Lionel Messi Luego del Triunfo [Argentina vs Panama 5-0] Centenario Copa America 10/06/2016
Messi, Di Maria and Mascherano. Argentina has a wealth of talent. - Martin Rose/Getty Images
Copa America Day 8: Messi joins the party. Chile will look to avoid another early exit, goodbye Uruguay we hardly knew you, against Bolivia before the main event when Argentina play Panama. This is your Sounder at Heart Gamethread and How to Watch
After a tepid start to Copa America, the tournament has really kicked off. Thursday"s upset by Venezuela over Uruguay and Jamaica"s valiant but eventually futile effort against Mexico might have been the best day of the tournament for a neutral. Today, the star enters center stage as Messi is expected to start for Argentina. Note that both games today are on broadcast FOX, not Fox Sports.
Chile (FIFA Rank 5) v Bolivia (82)
Chile played well and made a lot of fans in their spirited opening match against Argentina in a sold out Levi"s Stadium in Santa Clara, but it still resulted in a 2-1 loss. As Uruguay discovered yesterday, losing to the group favorite in the opener and then not playing your best in the second match where you are heavy favorites can lead to an early exit from Copa America.
Bolivia lost their opener 2-1 to Panama, a game that was played through a tropical storm in Orlando. If they have any chance of advancing to the knockout rounds, then they need to beat their traditional cross Andes rivals. With their next game in Seattle against Argentina, they will be putting everything into pulling the upset today.
Argentina (1) v Panama (56)
After missing the opening match, Messi is expected to play today. Or is he? With attacking talent such as Angel Di Maria and Gonzalo Higuain in great form, Higuain broke the Serie A scoring record with Napoli this season netting 36 goals, managerGerardo Martino could opt to rest Messi to ensure he is 100% heading into the knockout round and ready for his appearance in Seattle on Tuesday. Martino has the luxury of so much attacking talent, he brings Sergio Aguero off the bench as an impact attacking sub.
Panama is happily sitting on three points after everyone"s favorite MLS villain, Blas Perez, scored a brace against Bolivia included the 87th minute game winner. With the final match probably being for a spot in the quarterfinal against Chile, Panama will be in a position to sit back and try to make the game against Argentina as ugly as possible and hope for a draw.
How to Watch:
Chile v BoliviaFriday, 4:00 PMLocation: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MassachusettsTV: FOX, UniMas and Univision DeportesStreaming: Fox Sports Go andUnivision Deportes
Argentina v Panama Friday, 6:30 PMLocation: Soldier Field, Chicago, IllinoisTV: FOX, UniMas and Univision DeportesStreaming: Fox Sports Go andUnivision Deportes
This is your Sounder at Heart Copa America Day 8 Gamethread. Watch with us.
3/02/2016 -- Large Earthquake (M7.8) + Tsunami in Indonesia - US Agencies IGNORE Tsunami
Ecuador earthquake: A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck off the coast of Ecuador on Wednesday, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said, just days after a major quake hit the country. The quake was centred 70 km (44 miles) west-southwest of Esmeraldas at a shallow depth of 10 km. Ecuador"s National Prosecutors Office says the death toll from the weekend earthquake has risen to 525, up from a previous official toll of 507. The office said on its official Twitter account Wednesday that there were at least 11 foreigners among the dead. (Image Source: AP)
Ecuador earthquake: The death toll from Ecuador"s earthquake was set to rise sharply after authorities warned that 1,700 people were still missing and anger gripped families of victims trapped in the rubble. Ecuador"s National Prosecutors Office said 15 of the dead remained unidentified but none was foreign. The office said 435 of the dead were found in the Manta, Portoviejo and Pedernales areas. The Defense Department reported Tuesday that more than 200 people were still missing following the 7.8-magnitude earthquake Saturday. (Image Source: Reuters)
Ecuador earthquake: Sniffer dogs and mechanical diggers were busy at work in the wreckage of coastal towns such as Pedernales and Manta as the stench of rotting bodies grew stronger under the baking sun. International rescuers and aid groups rushed to help victims as searchers dug for families trapped in the debris of homes, hotels and businesses. "We have 2,000 people listed that are being looked for, but we have so far found 300," Deputy Interior Minister Diego Fuentes told reporters in the capital Quito. Some 4,605 people were injured, according to the latest government figures. (Image Source: AP)
Ecuador earthquake: In a glimmer of good news as he toured the affected areas, President Rafael Correa said that 54 people had been rescued alive from the rubble. Still, hope of finding more victims alive was fading fast as the crucial three-day mark was reached late yesterday. Locals in devastated towns such as Manta - population 253,000 - started to lose patience. "The rescue has been very slow and precious lives have been lost. We relatives have been waiting here since Saturday night," said Pedro Merro, who said his cousin was under the wreckage of a three-floor market in Manta. (Image Source: Reuters)
Ecuador earthquake: Luis Felipe Navarro said he was sure there were people alive in the concrete and twisted metal of a building he owned - one of around 800 structures toppled in the quake. "I have received messages on my telephone. They say there are 10 of them in a cavity," he said. "But the rescue teams will not listen to me." "It is very hard but we are moving forward," Correa told AFP in Manta, where he handed out food and water in what resembled a war zone. (Image Source: Reuters)
Ecuador earthquake: Hundreds of emergency workers from Colombia, Mexico, El Salvador, Spain and other countries were helping overwhelmed Ecuadorian officials. Fears rose for thousands of people left homeless by the quake, prey to disease-bearing mosquitoes and dirty drinking water. Firefighting captain Freddy Arca pointed to the ruins of a hotel in Manta as drills and jackhammers rattled around him. "We know that there is a man, his wife and their two-month-old baby in there. And there may be up to nine other people," he said. UNICEF warned that 150,000 children were affected by the disaster. (Image Source: Reuters)
Ecuador earthquake: A relative kisses a photo of Kexly Valentino affixed to her coffin, in Montecristi, Ecuador, Tuesday, April 19, 2016. Kexly died along with her mother Gabriela and her brother Alex during the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Ecuador"s Pacific coast. (AP)
Ecuador earthquake: Antonio Chica, 33, feeds his rooster recovered from among the debris of his house in Jama following the earthquake which struck off Ecuador"s Pacific coast (Reuters)
Ecuador earthquake: Ruben Mero is assisted by a relatives and paramedics after he was overcome with grief during the funeral of his nephew Kexly Valentino who died in the earthquake, in Montecristi, Ecuador, Tuesday, April 19, 2016. The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast, sending the Andean nation into a state of emergency. (AP)
Ecuador earthquake: Residents look a the rubble of a collapsed building, after an earthquake in Portoviejo, Ecuador, Monday, April 18, 2016. A Saturday night quake left a trail of ruin along Ecuadors Pacific Ocean coast. Hundreds have died, thousands are homeless and without electricity. (AP)
Ecuador earthquake: People leave a hilltop cemetery after spending the night there in fear of a tsunami in Jama, after an earthquake struck off Ecuador"s Pacific coast, April 19, 2016. (Reuters)
Cloud-computing company Salesforce announced a $2.8bn acquisition of Demandware, sending shares in the latter surging and signalling that the mergers and acquisitions market is looking healthy.
Shares in Demandware, a company whose software is used to run ecommerce websites, jumped nearly 56 per cent to $74.81 after Salesforce said it would pay $75 a share in cash for the company.
The offer represented a 56 per cent premium to Demandwares closing price on Tuesday. Shares in Salesforce closed 0.3 per cent lower at $83.45.
Demandware shares were down 11 per cent this year before the acquisition.
The purchase brings Salesforce exposure to a digital commerce market expected to grow 14 per cent year-on-year to $8.5bn by 2020, according to research company Gartner with brands including Lands End, LOral and Marks and Spencer using Demandware software.
The deal, expected to close in the quarter ending in July, is also expected to lift Salesforces fiscal 2017 revenue by between $100m and $120m.
Moreover, with Salesforces move, analysts note that after a slow start to this year the M&A market looks healthy.
Noting private equity bids for Marketo and SciQuest on Tuesday and the premium paid by Salesforce for Demandware, Tom Roderick, an analyst at Stifel, said: Its quite clear that the M&A market is wide open again and, seemingly, as healthy as ever.
He added: The big premium and healthy revenue multiple suggests to us that Salesforce.com won an M&A bidding war against at least one other competing vendor [likely Adobe, in our opinion, but potentially also Oracle and others].
The rally in Demandware shares came alongside a US equity market that was little-changed.
At the close, the S&P 500 was 0.1 per cent higher at 2,099.3, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was unchanged at 17,789.7 and the Nasdaq Composite had crept 0.1 per cent higher to 4,952.3.
Elsewhere, shares in Under Armour fell nearly 4 per cent to $36.25 after the sportswear maker lowered its sales outlook, citing the closure of Sports Authority stores.
Baltimore-based Under Armour, riding high on the success of its NBA star Stephen Currys shoes, said it expected revenues of about $4.93bn for the year, below analysts estimates for $5.02bn and its own outlook for about $5bn.
It also expected to incur a $23m impairment charge tied to Sports Authoritys bankruptcy.
We view this event as largely one-time, and believe the brand is still in the early innings of growth, said Randal Konik, an analyst at Jefferies. Our main concern here remains high expectations, valuation and the potential rise of Adidas back into the US market.
Meanwhile, shares in Michael Kors rose 6.6 per cent to $45.55 and were the biggest gainer on the benchmark S&P 500 after the fashion retailer reported a full-year earnings outlook alongside quarterly sales and earnings that exceeded analysts expectations.
Whole Foods Market shares jumped 4.9 per cent to $33.94 after analysts at Credit Suisse upgraded the stock to outperform from neutral and raised their price target on the stock to $40 from $30.
Whole Foods shares are down nearly 50 per cent since their peak in 2013, providing investors with an attractive entry point, said Edward Kelly, an analyst at Credit Suisse.
With Whole Foods cutting prices, lowering costs, investing in technology and introducing its Whole Foods 365 value stores, Mr Kelly noted that this innovative management teams aggressive response looks supportive of a return to growth.
Michael Andrew Jace, the actor who played a cop on the gritty FX series The Shield, was sentenced Friday to 40 years in prison for the murder of his wife.
Jace, 53, was found guilty last month of shooting his wife to death at their Los Angeles home in front of the couples two young sons, the Los Angeles district attorneys office said.
The actor was upset April Jace wanted a divorce and was obsessed with the belief that she was seeing someone else, Deputy District Attorney Tannaz Mokayef told jurors in her opening statement at trial.
Jace shot his wife once in the back after she arrived at the house on May 19, 2014, Mokayef said.
He then shot her two more times in her legs in front of their sons, who were ages 8 and 5 at the time, the prosecutor said.
Jace then called 911 and reported the shooting to the police.
His father-in-law also called 911 as he drove to his daughters home after receiving a message from Jace about the shooting.
My son-in-law called me and texted me and said come get the kids because he shot April, our daughter, he said in a recording released by the Los Angeles Fire Department.
History of domestic violence, money troubles
It wasnt the actors first experience with domestic violence, according to people who knew him.
A woman described as a close friend of Jaces first wife said in a sworn statement that she witnessed Jace battering his then-wife in 1997.
The statement was in court records from Jaces 2005 custody case concerning his son with Jennifer Bitterman.
Jace choked and hit his wife and slammed her against the wall while (their infant son) screamed in his crib next to her, Maria De Le Vegas said in the sworn court declaration obtained by CNN.
After the divorce, Jace married April Jace in June 2003. He later suffered financial difficulties, declaring Chapter 13 bankruptcy in March 2011, according to court records obtained by CNN.
He cited $500,000 in debts and an annual income of about $80,000 from residuals from his TV and film work, the documents said.
He had also defaulted on the $411,000 mortgage on the home where he shot his wife, the documents said.
April Jace had worked as a financial aid counselor at Biola University, a private school in La Mirada, California, according to the school.
Aprils radiant personality brought great energy to the financial aid office, financial aid director Geoff Marsh said after the killing in 2014. Her love for helping students and families and her great work ethic earned the respect and love of her coworkers. Her smiling face and helpful spirit will be missed by all.
Jace often played the good guy in movie and TV roles
The FX police drama The Shield provided the biggest and longest-running role in Jaces 22-year acting career. He appeared in 89 episodes as Julien Lowe, who started as a rookie officer in an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct in 2002 and rose through the ranks to become a detective before the series ended in 2008, according to the Internet Movie Database.
Jace often played a law enforcement or military officer on television shows. He acted on several episodes of Southland, another TV drama about Los Angeles police, between 2009 and 2012.
He had the title role of Michael Jordan in the 1999 TV movie about the NBA star, Michael Jordan: An American Hero.
We cannot get Hillary Rodham Clinton in handcuffs. We can get James Meyers in handcuffs, though, no problem.
Mrs. Clinton, who may very well be the next president of these United States, has been on a decades-long crime spree, from profiting on dodgy cattle futures to obstructing justice with the Rose law-firm records to her top-secret toilet-based e-mail shenanigans. Asked by Jorge Ramos whether she would continue her presidential campaign if indicted, she scoffed at the notion.
And she was right to scoff. People like Hillary Rodham Clinton do not go to jail without first becoming governor of Illinois or mayor of Detroit, and Herself always has her sights set on a higher office than those. But even relatively lowly players in her world escape jail time. Lois Lerner turned the Internal Revenue Service into a branch of the Obama campaign, using the agencys fearsome investigatory powers to harass tea-party groups and conservative organizations. Shes enjoying a fat pension right now rather than the federal hospitality she so richly deserves. Kamala Harris, who is trying to do much the same thing with the office of the attorney general in California, probably is headed to the Senate. The Texas prosecutors who harassed Kay Bailey Hutchison, Tom DeLay, and Rick Perry for wholly imaginary crimes are in no danger of facing real recriminations.
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And of course Herself has the example of Bill to consider: After a years-long campaign of perjury, suborning perjury, obstruction of justice, and more, all he suffered was the revocation of his law license and a symbolic disbarment as though he ever intended to practice law again. He has dedicated his post-presidency years to delivering highly remunerated speeches about economic inequality and building an impressive collection of fine wristwatches rather than scratching annual hash-marks into the wall of the cell in Kansas where he belongs.
We have federal employees watching p**n all day and using their government credit cards for casinos and hookers. (Mastercard: When the girl will do anything except take American Express.) Most of the time, nobody gets fired, and it is exceedingly rare that anybody goes to jail.
You know who gets arrested? Schmucks.
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James Meyers is a schmuck. The first three times I saw his story, I rolled my eyes and went on my way, assuming that it was one of those Facebook fictions that make the rounds for some reason. Denounce me as an inside-the-Beltway elitist, but I changed my mind when I saw it in the Washington Post.
Back in the pre-Cambrian age, when there were video-rental stores that loaned VHS tapes for a small fee, Meyers, a North Carolina man, rented a copy of Freddy Got Fingered, a very stupid movie made by Tom Greene. Bad taste is not a crime. But apparently failing to return a copy of Freddy Got Fingered is a crime, if you let it go long enough. The video-rental company, long defunct, had filed a complaint against Meyers. Under state law, failure to return rented property is a criminal misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $200. Meyers had gone about his life blissfully unaware that any such case had been brought against him, until he was pulled over dropping his daughter off at school with a defective brake light. The officer citing him for the traffic violation had the good sense not to slap the cuffs on Meyers h**l probably be disciplined for that but when Meyers came to the police station to sort things out, he was handcuffed and arrested.
For failing to return a copy of Freddy Got Fingered, this was.
People like Hillary Rodham Clinton break the law serious laws, including national-security law with impunity. They can do this because their lives are dedicated to the pursuit of power, which means being constantly lawyered up. There probably has been no point in the past 30 years during which Mrs. Clinton, her family, or a near ally was not under investigation. She can spend her days fighting this stuff and dragging it out for years and years like its her job because it is.
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A schmuck like James Meyers, though, lives a different sort of life. The court might have mailed him a notice to appear 14 years ago when his rental-issue was a matter of immediate public concern; often enough, such notices are sent to addresses that are three or four moves in the past. It takes time and money to fight bureaucrats who have nothing to do all day but shake you down for money: Fairfield County, Conn., where I lived for less than a year many years ago, still sends me annual tax bills. The state of New York has demanded of me tax on income that was earned neither in New York nor by a party living in New York. If you have the time and the money, you get a lawyer and you sue, countersue, or otherwise protect your rights.
But there are a great many people who do not have the resources to do that. An erroneous tax bill leads to a credit-ruining lien, which in turn can torpedo a home purchase or, in some cases, a better job. A parking violation you never knew anything about in a town where you spent two hours ten years ago leads to an arrest warrant or a suspended drivers license or both.
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And if youre a shmuck like James Meyers, it leads to having to explain to your terrified daughter why Daddy is being threatened with a trip to the hoosegow over a Freddy Got Fingered hijacking.
On September 30, 2011, President Barack Obama ordered the assassination of an American citizen. Thus far, the legal ramifications of his doing so are dramatically less than those of forgetting to return a copy of Freddy Got Fingered. Hillary Rodham Clinton has violated a half-dozen national-security statutes, has criminally withheld information from investigators, and much more. It is a safe bet that the consequences of her doing so will be considerably less than those of failing to pay a parking ticket issued by the duly constituted authorities of Muleshoe, Texas.
Something about that isnt right.
Kevin D. Williamson is National Reviews roving correspondent.
Laila Ali sat for a brief interview amid a sad time for her family.
Its kind of surreal, she said.The family appreciates everyone coming to town, everyone showing their love.
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Laila Ali before the start of the 23rd Anniversary of the Trumpet Awards at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on Jan. 24, 2015. AJC file photo:HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
A private graveside service for Ali was held at Louisvilles Cave Hill Cemetery. His interfaith memorial service at the KFC Yum! Center, where former President Bill Clinton, actor Billy Crystal and TV journalist Bryant Gumbel are scheduled to speak, his happening now.
Laila Ali, who has spent time in Atlanta hosting the annual Trumpet Awards, was the portrait of grace amid sorrowduring this short interview with Access Hollywood.
My father touched so many people and its more evident now than ever, she said. Im trying to make sure Im in the moment.Its a sad day of course. Were laying our father to rest for good. Even though Im happy hes not struggling any more with Parkinsons and I know hes in a better place and its part of the circle of life, it still is a hard thing to do.
Fox Sports Florida"s Emily Austen, who worked as a sideline reporter on Orlando Magic and Tampa Bay Rays broadcasts, has been taken off the air by the network after she made racist and insensitive comments during a Barstool Sports Facebook Live webcast.
A Magic spokesman said it"s the team"s understanding that Fox Sports Florida has fired Austen.
During Barstool Sports" 35-minute video, one of the hosts mentioned how an undocumented immigrant who graduated from a high school with a 4.5 grade-point average had received a scholarship to the University of Texas.
"I didn"t even know Mexicans were that smart," Austen said.
When one of the hosts responded by calling Austen "Trump Junior," Austen said she knew her comment sounded harsh. Then she said: "You guys know that the Chinese guy"s always the smartest guy in math class."
The conversation soon turned to Jewish people, with one of the hosts mentioning how Jews are "a little stingy" and "hold onto their pennies."
"Yeah," Austen said. "I went to school in Boca, so I know most of that. The way I used to talk to the Jews in Boca, they hated it because I was a server and I just didn"t care, and they would complain and b---- about everything."
Austen also called Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love "a little b----" on several occasions. She said Love "has no aggression" when he plays.
Austen, 27, did not return a request for comment from the Orlando Sentinel.
Fox Sports Florida hired Austen early last year from the Boston Celtics after she worked as a host and reporter for the Celtics" website.
In addition to her sideline duties for Magic and Rays broadcasts, she also appeared on the network"s "Inside the Magic" and "Inside the Rays" shows.
Austen was not employed by the Magic or the Rays.
In contrast, Magic play-by-play announcer David Steele, color commentator Jeff Turner and host and sideline reporter Dante Marchitelli are Magic employees even though they appear on Fox Sports Florida telecasts.
"We were made aware that Emily Austen appeared in a social media video unaffiliated with Fox Sports in which she made insensitive and derogatory comments," Fox Sports Florida general manager and senior vice president Steve Tello said in a statement.
"She was not speaking on behalf of Fox Sports, nor do we condone any of the statements she made in the video. Emily has been advised that her comments were unacceptable, and she is not scheduled to appear on any upcoming Fox Sports Florida or Fox Sports Sun broadcasts."
Joel Glass, the Magic"s chief spokesman, said: "We completely support Fox"s decision regarding her insensitive and derogatory comments and it is our understanding her employment with Fox has ended."
jrobbins@orlandosentinel.com. Read his blog at OrlandoSentinel.com/magicblog and follow him on Twitter at @JoshuaBRobbins.
