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12 things we want to see when '24' returns
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Actor Kiefer Sutherland will reprise his role as Jack Bauer for the return of "24."
Jack is back! Or at least he will be. Fox has confirmed that "24," the all-in-a-day's-work drama centered on counter-terrorism agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland), is set to return to prime time.
That's good news for fans who've waited three long years to see what became of their small-screen hero, last seen on the lam at the end of season eight. But there's bad news too: Those fans still have to wait one more year.
That's right, "24: Live Another Day" isn't expected to kick off until May 2014.
To help bide the time, here's a list of the 12 things we want to see when Jack's back in action.
Back to the beginning
While "24" always made for edge-of-your-seat viewing, it lost a little of the magic as the years went on. There was just something special about those first two seasons that the show was never able to top. Maybe it was the newness (sure to be recaptured with a fresh return), or maybe it was just sense of innocence -- before nearly everyone betrayed everyone else (unlikely to ever be recaptured). But maybe the winning formula was really just about straightforward storytelling, which wavered as the plots grew more convoluted over the years. Either way, getting Jack Bauer back to basics is a must.
We love L.A., but?
The West Coast is easy on the eyes -- and no doubt easy on the budget for a Tinseltown production -- but let's face it, it's not really a natural fit for a counter-terrorism agent (or former counter-terrorist agent still fighting the good fight) often tasked with saving targets in D.C., New York and beyond. This would be a great time for Jack to finally make the move to the East Coast for good.
No more time travel
No matter where Jack is based, the minute-by-minute action should be at least somewhat plausible. After all, traversing the greater L.A. area or even just the parking lots at LAX takes more than five minutes. But back in "24's" heyday, Jack rarely spent more than a few moments to get to any destination.
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Get real, Jack!
Of course, Jack's itinerary wasn't the only thing that lacked a little needed realism before the show bowed out the last time around. Jack Bauer himself had become a bit unbelievable. Not only was he burned, shocked, sliced, shot and infected with a brutal bioweapon, Jack actually died -- more than once. Briefly. Heck, he even found time for a heroin addiction in the midst of it all -- not that it slowed him down much. And that's the problem: Jack's a hero, but he's also a human. There has to be some limits to what he can survive.
Cut Kim loose
Sure, she's his flesh and blood, but Kim Bauer has got to go. When she's not being abducted (and frankly, when is she not being abducted?), Kim just can't decide what she thinks of her dear old dad. Jack doesn't need the distraction.
Get selective
Not every minute of the day is interesting, that always posed a problem for "24," which allowed the plot to progress in real time -- no matter what. But this is one problem that shouldn't be a problem next summer. The new "limited series" approach Fox has planned means viewers will only see 12 hours of the day -- the good ones.
Jack talk
Some action heroes deliver little more than cheesy one-liners, but Jack Bauer has a way with words. That was clear from his very first "I'm Federal Agent Jack Bauer, and today is the longest day of my life" voiceover. So, whether he's threatening to break some bad guy's whatzit or just delivering a steady stream of damn-its, Jack needs to ditch the strong and silent routine when he comes back.
CTWho?
He's in. He's out. If CTU can decide whether they want a one-man solution to the terrorist-menace-du-jour, then to heck with them. They aren't the only government agency in town.
Going rogue
Then again, Jack is a free agent now. If the feds don't want him, that's fine too. He doesn't really need anyone telling him what to do in order to save the day.
Bring the baddies back
What it does need is an adversary, but not necessarily a new one. There's a long line of dead bodies behind Jack, but a few of the evil masterminds -- or at least their equally evil flunkies -- survived along the way. Why not have the leading man face off with a former foe (Mandy) or two (Tony).
Forget some familiar faces
Just don't get carried away. This reboot doesn't need to be a greatest hits of everyone from Jack's past.
Chloe
But there is one blast from the past that has to be there -- there's no negotiating on this one. Chloe O'Brian, the snarky analyst with who stuck by Jack's side no matter what, is a definite deal breaker.
What do you want to see when the show returns? Tellus in the comments.
Source: http://www.today.com/entertainment/12-things-we-want-see-when-24-comes-back-1C9921538
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KFC smugglers bring buckets of chicken through Gaza tunnels
Gazans with a hankering for the Colonel's secret recipe can call up a delivery company and get some finger lickin' food smuggled hot from Egypt in just three hours.
A Palestinian cleans a tunnel in Rafah, on the border between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip, in February.
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EnlargeFor six years, Rafat Shororo longed for the taste of a?KFC?sandwich?he had eaten in Egypt. This week, he got his finger lickin' fix at home in the Gaza Strip after a local delivery company managed to smuggle?it from Egypt through underground tunnels.
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"It has been a dream, and this company has made my dream come true," says Mr. Shororo, an accountant, as he receives his order from the delivery guy.
The al-Yamama company advertises its unorthodox new fast-food smuggling service on Facebook. It gets tens of orders a week for KFC meals despite having to triple the price to 100 shekels ($30) to cover transportation and smuggling fees. The deliveries go from the fryers at the Al-Arish KFC joint 35 miles away to customers' doorsteps in about three hours.
The fact that the tunnels operate quickly and cheaply enough for the Colonel?s secret recipe to be enjoyed in the tightly controlled Gaza Strip shows just how much of a sieve the Egypt-Gaza border has become.
"All you need to have any?KFC?product is a short phone call and a few hours, then you can enjoy the great taste of fried chickens," says Shororo, checking over his chicken pieces, salads, and apple pies. Like other customers who are acquainted with KFC from their travels abroad, he says he doesn?t care how much it costs. ?I just want it.?
KFC may be one of the stranger products to come through the hundreds of smuggling tunnels between Egypt and Gaza that have sprung up in the past six years in response to Israeli restrictions on imports to the Hamas-run territory, which allow cars, sailboats, motorcycles, weapons, fish, and now even drumsticks into the tiny coastal territory. While Egypt has a border crossing at Rafah, it is limited to foot traffic, and Cairo has so far refrained from opening a commercial crossing and thus risking Israel?s ire.
Ironically, one of the reasons smugglers agreed to start dealing in KFC is because Israel?s easing of restrictions on trade since the November cease-fire with Hamas has dealt a serious blow to the tunnel business.
Hungry businessmen
The KFC delivery service in Gaza started with a hankering rather than a business plan.
Mohammed al-Madani, financial manager of al-Yamama company, says the employees of the company decided to order some meals for themselves from the?KFC?restaurant in the neighboring Egyptian city of al-Arish.
Someone from the company contacted a?friend?in al-Arish, asking him to make the order and then bring it through the tunnels; the whole process just took three hours.
"Then we asked ourselves, 'Why don't we provide this service for Gazans?'" says Mr. al-Madani.
The company got more than 20 orders a few hours after a short?advertisement?was posted on their?Facebook?fan page. Those who order are well-to-do people and don't care much about the price of the food compared to the original price at the restaurant.
"Most of those who order are people who are accustomed to travel and eat?KFC?food around the world," says Madani.
Al-Madani says the process of smuggling the food into Gaza is not difficult at all.
"After getting the orders, we call our partner in al-Arish and ask him to make the orders, after getting the meals, he goes to a specific tunnel and asks smugglers to transfer them into the other side of the tunnel; this may take a few minutes," says al-Madani.
Special delivery
For the tunnel owner who smuggles the?KFC food, moving the meals is a bit strange. Smuggler Abu Iyad says the tunnels are meant to bring in basic food stuffs, construction materials, and sometimes people. "This is the first time to smuggle such goods," he says.
He adds that the tunnel business has gone down recently mainly after Israel relaxed the embargo it imposed on the territory after Hamas?seized?it in 2007.
"This is why I accept to smuggle anything?except?weapons and drugs," Abu Iyad says as he carried the buckets of?KFC?with the famous face of Col. Harland Sanders.
"The tunnel business is not like before, things are going worse and barely work, especially after the?Egyptian?army started to tear down the tunnels,? he says, referring to attempts to shut down illegal smuggling after 16 Egyptian soldiers were killed at Rafah in August 2012. Both Egypt and Israel are concerned that the tunnels are facilitating jihadist attacks in Egypt?s Sinai peninsula.
With Israel relaxing the embargo and allowing more goods to reach Gaza cheaply, the premium that smugglers could once charge for some goods has gone down, according to Abu Iyad.
?Bringing some meals like these would cost $200 or more three years ago, but now they?don't?even cost $20. The Egyptian and?Hamas?police are not giving us the chance to work freely and the business may shut down if things continue to be this bad."
At the Gaza side of the?tunnel?opening, a?Hamas?policeman was waiting to check if the buckets contain any forbidden materials. Apparently greasy chicken is not on his list. Abu Iyad is given a green light to deliver the food to the Al-Yamama delivery guy who will take the meals to customers.
"I wonder why people pay a lot of money to buy a small meal of chicken," asks Abu Iyad wryly. ?I can buy four chickens for the price of one meal.?
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Private Sales Club Privalia Tops Up Its Total Funding To $251M, With $32M From New Investor Sofina, To Drive Latam Growth
Another funding raise for a collaborative consumption startup: Spain-based private sales club Privalia, which sells branded clothes and accessories at discounted prices to members in the five markets it currently plays in, has closed a new ?25m round ($32.3m). The company did not specify which round this latest raise falls under but has previously raised a total of $218m in two rounds.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/T8dsVof5aLw/
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Castro brothers break silence on Cleveland case
Ariel Castro's brothers say they were as shocked as everyone else to learn of his alleged crimes, and they have no sympathy for the man they now call a monster.
Pedro Castro and Onil Castro gave CNN an exclusive interview about their 52-year-old brother, who is accused of kidnapping three women?Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus?holding them captive in his west Cleveland home and raping them repeatedly over a decade. Berry's 6-year-old daughter, who police say was fathered by Ariel Castro, was also rescued from the home.
The women had several miscarriages during their captivity, police said.
"I don't know how my brother got away with it for so many years," Pedro Castro, 54, told CNN's Martin Savidge. "If I knew, I would have reported it?brother or no brother.?
Pedro said he didn't go to Ariel's house very much, "but when I did, he would let me in not past the kitchen." He found it a little unusual, but said he accepted it because Ariel was "a strange dude."
Inside the house, Pedro said, "the radio was playing all of the time. If not the radio, the TV. Something had to be on at all time in the kitchen. So I couldn't hear nothing else but the radio or the TV."
All three brothers were arrested last week. Pedro and Onil were cleared by investigators and released. Ariel was charged Thursday with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape. He's being held on an $8 million bond.
?I hope he rots in that jail," Onil said.
The brothers both described Ariel as a loner.
"He always stayed to himself with his music," Onil Castro, 50, said. "And like I said, there would be times when we wouldn't see him for a month, two weeks. Mama used to say 'Check your brother, check on your brother. He lives alone in that house. He's a loner. You don't know if he's OK or what's going on.' So I would text him and he would text me back. 'What are you doing?' 'I'm fine.'"
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Onil was a passenger in Ariel Castro's car when police pulled them over Monday. "I said, 'What did you do, run a stop sign or a red light or something?'" Onil said. "[Ariel] says, 'No, no. I don't know.'"
The men were held in separate cells in a Cleveland jail. Onil said he saw Ariel once when his brother was allowed to use a restroom. "When he walked past me, he goes, 'Onil, you're never going to see me again. I love you bro.' And that was it," Onil said. "And he put his fist up for a bump."
Pedro and Onil said they didn't know what they were being held for until questioned by investigators. Onil described his interrogation:
He says "Have you ever seen this girl?" and I said, "No, I've never seen that girl." And then he showed me the other one. "Have you ever seen this girl?" and I said, "No, I've never seen that girl." And he says, "That's Gina DeJesus and Amanda Berry," and my heart fell. I just dropped, not physically, but I just, I just hit the ground. I told him, "They don't look like the girls who have been pinned up and posted up," and he said, "Yeah, that's how malnourished they are."
Onil added: "This has torn my heart apart. This has killed me. I am a walking corpse right now."
Despite their release, the pair have gone into hiding because they say they have received death threats.
"I don't want to be hunted down like a dog for a crime that I did not commit," Pedro Castro said. "I don't want to be locked up in my house because somebody out there is going to do harm to me. I want to be free like I was."
He added: "You already got your monster. Please give us our freedom. I want the world to know this."
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
OJ hoping for new trial in return to Vegas court
LAS VEGAS (AP) ? The last time O.J. Simpson was in a Las Vegas courtroom, he stood next to defense attorney Yale Galanter before being handcuffed and hauled off to prison for up to 33 years.
On Monday, the former football hero returns to Clark County District Court with a different set of lawyers hoping to convince a judge that Galanter shouldn't have been handling his armed robbery-kidnapping case ? that the lawyer who was paid nearly $700,000 for Simpson's defense had a personal interest in preventing himself from being identified as a witness to the crimes and so misled Simpson that the former football star deserves a new trial.
"To me, the claims are solid. I don't know how the court can't grant relief," said Patricia Palm, the Simpson appeals lawyer who produced a 94-page petition dissecting Galanter's promises, payments and performance as Simpson's lawyer in the trial that ended with a jury finding Simpson and a co-defendant guilty of 12 felonies.
Galanter declined to comment ahead of his is scheduled testimony.
Of the 22 allegations of conflict-of-interest and ineffective counsel that Palm raised, Clark County District Court Judge Linda Marie Bell has agreed to hear 19.
The proceedings, technically neither a trial nor appeal, are expected to take all week before Bell decides whether Simpson deserves a new trial. It's not clear whether she'll rule immediately.
Some who've watched the Simpson saga say he might have a chance.
"I think there's a lot to this," said John Momot, a lawyer nearing 40 years of criminal defense in Las Vegas who played himself in the 1995 movie "Casino" and provided expert cable TV commentary during Simpson's monthlong trial in September 2008.
"I don't think O.J. Simpson could ever get a fair trial, period, based on his reputation from California," Momot said. "But based on these allegations, if you took Joe Jones from the street and put him in the same situation, I think it would be possible he'd get a new trial."
Ozzie Fumo, a veteran Las Vegas trial lawyer now representing Simpson, said it took two years of convincing by jailhouse lawyers at Nevada's Lovelock Correctional Center before Simpson broke with Galanter.
Simpson now says that Galanter not only knew ahead of time about his plan to retrieve what he thought were personal mementoes but met with Simpson in Las Vegas to discuss the plan the night before Simpson and five other men confronted two sports memorabilia dealers and a middleman in a cramped casino hotel room in September 2007.
Simpson maintains the plan was to take back what he expected would be family photos and personal belongings stolen from him after his 1995 "trial of the century" acquittal in the slayings of his wife and her friend in Los Angeles.
Galanter blessed the plan as within the law, as long as no one trespassed and no force was used, Simpson said.
During trial, Simpson contends Galanter "vigorously discouraged" him not to testify, and never told him that prosecutors were willing to let him plead guilty to charges that would have gotten him a minimum of two years in prison.
"He consistently told me the state could not prove its case because I acted within my rights in retaking my own property," Simpson said in a sworn statement outlining what he plans to say when he testifies this week.
Simpson's lawyers also say that while continuing to represent Simpson through oral arguments in a failed 2010 appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court, Galanter kept a lid on his own behind-the-scenes involvement. That nearly extinguished any chance Simpson had to claim ineffective representation in state or federal courts.
Simpson still says he had no idea two of the men with him brought guns to the hotel room. Palm and Fumo noted that the possibility of diminished perception wasn't raised at trial.
On Monday, Dr. Norman Roitman, a Las Vegas psychiatrist, is expected to testify that Simpson's perception of what took place in the Palace Station hotel room might have been hampered by football brain injuries and the effects of several vodka and cranberry juice cocktails he consumed before the confrontation.
H. Leon Simon, the chief deputy district attorney representing the state, is scheduled to call another psychiatrist later in the week for another opinion.
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/oj-hoping-trial-return-vegas-court-080715843.html
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