Singer Andy Williams says he has bladder cancer

FILE - U.S. singer Andy Williams smiles as he speaks to reporters during his news conference at a Tokyo hotel, in this July 25, 2004 file photo. The Branson Tri-Lakes News reports the 83-year-old Williams told the crowd at his Christmas show Saturday night Nov. 5, 2011 at the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Mo., that he is battling bladder cancer. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

FILE - U.S. singer Andy Williams smiles as he speaks to reporters during his news conference at a Tokyo hotel, in this July 25, 2004 file photo. The Branson Tri-Lakes News reports the 83-year-old Williams told the crowd at his Christmas show Saturday night Nov. 5, 2011 at the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Mo., that he is battling bladder cancer. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

(AP) ? Singer Andy Williams told the crowd at his Christmas show Saturday night that he has bladder cancer.

The Tri-Lakes News reports the 83-year-old Williams appeared early in the show at the Moon River Theatre and vowed to return next year to celebrate his 75th year in show business (http://bit.ly/uaedcs).

"I do have cancer of the bladder," Williams said. "But that is no longer a death sentence. People with cancer are getting through this thing. They're kicking it, and they're winning more and more every year. And I'm going to be one of them."

The silver-haired "Moon River" singer missed planned performances this fall with an undisclosed medical condition and the theater announced recently that he would likely miss his holiday schedule as well because of the condition. The newspaper reported he has not started treatment, though it did not identify the person who provided that information.

Williams' appearance Saturday was a surprise and brought a standing ovation from a nearly full house. The golden-voiced singer had a string of hits in the 1950s and '60s, including "Can't Get Used to Losing You" and "Butterfly, but he is best known for his version of "Moon River." He earned 18 gold and three platinum albums in his career.

Williams hosted annual Christmas specials on television and performed Christmas shows on the road for many years. His 1963 recording, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year," is a Christmas standard.

The Iowa native also hosted an Emmy-winning variety television program "The Andy Williams Show," from 1962-71. He published an autobiography, "Moon River and Me: A Memoir," in 2009.

Williams sang "The Christmas Song" (known as "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") at the theater he started in 1992 and said he would be back next September and October to celebrate.

"I'm going to do the shows I've planned to do," he said.

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I call a gaurd! She will be sort of like a bodygaurd to the younger prince, and also his best friend, secretly in love with him :)

!EDIT!: About how old are is new king, the prince, and the princesses?

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oooo sounds interesting! Can't wait! oh and welcome aboard!

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ooo yes sorry forgot to mention that, well the new king will be early twenties. Princess Evelyn will be around 18 then the Prince will be around 17 and the other princess younger than them.

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Alright :) She's in! I tweaked the character sheet, I hope you don't mind. All the info you want is in there. I made her 18, figured that would be an okay age for a gaurd, if they're talented, which Vera is :)

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I'd like to reserve the younger prince. :)

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Can I reserve the younger princess?

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I have submitted my character for the younger princess, I hope it is acceptable.

Hey Twilix.

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Hey Guys! Thanks for all your characters, Love them all! If you know anyone who might be interested in this RP try and rope them in :D

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Can I reserve the King's Mistress?

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Louisville shocks No. 24 West Virginia 38-35 (AP)

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. ? The early part of Louisville's basketball season might have to share some headlines with the Cardinals' surging football team.

Teddy Bridgewater threw for one touchdown, Andrew Johnson returned a blocked field goal for another score and Louisville shocked No. 24 West Virginia 38-35 Saturday.

Not expected to be a factor in the Big East, the surprising Cardinals (5-4, 3-1) used their highest scoring output of the season behind their freshman quarterback to win their third straight and deal a severe blow to West Virginia's title chances.

"I was not surprised at all to come into this venue and for us to go and play well," said Louisville coach Charlie Strong. "We knew we had to play well. We didn't come here to lose or to play it tight. We came in here to win. We have overcome adversity all year long."

In the visitors' locker room, the entire Louisville team was heard singing John Denver's "Country Roads" ? West Virginia's unofficial theme song.

Louisville also got a payback of sorts after being overlooked in the recent Big 12 expansion sweepstakes, a bid that went to the Mountaineers.

"Our team wasn't thinking about that," Strong said. "We were just thinking about going on the road and winning a game."

And keeping up in a tight conference race.

Louisville had entered the weekend in a three-way tie for second place behind Cincinnati, which played at Pittsburgh on Saturday night. The Cardinals, who fell at Cincinnati during a three-game losing streak in October, still have some work left with a home game against Pitt and at Connecticut and South Florida.

Geno Smith threw for 410 yards and three scores but couldn't bring the Mountaineers (6-3, 2-2) back from 10 points down in the fourth quarter.

"We're definitely not doing what it takes to win," Smith said.

West Virginia will likely need to win its final three games against Cincinnati, Pitt and South Florida and get some help to have a shot at the league's BCS berth.

Despite being outgained 533-351, Louisville's offense found the end zone four times after failing on half its red-zone trips all season.

Three different backs scored rushing touchdowns for Louisville, which broke a four-game losing streak in the series.

At times it looked as though the Cardinals had the conference's best offense ? not West Virginia, which had trouble at times against the league's No. 1 defense. And the Mountaineers' special teams had another awful day.

Tyler Bitancurt missed one field goal try and had another short one blocked by Adrian Bushell on the first play of the fourth quarter. Johnson picked up the loose ball and went 82 yards to put the Cardinals ahead 31-21.

"Not a very hard one to figure out," said West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen. "You lose the turnover battle, you go 0-2 on field goals, that gets you beat."

Smith, who completed 31 of 44 passes but was sacked three times, fumbled the ball away on the next series near midfield. He made up for it on the ensuing 96-yard drive with a 46-yard pass to Ivan McCartney that set up Shawne Alston's 8-yard scoring run with 9 minutes left.

But Louisville ran seven minutes off the clock on a 76-yard drive that included Dominique Brown's 2-yard run on fourth-and-1 at the West Virginia 43.

"Coach looked at me and said 'Dominique, can you do this for us?' and I said, 'I got this coach,'" Brown said.

Brown capped the drive with a 3-yard TD run for a 38-28 lead.

Stedman Bailey, who caught eight passes for 118 yards but had two critical drops, scored on a 1-yard pass from Smith with a minute left. But Louisville recovered the ensuing onside kick and ran out the clock.

Bridgewater, making his sixth start, completed 21 of 27 passes for a season-high 246 yards.

"Teddy is doing a good job of managing the game and making the throws," Strong said. "If you look at it, he is getting better and the whole offense is getting better because we are able to run the football. When you are able to run the football, it opens up the passing game."

Bridgewater provided a spark just before halftime after an 11-yard punt by West Virginia freshman Michael Molinari. Bridgewater went 5 of 6 on the drive, completing a left-handed shovel pass under pressure before hitting Eli Rogers from 4 yards out to tie the game at 21.

West Virginia went scoreless in the third quarter for the first time all season. Bitancurt missed a 33-yard field goal try after Najee Goode intercepted Bridgewater's first pass of the second half.

A fumble by freshman Andrew Buie at the West Virginia 15 set up Chris Philpott's 39-yard field goal to put Louisville ahead entering the fourth.

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Japan's new crisis: radioactive waste disposal (AP)

TOKYO ? Japan has made big strides toward stabilizing its tsunami-crippled nuclear plant but is now facing another crisis ? what to do with all the radioactive waste the disaster created.

Goshi Hosono, the country's nuclear crisis minister, said Friday that Japan has yet to come up with a comprehensive plan for how to dispose of the irradiated waste that has been accumulating since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

Hosono gave the assessment after the government announced an $11.5 billion (900 billion yen) allocation to help the cash-strapped plant operator cover the massive cost of recovery without collapsing. Officials have rejected criticism that the allocation is a bail-out ? stressing that the money comes from a joint fund of plant operators, with a government contribution in zero-interest bonds that must be paid back.

The disaster, which killed nearly 20,000 people along Japan's northeastern coastline, touched off the world's worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, generating meltdowns, fires and radiation leaks at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station northeast of Tokyo.

Officials say that ? almost eight months later ? the plant has been restored to a relatively stable condition and is leaking far less radiation than it did in the early days of crisis. They hope to achieve a "cold shutdown" ? with each reactor's temperature below 212 Fahrenheit (100 C) ? by the end of the year.

But Hosono, in a response to a question from The AP, acknowledged Friday that the crisis has spawned a huge amount of irradiated waste that will require new technology and creative methods to dispose of safely.

"We still don't have a full picture of how to deal with the waste," he said. "It would require research and development that may take years. For instance, we still need to develop technology to compress the volume of the huge amounts of waste that we cannot move around."

Japan could be stuck with up to 45 million cubic meters of radioactive waste in Fukushima and several nearby prefectures (states), according to the environment ministry.

Hosono said Japan is not considering shipping out the waste for overseas processing.

The total amount of radiation released from the plant is still unknown, and the impact of chronic low-dose radiation exposures in and around Fukushima is a matter of scientific debate. More than 80,000 people evacuated from their homes, and a 12-mile (20-kilometer) no-go zone is still enforced around the plant.

Cleaning up the area and compensating residents is expected to cost trillions of yen (tens of billions of dollars). Hot spots of highly localized radiation have been reported hundreds of kilometers away, and Hosono said a task force has been set up to investigate them.

The fund payout of $11.5 billion (900 billion yen) announced Friday for Tokyo Electric Power Co. came after the plant operator agreed to a restructuring plan to cut more than 2.5 trillion yen ($32 billion) in costs over the next 10 years and reduce more than 7,000 employees.

TEPCO has been bitterly criticized for its lack of transparency and slow response to the crisis. The application process for residents and business owners to seek compensation has also been called extremely cumbersome.

The controversial fund is designed to help the operator meet its responsibilities without going bankrupt.

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AP writer Eric Talmadge contributed to this report.

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More evidence obesity tied to colon cancer (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) ? Older adults who are heavy, especially around the middle, seem to have a higher risk of developing colon cancer than their thinner peers, a new study finds.

The findings, reported in the American Journal of Epidemiology, add to evidence that obesity is a risk factor for colon cancer.

They also suggest that exercise could be an important part of the picture, particularly for women.

The study included more than 120,000 Dutch adults ages 55 to 69 who were followed for 16 years. During that time, about two percent developed colorectal cancer (tumors of the colon and/or rectum); most were diagnosed with colon cancer.

The risk, researchers found, was 25 percent higher for men who were significantly overweight or obese at the outset, versus normal-weight men.

And waist size seemed to matter most: Men with the biggest bellies -- gauged by their self-reported "trouser size" -- had a 63 percent greater risk of colorectal cancer than men who were trimmest around the middle.

The findings were more complex among women, though. A large waistline was only linked to a higher cancer risk in women who also got little exercise (less than 30 minutes per day).

Women who topped a "44" in pants size and got little exercise were 83 percent more likely to develop colon cancer than women who had smaller waistlines and exercised more than 90 minutes per day. (A "44" in Europe translates to about a size 16 in the U.S.)

The study "provides further evidence that excess body fat may contribute to a higher risk of colorectal cancer," lead researcher Laura A.E. Hughes, of Maastricht University in the Netherlands, told Reuters Health in an email.

"It is important to maintain a healthy body weight throughout life, as this may lower your risk of colorectal cancer," she said.

It also makes sense that excessive abdominal fat would be particularly linked to the disease, according to Hughes.

Studies have tied abdominal obesity to other health conditions, like diabetes and heart disease. And belly fat seems to be particularly linked to chronic, low-level inflammation in the body, Hughes explained.

That inflammation is thought to be involved in a number of disease processes.

"One of our most intriguing observations," Hughes said, "was that abdominal fat was associated with colorectal cancer in women only when combined with low exercise levels."

It's not clear why that might be, or why the pattern was seen only in women, she said. But the finding hints that calorie balance -- how much you take in through food, and how much you burn through exercise -- may be important, according to Hughes.

So, she said, "women should focus on maintaining a healthy lifestyle rather than simply paying attention to what the scale says."

In the U.S., it's estimated that just over 141,000 people will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2011, while nearly 50,000 will die from the disease, according to the ACS. The average American has about a 1 in 20 lifetime chance of developing the tumors.

Risk factors for colorectal cancer include older age (it's usually diagnosed after age 50), a history of colitis or Crohn's disease (inflammatory disorders of the colon), a family history of the cancer, and smoking.

Some studies have also linked diets high in animal fat, and low in fruits, vegetables and fiber, to an increased risk.

SOURCE: http://bit.ly/rTElMb American Journal of Epidemiology, online October 7, 2011.

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Greek PM reportedly ready to step down

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou faces a knife-edge confidence vote on Friday after his plan for a referendum on a bailout -- supposed to save both Greece and the euro zone from disaster -- backfired disastrously.

But even if his socialist government survives the parliamentary vote, Papandreou's days as Greek leader looked numbered after a deal with his cabinet under which, government sources said, he agreed to stand down after negotiating a coalition with the conservative opposition.

Much of Greece and many European leaders reacted with horror after Papandreou abruptly announced on Monday that he would put the 130-billion-euro ($180-billion) rescue plan, agreed at a euro zone summit only last week, to the Greek people.

Papandreou came out fighting, rejecting opposition demands, in public at least, that he make way for a caretaker administration with just two tasks: forcing the bailout through parliament without a referendum and calling of snap elections.

However, analysts said Papandreou may not be around much longer to fight such battles.

"The prime minister's position is very difficult, since he chose not to respond to the opposition's proposal for a transitional coalition government. Therefore I believe that it is unlikely that he will win the vote," said head of ALCO pollsters, Costas Panagopoulos.

Through waves of austerity policies demanded by the nation's international lenders, Papandreou has carried the parliamentary group of his PASOK party with him, despite much grumbling within the ranks.

But a steady trickle of defections has reduced his majority to the point that one or two waverers could inflict a defeat in the confidence vote, expected as late as midnight (6 p.m. EST)

PASOK has 152 deputies in the 300-member parliament. But lawmaker Eva Kaili said that while she would stay in the party, she would refuse to support the government in the confidence vote, meaning Papandreou could count at most on the support of 151 deputies.

Only one more defection would strip the government of its majority and probably trigger early elections.

Meanwhile, Greece's cost of borrowing ballooned, with the interest demanded by markets to buy Greek 10-year bonds exceeding 31 percent ? compared to 2 percent for European powerhouse Germany.

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Greeks have fought tooth and nail against policies which have brought spending cuts, tax rises and job losses, pushing the nation into three years of recession, and they have staged a series of strikes and protests, some of which turned violent.

This made a "no" vote in any referendum highly likely, even though this would cut off Greece's last international financial lifeline and risked spreading its debt crisis to much bigger euro zone economies, such as Italy and Spain.

But after a tumultuous day in Greek politics, the chances of the referendum being held dwindled to almost nothing on Thursday. Papandreou offered to drop the idea anyway if the conservative opposition backed the bailout in parliament.

Over the day, he talked about negotiating with the conservative New Democracy party, saying the national interest ranked well above his personal ambitions. "I'm not tied to my post. I'm not interested either in being re-elected, I'm only interested in saving the country," he told parliament.

Papandreou also called on his PASOK party to rally behind him in the confidence vote. But his public bravado appeared to mask an acceptance that his term may come to an end soon.

Government sources said Papandreou had struck a deal at a cabinet meeting on Thursday under which he would stand down after he had negotiated a coalition agreement with the conservative opposition -- provided he survives Friday's vote.

Ministers involved in striking the deal with Papandreou, led by Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos, said he should go for the sake of their PASOK party, said the sources, who had knowledge of Thursday's meeting of the cabinet.

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Papandreou was summoned to an emergency European meeting in Cannes, France, on Wednesday night, where the visibly irate French and German leaders said any referendum would in fact be a question of whether Greece retains its cherished membership of the 17-nation euro common currency. They also put on hold the next, vital payout of Greece's existing bailout until after a vote was held.

A Greek Finance Ministry official told the AP that Greece has cash until mid-December. After that, without the ?8 billion ($11 billion) disbursement, Greece would most likely be unable to service its debt or pay pensions and salaries.

Venizelos accompanied Papandreou to the Riviera but led a revolt against the referendum idea on his return to Athens before dawn Thursday.

With Greece's euro membership and bailout loan lifeline suddenly in danger, pressure mounted for Papandreou to resign. The conservative opposition and even his own deputies called for the creation of a transition government to pass the new European debt deal.

Venizelos said, as the opposition now indicated it would support the European debt deal, a referendum was no longer necessary.

"The government went to Cannes with the position that if the necessary consensus is formed there will be no need to hold a referendum," he said. "We must highlight the fact that there is a window of a consensus."

He said the new debt deal would be brought to parliament under a procedure that would require a reinforced majority of 180 out of the 300 lawmakers to vote in favor. With the governing Socialists holding 152 seats, that means the debt deal will only pass if the opposition also votes in favor.

But conservative opposition leader Antonis Samaras quickly dispelled any impression of unity, arguing that he had already agreed to back the vital deal, and demanded elections ? within the next six weeks if possible.

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Papandreou "nearly pulled the universe apart to supposedly persuade me to agree to something that I had already said was unavoidable," he told parliament later Thursday, during a debate on the upcoming confidence vote.

"Mr. Papandreou pretends that he didn't understand what I told him," he said. "I called on him to resign."

Samaras then led his lawmakers in a dramatic walkout of the debate, without indicating whether he would vote in favor of the deal.

The drama in Greece sent immediate ripples throughout Europe. Premier Silvio Berlusconi's government in Italy was teetering as well Thursday after it failed to come up with a credible plan to deal with its dangerously high debts, and Portugal demanded more flexible terms for its own bailout. The European Central Bank made a surprise decision to cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, to 1.25 percent, in an acknowledgment of the fragility of the continent's finances.

Talk of Greece also dominated the G-20 summit in the French resort of Cannes, where the leaders of the world's economic powerhouses gathered to solve Europe's debt crisis, which threatens to push the world back into recession.

During a summit break, French President Nicolas Sarkozy praised the Greek opposition's backing for the debt-crippled country's new bailout as "courageous and responsible."

Greece's new debt deal would give the country an extra ?130 billion ($179 billion) in rescue loans from the rest of the eurozone and the International Monetary Fund ? on top of the ?110 billion ($152 billion) it was granted a year ago. It would also see banks forgive Athens 50 percent of the money it still owes them. The goal is to reduce Greece's massive debts to the point where the country is able to handle its finances without constant bailouts.

Polls indicate the Greek public is close to the breaking point after more than 20 months of harsh austerity cuts and tax hikes. Recent opinion surveys show 90 percent opposing Papandreou's policies and his party polling just 20 percent public support.

Underlining that point, 300 people held a peaceful anti-austerity protest in central Athens late Thursday

The political drama continues Friday, when parliament will hold a confidence vote on the government. Papandreou's majority has been reduced to the bare minimum 151 after Socialist lawmaker Eva Kaili said she would not vote in favor.

"Tomorrow's vote is of particular significance, for the confidence vote provides a guarantee of how we will make our new steps ... and how we will talk with the opposition parties," Papandreou said.

The omens are poor: The two other European governments besides Greece that have received bailouts ? Portugal and Ireland ? have seen their governments fall during the economic turmoil.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45144746/ns/world_news-europe/

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LinkedIn posts 3Q loss, revenue growth accelerates

(AP) ? LinkedIn suffered its first quarterly loss since the online professional networking service's IPO roused Wall Street a few months ago.

The setback, announced Thursday, wasn't as severe as analysts anticipated as LinkedIn invested in an expansion aimed at changing the way people find jobs and advance their careers.

LinkedIn absorbed a loss of $1.6 million, or 2 cents per share, in the July-September as it invested more money to expand. That contrasted with earnings of $4 million, or 2 cents per share, at the same time last year.

If not for items unrelated to its ongoing business, LinkedIn said it would have earned 6 cents per share. On that basis, analysts polled by FactSet had expected LinkedIn to break even.

Revenue more than doubled from last year to $139 million.

Associated Press

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