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AP News: New Mexico suspends hair-pulling soccer player

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:00:13 -0600

New Mexico suspends hair-pulling soccer player

Published: 16 minutes ago
PROVO, Utah (AP) - A New Mexico soccer player has become an Internet celebrity for the wrong reasons.

Junior defender Elizabeth Lambert was suspended Friday for her infractions the day before during a 1-0 loss to BYU in a Mountain West Conference semifinal. Lambert is seen in video from the game throwing elbows, colliding with several players and then yanking the ponytail of a BYU player who went crashing to the ground.

“My actions were uncalled for,” Lambert said in a statement released by New Mexico. “I let my emotions get the best of me in a heated situation.”

Lambert’s actions brought unprecedented - and very unwanted - attention to the Mountain West women’s soccer tournament.

Video highlights have been airing nationally since Thursday night and not because it was a thrilling game decided on Carlee Payne’s header in the 31st minute. The focus of the highlights is more on Lambert’s physical play, especially her takedown of BYU’s Kassidy Shumway by grabbing her ponytail and pulling her backward.

New Mexico moved quickly to announce Friday that Lambert has been suspended indefinitely. The Mountain West followed with a statement commending the Lobos for acting promptly.

“Liz is a quality student-athlete, but in this instance her actions clearly crossed the line of fair play and good sportsmanship,” New Mexico coach Kit Vela said.

Lambert was the only player to be penalized in the game, getting a yellow card in the 77th minute for colliding with a BYU player who was driving toward the Lobos’ net. The highlights showed the game was physical in both directions, including an elbow to Lambert’s ribs by a BYU player during a dead ball.

Lambert responded with an elbow to the back, one of many regrettable plays she made in the game.

“This is in no way indicative of my character or the soccer player I am,” Lambert said in her apology. “I am sorry to my coaches and teammates for any and all damages I have brought upon them. I am especially sorry to BYU and the BYU women’s soccer players that were personally affected by my actions.”

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Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:58:45 -0600

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Best Buy launching digital movie service with CinemaNow

November 2, 2009 | 9:00 pm

One of the nation’s biggest sellers of DVDs is making a leap into digital movie downloading.

Best Buy Inc. is partnering with online video provider CinemaNow to create a new a movie downloading service that will be integrated into most Internet-connected electronics — including televisions, DVD players, computers and phones – sold at the store.
Facing an industry-wide decline in physical media, Best Buy has recently been making an aggressive push into digital. Last year it acquired online music service Napster for $121 million. The partnership with CinemaNow, which is expected to launch late this year or in early 2010, marks a companion move in online movies and comes as DVD sales are down about 13% so far this year.
“Digital is developing as a channel and we’re forecasting that by 2012 it will be a significant, double-digital percentage of the movie business,” said Ryan Pirozzi, director of digital media for Best Buy.

The two companies are collaborating on a new online movie service, yet to be named, that Best Buy will pre-load on electronics from retailers including Samsung, Sony, Panasonic and Toshiba. CinemaNow is handling all of the back-end technology, as it does for Blockbuster Inc.’s similar service, while the retailer will handle everything seen by consumers, including design and pricing.

The two companies initially announced a partnership earlier this year whereby CinemaNow downloads have been available on Best Buy’s website and some of the store’s devices. But the new partnership, which lasts at least three years, signals a major step forward for the retail giant as it prepares to launch its own digital movie brand.

Best Buy will be paying CinemaNow, which is owned by Sonic Solutions, a fee along with a percentage of the service’s revenue for its work behind the scenes.

Legal movie downloads have been available in some form for about a decade. However the business has been impeded by limitations on availability, consumers’ ability to play video on different devices, and high pricing that have made DVDs and illegal downloads more attractive.

The market has recently become very competitive, however, as online movie services from Amazon.com and Netflix are competing against Apple’s iTunes Store.

Pirozzi said making online movie distribution simpler for consumers will be a top priority. The company plans to experiment with numerous business models including purchase, rentals, subscriptions and advertiser support. It will also emphasize the ability to watch movies on televisions as well as computers and mobile devices.

“This is certainly a very crowded space, and we’re going to work to translate our customer insights into a more compelling service than those out there currently,” he said.

Best Buy’s biggest advantage is its stores. The new movie downloading service will be marketed at retail locations, and employees will be trained to explain and promote it to customers.

—Ben Fritz

Photo: A Best Buy store in Culver City. Credit: Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times.

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Bear kills militants in Kashmir cave

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:12:03 -0600

By Altaf Hussain
BBC News, Srinagar

The bear population has grown in Kashmir in recent times

A bear killed two militants after discovering them in its den in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say.

Two other militants escaped, one of them badly wounded, after the attack in Kulgam district, south of Srinagar.

The militants had assault rifles but were taken by surprise - police found the remains of pudding they had made to eat when the bear attacked.

It is thought to be the first such incident since Muslim separatists took up arms against Indian rule in 1989.

Bodies found

The militants had made their hideout in a cave which was actually the bear’s den, said police officer Farooq Ahmed.

The dead have been identified as Mohammad Amin alias Qaiser, and Bashir Ahmed alias Saifullah.

News of the attack emerged when their injured comrade went to a nearby village for treatment.

“Word spread in the village that Qaiser had been killed by the bear,” another police officer said.

A joint party of the police and army personnel went into the forest and collected the bodies of the two militants.

Police say they also recovered two Kalashnikov assault rifles and some ammunition from the hideout.

Animal attacks

Wildlife experts say the conflict in Kashmir has actually resulted in an increase in the population of bears and leopards.

Following the outbreak of the insurgency people had to hand in their weapons to police - which put a halt to poaching.

As a result, there has been a greater incidence of man-animal conflict, say experts.

There have been many reports of bears and leopards killing or mauling humans in different parts of the Kashmir valley in recent years.

Three years ago, residents of Mandora village near the southern town of Tral, beat a black bear to death which had strayed into the village.

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