Happy 37th Birthday, Angelina Jolie!

She's an Oscar winner. A humanitarian. And, as of recently, a fiancee.

She's also today's most famous birthday honoree, as Angelina Jolie turns 37 and celebrates the occasion, we can safely assume, alongside Brad Pitt and the couple's six children.

Sources say Jolie and Pitt will wed some time in France and eventually settle down in England, but few details are known about the tandem's plans beyond the new rock sitting on Angelina's finger.

On the professional front, Jolie will next star in Maleficent, an updated version of Sleeping Beauty that will feature the actress as the title character/wicked fairy.

Yes, life is pretty darn sweet for Jolie these days. So stick a leg out in her honor, send along your very best birthday wishes now and then click through this photo montage of the star:

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Elizabeth Warren Secures Date Against Sen. Scott Brown

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Game of the Week: Coconut Dodge | Video Games, Reviews ...

A release from the distinctly low-budget end of the great gaming spectrum this week. Futurlab?s relentless success-munching behemoth of a PSN Mini (insofar as such hyperbole applies to a Mini) is a simple setup indeed. Our charming crustacean chum (whose name eludes me so I shall dub him Clive the crab) is feeling covetous for coinage. Fortunately for him, he has found a tiny desert island where the trees appear to shed gold, and even humongous diamonds on occasion.

Just to prevent this idyllic locale from being overrun by similarly mercenary holidaymakers, littering the place with McDonalds wrappers and cigarette butts and the like (at least that?s appeared to be par for the course at every holiday destination I?ve ever visited), gargantuan coconut missiles also fall from the sky at an alarming rate. As such, your aim is to run left and run across the screen, acquiring riches that Clive the crab couldn?t possibly have any remotely fathomable use for. You?ll be beset by coconuts every step of the way of course, so it?s a game of deft reflex-action. Gold equals points, while a hairy nut to the face (I could surely have phrased that better) results in a swift death and loss of one of your three precious lives. For the three or so people in the world likely to appreciate the reference, it?s an identical concept to the Bug Drop minigame in The Lion King for the Genesis.

It?s the seemingly tenuous details that add to the charm of this odd little confection. Clive the crab is a delightful little guy himself. Don?t deny his adorable nature, you fool nobody. I particularly enjoyed the Viking Helmet item, a rare and fleeting embellishment for our hero. This renders him invulnerable to the ?nuts, which would otherwise leave him a squishy heap of broken viscera on the sand (Well, not in a charming little paracosm-esque game like this, but you see my point. Whatever it may have been). Beach balls will flit across the screen on occasion, and if you succeed in keeping them aloft for the displayed number of ?bounces? you?ll receive a nice point bonus. There?s another small mechanic that enables Clive to dig into the sand to avoid certain death. The caveat here is that there?s no telling where he?ll appear
afterwards, which lends a subtle tactical edge to the sun-kissed shenanigans.

Play is divided into levels, but there?s nary a pause in the relentless object-plummeting carnage. A brief message will appear on screen to inform you you?ve reached the next plateau, but there?s no actual movement/change in scenery or the like. They are differentiated a little in the form of mazes that appear at certain points. These are great masses of high-velocity coconuts, with only the merest of gaps for you to traverse. Each one you survive will be open to play in the game?s other mode, maze master. Here, they become very brief challenges, where you must acquire a stricter-than-very-strict-indeed score from the sparsely-scattered coinage available.

Coconut Dodge is rather special. On the surface, it?s a simple ?casual? game with a charming tropical aesthetic (And a adoreable protagonist, as I think I?ve made plain.) It becomes challenging indeed even for the most hardened gamer, and the will to beat the ever-infernal high score is a powerful compulsion. Maze master will prove nefarious enough for anyone, while non-gamers will also enjoy the merry cavorting of Clive the Crab. Truly something for everyone.

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Florida shooter George Zimmerman returns to jail

SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer charged in the Florida killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, returned to jail on Sunday after a court revoked his bond and ordered him back into custody.

Zimmerman, who had been free on a $150,000 bond and hiding in an undisclosed location, arrived at the Sanford County jail in a white police mini-van shortly before the 48-hour deadline imposed by Circuit Court Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. on Friday.

The 28-year-old Zimmerman, dressed in jeans and a plaid shirt and accompanied by Seminole County Sheriff's deputies and his attorney, Mark O'Mara, walked into the jailhouse with his hands cuffed behind his back.

Zimmerman did not respond to questions from media outside.

O'Mara told reporters that Zimmerman was "frustrated" at having to return to jail and that "he has a real concern for his safety any time he has to come out of hiding."

It was the latest twist in a murder case that has captured global media attention and sparked widespread debate in the United States over guns, self-defense laws and race relations.

Zimmerman, who is white and Hispanic, is charged with fatally shooting 17-year-old Martin on Feb 26. as the teenager walked through a gated community in Sanford where he was staying with his father.

Police initially declined to arrest Zimmerman, citing Florida's "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law, but six weeks later a special prosecutor charged him with second-degree murder. Zimmerman has pleaded not guilty and said he fired in self-defense after Martin broke his nose and bashed his head on a side-walk.

On Friday Judge Lester revoked Zimmerman's bond, posted in April while he was awaiting trial, after prosecutors said he had withheld one of two valid passports and that his wife did not tell the court about money donated for his legal defense.

Zimmerman returned to Central Florida, arriving late Saturday evening, O'Mara announced earlier on Sunday in an online statement, adding that the defense team had coordinated Zimmerman's security with the Sanford Police Department.

O'Mara told Reuters earlier that he would request another bond hearing. In a defense team statement on Sunday, O'Mara said he hoped his client's voluntary surrender "will help demonstrate to the court that he is not a flight risk."

"Furthermore, the vast majority of the funds in question are in an independently managed trust, and neither Mr. Zimmerman or his attorneys have direct access to the money," the statement added.

It also noted that Zimmerman waived his right to speedy trial on May 8, meaning that he could face a long wait in jail. "It is anticipated, though not certain, that the case will not be ready for trial until some time into 2013."

RECORDED CALLS

Zimmerman's whereabouts were unknown during the weeks following his release after spending 11 nights in April in a Sanford jail cell. His lawyer declined to discuss his location or living arrangements, citing death threats and fears about Zimmerman's security.

Prosecutors alleged in court on Friday that his wife knew about donations he had solicited for his defense on a website and collected through a PayPal account but failed to mention the money at his bond hearing.

"The defendant's wife lied to this court," prosecutor Bernardo de la Rionda told the judge.

Zimmerman has received about $200,000 from anonymous donors to fund his defense, even though his defense lawyer had previously described him as penniless.

The motion to revoke Zimmerman's bond cited transcripts of phone calls he made to his wife from jail. In the calls, which were recorded by the facility, the couple spoke in code about the donated money and Zimmerman instructed his wife to transfer money into her personal account, according to the motion.

"He (Zimmerman) understands the court's concern now we've had a chance to look at it," O'Mara said on Sunday, though he would not speculate about whether Zimmerman's wife might be charged with perjury. "I believe she'll have counsel."

Zimmerman solicited money for his defense through a website, TheRealGeorgeZimmerman.com, that has since been taken down. It has been replaced by a new online site for contributions to Zimmerman's defense called gzdefensefund.com.

De La Rionda also told the court that when Zimmerman surrendered his passport to the court at his April 20 bond hearing, he did so knowing that he had a second unexpired passport.

The motion said Zimmerman obtained a passport in 2002. That passport, which expired in May 2012, was the one he turned in to the court during his April bond hearing and his lawyer told the judge it was his only passport.

But prosecutors said Zimmerman in 2004 reported that passport lost or stolen and obtained a new one, which is valid until 2014. Zimmerman also discussed the passport with his wife in one of the recorded calls from jail, the motion said.

He told his wife he thought the passport was in a bag and she replied, "I have one for you in a safety deposit box," the prosecutors said. "OK, you hold onto that," Zimmerman allegedly told her.

(Writing by David Adams and Tom Brown; Editing by Paul Simao)

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Real Estate ? Reinventing Real Estate, Part 1: Online and ...

For decades, the genuine estate globe turned in a predictable manner. The roles of customers, sellers and real estate pros have been relatively nicely outlined and transactions followed a predictable route of yard symptoms, newspaper adverts, open up houses and miles of paperwork.

Just lately, on the internet and empowered consumers have altered the video game. True estate pros now face problems related to the types that have transformed the retail, individual finance and travel organizing industries. As technology advances and new organization models evolve, the actual estate industry has started to change itself from offering conventional, carefully controlled ?agent-centric? transactions to new ?buyer-centric? practices. The following is a search at some of the modern industry developments and how purchasers, sellers and buyers can count on to gain. The ?5 Ds? that are driving adjust in real estate are:

one. Disruption ? More than the earlier ten years, the Net has matured into a potent platform for delivering real estate info, permanently changing the interaction amongst consumers, sellers and real estate pros.

two. Displacement ? The reputation and acceptance of self-services and consumer-immediate enterprise versions is currently being felt by actual estate experts, who are striving to create eye-catching new offerings for Net-savvy buyers.

three. Demanding customers ? You now have far more actual estate knowledge, instruments and methods at your fingertips than at any time just before. A lot more savvy consumers are likely to be much more impartial and demanding.

4. Downward pressure ? Classic true estate commissions of five-six % of a property?s revenue price are struggling with downward stress.

5. Establishing options ? The genuine estate industry is transforming itself to offer specific services and exciting new possibilities that include price for buyers. thirteen
Disruption

?We are likely to see our industry go by way of extraordinary transformation by way of the Net and consolidation of agents and companies.? ? eRealty Instances Columnist Dirk Zeller

Some sector observers have adopted Harvard Company School professor Clayton Christensen?s time period ?disruptive engineering? to make clear latest developments in actual estate. Although it?s effortless to level to the Globe Extensive Net and advancing technological innovation as the principal changes in actual estate, which is only element of what is shaking items up. Primarily, the true trigger of disruption is not just engineering, but technology-enabled real estate shoppers.

Internet-enabled customers

In accordance to the Nationwide Association of Realtors (NAR), far more than 72 percent of homebuyers now commence their home research online. The recognition of on the internet genuine estate adverts surpassed newspaper residence listings back again in 2001, and the gap is widening. Less than one particular percent of buyers very first realized about the house they bought on the Internet in 1995, whilst in 2004, that variety handed twenty percent.

In accordance to a California Association of Realtors (Automobile) survey, 97 % of respondents explained the Web assisted them recognize the acquiring approach far better and one hundred % mentioned making use of the World wide web served them realize house values greater. World wide web-enabled homebuyers like you are getting a much more energetic role in researching residences and neighborhoods. You also now spend much less time with true estate specialists as soon as you have finished your analysis. World wide web homebuyers also utilized the Web properly to filter out qualities that did not fascination them, going to six.1 properties on average compared to 15.4 for classic buyers.

These days, you can look at pictures and detailed data for hundreds of attributes in the time it utilized to choose to check out a single one. And the Web supplies considerably much more option than simply going print listings on the web. The developing availability of residential higher-speed Net connections has boosted the recognition of virtual tours and interactive maps, delivering consumers with potent and adaptable visual search resources.

In addition to creating property searches less difficult, automated valuation design (AVM) software package is generating a large impact in how qualities are evaluated. AVMs, which create valuation estimates by examining and evaluating house details information, are becoming ever more complex and accurate. Even though not deemed a substitute for human appraisals, AVMs are getting reputation due to the fact they are low-cost, easy to use and make valuation estimates in minutes. Now AVMs, utilised extensively in digital mortgage approval processing in the course of the recent refinancing boom, are turning out to be available on genuine-estate Websites aimed at shoppers. This is a important growth for impartial sellers, who often find it difficult to price tag their properties properly when promoting on their possess.

The MLS goes general public

?In real estate, MLS data sits at the apex of the modify, particularly the MLS information that is pushed to the Internet each and every moment of the day.? ? Bradley Inman, Publisher of Inman News

Once an unique instrument for real estate pros, the numerous listing company (MLS) has in recent years turn out to be a extremely manifeste system for true estate listings. The MLS is the nation?s most thorough database of homes for sale ? 4 out of five residences marketed in the United States are detailed on the MLS.
MLS homes are obtainable to agents and brokers worldwide, and are now accessible via consumer Internet sites this sort of as Real estate agent.com, WSJ.com, Excite, Netscape, AOL and MSN. MLS listings also show up on local, regional and countrywide brokerage Internet sites via Internet Data Exchange (IDX) agreements that enable participating Realtors to share listings and screen them to shoppers. Even however only licensed realtors can checklist house on the MLS, the method has begun to figure prominently for the $ 110 billion independent vendor (for-sale-by-owner or FSBO) market place. About thirteen percent of real estate revenue are now FSBO, performed with out a broker?s assistance.

Kind ?flat price MLS? into any major research engine, and you may see dozens of true estate pros prepared to checklist your residence in the MLS for a payment. If you are willing to shell out a commission of two-three percent, you can entice the interest of countless numbers of agents who will display your home to future purchasers. You can then decrease the cost of the sale to about half a classic five-six % income commission, plus the price of the MLS listing. If you discover an independent buyer operating without an agent, you could make a sale with no commission at all and pay out only an MLS listing flat payment. thirteen
Displacement

At present, about 2.four million real estate licensees function nationally, according to the Association of Actual Estate License Regulation officials. The NAR has much more than 1 million members, up from about 760,000 members 5 several years back. Numerous true estate specialists and business observers anticipate a considerable drop in this quantity due to the fact some tasks typically performed by agents and brokers can now be accomplished much more rapidly and very easily by Internet-enabled customers.

?Traditionally the elementary driver of the actual estate industry was the control of data. The real estate agent and the actual estate place of work ended up the only resources of thorough data on which qualities have been for sale and individuals who may well be intrigued in acquiring them. With this management revenues had been virtually assured.

Moreover, due to the fact this exclusive handle was akin to a monopoly by virtue of the numerous listing support (MLS) any agency of any dimension could serve the consumer similarly properly. As a consequence, the quantity of genuine estate businesses grew with no regard to marketplace efficiencies.

Basically place, the classic design is too inflexible. Customers are seriously questioning the worth of a true estate agent. They frequently really feel that numerous of the traditional duties carried out by the agents are now either no for a longer time required or can be completed by the client themselves.?

- Swanepoel &amp Tuccillo, Real Estate Confronts Profitability

The estimates earlier mentioned, from a common report on rising actual estate enterprise designs and dwindling revenue margins, highlight a quantity of issues standard actual estate specialists are now going through. And if the real estate market has grown traditionally without having regard to industry efficiencies, the issue has only been compounded given that 2001, as new agents signed on in droves, lured by low fascination rates and skyrocketing property rates in several regions. It is probably that the amount of traditional genuine estate agents will decline, even though new types of genuine estate work will be developed to supply benefit to Internet-savvy buyers.

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Slow economic recovery upsets Obama's re-election plan

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Nothing upsets a president's re-election groove like ugly economic numbers.

A spring slowdown in hiring and a rise in the unemployment rate are weighing on President Barack Obama, while enhancing Republican challenger Mitt Romney's argument that the Democratic incumbent is in over his head.

Some questions and answers about how Friday's economic news may play in a close presidential race:

Q: How bad is this for Obama?

A: Pretty awful. Polls show Obama's handling of the economy is his biggest weak spot. People in the United States overwhelmingly rate the economy as their biggest worry, and jobs are what they say matters most.

But the president still has time for the jobs outlook to improve. Five more monthly unemployment reports are due ? the last coming just four days before the Nov. 6 election. The fall numbers will mean more when voters head to the polls.

Q: What can Obama tell voters if the job picture stays bleak?

A: After 3 1/2 years in office, it's getting harder to blame the painfully slow recovery on the mistakes of his predecessor, George W. Bush. But Obama keeps reminding the public of how bad things were when he took office in January 2009. The economy was deep into the recession and losing jobs month after bleak month.

In contrast, over the past two years, Obama notes, businesses have been consistently adding jobs, just not as quickly as needed.

He's also tried shifting blame to congressional Republicans, saying they've held up the recovery by refusing to pass most elements of his jobs bill. And he says some factors dragging down the U.S. economy are beyond a president's control, such as the European economic crisis and fluctuating gasoline prices. The weakening economy in China and turbulence in the Middle East haven't helped, either.

Q: Is Romney seizing this opportunity?

A: With both hands. The lousy jobs numbers fit neatly into Romney's central campaign pitch: That guy doesn't have a clue how to fix the economy, so let me get it done.

He called the jobs news "devastating" and a "harsh indictment" of Obama. Romney says his own experience with a private equity firm, making millions of dollars by overhauling struggling companies, taught him how to revive the economy and create jobs.

Q: So which guy do the voters believe?

A: It's a toss-up so far.

There hasn't been time to measure the impact of Friday's figures. But in an Associated Press-GfK poll last month, people were split over who they'd trust most to handle the economy, Romney or Obama. Asked specifically whether they approve of the way Obama has dealt with unemployment, about half did and half didn't, mostly along party lines.

Still, jobs are clearly a weakness for Obama. His poll numbers are stronger than Romney's on many other qualities, such as which candidate understands regular people, is a strong leader and says what he really believes.

He may benefit from the perception that the mess is so big no one knows what to do. In an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, two-thirds of those surveyed said they were only somewhat confident or not at all confident that Obama has the right goals and policies to improve the economy. Asked this about Romney, three-quarters were only somewhat or not at all confident.

Q: Sure, people care about jobs, but do they really follow the latest economic reports?

A: One number seems to break through: the unemployment rate. That easy-to-understand figure ? representing what share of Americans are looking for work and can't find it ? edged up to 8.2 percent in May, from 8.1 percent the month before.

And Obama has yet to get it down to even the troublingly high 7.8 percent in place when he took office. (It zoomed to a peak of 10 percent in October 2009.)

Since the government began closely tracking unemployment in 1948, no president has won re-election with numbers as high as those Obama's staring down. The champ is Ronald Reagan, who coasted to a second term in 1984 despite 7.4 percent unemployment in October. A far greater percentage of people were out of work in 1936, when Franklin Roosevelt won re-election in a landslide amid the Great Depression.

Prospects for the unemployment rate to drop sharply before November aren't good. The economy needs to generate at least 125,000 jobs per month just to keep up with population growth ? a mark it's fallen far short of for the past two months. And it would take tens of thousands more jobs each month to bring the rate down.

Q: Couldn't the economic outlook brighten before Election Day?

A: It might. Some economists think the weakness could be temporary, reflecting the fallout from an unusually warm winter and technical issues that can sway the government's numbers. Consumer spending and exports remain solid, says Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, and the outlook may bounce back to last winter's optimism.

Or the weak report could mark the beginning of a stall in the already sluggish recovery. Discouraging numbers can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Just look at the way they drove the stock market down 275 points Friday, in the worst trading day of the year. That sort of thing rattles the business leaders who make hiring decisions.

Many of them are feeling uneasy about world events.

"Europe is the key swing factor," Zandi said.

If Europe addresses its financial troubles, and keeps Greece in the eurozone, the financial markets are likely to settle, he said, and boost U.S. employers' confidence. But if Europe slowly worsens, it will be a drag on the U.S. economy.

By Nov. 6, when a president is picked, the employment picture may look rosier ? or glum.

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