leaning against it. He reached under his tuxedo jacket into his trouser pocket and came up with a thick but clean wad of bills. Gently he peeled off a one-hundred-dollar bill and placed it on the green-felt table. The dealer dealt him two cards. Sinatra called for a third card, overbid, lost the hundred.

Without a change of expression, Sinatra put down a second hundred-dollar bill. He lost that. Then he put down a third, and lost that. Then he placed two one-hundred-dollar bills on the table and lost those. Finally, putting his sixth hundred-dollar bill on the table, and losing it, Sinatra moved away from the table, nodding to the man, and announcing, “Good dealer.”

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LAX Police Increase Security Following Second Dry-Ice Bomb Explosion

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Los Angeles International Airport

Police at Los Angeles International Airport said Tuesday that security is being increased after a second dry ice bomb exploded.

The first bomb went off Sunday night; meanwhile, two others have been found in restricted areas of the airport.

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"The focus is definitely in the restricted area, not in the areas where passengers have access," Sgt. Karla Ortiz told the Los Angeles Times. "We want to make sure that that gets tightened up."

Police say these bombs don't appear to be acts of terrorism.

Flights out of terminal two were halted Sunday as the LAPD bomb squad investigated the first dry-ice bomb explosion. Authorities described it as a plastic bottle with dry ice inside. It was discovered by an airport employee in an empty bathroom after the staffer heard the explosion from the tarmac at around 7 p.m.

The second explosion occurred around 8:30 p.m. Monday on the airfield, near the gate area of the Tom Bradley International Terminal, with very little disruption to airport activities.

No one was injured in either explosion.

Both incidents are being investigated by the LAPD's criminal conspiracy division, with assistance from the FBI.

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Shutdown Diary: Hope Turns Into Wall Street Warning

Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, the House Budget Committee chairman, walks to a GOP meeting Tuesday.

Evan Vucci/AP

Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, the House Budget Committee chairman, walks to a GOP meeting Tuesday.

Evan Vucci/AP

Day 15 of the government shutdown started with as much promise as any recently: There was a bipartisan proposal by Senate leaders to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling.

But any hopes were quickly dashed when leaders of the Republican-controlled House said they would offer a competing proposal because of their dissatisfaction with the Senate effort.

The Senate's Bipartisan Proposal

The Senate agreement between Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., came after weekend negotiations.

The House Responds

Eventually, House Republicans coalesced around a proposal to reopen the government and raise the debt limit with some Obamacare-related features to which Democrats hotly objected.

"Extremist Republicans in the House of Representatives are attempting to torpedo the Senate's bipartisan progress with a bill that can't pass the Senate ... and won't pass the Senate," said Reid.

Obama Meets Democratic Leadership

Wall Street Sounds An Alarm

Pelosi's optimism wasn't universally shared. The Wall Street credit rating service, Fitch Ratings, placed the U.S.'s AAA rating on a negative watch because of the debt ceiling uncertainty.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2013/10/15/234931879/shutdown-diary-hope-turns-into-wall-street-warning?ft=1&f=1014
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