Candidates disagree over indefinite detention (AP)

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. ? The Republican candidates have sharp disagreements over a new policy to detain American citizens suspected of terrorism.

President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act that would allow indefinite detention of such terror suspects. Many civil liberties activists believe the law is unconstitutional.

Front-runner Mitt Romney said he would have signed the law and insisted it was "appropriate" to detain American members of al-Qaida. Romney called membership in the group "treason" and said the U.S. government has the right to impose indefinite detention.

Rick Santorum said a U.S. citizen who is detained as an enemy combatant should have the right to a lawyer and to appeal their case before a federal court.

Ron Paul said holding American citizens indefinitely is a breach of the U.S. judicial system.

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Scholes and Henry Show the Value of Investing in an Antique ...

As soon as the returns of Thierry Henry and Paul Scholes to the clubs of their legend were announced, the jokes started. Gianfranco Zola was rejoining Chelsea, Alan Shearer was heading back to Newcastle, and Bobby Charlton was soon to be partnering Scholes in the Manchester United lineup.

But those eager to ridicule the re-signing of two players deemed to be beyond the peak of their once worldly powers have been forced to reconsider. In just over a week, Scholes has inspired United to a victory in the F.A. Cup and scored on his Old Trafford ?debut? against Bolton, while Henry made an emotional homecoming to Arsenal by scoring the winning goal against Leeds only minutes after coming on as a substitute.

Of course, neither signing will solve major squad issues at each club. Both Scholes and Henry have indeed seen their best days, and each has been forced to adapt his game with age, but it?s how their return will affect others that could have the biggest impact.

This psychological influence was demonstrated in United?s win over Manchester City in the F.A. Cup in particular. Scholes was not introduced until an hour into the action and was even blamed by some for conceding possession too cheaply in the buildup to City?s second goal. But United?s first half mind-set, which saw it race into a stunning 3-0 lead over the Premier League leaders, had to be attributable at least in part to the boost delivered by Scholes?s return, which had been announced to the rest of the team only an hour before kickoff.

Scholes hasn?t just lifted United?s first team; he?s given a boost to the entire club. That fact was demonstrated by the deafening noise that greeted his opening goal against Bolton on Saturday.

Just as United?s signing of an aging Henrik Larsson on a three-month contract in 2007 invigorated the United squad at a critical time in the season, Scholes could have the same psychological effect for a similarly minimal investment. As detailed in a post just after the January transfer window opened, United Manager Alex Ferguson had been reluctant to recognize a lack of presence in the center of United?s depleted and frail midfield. While Scholes is by no means a long term solution, he will perform a bit-part role in desperate need of fulfilling.

Henry?s impact was more instant, and more obvious ? a winning goal elegantly stroked home in typical fashion. Like Scholes, Henry, who joined Arsenal as cover while Gervinho and Marouane Chamakh are away at the African Cup of Nations, offers a bit of something invaluable at any price: stability. One man who wasn?t part of the celebrations when Henry?s shot against Leeds tucked inside the far post, but one who would have been as jubilant as anyone in North London, was Robin Van Persie, who was enjoying a holiday in Dubai. If just for the mental break, he must be thrilled that Arsenal has added another striker who knows the route to goal.

Some will say that the S.O.S. issued to Scholes and Henry by their respective clubs represents how Arsenal and United no longer possess the allure or the finances to attract the European soccer elite. However, neither player has been signed solely on the basis of his previous capabilities, but rather on what he can offer now, both on the field and off. (Both deals also make commercial sense: the Red Bulls demanded a minimal loan fee for Henry, and although the Gunners will pick up his $140,000-a-week salary, merchandizing prospects will likely outweigh that expenditure. Negotiations were even more straightforward with Scholes; since retiring last summer, he had been working as a coach with United?s reserve team.)

English soccer?s top flight may not boast an elite quality to challenge the might of Barcelona and Real Madrid right now, but it is the drama, exemplified by the return of two of its most celebrated greats, that still marks it as the world?s most exciting league.

There was another joke doing the rounds last week, that Henry?s new nickname at Arsenal is The Decorator, as he?s going to spend the next two months papering over the cracks.

Whether that?s true or not, at least it?s guaranteed to be more exciting than watching paint dry.

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Source: http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/16/the-value-of-investing-in-an-antique/

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Santorum backed by social conservative leaders

Republican presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum waits to make remarks as he is introduced during a campaign event at Tommy's Ham House, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, during a campaign event in Greenville, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Republican presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum waits to make remarks as he is introduced during a campaign event at Tommy's Ham House, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, during a campaign event in Greenville, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, arrives for a campaign event at Tommy's Ham House, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, in Greenville, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Republican presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum campaigns at Tommy's Ham House adjacent to a portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, in Greenville, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) ? Rick Santorum's quest to emerge as the chief alternative to Mitt Romney received a boost Saturday from a group of evangelical leaders and social conservatives who voted to back his candidacy in a last-ditch effort to stop the GOP front-runner's march to the nomination.

About three-quarters of some 150 pastors and Christian conservative political organizers meeting in Texas sided with Santorum over a home-state favorite, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich ? an outcome that illustrated continuing divisions within the ranks of conservatives who make up the base of the GOP.

The gathering also reflected the lingering dissatisfaction with Romney over abortion rights and other issues, and the belief of conservatives that they need to unite behind one contender before the Jan. 21 South Carolina primary if they are to derail the former Massachusetts governor. Romney leads narrowly in polls here after victories in Iowa and New Hampshire.

"There is a hope and an expectation that this will have an impact on South Carolina," said Family Research Council president Tony Perkins, who attended the Texas meeting.

It's unclear, however, whether conservative voters will heed the advice of these leaders and back Santorum. The candidate reveling in the development nevertheless.

"It's a validator," the former Pennsylvania senator told reporters late Saturday while campaigning along South Carolina's coast. "People who have been out there in the fields laboring for the conservative causes see us as someone who can not only fight for the causes but effectively fight and win."

Still, he acknowledged the divisions illustrated in Texas: "I knew there were strong differences of opinion there, people who have strong support for their candidates."

Indeed, the split-decision and frustration by some who attended the meeting punctuates the fissures that have vexed this powerful bloc of the GOP base throughout the campaign and continue to with a week left before the South Carolina vote. Social conservatives here are an influential force, but divided they would leave an opening for Romney as they did in 2008, when Arizona Sen. John McCain won the state en route to the GOP nomination.

This year, even Santorum's backers concede time may be running out for conservative voters to rally behind their candidate.

"If that consolidation occurs, he will win this primary," South Carolina state Sen. Chip Campsen said as he endorsed Santorum at the campaign office near Charleston. "And there are fewer options as time goes on."

Participants at the Texas meeting said it took several ballots for 75 percent of attendees to agree on Santorum after winnowing down the field from three candidates: Santorum, Gingrich and Perry. They also said that there was some support for Romney.

"Santorum was the preferred candidate by a significant majority," Gary Bauer, the former presidential candidate, said.

"They were all looking for the best Reagan conservative," he said. "It came down to things like, who do you most trust."

But David Lane, a California-based pastor who has set up candidate forums with ministers in Iowa, said he was frustrated with the outcome because he does not believe Santorum has an organization or fundraising capability to allow him to campaign deep into the primary season.

He believes the choice to back Santorum projects political weakness.

"This country is going to hell, and the evangelical voice is meaningless," Lane said.

Santorum downplayed the division, noting that he edged Perry in a group including many Texans, as well as longtime activists who have had long relationships with Gingrich.

"I can't believe it was only 25 percent" who didn't agree, he said, adding that he would not ask any candidates to consider leaving the race in order to consolidate the conservative vote.

The Gingrich campaign tried to downplay the vote, and insisted the former House speaker also had the backing of many in Houston.

"Newt had strong support in the room," Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammond said. "Our job now is to translate the strong showing we had in Texas into votes in South Carolina and Florida."

Even with the backing of many conservative leaders, Santorum faces big challenges.

He surged late in Iowa, lifted by eleventh-hour endorsements by ministers, including some who had once considered asking the once overlooked former senator to quit the race to help conservatives coalesce.

Santorum ended up narrowly losing to Romney in Iowa before faring poorly in New Hampshire. He has aggressively campaigned in South Carolina, visiting almost 30 times and has networks of supporters in almost all of the state's counties. He's had an influx of cash, reportedly raising $3 million this week, but still woefully short of Romney's war chest.

South Carolina's Republican voters are some of the nation's most conservative.

In exit polling from the 2008 Republican presidential contest, 60 percent of the state's primary voters said they were born-again Christians. Romney, whose Mormon faith is not considered a Christian denomination by some in South Carolina, carried just 11 percent of their votes four years ago, fewer than his 15 percent tally nationwide. Mormons consider themselves Christians.

On Saturday, Santorum sought to capitalize on the momentum by making direct appeals to evangelical conservatives, like many of those at the Country Ham House in Greenville. Despite his efforts, concerns persisted about the strength of his candidacy.

"As far as his values and principles, he stands for everything I do," said Brock Stevens, a Greenville Republican who left Santorum's event there ready to support him. "But honestly, I worry about his viability against Obama."

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Associated Press writers Rachel Zoll, Charles Babington, Julie Pace and Laurie Kellman contributed to this report.

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Lil Wayne To Release Prison Memoir In November

'Gone Till November' will come out two years after Weezy's release from Rikers Island.
By Rob Markman

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Lil Wayne has a story to tell. Well, Lil Wayne probably has a bunch of stories to tell, but this fall the multiplatinum rap superstar will release "Gone Till November," his memoir based on the diaries he kept while he was locked up for eight months on Rikers Island in New York.

The book, which will come out in November, two years after Weezy's release from prison, is being described as an internal monologue, according to the Associated Press. It will be released through Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group.

Weezy was freed from Rikers Island on November 4, 2010, after he served eight months of a year-long sentence for an attempted gun possession charge. Police had arrested the rapper in 2007 following his headlining performance at New York's Beacon Theatre. Wayne eventually pleaded guilty to the charge and turned himself in to authorities in March of 2010.

MTV News correspondent Sway Calloway caught up with Wayne in Miami at a welcome-home party just days after his prison release. When asked how his transition from prison was going, Weezy simply responded with a grin. "I forgot about yesterday," he said after thanking his fans and family for their support.

He hasn't completely forgotten, however, now that Wayne, who has since toured the world and released his double-platinum Tha Carter IV, plans to reminisce a little.

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Heather Locklear taken to Calif. hospital (omg!)

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) ? Heather Locklear was taken to a Southern California hospital for precautionary reasons Thursday after an emergency call was made from her home, authorities said.

Paramedics and sheriff's deputies responded Thursday afternoon to Locklear's home in Westlake Village, which is 35 miles northwest of Los Angeles.

Locklear was taken to Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, where a spokeswoman told KCAL-TV the actress was stable and her parents were by her side.

"Her parents wanted everybody to know that she's doing well, she's fine, she's not in any danger, she's healthy," hospital spokeswoman Kris Carraway-Bowman told the station.

Ventura County sheriff's Capt. Mike Aranda said he did not know Locklear's condition but deputies were not investigating.

Locklear has been hospitalized several times over the years. In 2009, she pleaded no contest to reckless driving after being arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of prescription medication.

The 50-year-old actress's publicists did not return messages seeking comment.

Locklear and "Melrose Place" co-star Jack Wagner recently ended their engagement. She was previously married to Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, and they have a daughter together.

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Son of Packers' coach reported missing in Wis.

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Police in Wisconsin have asked for the public's help in locating the 21-year-old son of the Green Bay Packers' offensive coordinator.

The Oshkosh Police Department announced Monday that they were looking for Michael Philbin, whose father is longtime college and NFL coach Joe Philbin.

The Ripon, Wis., resident was in Oshkosh to visit friends, police said in a news release. His last known communication was at 2 a.m. Sunday.

"He talked to a friend, he didn't sound like he was under duress or he had any medical condition," Oshkosh police spokesman Joe Nichols told CNN affiliate WTMJ. "The phone conversation ended, and that was the last time someone had voice contact."

He was reporting missing to authorities at 8:15 p.m. Sunday. Philbin is described as a white male who weighs about 155 pounds, has brown hair and hazel eyes, and stands 5 feet, 11 inches tall, according to the Oshkosh police.

Speaking six days ahead of the Packers first playoff game this season against the New York Giants, head coach Mike McCarthy said that Joe Philbin was in Oshkosh on Monday and not with the team in Green Bay.

He promised that the team would support Philbin and his family "the best we can, and hope this comes to a positive conclusion."

"The Philbin family is obviously going through a tough time right now," McCarthy said.

Michael Philbin is the second oldest of six children of Joe Philbin and his wife Diane, according to the Packers' website.

His father, Joe, coached for 19 years at college football programs before coming to Green Bay in 2003 as an assistant offensive line coach. He became the team's offensive coordinator in 2007, and played a significant part in the Packers' league-best 15-1 regular season record this season.

Green Bay will play the Giants on Sunday afternoon. McCarthy said Monday that the coaching staff is "prepared to do whatever we need to do" if Joe Philbin is not on the sidelines for the game, because of his son's disappearance.

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