Earthquake Today | Magnitude-5.1 earthquake shakes Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A magnitude-5.1 earthquake centered near Los Angeles caused no major damage but jittered nerves throughout the region as dozens of aftershocks struck into the night.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck at about 9:09 p.m. Friday and was centered near Brea in Orange County — about 20 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles — at a depth of about 5 miles. It was felt as far south as San Diego and as far north as Ventura County, according to citizen responses collected online by the USGS.

Broken glass, gas leaks, water main breaks and a rockslide were reported near the epicenter, according to Twitter updates from local authorities.

Eyewitness photos and videos show bottles and packages strewn on store floors. Southern California Edison reported power outages to about 2,000 customers following the quake.

More than two dozen aftershocks ranging from magnitudes 2 to 3.6 were recorded, according to the USGS. Earlier in the evening, two foreshocks registering at magnitude-3.6 and magnitude-2.1 hit nearby in the city of La Habra.

 Public safety officials said crews were inspecting bridges, dams, rail tracks and other infrastructure systems for signs of damage. The Brea police department said the rock slide in the Carbon Canyon area caused a car to overturn, and the people inside the car sustained minor injuries.

Callers to KNX-AM reported seeing a brick wall collapse, water sloshing in a swimming pool and wires and trees swaying back and forth. One caller said he was in a movie theater lobby in Brea when the quake struck.

"A lot of the glass in the place shook like crazy," he said. "It started like a roll and then it started shaking like crazy. Everybody ran outside, hugging each other in the streets."

A helicopter news reporter from KNBC-TV reported from above that rides at Disneyland in Anaheim — several miles from the epicenter — were stopped as a precaution.

Hall of Fame announcer Vin Scully was on the air calling the Angels-Dodgers exhibition game in the sixth inning at Dodger Stadium.

"A little tremor here in the ballpark. I'm not sure if the folks felt it, but we certainly felt it here in press box row," Scully said. "A tremor and only that, thank goodness."

Authorities say a magnitude-5.1 earthquake shook the Los Angeles area and surrounding counties on  …

Tom Connolly, a Boeing employee who lives in La Mirada, the next town over from La Habra, said the 

magnitude-5.1 quake lasted about 30 seconds.

"We felt a really good jolt. It was a long rumble and it just didn't feel like it would end," he told The 

Associated Press by phone. "Right in the beginning it shook really hard, so it was a little unnerving. People got quiet and started bracing themselves by holding on to each other. It was a little scary."

Friday's quake hit a week after a pre-dawn magnitude-4.4 quake centered in the San Fernando Valley rattled a swath of Southern California. That jolt shook buildings and rattled nerves, but did not cause significant damage.

Southern California has not experienced a devastating earthquake since the 1994 magnitude-6.7 Northridge quake killed several dozen people and caused $25 billion in damage.

Preliminary data suggest Friday night's 5.1 magnitude earthquake occurred near the Puente Hills thrust fault, which stretches from the San Gabriel Valley to downtown Los Angeles and caused the 1987 Whittier 

Narrows earthquake, USGS seismologist Lucy Jones said.

"It's a place where we've had a lot of earthquakes in the past," she said.

The 5.9 Whittier Narrows quake killed eight people and caused $360 million in damage.

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Viktor Yanukovych | Former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych 'kicked out' of party

Ousted leader and his clique to be purged from Ukraine's Party of Regions as it tries to rehabilitate itself ahead of May elections

Mr Yanukovych was ousted in February after more than two months of huge anti-government demonstrations Photo: AP

Ukraine's disgraced former president will be kicked out of his own party this weekend as it attempts a radical overhaul to repair the damage done by his "catastrophic" rule, a senior party figure has said.

Borys Kolesnikov, the deputy head of the Party of Regions, said that Viktor Yanukovych and his inner clique would be formally purged at a conference on Saturday, where the party will debate how to mend its reputation ahead of new elections scheduled for May.

The move demonstrates how the party has sought to distance itself as much as possible from its former leader, who fled to neighbouring Russia last month. He is wanted by the new government on charges of mass murder after allegedly ordering police to open fire on opposition protesters in Kiev, killing more than 100 people.

In an interview with The Telegraph, Mr Kolesnikov said that as well as purging the Yanukovych clique from the party's ranks, the party would also be re-organised to ensure that no leader would ever again be able to monopolise power in the way he had done.

"Yanukovych and his team will be excluded from the party, they will not be members any more," Mr

Kolesnikov said. "It was a great mistake that he concentrated the power in his hands, and unfortunately it led to catastrophe."

A multi-millionaire businessman and admirer of Margaret Thatcher, Mr Kolesnikov said that the party would remodel itself along the lines of both the Republican Party in American and the Conservative Party in Britain in its bid to reform, ending the corrupt and murky practices it had had under Mr Yanukovych.

Like the Republican Party, it would have primary elections to decide which candidates wanted to run as presidential candidates. "We think that a real competitive atmosphere will make it new and strong," he said.

And like David Cameron's government in Britain, he added, it would become far more transparent when it came to policies and performance.
"In Britain everything is very clear, you will see, for example, Mr Cameron say how the economy is doing, giving proper statistics and explaining the context," he said. "We need the same model in Ukraine."

Mr Yanukovych was ousted in February after more than two months of huge anti-government demonstrations, sparked by his decision to cancel a proposed trade association agreement with the

European Union in favour of one with Russia. The revolution against him set in motion the chain of events that led to Russia annexing Crimea earlier this month, and which have left Ukrainians now fearful of further land grabs by Moscow.

Mr Kolesnikov, 51, who also served as a deputy prime minister, acknowledged that recent events had damaged the reputation of the party, which critics say is behoven to the Kremlin's interests.

However, he declined to condemn Mr Putin's annexation of Crimea, and said the party would not be severing its relationship with Moscow. "We won't break relations with Russia just to improve our reputation," he said.

Saturday's meeting is likely to be a crunch one for the party, debating not just the future strategy but also who will run as potential candidates for president. When The Telegraph interviewed Mr Kolesnikov at a parliamentary committee building on Wednesday, he was in back-to-back strategy meetings both with party officials and the powerful industrialists who help to bankroll it. The party's rivals in the presidential race are expected to include pro-European candidates such as Yulia Tymoshenko and Vitali Klitschko, the boxer-turned-politician who was a central figure in the recent protests.

The party faces an uphill struggle to win back Ukrainians' confidence in May's presidential elections, which will take place against a backdrop of near-bankruptcy, political chaos, and the loss of sovereign territory in Crimea. But Mr Kolesnikov insisted it had a fighting chance, pointing out that after being ousted from power by the pro-Western Orange revolution in 2004, it had fought its way back to power against the party led by Julia Tymoshenko.

"It was like Fulham beating Barcelona 5-0," he said.

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Viral News | Woman’s dumb Facebook post gets her in trouble

Back in 2012, Colleen Cudney was convicted for drunken driving. As part of her punishment, she was put on probation, and so on the day after St. Patrick’s Day, the 22-year-old was ordered to come to her Westland, Michigan probation office for a random breathalyzer test. She managed to pass it and celebratedthe good news on Facebook. That Facebook post, as WDIV Local 4 News reports, was a pretty stupid move.

Investigators told WDIV she posted, “Buzz killer for me, I had to breatalyze this morning and I drank yesterday but I passed thank god lol my dumba**." There’s a lot of problems with this status update. Why don’t we go over them?

1. It’s “buzzkill,” not “buzz killer.”
2. I know you meant “breathalyze,” but that isn’t a word.
3. OH AND YOU AREN’T SUPPOSED TO BE DRINKING BECAUSE YOU WERE CONVICTED FOR DRUNK DRIVING.

Cudney’s post gained the attention of a Westland police officer, who then notified the probation office. Did the probation office then say something like, “Oh well, she got us. She wins this round”? Nope. They called her up and told Colleen they wanted her to take a urine test, something that would detect whether she had had alcohol in the previous 80 hours. Colleen then…hung up on the probation officer. You’re not supposed to do that.

Colleen's Facebook post (WDIV)

Hanging up the phone on the probation official was a probation violation. And to think, her probation was set to end in a few weeks. Colleen Cudney will be back in court on April 1 for a probation hearing and faces up to 3 months in jail.

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Viral News | Still on Windows XP? Here’s Some Bad Advice

Windows XP is dying. On April 8, Microsoft will stop supporting the ancient operating system that was released in 2001 — and at one point was used by 400 million people.

 

Bill Gates introducing Windows XP in October, 2001. Photo: Getty Images.

You might think that an operating system that was actually engineered in the late 90s would be fully obsolete and unused by now. After all, since XP came out, Microsoft has released several major replacement versions: Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8 (recently upgraded to Windows 8.1).

But there’s something about Windows XP. It’s basic, stable, fast enough, and good enough for a lot of people. It’s still running on more than 10 percent of the world’s computers, and it’s huge in China.
Still, it’s time. It’s hard to keep an operating system this old up to snuff in today’s online environment. XP works, but it’s not built to the same security level as modern operating systems. Microsoft doesn’t want to keep writing new security upgrades for it, so on April 8, it’s stopping. No more security updates. No more support. Your XP computer will still work, but Microsoft won’t help you anymore. Microsoft is pretty harsh about it: “XP cannot be considered safe to use after support ends.”

Microsoft urges you to upgrade. There’s even a site that tells you when your XP world will end: AmIRunningXP.com. Microsoft also has more info on what "end of support" means. To be fair, moving off XP would be a smart thing to do. Newer operating systems are easier to use (at least most of them), they run the cool new apps, and they’re definitely safer. But how do you move from an old computer that’s running XP into the modern era? I’ve heard a lot of advice on how to make the transition. Not all of it good. Here are your options. Bad ideas first:

 
The Windows XP desktop you may know and love.

Bad idea #1: Just don’t worry about it
It’s not like Windows XP computers will magically stop working on April 9. So don’t worry about it; just keep on using it.

Why is this a bad idea? The problem with an old operating system is that it’s not up to speed with modern attacks. Operating systems need to be patched (updated) frequently to keep them safe from data thieves, scammers, viruses, and the like. After April 8, there will be no more updates coming.

But if you plan to keep going with XP for a while, at least make sure you’re on the last, ultimate version of it, called Service Pack 3. After April 8, you won’t be able to upgrade. Windows’ own update utility should manage this for you. Make sure it’s done so.

Microsoft says it will continue to provide updates to its “anti-malware signatures and engine for Windows XP users through July 14, 2015,” so you can continue to use the company’s antivirus app, Microsoft Security Essentials. That is, assuming you already have MSE. After April 8, it won’t be available for download at all. You could also get a possibly better antivirus tool from another vendor. PC Pro recommends Avast 2014. It’s free, and they say it’s better than Microsoft’s own Security Essentials.

But don’t get comfortable. According to Microsoft, even up-to-date security software can’t save you if the operating system itself isn’t secure. And Windows XP just isn’t. Microsoft says, “Our research shows that the effectiveness of anti-malware solutions on out-of-support operating systems is limited. Running a well-protected solution starts with using modern software and hardware designed to help protect against today’s threat landscape.”

So you can keep using XP, but not without risk. You probably don’t want it connected to the Internet, and even plugging a USB drive into it could be unsafe.

Bad idea #2: Upgrade to Windows 8, like Microsoft wants you to
Why not get the latest version of Windows? It’s so shiny!

Windows 8.1’s default interface. Get ready to re-learn Windows.

There are two big reasons why this is a bad idea. The first: It probably won’t work. Your old Win XP machine likely does not have the horsepower, the hard disk space, or the hardware to run Windows 8. 

Second: You’ll hate it. Windows 8 (including 8.1) has two separate interfaces. There’s a Windows desktop-like one in there, which you’ll probably find comfortable, but you have to go through the touchscreen-centric primary interface to get to it. That’s fine if you have a tablet. But your XP machine is no tablet.  

You can mostly avoid that tile-based, touchscreen interface, but not completely. It pops up from time to time, usually when you’re in a hurry and stressed out, and it’s frustrating when it happens.

You can also bite the bullet and get a new Windows 8 computer. They’re not expensive at all. They’re just alien.

If you do start over on a Windows 8 machine, Microsoft has tools to make moving your data from XP to 

Windows 8 fairly straightforward. 

Bad idea #3: Move to Linux 

The geek operating system (sorry, geeks) called Linux is stable, fast, cheap, and free, and will run on your old XP machine better than Windows 8 will. The nerds will tell you it’ll do everything that XP will do. They’re right.

The Ubuntu version of Linux. It’ll do everything you want, but you might have to learn a few new concepts.

But here’s why it’s a bad idea: It really is a platform for nerds. Few people you know — unless you know a lot of programmers — will be able to help you out. And your Windows software won’t work. If you have apps you like, you’ll have to find Linux equivalents for them. You’re better off moving to a consumer-friendly operating system.

Bad idea #4: Get a Chromebook 

We love the oddball new Chromebooks, Google’s web-centric laptops. They’re cheap, they work great with online apps, and they’re easy to share. 

Why is this a bad idea, then? Because Chromebooks rely on a connection to the Internet. Some functions and apps work when disconnected, but most don’t. And Chromebooks don’t run regular Windows programs (Photoshop, Quicken, iTunes, and so on). Chromebooks are great for specific purposes and people (they are great for kids at home or school, for example), but they’re not quite ready to replace Macs or Windows PCs for everybody.

 
The HP Chromebook 11. A solid laptop.

Read: Why Your Kid’s Next Laptop — But Not Yours — Should Be a Chromebook

Don’t like these bad ideas? Then try one of these other directions:

Better idea #1: Upgrade to Windows 7
The version of Windows that predates Windows 8 is really good. It’s stable and conceptually similar enough to Windows XP that a transition will not be difficult.
It’s not a perfect solution, though. Your machine may not have the juice to run Windows 7, either, as it actually takes a slightly more powerful computer to run Windows 7 well than Windows 8. But you can, for the time being still buy Windows 7 (even though it’s not clear if Microsoft is still manufacturing Win 7 disks), and some hardware vendors still sell computers with Windows 7 installed on them.

 
Windows 7.  Comfy.

Microsoft really wants you on Windows 8, obviously. A Microsoft spokesperson took pains to remind me that Windows 8 is more secure, faster, and uses less energy than Windows 7.

But the easiest new version of Windows to learn after Windows XP is Windows 7, so if you’re just using Windows to run a particular app, it’s a very good option.

Better idea #2: Get a Mac
Bizarrely, it’s easier to move from Windows XP to the Macintosh operating system, OS X, than to Windows 8.1. There are maddening small differences, but conceptually OS X is similar enough to Windows XP (and every other version of Windows other than Windows 8). It doesn’t take people very long to adapt. Most (though not all) good apps are available in Mac versions, too, and your data files should transfer over just fine.

 The MacBook Air

It’s an expensive move, though. The cheapest new Mac costs $600 (the entry-level Mac Mini; you can use the screen, mouse, and keyboard from your old Windows computer). Laptops start at $1000 and desktops at $1,300. Complete Windows machines today start in the $300 range, or very nicely equipped at about $600. If you can afford it, though, and you’re not married to specific Windows XP software, Macs are a treat to use. 

You’re not alone
Why are people still using Windows XP? I asked my Facebook followers and got good answers from people who are. Some people keep old machines for specific purposes, like running XP-only software and the like. Some just take the enlightened opinion that if they have a computer that works for what they want, there’s no reason to spend money and time on an upgrade.

Just because a manufacturer deems one of its products obsolete, it doesn’t mean everyone who uses such a product has to stop using it immediately. However, over time, an old product in the modern world will develop problems: It will be less safe, or there won’t be people to fix it, or some other product it relies on will fail, and replacements won’t be available any longer. Yes, I’m talking about Windows XP, but the same is true if you’re still driving a 1976 AMC Pacer.

When you get into this part of the cycle, you might be forced to move on. But you have a lot of options when you decide to do so — and they might not be the options that the manufacturer recommends.

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Viral News Inspected Payloog dot com is a Scam

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Eagles to give Mark Sanchez physical Thursday A to Z News

Veteran quarterback Mark Sanchez will undergo a physical with the Eagles' medical team on Thursday morning and is expected to sign with the Eagles if everything goes well, a league source said Wednesday night.

Sanchez, recently released by the Jets, missed all of last year with a shoulder injury that required surgery, so the physical is more than just a formality. The Eagles need to see that Sanchez is on track to be at or close to 100 percent in time for the regular-season opener.

The Jets released Sanchez on Monday with a failed physical designation, a formality since they were planning on releasing him anyway after signing former Eagle Michael Vick.

“I think Mark is a very, very good athlete,” head coach Chip Kelly said earlier Wednesday at the owners' meetings in Orlando. “He’s started 60-some-odd games in this league. He’s got good experience. He has a lot of positive qualities.”

Sanchez, 27, started 62 games for the Jets and has won four playoff games, more than the Eagles have won since they beat the Falcons in the 2004 NFC Championship Game. His 94.3 postseason passer rating is ninth-highest in NFL history.

Sanchez, the fifth pick in the 2009 draft out of USC, is 33-29 as a regular-season starter and led the Jets to the AFC Championship Game in both 2009 and 2010.

Nick Foles, who threw 29 touchdowns and two interceptions last year and was named Pro Bowl MVP, goes into 2014 as the Eagles’ starter.

Sanchez joins second-year pro Matt Barkley, another former USC quarterback, on the depth chart. It’s not clear whether Sanchez will go into the season as No. 2 or if Barkley will have a chance to compete for the job.

The move is an important one, since only three quarterbacks in franchise history have started 16 games -- Ron Jaworski five times, Randall Cunningham three times and Donovan McNabb four times.

Since 1991, the Eagles have used more than one starting quarterback in 19 of 23 seasons.

“Obviously, we lost Mike, so we’re always trying to look for that backup position behind Nick in terms of what we can do to bolster it, whether it's through free agency ... we’ll see where we go,” Kelly said.

“It’s a position of need for us. We played three quarterbacks last year. I don’t think you can look at your roster and say, 'Hey, we’re good at quarterback.'"
Eagles insider Geoff Mosher contributed to this story.

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P.s  Chip Kelly likes those running QB's. Those ones that run straight into the a s s of his own linemen.

Chip Kelly likes those running QB's. Those ones that run straight into the a s s of his own linemen

Chip Kelly likes those running QB's. Those ones that run straight into the a s s of his own linemen

Chip Kelly likes those running QB's. Those ones that run straight into the a s s of his own linemen

Chip Kelly likes those running QB's. Those ones that run straight into the a s s of his own linemen

Chip Kelly likes those running QB's. Those ones that run straight into the a s s of his own linemen

Chip Kelly likes those running QB's. Those ones that run straight into the a s s of his own linemen

Viral News | Pope replaces German 'bling bishop' after inquiry

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Wednesday permanently removed a German bishop from his Limburg diocese after his 31 million-euro ($43-million) new residence complex caused an uproar among the faithful.

Francis had temporarily expelled Monsignor Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst from Limburg in October pending a church inquiry.

At the center of the controversy was the price tag for the construction of a new bishop's residence complex and related renovations. Tebartz-van Elst defended the expenditures, saying the bill was actually for 10 projects and there were additional costs because the buildings were under historical protection.

But in a country where Martin Luther launched the Reformation five centuries ago in response to what he said were excesses and abuses within the church, the outcry was enormous. The perceived lack of financial transparency also struck a chord since a church tax in Germany brings in billions a year to the German church.

The Vatican said Wednesday that the inquiry into the renovation found that Tebartz-van Elst could no longer exercise his ministry in Limburg and that Francis had accepted his resignation, which was originally offered Oct. 20.

The Vatican said Monsignor Manfred Grothe, currently an auxiliary bishop in Paderborn, would take over but that Tebartz-van Elst would get a new job "at the opportune time."

It added that the pope hoped that the faithful of Limburg would accept the decision with "docility and willingness to rediscover a climate of charity and reconciliation."

In Berlin, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, the head of the German Bishops' Conference, told reporters he would do whatever he could to help the Limburg dioceses move on.

"For that we will need reconciliation, new trust and the power of prayer," he said.

Francis has called on his priests and bishops to be models of sobriety in a church that "is poor and is for the poor."

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P.s The Bishop in Wheeling, WV is the most bling bling guy ever. Completely out of touch. He came from Philly and has spent a butt load on 1/2 dozen sets of new china, remodeling and redoing the house to include a tennis court, gourmet kitchen, man cave with bar and bartender, driver, maids, and the list continues. I have had enough of the lifestyles of some of our priests being the completely opposite of what a church leader's should be. TV evangelists and Church Leader Gurus that can talk the talk but never NEVER walk the walk.