SALT LAKE CITY — Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson has emerged as the official winner in his tight congressional race against Republican Mia Love.
Matheson declared victory on election night despite the two being separated by only a couple thousand votes. Tuesday marked the deadline for counties to certify their votes, and the results from Salt Lake County removed any doubt that Matheson won.
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CHICAGO — Jay Cutler was back home, nursing his concussion and watching as the Chicago Bears got pounded by the San Francisco 49ers on Monday night.
Whether he’ll be back behind center this weekend remains to be seen.
It’s been just two weeks since The Most Important Election In Our Lifetime, and the side that lost is gearing up to be a better competitor by the time the next Most Important Election In Our Lifetime happens, in 2016. But first, there comes a period of soul-searching. What went wrong? And who went the wrongest? How does the Republican Party move forward (but not like, you know … Obama Forward). Over the past few weeks, various GOP thought-leaders have offered suggestions. Bill Kristol said he thinks the party should go ahead and raise taxes on upper-income earners. David Frum said he thinks that the Republican Party should embrace “cultural modernity.” Karl Rove said he wants to return to the “50 State Solution.” And lots of people seem to generically agree that the next Republican candidate for president should “do some Hispanic stuff.”
But other ideas have drawn a lot more attention, suggesting an amusing step-by-step process that your Huff Post List shall now run down for you.
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Much has been made recently of the unsettling tendency of millionaire athletes to descend into bankruptcy, yet little attention is paid to the sports world’s many successes.
One such rags-to-riches story is Andrew McCutchen, the Pittsburgh Pirates’ franchise player who finished third in this year’s MVP voting despite his incredibly humble beginnings.
On Monday, McCutchen tweeted a photo of himself standing in front of his childhood home in Bartow, Fla., proving that even a freshly signed six-year, $51.5 million contract isn’t enough to make him forget where he came from.
We knew it was coming, and after over a month of making the official announcement, ESPN and Cablevision have let it be known that, as of today, Optimum Online subscribers can now start enjoying content from ESPN3. Naturally, this will bring a plethora of sporting events from The Worldwide Leader in Sports to Cablevision customers which hold an Optimum internet account — tidbits like live events and replays of the NCAA Championships, basketball, tennis, golf, cricket and, of course, both types of football. As for the company’s Optimum TV to Go, it has said that WatchESPN, Watch Disney Channel, Watch DisneyXD and Watch DisneyJunior will indeed be “coming soon” to the service, though it wasn’t quite clear about how “soon” that’s going to be.
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I have a recurring nightmare about being attacked by some sort of creature with too many legs. I’m not sure if it’s from playing too many FPSes, or from reading about Cthulhu. Heck, maybe it’s from visiting the aquarium. Who knows. But if you’re not afraid to have some tentacles hanging around your bookshelf, then you’ll definitely want to check out these bookends.
They’re made by Knob Creek Metal Arts, and feature a cutout of a woman being abducted by some sort of creepy tentacled beast – I’m going with a Kraken, but it definitely could be Cthulhu, or just some sort of giant octopus. Or maybe a septapus. Maybe it’s just Squiddly Diddly.
Each pair of Tentacle Attack bookends is handmade from steel, and sells for $43(USD). Grab a pair now, before the tentacles grab you instead.
As welcome as Transit Wireless’ strategy for wireless in New York City subways has been, having access in just six stations around one Manhattan district has been limiting for locals who want to stay online underground. Thankfully, there’s plans afoot to cover a much wider base. AT&T, Boingo and T-Mobile have offered to back a next wave of expansion that will cover 30 extra stations with cellular and WiFi access, in places we’re more likely to recognize: Columbus Circle, Rockefeller Center and Times Square are all part of the rollout. While the tragedy of Hurricane Sandy has pushed back completion to early 2013, it shouldn’t be too long before some of the city’s most important hubs (and tourist traps) are covered — and Transit Wireless’ ambitions to eventually put wireless in all of New York City’s subways could keep every borough online during the daily commute.
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This Thanksgiving, there’s a lot to be thankful for, especially when it comes to good TV.
While everyone here at HuffPost TV is thankful for their loved ones and health, we’re also giving thanks for shows like “Parenthood” and “American Horror Story.” Without them, well, we’d be out of the job and pretty bored. Good TV is an escape, a chance to lose yourself in pure entertainment, forget your worries and be subjected to the drama and comedy of fictional characters.
Click through the gallery below to see which shows we’re thankful for and please add your own in the comments!
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A teen from a city in southern Israel that has been repeatedly hit by Palestinian rockets developed the idea for an innovative application that alerts users whenever missiles are fired from Gaza.
The unofficial warning system application named “Color Red” was thought up by 13-year-old Lion Bar of Beersheba, The Times of Israel reports.
Bar’s free app, which takes its name from Israel’s missile attack warnings, was developed by volunteer Kobi Snir, according to the report. Notifications in Hebrew are sent to iPhone users every time an air raid warning goes out across the government’s public safety network. The app can also tell users where the nearest shelter is, according to RT.com.
Nintendo‘s new console is an anomaly in the game console ecosystem, but not for Nintendo. The company that — in just the last decade — popularized stylus-powered gaming, microphone-powered gaming and motion-based gaming, is once again pushing game control inputs forward. And just like its previous consoles, lessons learned from past hardware build the foundation of its latest effort: the Wii U and its bizarre-looking, but conventionally named, “GamePad.”
The Wii U console itself, for instance, looks almost exactly like the original Wii. It’s longer (10.6 inches vs. 8.5 inches for the Wii), a bit rounder on the edges, and there’s an HDMI port out back, but overall it’s quite similar to its squatter predecessor. It’s enough that you’d get the two confused if they were sitting in the same entertainment center. Naturally, the beefed-up internals and Wii backwards compatibility mean you’ll likely be replacing the ol’ virtual tennis machine should you choose to pick one up.
Of course, the GamePad is the real star of the show here, bolstered by Nintendo’s ambitious “TVii” experiment. Everyone’s favorite Italian plumber looks super in HD, no doubt, but how software employs the multifaceted touchscreen tablet / traditional game controller hybrid is what really matters. So, how does the Wii U fare? Find out below.
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