Samsung Galaxy S5 coming sooner than later, says report

The Galaxy S4 and S3 could have a new sibling sooner than later.

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The latest round of rumors has the presumed successor to Samsung’s Galaxy S4, a more powerful Galaxy S5, sporting unicorn-esque specs, perhaps some new flexible materials, and craziest of all: Launching as little as ten months after the Galaxy S4 was introduced.

A Korean site reports that “industry sources” say production of the Galaxy S5 could begin in January with Samsung’s next flagship phone shipping with Android KitKat and alongside a revamped Galaxy Gear 2 watch as early as February or March. That would be a few months ahead of many early-adopting Galaxy S4 owners’ one-year anniversaries with their devices.

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Richie Incognito, Miami Dolphins Reach Agreement On Suspension, Salary: REPORT

By Aaron Wilson, National Football Post

In the latest twist in the saga of Miami Dolphins offensive guard Richie Incognito, he has agreed to extend his suspension while the investigation into a bullying scandal continues, according to NFL Network.

Incognito isn‘t allowed to be suspended any longer than this Sunday’s game against the New York Jets.

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Spotify for iPad and iPhone update brings browse mode and more

Spotify has rolled out a new update for its iPhone and iPad apps that bring a variety of changes, some of them being fixes for known bugs and others being new features, with some improvement scattered betwixt the two. Perhaps the most notable change with the update is the addition of Browse in place of […]

No. 4 Arizona Beats No. 6 Duke 72-66 As Jabari Parker Fails To Score 20 Points For First Time (VIDEO)

NEW YORK (AP) — Duke’s losses this season have been to Kansas and Arizona, two teams ranked in the top five, two teams which happen to have an outstanding freshman like Jabari Parker of the Blue Devils and two teams that have more height.

Although Parker failed to score at least 20 points for the first time this season — he did have 19 — No. 6 Duke struggled against the size of No. 4 Arizona in a 72-66 loss Friday night in the championship game of the NIT Season Tip-Off at Madison Square Garden.

“We played really well here. They are difficult to defend,” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “We played a game worthy of winning.

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Former New York Observer Editor Peter Kaplan Dead At 59

The New York Times reports that former New York Observer editor Peter Kaplan died on Friday in Manhattan. His brother told the Times that the cause of death was cancer. He was 59.

Kaplan was an editor at the New York Observer for 15 years, the longest serving editor in the history of the Observer. During his time there he directed it towards becoming the authoritative source on the activities of New York’s notable persons. He trained the sharp and often sardonic tone that the Observer became known for. Kaplan also managed the creation of the Observer’s website and propelled the careers of several well-known journalists.

Kaplan’s influence on media at large was significant, as noted in a profile in The New Republic:

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Obama Gets A Second Shot At Getting Health Care Reform Right

WASHINGTON — Contrary to the cliché, there are second acts in politics. They just don’t usually come two months after the first.

On Nov. 30, the Obama administration will have a second chance to showcase its capacity to administer a website and oversee health care reform. Senior officials in the administration are quick to insist that the date is merely a point on a calendar, not a moment when a switch is suddenly flipped and all the problems surrounding Obamacare disappear.

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TWTIT: Tales of Rebellious Stone (NSFW)

The line between genius and madness is a thin one and easily crossed. But is this maniacally-devout sculptor really losing his mind or are his worsening wounds truly a test of his faith? There’s more than one higher power at work in this sexually-charged, psycho-supernatural thriller from Paperbox Creations.

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Church Of England Proposes Gay Marriage ‘Blessings’

* Clergy should be able to bless same-sex couples: report

* Critics says proposal contradicts church teachings

* British views on homosexuality becoming more liberal (Adds details, quotes throughout)

By Belinda Goldsmith

LONDON, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Church of England clergy would be able to “bless” same-sex relationships under long-awaited proposals unveiled on Thursday as the church adopts a more open – but disputed – approach to homosexuality.

Although gay couples would still not be able to legally marry in a church, the proposed change would officially sanction clergy to let gay and lesbian couples mark and celebrate same-sex marriages and civil partnerships in a church service.

Critics swiftly condemned the “blessing” proposal as contrary to the church’s teaching on sexual conduct.

The proposal was among 18 recommendations put forward by a working group set up two years ago amid growing tension over the church’s approach to gay worshippers and clergy but could take up to two years of discussions before becoming policy.

Acknowledging the issue was divisive, group chairman Joseph Pilling said the church needed to reflect rapid changes in society as senior clergy express fears of a looming crisis, with falling attendance rates and failure to attract young people.

This year, parliament introduced new laws to allow gay marriages from 2014 after legalising civil partnerships in 2005 and the church dropped its ban on gay clergy in civil partnerships becoming bishops.

“You can make a church a cold place for gay and lesbian people … or you can make it a more warm and accepting place,” Pilling told a news conference.

“No member of the clergy, or parish, would be required to offer such services and it could not extend to solemnising same sex marriages without major changes to the law.”

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Pilling said the group also suggested that the Church of England, mother church of the world’s 80 million Anglicans, should address the issue of same-sex relationships with the wider Anglican community and other churches.

Critics said the proposed “blessing” ran counter to church teaching, which says couples can only have sex within marriage and that marriage can only be between a man and a woman.

The one dissenting voice on the seven-strong committee, the Bishop of Birkenhead Keith Sinclair, said he did not believe the report offered a consistent or coherent response to questions of the church’s response to sexuality.

Andrea Williams, founder of Christian Concern, which backs traditional marriage, and also a member of the Church of England governing body, the General Synod, said the proposed “blessing” would sow division and acrimony within the Church of England.

“The majority of Christians throughout the world and throughout history are committed to orthodox biblical teaching on marriage and sexuality,” she said in a statement.

The spiritual head of the Church of England, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, earlier this year reiterated his opposition to gay marriage, but also acknowledged there had been a “revolution” in attitudes towards homosexuality and that the church’s stand could be seen as out-of-step with public opinion.

A national survey on sexual attitudes released this week showed that most Britons have a far more relaxed attitude towards same-sex relationships than in previous decades.

In 1990, fewer than one in four men aged 16 to 44 were tolerant of same-sex relationships but that figure was now nearly half and in women, the number jumped to 66 percent from 28 percent in 1990-91. (Reporting by Belinda Goldsmith; Editing by Gareth Jones)

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Russell Westbrook’s Off-Balance Buzzer Beater Lifts Thunder Over Warriors (VIDEO)

With the time running out and the Oklahoma City Thunder’s offense in disarray, Russell Westbrook grabbed the ball and saved the day. Westbrook drained an off-balance, three-point shot as time expired in overtime to lift the Thunder past the Golden State Warriors 113-112.



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Women Take Home Regrets After Sex, Men Wish They Slept With More Partners

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov 25 (Reuters) – Men most often regret not having sex with more people while women frequently regret having sex with the wrong partner, according to a recently released study.

The study from researchers at the University of Texas and University of California-Los Angeles aimed to show that the feeling of regret is part of the evolutionary process when it comes to reproduction, the University of Texas said on Monday.

“For men throughout evolutionary history, every missed opportunity to have sex with a new partner is potentially a missed reproduce opportunity – a costly loss from an evolutionary perspective,” said Martie Haselton, a UCLA social psychology professor who worked on the study.

The three main regrets for men: being too timid to approach a possible partner, not being more sexually adventurous when young and not being more sexually adventurous in their single days.

The main regrets for women include losing their virginity to the wrong partner, cheating on a present or past partner and moving too fast sexually.

“The consequences of casual sex were so much higher for women than for men, and this is likely to have shaped emotional reactions to sexual liaisons even today,” Haselton said in a statement.

More women than men included “having sex with a physically unattractive partner” as a top regret.

The report was based on three studies with a total of about 25,000 people and the findings were published in the current issue of the Archives of Sexual Behavior, an academic journal. (Reporting by Jon Herskovitz. Editing by Andre Grenon)

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