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A long time ago, Mary Anne Huntsman and Kris Humphries (Kim Kardashian's soon-to-be-ex and former Utah Jazz player) saw Elf together and he ate a big tub of popcorn. There was no second date, this is not really newsworthy, and yet it somehow blows our minds. Did the fates know they were destined to be lower-tier, supporting-actor celebrities in roughly the same news cycle? ||||| In early November, the Jon2012girls were in New York City getting their hair and makeup done for a karaoke-themed photo shoot at a Chinese restaurant on the Lower East Side. Mary Anne, Abby, and Liddy Huntsman are the twentysomething daughters of presidential candidate Jon Huntsman Jr., which means that the sisters—who've become celebrities over the past few months for tweeting snarky updates from the campaign trail at @Jon2012girls—are sort of unofficially running for first daughters. Which makes this technically a campaign stop, even though there are no voters here and we're in a banquet room that smells like old rice.

 As a stylist feathered Mary Anne's hair with a curling iron, Liddy cued up "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips on her iPhone. Lately they've been playing this song to get psyched up before watching their dad debate. Despite all the free media attention his daughters have garnered on his behalf, as of this writing Huntsman remains a margin-of-error candidate. So decide for yourself if their rallying cry of Hold on for one more day is touching or painfully ironic. Still—when they break into perfect three-part harmony, they totally crush it.

 Would-be first daughters (from left):

 Liddy, Mary Anne, and Abby Huntsman.

 The Huntsman daughters' three-headed social-media presence is a mischievous, seemingly unfiltered corrective to the stage-managed sneering of the campaign. A few months ago, the Herman Cain campaign posted a bizarre ad in which Mark Block, Cain's mustachioed chief of staff, enumerates his boss's virtues in tough-guy close-up. At the end, he takes a defiant, Denis Leary–ish puff on a cigarette. Even in the context of a Republican race already shaping up as the Battle of Who Can Come Off Like a Bigger Assclown Before Losing the Nomination to Mitt Romney, this was weird. Liddy, the youngest Jon2012girl, whose dream is to work for a show like Saturday Night Live someday, couldn't believe it.

 "I was stunned that this was a legit commercial," she says. Plus, she was home from college and bored. So she and her sisters shot a Funny or Die–style parody of the ad that doubled as a Huntsman spot. They wore fake mustaches; instead of smoking, they blew bubbles. It went viral, and for at least the length of a news cycle, they were more famous than Jon Huntsman himself. Even Mark Block was impressed. When Mary Anne ran into him before a debate in South Carolina, she told him how much she loved his ad. "I loved your ad," he responded.

 Today the touch-screen menus on the karaoke machine are user-unfriendly, and most of the songs are in Chinese. A determined Liddy pokes at one until it coughs up Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl"—the girls sing shhhh when Gwen says shit—and gradually, despite the presence of a photographer, sisterly goofiness ensues. This is definitely not the first time they've sung LeAnn Rimes's "Can't Fight the Moonlight."

 Afterward they talk (shrewdly yet idealistically) about using new technology to reach young voters disillusioned by Obama's failure to deliver all that hope and change he promised the Facebook generation, and how off-the-cuff sass is the only way to speak to an audience that gets its news from Jon Stewart and Twitter. They explain, politely, that no, they're not angling for gigs on Fox ("I'm not blonde," Abby points out sagely), nor are they trying to be the Kardashians of politics. Abby, who used to be in PR and works hardest to keep her sisters on-message, explains that their parents raised them to give back. Every night, she says, "they'd ask us what we'd done that day to make someone's life a little better, to make someone smile or whatever. I know that sounds cheesy—but that's the philosophy we were raised with." Campaigning for Dad is their way of doing that.

 Before the girls arrived, Huntsman's campaign spokesman called to warn me that Liddy has yet to fully grasp what "on the record" means, although he needn't have bothered. When I mention the Kardashians, it's Liddy who volunteers the information that Mary Anne once went on a date with Kim's now estranged husband, Kris Humphries, when he was on the Utah Jazz.

 "Liddy!" Mary Anne says, mortified.

 But it's true. They saw Elf; Humphries bought a bucket of popcorn the size of a garbage can. Mary Anne never heard another thing about him until he turned up on E!, dating a reality-TV queen.

 "You're gonna get me in trouble," Anne says.

 Liddy takes a sip of water. "I'm just trying to make someone smile." |||||
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– Today in Completely Random Celebrity Couplings: Kim Kardashian ex Kris Humphries once went on a date with Jon Huntsman’s daughter, Mary Anne. Her sister, Liddy, reveals that little tidbit in a new GQ profile, to a horrified reaction ("Liddy!" says Mary Anne). Humphries was playing for the Utah Jazz at the time; the two saw Elf, ate popcorn, and never saw one another again. Writes Noreen Malone in New York, “This is not really newsworthy, and yet it somehow blows our minds.”


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– David Petraeus will indeed testify on Capitol Hill about the Benghazi attack, reports AP. The former CIA chief will appear before the House Intelligence committee on Friday, though the hearing will be closed to the public. Petraeus visited Libya secretly last month, and lawmakers are antsy to hear his own report about the trip. CNN, meanwhile, quotes one of the general's former aides as saying Petraeus is largely avoiding the media coverage of his affair and resignation, and instead focusing on his family. "He describes it as putting one foot in front of the other, and then repeating the process," says retired Col. Peter Mansoor. "So it's going to be a long, long road of healing for them. He understands that and he's focusing on it."

Story highlights Source says Broadwell is unlikely to be prosecuted for release of classified info

 "He wants to maintain a distance and focus on his family," ex-aide says

 Petraeus to testify Friday before the House Intelligence Committee, says aide

 Contact continued between Petraeus and Broadwell after they split 4 months ago, says ex-aide

 Former CIA Director David Petraeus has not been following the media firestorm that erupted in the wake of his resignation last week after admitting to having had an affair, a former aide said Wednesday.

 "He wants to maintain a distance and focus on his family at this time," said retired Col. Peter Mansoor, who added that he had spoken earlier in the day with Petraeus. "He realizes it was a severe and morally reprehensible action, but he violated no laws," Mansoor said.

 The affair between the married former military man and his married biographer, Paula Broadwell, ended about four months ago, Mansoor said, though the two remained in contact afterward. "Mostly in a professional capacity, where she's still trying to get her dissertation done and he was still trying to help her with that," he said.

 Asked how Petraeus, 60, was holding up, Mansoor said, "He describes it as putting one foot in front of the other, and then repeating the process. So it's going to be a long, long road of healing for them. He understands that and he's focusing on it."

 Mansoor's remarks came hours after President Barack Obama declined Wednesday to join congressional voices calling for an investigation into why the FBI did not notify the White House and other political leaders sooner about the investigation into the affair that led to Petraeus' resignation.

 "I am withholding judgment with respect to how the entire process surrounding Gen. Petraeus came up," Obama told reporters at the White House. "We don't have all the information yet, but I want to say I have a lot of confidence generally in the FBI. So I'm going to wait and see."

 Obama said he agreed with Petraeus' decision to resign after acknowledging an affair, but praised his service to the country.

 "From my perspective, at least, he has provided this country an extraordinary service," Obama said.

 He also said he had seen no evidence of any potentially damaging breach in national security stemming from the affair.

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 "I have no evidence at this point from what I've seen that classified information was disclosed that in any way would have had a negative impact on our national security," Obama said.

 In Congress, lawmakers from both parties have complained about not having been notified sooner of the investigation that led to the resignation or about potential security breaches.

 Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, said he was increasingly concerned about the potential fallout from the affair and any national security implications, including possible links to the September 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans.

 Graham has called for a special select committee to investigate the attack.

 FBI Director Robert Mueller joined Deputy Director Sean Joyce and acting CIA Director Mike Morell in briefing the lawmakers.

 Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, D-California, said Tuesday that she had "many questions about the nature of the FBI investigation, how it was instituted."

 "And we'll be asking those questions," she said.

 But the committee's ranking Republican member, Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, said Wednesday the group would not look into questions about the FBI investigation and how congressional leaders learned about it until after the bureau concludes its work.

 Petraeus has been scheduled to testify this week in private hearings on Capitol Hill about the Benghazi attack. Some Republicans have criticized the administration's response to the attack and have speculated that the timing of Petraeus' departure may have been linked to the congressional inquiry.

 But Petraeus offered Wednesday through his chief of staff to testify on Benghazi, Mansoor said. "He did not like the conspiracies going around that somehow he had something to hide on Benghazi," he said. "I think his offer to testify crossed with the Congress' request to him to testify. But anyway, he looks forward to that."

 Petraeus will testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Friday, a senior aide said. Feinstein said Tuesday that she hoped Petraeus would address her Senate panel as early as Friday.

 Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta on Wednesday defended his request to withhold the nomination of Gen. John Allen to NATO commander pending an investigation into his contacts with Jill Kelley, whose complaints about anonymous, harassing e-mails led to the discovery of the affair between Petraeus, 60, and Broadwell, 40.

 Broadwell's government security clearance has been suspended pending the outcome of investigations, two U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the move told CNN Wednesday.

 Defense officials announced Tuesday that the FBI had referred information to them indicating Allen may have exchanged potentially inappropriate e-mails with Kelley, who was a volunteer at MacDill Air Force Base.

 Kelley's access to MacDill without an escort has been suspended, a Defense Department official said Wednesday.

 She had been given access to the base because of her position as a booster and promoter of programs to help U.S. troops, the official said.

 A U.S. official familiar with the e-mails Allen sent to Kelley described them as warranting the investigation.

 "If they got out, John Allen would be very embarrassed by them," said the official, who added that there was no evidence of physical contact between the two.

 The official said that the e-mails under investigation are from Allen.

 But a senior official close to Allen told CNN on Tuesday that the e-mails contained nothing pointing to sex or anything of a romantic nature. Allen may have said, informally, "thanks sweetheart" in an e-mail, the official close to Allen said.

 "Anyone who knows him knows his style; he has a habit of replying to every single e-mail (he is sent). Kelley would e-mail his business and personal accounts," the official said.

 It will be up to the Defense Department's inspector general to decide if the e-mails' content represents conduct unbecoming an officer, said a third source, a senior U.S. official.

 Allen has yet to be questioned by Defense Department inspector general staff, but that could be completed in days, a U.S. official with knowledge of the investigation said.

 Allen, who was once stationed at the base, has denied wrongdoing, a senior defense official said. In a statement, Col. John Baker, the chief defense counsel of the Marine Corps, said Allen "fully intends to cooperate" with the inspector general's investigators.

 Broadwell's anonymous e-mail to Allen was sent after May, perhaps in June, the official said.

 The e-mail, which had also been sent to a number of other officers, bore the handle "kelleypatrol -- or something similar," the official said.

 He described the e-mail as "a warning that Kelley was a seductress or something along those lines" and said it was vaguely threatening, but above all weird.

 "Allen did not know it was (from) Broadwell," the official said.

 The official also said it was unclear when Kelley went to the FBI or whether Allen's warning to her was the trigger, but that Allen saw nothing in the e-mail's wording to warrant referral by him to the FBI.

 Kelley's version differs from one offered by the senior official close to Allen, who said it was Allen who received an anonymous e-mail about Kelley, and tipped her off that someone was threatening her.

 One of the sources familiar with Kelley said she first mentioned the alleged harassment in a casual conversation with an FBI agent whom she knew socially. She did not seek him out for action on the matter, but he was happy to help, the source said. The source added that Kelley did not know at first that the e-mails led to Petraeus.

 A source familiar with Kelley's version of events said the anonymous e-mails traced to Broadwell began in June. It wasn't until two months later that the FBI told Kelley who had sent the e-mails, said the source, adding that Kelley does not know Broadwell.

 The general counsel for the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association identified Frederick Humphries as the agent initially contacted by Kelley about the anonymous e-mails.

 The counsel, Lawrence Berger, said Humphries and his wife had been friends for years with Kelley and her husband.

 Berger said Humphries took Kelley's concerns over the e-mails to the "appropriate components" at the FBI to investigate. "He reported it to the proper channels and had no further part on the case."

 Kelley, 37, and her husband have released a statement saying they have been friends with Petraeus and his family for more than five years and asked for privacy.

 A source close to Kelley said Wednesday that Kelley said she had not had a sexual relationship with Petraeus or Allen.

 In mid-May, Allen got the first anonymous e-mail from someone using the handle "Kelleypatrol" that maligned Kelley and warned him to be wary of her, the source said.

 Allen forwarded it to Kelley, thinking she might have sent it as a joke, but she told him she had not, the source continued.

 The move to delay Allen's nomination was "a prudent measure until we can determine what the facts are, and we will," Panetta told reporters Wednesday. "No one should leap to any conclusions."

 He said Allen "certainly has my continued confidence to lead our forces," a view shared by Obama, White House spokesman Jay Carney said.

 That Allen remains in command in Afghanistan suggests that there is no criminal issue, a U.S. official told CNN. But the official said the Defense Department's inspector general could still find evidence of criminal conduct.

 Kelley has not responded publicly to the latest news.

 Both Allen and Petraeus appear to know Kelley's sister, Natalie Khawam. The men wrote letters in support of the sister in a custody battle, court records show.

 On Monday, FBI agents were at Broadwell's home in Charlotte, North Carolina, according to spokeswoman Shelley Lynch. She declined to say what the agents were doing there.

 A senior law enforcement official close to the Broadwell investigation said Wednesday night that it appeared unlikely she would be prosecuted for any unauthorized release of classified information.

 The official told CNN National Security Contributor Fran Townsend that investigators were reviewing materials taken Monday from Broadwell's home, but that the information in question did not appear to be substantial; there may have been a technical violation but, if so, it was not egregious.

 Broadwell had previously turned over a computer to investigators.

 The official said Broadwell agreed to the search of her home but that officials also had secured a search warrant.

 The official stressed the decision whether to prosecute rests with the Justice Department.

 A source told CNN that Broadwell was acting as Petraeus' archivist and that the FBI had gone to her house to look for any documents she might have.

 As a commissioned officer in the military reserves, Broadwell would have had "secret" or "top secret" security clearance, military officials said.

 Access to information would have depended on what she needed to know to carry out an assigned task, said the officials, who would not go on the record about an ongoing investigation.

 Broadwell has said that she was working on a second book about Petraeus. Her LinkedIn profile lists her as "Archivist/Biographer for General (Retired) David Petreaus." Her first book, "All In," was about Petraeus' leadership.

 Broadwell has spoken about how she had to deal with sensitive information in the course of researching the first book.

 "I had to follow very clear lines of non-disclosure and sign non-disclosure agreements, like my colleagues. I felt like I was almost held to a higher level of accountability because I could lose my clearance," Broadwell said in a speech last year. "I think it was important to inform my writing, but I knew there was a clear line that I couldn't cross when I was writing it out."

 Petraeus has said he never shared classified information with Broadwell, said retired military officer John Nagl, who cited conversations in recent days with Petraeus.

 Broadwell, a military intelligence reservist, is assigned to West Point, the Army's military academy, according to her service record, which lists her assignment as "United States Military Academy Staff & Faculty." In August, she was promoted to lieutenant colonel.

 Last month, during a speech at the University of Denver, Broadwell suggested the Sept. 11 attackers in Libya were targeting a secret prison at the Benghazi consulate annex, raising unverified concerns about possible security leaks.

 "I don't know if a lot of you have heard this, but the CIA annex had actually taken a couple of Libyan militia members prisoner and they think that the attack on the consulate was an effort to get these prisoners back," she said.

 A senior intelligence official said no prisoners had been held at the annex. Broadwell did not provide a source for her information, and no evidence has emerged that it came from Petraeus.

 Administration officials have said the Benghazi assault was a terrorist attack. ||||| FILE POOL - In this July 9, 2011 file photo, USMC Gen. John Allen, left, and Army Gen. David Petraeus, top U.S. commander in Afghanistan and incoming CIA Director, greet former CIA Director and new U.S.... (Associated Press)

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 Former CIA Director David Petraeus will testify before the House Intelligence committee Friday on events that led to the death of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in an attack on the U.S. Consulate at Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11.

 Spokesmen for the committee say the hearing will be closed to the public.

 Petraeus resigned from the CIA last week after acknowledging an extramarital affair. The liaison was discovered during an FBI investigation of harassing emails allegedly sent by Petraeus' biographer and mistress, Paula Broadwell, to Tampa socialite Jill Kelley. Broadwell allegedly saw Kelley as a rival.

 The probe expanded to include Kelley's copious communications with the top U.S. commander In Afghanistan, Marine Gen. John Allen. |||||


Here is a news article: A 72-year-old Indiana woman is hoping that a Christmas miracle will help her find the long-lost son she gave up for adoption in 1963.

 When she was 19, Geraldine “Jerri” Kramer gave birth to a healthy, curly-haired boy on June 10, 1963, in Indianapolis, but was forced by her parents and her priest to give him up, she told ABC News today.

 “They said [he] was not welcome in their home,” Kramer said.

 Courtesy of Marie Henson

 But Kramer said she always wondered and prayed about her first born, whom she named Jack after her father. She said there has been a “hole” her family since she last saw him.

 “I went along with it,” Kramer said, adding that she bonded with the infant when the nurses let her hold him. “But, now I’m sorry [I did].”

 Her younger sister was the only other family member who knew about her first pregnancy, Kramer said. She would visit her at the St. Elizabeth Girls Home in Indianapolis, where young girls would stay to receive maternity care.

 But in 1988, when her eldest daughter contemplated giving up her third child for adoption, Kramer showed up to the hospital and revealed her secret, telling her she would regret it.

 “It was the single most important thing to ever happen to me,” Marie Henson said.

 Courtesy of Marie Henson

 Not even her husband, Joseph, whom she married in 1966, knew about the baby boy she gave up three years before they wed, Henson said.

 “He’s always been supportive and compassionate,” 49-year-old Henson said of her father when he found out about the baby. “It’s just as important to him to find him, for her sake.”

 Kramer’s declining health inspired her to ask her children to help find their older brother, who would now be 52 years old.

 Courtesy of Marie Henson

 A meme created with a photo of her five children created reads, “If you were born 6-10-63 you’re our older brother; we’re looking for you.” The post been shared more than 41,000 times as of today.

 The picture was taken on Thanksgiving day.

 Since Indiana is a “mutual consent state,” agencies need consent from both parties in order to unseal the adoption records. If Kramer’s first born has not registered for mutual consent, they will not release his information unless he has died.

 Henson said she “will not stop” until she finds her brother.

 “I hope he’s had a wonderful life with great adoptive parents,” she said. “But I think there’s room in the heart for more people who love you.”

 Kramer’s 43-year-old son, Marc, told ABC News he thinks his oldest brother would “click instantly” with the family.

 “It would fill a void,” he said. “We would love to be able to give this to her.”

 In addition to her five children, Kramer has eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She said she’s “anxious” to find out if she has more.

 All of Kramer’s immediate family lives in the central Indiana area, Marc said, calling his family "tight-knit."

 "Maybe I know him," he said of of his oldest brother. "Maybe he lives near me."

 Kramer said she already knows what she would say if she saw her first-born again.

 "I would tell him that I’ve loved him for years and years and years,” she said. ||||| Geraldine "Jerri" Kramer was 19 in the summer of 1963 when she was forced by her parents to give up her newborn son for adoption.

 Now, more than 50 years later, the ailing 72-year-old mom wants to meet the son she never knew – and her family has taken to social media to find him. Catholic Social Services, which took custody of Kramer's newborn, never told her where the infant she called "Jack" would be going.

 "The nurses misunderstood that I was giving him up for adoption and so they put him in my arms right after birth before taking him away," Kramer told FoxNews.com. "I want him to know that I have always loved him."

 "I want him to know that I have always loved him." - Geraldine "Jerri" Kramer

 Kramer, whose maiden name is Hummel, was 19 and unmarried when she learned she was pregnant -- a secret kept from her own siblings. At the urging of her parents and a local priest, she spent a month at St. Elizabeth Girls Home in Indianapolis, where young women once stayed to receive maternity care and hide their pregnancies.

 On the night of June 10, 1963, Kramer gave birth to a healthy, curly-haired boy at nearby Marion County General Hospital. Kramer, all alone, was lying in a bed for several minutes holding her infant son before he was taken by nurses.

 "I named him after my father. His name was Jack," Kramer said.

 Related Image Expand / Contract Kramer is pictured here at age 18 in 1962. (FoxNews.com)

 Years would pass, but the memory of her first-born child -- and what might have become of him -- would never leave Kramer, who lives in Fortville, Ind., and whose health is failing.

 "I pray for him every night," said Kramer, who suffers from diabetes and a serious heart condition, among other ailments.

 Kramer married her husband, Joseph, on May 7, 1966, and together the couple have five children, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

 Related Image Expand / Contract Kramer with her husband, Joseph, on their wedding day in 1966. (FoxNews.com)

 On Thanksgiving, Kramer's children decided they would use social media to find their brother. On Nov. 27, the following day, the family posted a photo and message on Facebook that has now been shared by nearly 42,000 people.

 "We have joined and searched adoption registries," the siblings wrote. "We're praying this may work, as it has for others. It has been Mom's decades-long wish to find you, and we would love to meet our big brother."

 Marie Henson, Kramer's oldest child, told FoxNews.com that her mother "asked us to renew our search in earnest" after she had open heart surgery last year.

 "My mom feels the need to see him," said 49-year-old Henson. "She's been marking his age this entire time and wonders about him every day."

 Related Image Expand / Contract Kramer, 72, is pictured at her home in Fortville, Ind. (FoxNews.com)

 The Kramer family is not alone in its quest. Thousands of people are turning to Facebook to help find a biological child or parent due to the legal difficulty of obtaining confidential adoption records. Kelley Baumgartner, also from Indiana, used the social media site to locate her birth mother who gave her to Catholic Social Services in South Bend in 1987. In February, Baumgartner posted her plight to Facebook -- which was shared by 340,000 people and seen by her biological mother, who contacted her two weeks later, according to local reports.

 The process of locating a biological relative is a challenge, logistically and psychologically.

 "I usually get about 40 requests like this a month," said Katrina Carlisle of St. Elizabeth Coleman Pregnancy & Adoption Services, a non-profit adoption agency that is part of Catholic Charities Indianapolis.

 Carlisle, who cannot comment on individual cases, explained that Indiana is a "mutual consent state," meaning all adoption records are sealed unless both parties consent to have the records unsealed. Those seeking to locate a biological parent or child must file paperwork to join the adoption history registry with the Indiana State Department of Health, according to Carlisle. The state then looks to see if the other party has registered, in which case there is a match. If there is no match, families often ask Carlisle to do a search for a fee of $350.

 "It takes a long time to track people down," said Carlisle. "But all my difficulties are in the emotional realm. The worst thing that happens to me is when I find a birth mother who wants no contact with her child."

 "There is nothing I can do about that," said Carlisle, who has been conducting such searches for 24 years. "If they say no, it ends right there. And that is very painful for them."

 The Kramer family, meanwhile, said they are praying their brother -- who would now be 52 years old -- is alive and able to contact them.

 "I have this feeling it could happen before the holidays," Henson said. "We are praying for a Christmas miracle."

 Cristina Corbin is a New York-based reporter for FoxNews.com. Follow her on Twitter @CristinaCorbin. |||||
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– Five siblings may have found their long-lost older brother thanks to a Facebook post. Their mother, 72-year-old Geraldine "Jerri" Kramer, gave birth to a baby in 1963, when she was 19 and unwed, but the Indiana woman's parents and priest made her give the boy up for adoption. Still, she bonded with the infant as soon as she held him, and never stopped thinking about him, she tells ABC News. Kramer, whose maiden name was Hummel, called the baby Jack, Fox News reports. He remained a secret from much of her family, even the husband she married in 1966. But in 1988, when her oldest daughter was considering giving up a child for adoption, Kramer told her the story and warned her daughter she'd regret parting with the baby. Then, as her health started to decline, Kramer asked her kids to help her find her own lost child. The five of them took a group photo on Thanksgiving and added the words, "You were born 6-10-63. You're our older brother, we're looking for you." They posted it on Facebook, where it's been shared nearly 45,000 times. "You were born June 10, 1963 in the wee AM hours, at Marion County General Hospital, in Indianapolis, Indiana. You were placed for adoption through Catholic Social Services," reads the post. "It has been Mom's decades-long wish to find you, and we would love to meet our big brother." In an update Monday, Marie Henson added, "I THINK WE FOUND HIM!! He saw the article, and DNA tests are our next step!" No further updates have been posted yet, but should Kramer—who also has eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren—find her long-lost biological son, she says she'll tell him "that I’ve loved him for years and years and years." (When these two long-lost siblings met, they realized they'd known each other for years.)


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– Move over, "Gangnam Style." YouTube has a new top-viewed video of all time. Wiz Khalifa's video for "See You Again" featuring Charlie Puth became the site's most-watched video Monday and has more than 2.897 billion views as of Tuesday, the AP reports. That's about 3 million more than the video for Korean rapper Psy's 2012 smash "Gangnam Style," which held the most-viewed title for five years, YouTube says. Justin Bieber's "Sorry" sits in third place, more than 250 million views behind the leaders. Puth reacted with surprise on Twitter Monday night, noting he had joined YouTube in 2007 hoping to make a video that would hit 10,000 views. Puth also earned a congratulatory message from YouTube star Tyler Oakley, who called the feat "legendary & epic." Wiz Khalifa said in a statement that he's happy the song has been able to "inspire and impact so many lives." "See You Again" was released in 2015 as a tribute to late "Fast and the Furious" star Paul Walker. Check out the new title holder above, or here.

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 Wiz Khalifa - See You Again ft. Charlie Puth [Official Video] Furious 7 Soundtrack ||||| FILE - In this March 12, 2016, file photo, Charlie Puth, left, and Wiz Khalifa perform at the Kids' Choice Awards at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. Wiz Khalifa’s video for “See You Again” featuring Puth... (Associated Press)

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 SAN BRUNO, Calif. (AP) — Move over, "Gangnam Style." YouTube has a new top-viewed video of all time.

 Wiz Khalifa's video for "See You Again" featuring Charlie Puth became the site's most-watched video Monday and has more than 2.896 billion views as of Tuesday. That's about 2 million more than the video for Korean rapper Psy's 2012 smash "Gangnam Style," which held the most-viewed title for five years, YouTube said.

 Justin Bieber's "Sorry" sits in third place, more than 250 million views behind the leaders.

 Puth reacted with surprise on Twitter , noting that he joined YouTube in 2007 hoping to make a video that would hit 10,000 views. Puth also earned a congratulatory message from YouTube star Tyler Oakley, who called the feat "legendary & epic."

 Wiz Khalifa said in a statement that he's happy the song has been able to "inspire and impact so many lives."

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Google is taking on an unlikely role: wedding planner.

 Just in time for Valentine's Day, Google has rolled out a dedicated site where consumers can create a wedding website, edit photos and plan their wedding using wedding-specific templates in Google Sites, Google Docs and Picnik. The company announced the move today on its official Google blog.

 Google teamed up with wedding planner Michelle Rago for the templates, and Rago also provides tips to the soon-to-be-betrothed. To spread the word, Google is also hosting a wedding sweepstakes offering a prize of $25,000 and the chance to get Rago to help plan your wedding.

 The site is the latest attempt by Google to insinuate itself into consumers' lifestyles. In 2008, Google launched Google Health, which is designed to let users organize, monitor, track and use health information on the site. But there's a thin line between providing helpful information and invading privacy: In 2009, Google Health partnered with CVS to provide patients online access to their prescription drug history via their Google Health accounts, raising issues about Google's access to sensitive personal information. ||||| The creative designs throughout these tools were created in collaboration with renowned wedding planner and destination expert Michelle Rago.

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– Google has already enmeshed itself in your email, your mapping needs, your book collection … why not your wedding as well? The search giant announced Google for Weddings yesterday on its official blog. Wedding planners, watch out: The site will allow users to do everything from organizing guests lists and schedules to creating a wedding website to making save-the-date cards. (The templates were actually designed with the help of "renowned" wedding planner Michelle Rago.) Mashable notes this isn’t the first time Google has created such a personal venture: In 2008, it launched Google Health, which let users monitor their health information online. But that hit a controversial snag when Google teamed up with CVS to provide patients with access to their prescription history via Google Health, causing some to wonder if Google had too much access to sensitive information. (Click for more in the modern world of weddings.)


– Eva Longoria has given birth for the first time at 43. The actress welcomed a son with her husband of two years, Televisa president Jose Baston, on Tuesday, People reports. Santiago Enrique Baston was born at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center weighing 6 pounds, 13 ounces. "We are so grateful for this beautiful blessing," the couple tells Hola, which has the first photo of the child. "This boy, my son, will be surrounded by very strong, educated, powerful women," Longoria previously said, per People. "I'm so excited that I'm having a boy because I think the world needs more good men," she added. Longoria has three stepkids via Baston. (Another celebrity duo is expecting their first child.)

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Say hola to Eva Longoria’s son Santiago Enrique Bastón! The new mom and her husband José Bastón have shared with HOLA! USA the first photo of their bundle of joy — and motherhood already appears to suit Eva. The couple shared the first photo of their son. In the tender image, Eva sweetly cradles her newborn, while he rests on her chest wearing his hospital beanie.

 The couple welcomed their first child together on Tuesday, June 19, in Los Angeles. Eva and José shared the news with HOLA! USA, adding, "We are so grateful for this beautiful blessing." The actress’ son was born over two years after she and José said “I do” in a lavish wedding held in Mexico.

 Eva gave birth to her son on June 19

 Eva, 43, stayed active throughout her pregnancy working and exercising. Over the course of the last nine months, the new mom actively showed her support for the Time's Up movement, premiered her new film Overboard and received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

 Back in March, the Desperate Housewives alum put her Hollywood Hills home on the market after living there for ten years. Eva has since moved into a mansion located in Bel Air Crest, which is where she and her husband will raise their son.

 Photo: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

 José is already a father to Mariana, Natalia and José, whom he shares with ex-wife Natalia Esperón. In March, Eva opened up about her road to motherhood. We have three children already, I have three stepchildren so it’s not like it’s anything new," she told HOLA! USA. "We are enjoying it." She also told Us Weekly about their bond: "We have a very strong relationship and we both feel on the moon.” ||||| Baby Bastón is here!

 Eva Longoria welcomed her first child, a son named Santiago Enrique Bastón, with husband José “Pepe” Bastón on Tuesday, June 19, the actress confirmed to Hola.

 Weighing in at 6 lbs., 13 oz., baby boy arrived at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, the outlet reported.

 The happy couple shared the first image of Santiago Enrique with Hola, saying, “We are so grateful for this beautiful blessing.”

 Though this is the first child for Longoria, 43, the new addition will have older-sibling guidance: He will join Bastón’s three children from a previous marriage.

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 Eva Longoria and José "Pepe" Bastón in May 2015

 RELATED: Eva Longoria Says Her Whole Body Is “Uncomfortable” in Pregnancy: “Everything Gets Bigger”

 Bastón, 50, is president of Televisa, the largest media company in Latin America. The couple, who began dating in 2013 and were engaged in Dubai in December 2015, were married in May 2016 in Mexico. The star-studded party even included a fireworks display.

 The Overboard star’s rep confirmed her pregnancy to PEOPLE in December, sharing that she was four months along at the time.

 In April, Longoria told PEOPLE that she was overwhelmed with emotion ahead of her labor. “[I’m] excited but nervous. Nervous, excited, emotional,” she said, adding that all her family will be at the hospital. “They won’t be in the delivery room but they’ll be there.”

 Eva Longoria at her baby shower Eva Longoria/Instagram

 Eva Longoria's baby shower Eva Longoria/Instagram

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 Longoria celebrated her baby boy’s arrival with a pajama party-themed baby shower in early May at the Lombardi House in Los Angeles that was attended by guests like Elizabeth Banks, Melanie Griffith, Sophia Bush and Longoria’s former Desperate Housewives costar Marcia Cross.

 “She was glowing. She kept laughing and touching her baby bump. They played several baby games and Eva was in the best mood,” a source told PEOPLE. “At the end of the shower, Pepe showed up and Eva got very emotional. He thanked the guests for coming and said that they can’t wait to meet their baby. It was a very special baby shower.”

 May also marked the couple’s two-year wedding anniversary. Last year, they celebrated their first year of marriage during the Cannes Film Festival.

 RELATED: Pregnant Eva Longoria Never “Focused on” Having a Baby — Until She Became a Stepmom

 Longoria, who is a supporter of the Time’s Up movement, previously told fans that she will be raising a feminist son.

 “I’m so excited that I’m having a boy because I think the world needs more good men. This boy, my son, will be surrounded by very strong, educated, powerful women,” she said in March.

 “I think it’s important that he sees those types of role models in his life so he knows how to support it, how to applaud it and how to honor it,” added the star.

 Eva Longoria and her dog, Jinxy Eva Longoria/Instagram

 RELATED GALLERY: Everything Mom-to-Be Eva Longoria Has Said About Parenthood

 On June 14, Longoria said a tough goodbye to one of her very best pals: her beloved dog Jinxy, who died in her arms after suffering a stroke.

 The 15-year-old dog — was often found by his famous mom’s side, even posing on a magazine cover with her — is survived by the actress’s other canine buddy, Popeye the French bulldog.

 “Anyone who knew me, knew Jinxy. He will be missed by many. I love you Jinxy,” Longoria captioned a photo gallery of the pair, also calling the small, white pup her “baby before this baby in my belly came along.” |||||


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This crawl of online resources of the 115th US Congress was performed on behalf of The United States National Archives & Records ||||| A Republican lawmaker has put forth an amendment that would stop funding for the special counsel’s Russia investigation 180 days after it becomes law.

 The amendment from Rep. Ron DeSantis Ronald Dion DeSantisElection Countdown: 5 days to midterms | Steve King faces his toughest test | Oprah stumps for Abrams in Georgia | Trump stokes controversy with immigration ad | Dems keep focus on health care | Polls show West Virginia, Indiana Senate races tightening Terry McAuliffe: Trump is 'scared' and knows he's going to lose the House Gillum: Trump gives 'cover' to racists MORE (R-Fla.) would also prevent special counsel Robert Mueller Robert Swan MuellerSasse: US should applaud choice of Mueller to lead Russia probe MORE from probing “matters occurring before June 2015,�? which is the month Trump announced his presidential bid.

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 The amendment was submitted as part of the upcoming spending package the lower chamber is expected to weigh after the congressional recess.

 Mueller, who was appointed special counsel in May, is responsible for investigating Russia’s interference in the presidential election and any potential ties between President Trump Donald John TrumpTrump concerned Zinke broke rules amid DOJ referral: report 1,600 scientists sign letter opposing Trump’s plan to narrow gender definition Five Takeaways from West Virginia's Senate debate MORE’s campaign staff and Moscow. ||||| Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.

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 WASHINGTON — Federal investigators working for Special Counsel Robert Mueller are keenly focused on President Donald Trump's role in crafting a response to a published article about a meeting between Russians and his son Donald Jr., three sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.

 The sources told NBC News that prosecutors want to know what Trump knew about the meeting and whether he sought to conceal its purpose.

 The meeting occurred at Trump Tower in June 2016 and was attended by Donald Trump Jr., Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. The meeting, which was first reported by The New York Times, also involved Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya and former Soviet intelligence officer Rinat Akhmetshin.

 Related: Trump 'Weighed In' on Son's Misleading Statement About Russia Meeting

 At the time, the White House confirmed that Trump had "weighed in" as the response to the Times report was drafted aboard Air Force One on July 8 as the president returned to the U.S. from the G20 meeting in Germany. The Washington Post reported that Trump had "dictated" the response.

 The initial response by Donald Trump Jr. that was drafted aboard Air Force One described the 2016 meeting as "a short introductory meeting. I asked Jared and Paul to stop by. We primarily discussed a program about the adoption of Russian children that was active and popular with American families years ago and was since ended by the Russian government, but it was not a campaign issue at the time and there was no follow up."

 According to The Times, he added: "I was asked to attend the meeting by an acquaintance, but was not told the name of the person I would be meeting with beforehand."

 By the next day the paper reported that the meeting was scheduled in order to convey damaging information about Hillary Clinton and her campaign — an account that Trump Jr. would confirm in a follow-up statement and in emails that he released publicly.

 Related: Former Soviet Counterintelligence Officer at Trump Tower Meeting With Trump Jr.

 In a June 3, 2016, email, publicist Rob Goldstone told Trump Jr. that a Russian prosecutor had "offered to provide the Trump campaign with some official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary [Clinton] … and would be very useful to your father."

 Trump Jr. responded, "[I]f it's what you say, I love it."

 Emails show that the following day, Goldstone and Trump Jr. began arranging the Trump Tower meeting.

 A person familiar with Mueller's strategy said that whether or not Trump made a "knowingly false statement" is now of interest to prosecutors.

 "Even if Trump is not charged with a crime as a result of the statement, it could be useful to Mueller's team to show Trump's conduct to a jury that may be considering other charges."

 Ty Cobb, the attorney chosen by the White House as special counsel to oversee its response to the Mueller investigation, told NBC News that he assumed “the statement issued after the G20 is of interest, but I'm not aware of any crime associated with that. It was true at the time it was written and true now."

 Cobb said that the statement "was not a bible of events leading up to and after the meeting, but it was not untruthful," pointing to the additional details that Donald Trump Jr. and his attorney have since made public.

 "It was a simple response to a short request," said Cobb, and the president's role in crafting the statement was "minimal.”

 Julia Ainsley and Hallie Jackson reported from Washington, and Tom Winter from New York. ||||| Rep. Ron DeSantis, ahead of what many are expecting to be entry into the 2018 Florida Governor’s race, is looking to help out President Donald Trump — by putting a time limit onto Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller‘s investigation into the Trump campaign.

 The DeSantis amendment: “None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to fund activities pursuant to Department of Justice order 3915-2017, dated May 17, 2017 and relating to the appointment of a special counsel, later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, or for the investigation under that order of matters occurring before June 2015.”

 POLITICO notes this is one of hundreds of amendments to an omnibus spending bill to be taken up after recess, and there is no guarantee this makes it through committees into the bill at large.

 As well, there is no guarantee that such a measure survives the Senate, where relationships have been frayed between President Trump and Republicans of various ideological stripes.

 DeSantis, a Republican in his second term whose district runs from St. Johns County south to Volusia, has yet to file for re-election. |||||

– A Florida Republican is looking to halt funding for Robert Mueller's special investigation into ties between Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russia and bar review of all matters before Trump's campaign kicked off. The amendment put forth by Rep. Ron DeSantis would block Mueller from investigating "matters occurring before June 2015" and end funding for the probe 180 days after the amendment is passed, reports the Hill. DeSantis says the order appointing the special counsel "didn't identify a crime to be investigated and practically invites a fishing expedition" and that "Congress should use its spending power to clarify the scope and limit the duration of this investigation," per Politico. The amendment by DeSantis—who some suspect will run for governor of Florida in 2018, per Florida Politics—is just one of hundreds attached to the government spending bill and may never make it through committees. The House Rules Committee, Politico notes, has freedom to strike out amendments it deems improper. The bill will be reviewed after lawmakers return from a recess next week. While House members have been away, Mueller has apparently been busy. His investigators are allegedly focused on whether Trump helped construct a "knowingly false statement" that aimed to hide the true purpose of the meeting between a Russian lawyer and Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort, reports NBC News.


Rachel Uchitel Secretly Marries Boyfriend

 is off the market ... TMZ has learned she got hitched over the weekend.We've obtained documents from Clark County, Nevada, showing Rachel andgot a marriage license Sunday night and filed it with the court the next day at 8:58 AM.Matt was a football player at Penn State and is now a businessman in San Francisco. The two have been living together in San Fran for several months. Matt is 26. Rachel says she's 36.Rachel -- famous for her fling withand a $10 million settlement -- was married in 2004 but it only lasted a year and 4 months.Better luck this time, Rach. ||||| Tweet with a location

 You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more ||||| Rachel Uchitel, who was launched into the spotlight in late 2009 thanks to her affair with golfer Tiger Woods, has some happy news to share: she's pregnant and can't wait to show off her baby bump.

 "Expecting big things for 2012... Five down, Four months to go," she tweeted Tuesday along with a photo of her new husband, Matt Hahn, rubbing her growing stomach. "@MattyHahn checking out my baby bump at 5 months."

 According to TMZ, Uchitel, 36, and Hahn, 26, were married in Nevada in October after dating for several months.

 Aside from her affair with Woods, Uchitel was also in the news in 2010 when "Bones" actor David Boreanaz admitted to having an affair with Uchitel while his wife was pregnant.

 After the affairs were made public, the former nightclub manager and hostess tried to use her newfound infamy to boost her career. Uchitel has appeared on the reality show "Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew" and, most recently, "Famous Food."

 Check out a photo of Uchitel's baby bump below!

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– Christmas isn’t over yet, as these new pictures of a pregnant Rachel Uchitel clad in a candy-cane-striped bodysuit prove. Uchitel, who became famous as the first Tiger Woods mistress to emerge, tweeted the pictures last night and says she is five months along, the Huffington Post reports. She is expecting the baby with hubby Matt Hahn, whom she married in October, according to TMZ.


– The White House hosted a "Made in America Product Showcase" Monday, and one of the attendees was Matt Roberts, president of the last US manufacturer of forks, spoons, and knives. That his Sherrill Manufacturing from upstate New York snagged an invite to the event wasn't a surprise—but Syracuse.com reports that Roberts soon spotted an anomaly in the State Dining Room. Everybody had just eaten with flatware made from China. The utensils were made by Oneida Ltd., which once manufactured its products in New York, but no more. In fact, Roberts' company now uses a former Oneida plant. "With all of the things going on in the world, forks and spoons in your kitchen are not exactly the top priority at the White House," says Roberts. But the story suggests that might soon change. It notes how New York Congresswoman Claudia Tenney has been pushing for the White House to make the switch, once even getting an assurance of it from President Trump himself (see the video). While Trump wasn't at Monday's event, two of his top economic advisers, Wilbur Ross and Peter Navarro, were in attendance, as was Tenney, who was making sure they knew the full story.

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WASHINGTON -- Matt Roberts stood in a corner of the State Dining Room at the White House on Monday, showing samples of his company's Liberty Tabletop stainless steel silverware, when Rep. Claudia Tenney rushed over with a spoon in her hand.

 Roberts, president of Sherrill Manufacturing, the Upstate New York firm that's America's last flatware maker, looked closely at the spoon with the eye of an experienced craftsman.

 Tenney, R-New Hartford, asked if he could make out the brand and where it was made.

 "It says Oneida Ltd.," Roberts said, shaking his head in disappointment. "It's made in China."

 Tenney had just taken the spoon off a table where the White House served refreshments at its annual "Made in America Product Showcase." President Donald Trump established the annual event to show off American-made products.

 Tenney and dozens of members of Congress, titans of American industry and members of Trump's cabinet used the foreign-made silverware at Monday's event. Oneida Ltd., once based in Central New York, now sells products made overseas.

 Tenney and Sherrill Manufacturing have tried for months to convince the Trump White House to buy the American-made silverware. There's even bipartisan support. U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., asked Trump when he took office to buy the Liberty Tabletop utensils for state dinners.

 In November, Tenney cornered Trump at the Capitol after he lobbied Republican members of Congress to vote for a bill overhauling the U.S. tax code.

 "I'll buy it, I'll buy it," Trump promised Tenney in an exchange recorded on video on her cell phone. "Done!"

 Greg Owens, co-founder and CEO of Sherrill Manufacturing, said a member of the White House hospitality staff approached him and Roberts at Monday's event and expressed interest in their product, including their patriotic Betsy Ross line of silverware.

 But he has been through this before. A White House official called Owens after Trump's November promise, but Owens said he never heard back from the administration.

 Roberts said he understood why the company might not be a priority.

 "With all of the things going on in the world, forks and spoons in your kitchen are not exactly the top priority at the White House," Roberts said.

 Owens said he was told by a White House aide later Monday that Trump had seen the Liberty Tabletop flatware during a private tour of the State Dining Room after it had been cleared of guests.

 "Apparently he pointed it out and said, 'I want this stuff in the White House.' So I'm expecting a phone call or email in the next couple of days," Owens said.

 Roberts and Owens are former Oneida Ltd. executives who bought the company's plant in the Oneida County city of Sherrill for $1 million on March 22, 2005 and reopened it the next day as Sherrill Manufacturing.

 Oneida Ltd., which once employed 2,500 people producing 3.5 million forks, knives and spoons a week, no longer manufactures in the United States. But Sherrill Manufacturing has managed to find a niche, selling its Liberty Tabletop brand directly to consumers through its website.

 Owens said Monday that the company has continued to grow since Trump invited Sherrill Manufacturing to the White House in July 2017. Production has increased 33 percent, employment has grown from 42 to 54, and net income is expected to eclipse $5 million this year.

 The company has increased its sales to the federal government this year, with big orders from the Navy and State Department for its embassies, Owens said.

 Among those to stop by the Liberty Tabletop display at the White House on Monday were two of Trump's most influential economic advisers -- Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Peter Navarro, the president's top trade adviser. Neither one was familiar with the brand.

 But a White House military aide stopped by and told Roberts the flatware looked familiar. The woman had served on the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

 "Well, you've probably used our flatware," Roberts said. "We supplied the ship."

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 President Donald Trump promises U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney that he will buy Made in USA flatware from the last remaining producer in the United States, Sherrill Manufacturing of Upstate New York. |||||


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President Trump said Friday "I think you know the answer to that" when a reporter asked him in Bedminster, New Jersey whether the U.S. is going to war with North Korea.

 "When you say 'bad solution' are you talking about war? Is the U.S. going to go to war?" the reporter asked Mr. Trump, after the president floated the possibility of a "bad solution" in North Korea.

 Mr. Trump, flanked by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley, said his Cabinet is "very much in agreement" on the North Korea crisis, although his Cabinet members have toned down his rhetoric. Earlier in the week, Tillerson said Americans should be able to rest easy, and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the U.S. is pursuing diplomatic solutions.

 "We're very much in agreement," Mr. Trump said. "I think we're very unified and we have been right from the very beginning. This is something that has to stop. We all feel that very strongly."

 Tillerson also said handling North Korea requires a "combined" message, and the president has "made it clear" he prefers a "diplomatic solution."

 But that might be difficult to tell from the president's recent comments. After Mr. Trump was criticized for his saying North Korea would be met with "fire and fury" unlike the world had ever seen, he later doubled down on his remarks a day later, saying perhaps they weren't tough enough. Mr. Trump on Friday promised "big, big trouble" if North Korea targets the U.S. territory of Guam, and said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will "regret it fast" if that happens.

 Earlier Friday, Mr. Trump dismissed critics who wonder if he is escalating tensions with North Korea.

 "Well you know my critics are only saying that because it's me," Mr. Trump told reporters. "If somebody else uttered the exact same words that I uttered, they'd say 'what a great statement, what a wonderful statement.' They're only doing it but I will tell you, we have tens of millions of people in this country that are so happy with what I'm saying because they're saying finally we have a president that's sticking up for our nation and frankly sticking up for friends and our allies."

 Earlier this week, North Korea announced it is planning to launch rockets that would fly over the islands of Japan and into the ocean, and could land 18 to 25 miles away from the U.S. airbase on Guam. North Korean state television said the launch would be a warning to the U.S. ||||| President Trump on Friday refused to rule out a U.S. military intervention in Venezuela, where civil strife has turned violent.

 "I'm not going to rule out a military option," he told reporters at his New Jersey golf club.

 “Venezuela is not very far away, and the people are suffering and they’re dying,” he said. “We have many options for Venezuela, including a possibile military option if necessary.”

 Trump declined to say whether American troops would lead a possible military effort in Venezuela, saying: “We don’t talk about it.”

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 “But a military operation, a military option is certainly something that we could pursue,” he said.

 Tensions in Venezuela have boiled over in recent months, with widespread protests against the increasingly autocratic government of President Nicolas Maduro.

 According to a statement by White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders late Friday night, Maduro called and requested a call with Trump on Friday, but the White House refused.

 "Since the start of this Administration, President Trump has asked that Maduro respect Venezuela’s constitution, hold free and fair elections, release political prisoners, cease all human rights violations, and stop oppressing Venezuela’s great people," Sanders said in a statement. "The Maduro regime has refused to heed this call, which has been echoed around the region and the world. Instead Maduro has chosen the path of dictatorship."

 "The United States stands with the people of Venezuela in the face of their continued oppression by the Maduro regime," the statement continued. "President Trump will gladly speak with the leader of Venezuela as soon as democracy is restored in that country."

 The Trump administration imposed fresh sanctions on Maduro in late July after questions about the legitimacy of an election to rewrite the country’s constitution.

 The vote was boycotted by the opposition, who accused Maduro of using the vote to consolidate power. Maduro went ahead with the vote, which created a new pro-government assembly that will rewrite the country’s constitution.

 Venezuela has also been roiled by shortages of food and medicine, intensifying the unrest.

 Ahead of the election last month, the State Department ordered the families of U.S. diplomats out of Venezuela’s capital Caracas amid concerns about “social unrest, violent crime, and pervasive food and medicine shortages.”

 Updated 9:50 p.m. ||||| CARACAS/LIMA (Reuters) - After months of attacking Venezuela’s unpopular President Nicolas Maduro, Latin America came out strongly against U.S. threats of military action against the crisis-hit nation.

 U.S. President Donald Trump’s surprise comments on Friday may bring the beleaguered Maduro some respite in the region, just as Venezuela was on verge of becoming a pariah over its recent installation of a legislative superbody, widely condemned as a power grab by the ruling Socialists.

 Following Trump’s assertion that military intervention in Venezuela was an option, Maduro’s critics are caught between backing the idea of a foreign invasion of Venezuela or supporting a president they call a dictator.

 The sudden escalation of Washington’s response to Venezuela’s crisis preceded U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s trip to the region beginning Sunday. He is set to visit Colombia, Argentina, Chile, and Panama.

 Trump did not specify what type of options he had in mind.

 Venezuela’s Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino on Friday disparaged Trump’s warning as “craziness” and Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said on Saturday Venezuela rejected “hostile” threats, calling on Latin America to unite against Washington.

 “We want to express gratitude for all the expressions ofsolidarity and rejection of the use of force from governments around the world, including Latin America,” said Arreaza, in a short speech on Saturday.

 “Some of these countries have recently taken positions absolutely contrary to our sovereignty and independence but still have rejected the declarations of the U.S. president.”

 It was one of Maduro’s fiercest critics, Peru, that led the charge in criticizing Trump’s threat, saying it was against United Nations principles. Mexico and Colombia joined in with statements of their own.

 Regional alliance Mercosur added that it rejected the use of force against Venezuela, despite having indefinitely suspended the country last week amid international condemnation of Maduro’s new, all-powerful “constituent Assembly”.

 After four months of deadly protests against his government, Maduro says the assembly is Venezuela’s only hope of obtaining peace by locking in the socialist policies of his mentor and predecessor, the late Hugo Chavez. Critics say the assembly is a bald maneuver by Maduro to cling to power as his popularity slumps under the weight of the country’s economic crisis.

 Peru expelled Venezuela’s ambassador in Lima on Friday, but that did not stop it from criticizing Trump’s threat.

 Venezuela's Presidente Nicolas Maduro gestures as he speaks during a session of the National Constituent Assembly at Palacio Federal Legislativo in Caracas, Venezuela August 10, 2017. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

 “All foreign or domestic threats to resort to force undermine the goal of reinstating democratic governance in Venezuela, as well as the principles enshrined in the U.N. charter,” said Peru’s Foreign Minister Ricardo Luna.

 Peru under President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski had taken the toughest stance yet toward Venezuela’s socialist government, and has openly called Maduro a “dictator”.

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 The new legislative superbody, which made waves last weekend by firing a dissident chief prosecutor, took new action on Saturday on the country’s election timetable. It unanimously passed a resolution to move the country’s Dec. 10 governors’ election up to October.

 Assembly members said the decision was made in part because the election had been delayed due to “opposition-led violence.” More than 120 people have died in unrest and anti-government protests since April.

 The National Electoral Council (CNE) was asked by the assembly to set the exact date for the governors’ election.

 Venezuela is undergoing a crisis in which millions are suffering from food and medicine shortages and high inflation.

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 The ruling Socialist Party has for years accused the United States of plotting an invasion as a way of controlling its oil reserves, the world’s largest, through a military intervention similar to the Iraq war.

 Previous U.S. administrations had brushed this off as politicized rhetoric meant to distract from Venezuela’s domestic problems.

 Under former President Barack Obama, the State Department in 2015 made quiet diplomatic overtures that led to several high-level meetings. The effort ultimately foundered as Maduro hardened his stance against opposition critics.

 Venezuela’s Information Minister Vladimir Villegas on Saturday tweeted a picture of the Statue of Liberty holding a machine gun instead of a torch, and a link to an article describing, “A Chronology of U.S. ‘Military Options’ in Latam and the Caribbean.” |||||
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– As many fret over the increasingly tense relationship between the US and North Korea, President Trump threw another country into the mix Friday: Venezuela. Speaking to reporters Friday from his New Jersey golf club, flanked by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, and National Security Adviser HR McMaster, Trump offered what Reuters calls a "surprise escalation" on the US response to Venezuela's current political upheaval, in which more than 120 people have been killed and thousands arrested over the past four months. "Venezuela is not very far away, and the people are suffering and they are dying," Trump told reporters, per the Hill. "We have many options for Venezuela, including a possible military option if necessary." When pressed by reporters on whether that meant the US would lead an operation in the South American country, Trump replied, "We don't talk about it, but a military operation—a military option—is certainly something that we could pursue." The US just hit Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with financial sanctions in late July, with a statement from Trump noting: "Maduro is not just a bad leader. He is now a dictator." The Pentagon told Reuters it has yet to receive any instructions from the president regarding Venezuela. Meanwhile, one reporter circled back to North Korea during Trump's appearance, asking, "Is the US going to go to war?" after Trump mentioned a possible "bad solution" to the Korea problem, per CBS News. "I think you know the answer to that," the president replied.


U.S. President Barack Obama (R) delivers remarks next to Vice President Joe Biden on common-sense measures to protect children from gun violence at the White House in Washington, March 28, 2013.

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 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Unlike his boss and several other Cabinet members, Vice President Joe Biden will hold off on taking a pay reduction in solidarity with government workers hit by the sequestration budget cuts, his office said Friday.

 Biden will take a pay cut if and when members of his own staff are affected. "The vice president is committed to sharing the burden of the sequester with his staff," a representative said.

 President Barack Obama is to take a 5 percent pay cut in 2013, equivalent to $20,000, in a show of sympathy with federal employees.

 Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will return the equivalent of 14 days' pay, and Secretary of State John Kerry will donate 5 percent of his salary to charity.

 But Biden is holding off for the moment. His pay cut plan is similar to Attorney General Eric Holder's. The Department of Justice said Holder would take a cut equivalent to 14 days' pay - the largest amount any Justice Department staffer would have to take under sequestration - if the sequestration cuts reach his employees.

 The $85 billion in sequestration budget cuts were designed to be so severe that Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill would be forced to come to an agreement to avoid them.

 After they failed to agree, the cuts were set into motion on March 1 but the effect on some government agencies is still not clear and furloughs of federal workers will take time to kick in.

 (Additional reporting by David Ingram; Editing by Eric Walsh) ||||| President Obama did it. So did Secretary of State John Kerry, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Attorney General Eric Holder. Some members of Congress have offered to do it, too.

 But, setting up an awkward dynamic in the White House, there’s one high-profile Cabinet member who has not yet publicly pledged to return some of his government salary: Vice President Joe Biden. You would think that someone who has hinted he wants to run for president in 2016 would have a photo-op handing over the money.

 One possible explanation is Biden’s net worth, which is on the modest side compared to those of the president and other Cabinet members. The Center for Responsive Politics calculates the vice president’s net worth at between $39,000 and $800,000 while the president’s could range from nearly $3 million to just over $8 million. Kerry's net worth is estimated at anywhere between nearly $200 million and $300 million; Hagel's from $2 million to $11 million, and Lew's from $750,000 to to almost $2 million.

 “It is a more difficult calculus for members who are not as wealthy,” said one long-time senior Democratic Senate aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity so he could be candid.

 Of course, being a millionaire probably makes it a little easier to pledge to return a percentage of your salary to the federal government to stand in solidarity with federal employees who’ve taken pay cuts because of budget cuts due to sequestration.

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 But because Obama will give $20,000 of his $400,000 salary back to the Treasury to share the pain of $85 billion in budget cuts that went into effect last month, the pressure on Biden to do the same is higher.

 “Ultimately here, PR rules the day,” said the long-time aide. “It's a way they can illustrate the common touch.”

 The vice president's office would not say if he planned to return some of his salary, but did suggest he might.

 "The vice president is committed to sharing the burden of the sequester with his staff," said a spokeswoman for Biden.

 Later, the vice president's office added that it's not clear whether his office will face cuts due to sequestration, and if they do he would consider returning part of his salary.

 Far from super-wealthy, Biden is not the only Cabinet member who hasn’t publicly said he’d give back part of his salary. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced no plans to give back part of her pay, though her estimated net worth is as high as $5 million, The New York Times reported.

 Still, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano whose net worth is in line with Biden’s at $93,000 to $700,000, said she’d give back 5 percent, according to The Times.

 The administration is navigating rocky political waters with sequestration. Before the cuts took effect, Obama argued that such a “meat-clever approach” would deliver a serious blow to the economy. But since the cuts went into effect the economy has not — yet, anyway — stumbled as badly as the president suggested. Now, Obama and the Cabinet are very publicly returning part of their salaries, a move that simultaneously suggests solidarity but also reminds voters, many of whom can’t afford to spare a dime, that their political leaders have tens of thousands to spare.

 “If you’re a member of Congress, surely the notion of lead by example should not just be a slogan,” said Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton of the District of Columbia, according to The Times.

 Biden, who earns $230,700 annually as vice president, has already made some public gestures because of the cuts. In February, he said he would again take Amtrak back to Delaware, just he did for three-plus decades while he was in the Senate.

 “Look, guys, I’ve got to take the train now,” Biden said at the time, according to the News Journal. “It’s cheaper than flying.” ||||| Updated 6:30 p.m. ET

 Vice President Joe Biden, unlike some of his colleagues in the administration, is currently not planning to donate a portion of his salary to charity or pay back the Treasury as a nod to the pinch of the sequester budget cuts - but he would reconsider if members of his staff eventually face furloughs, his office said Friday.

 "The vice president is committed to sharing the burden of the sequester with his staff," Biden's office said in a statement.

 On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel apparently kicked off a trend when he announced that he would return a portion of his salary for each day that Defense Department employees are furloughed. On Wednesday, President Obama himself pledged to return five percent of his $400,000 annual salary to the U.S. Treasury. And on Thursday, Secretary of State John Kerry staged his own demonstration of solidarity, pledging to donate five percent of his salary to treasury. Other cabinet secretaries, including Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, and others, followed suit with similar promises.

 While most Cabinet members earn around $200,000 per year, many of the current department heads were already independently wealthy when they took the job - Kerry's net worth, for example, is estimated to exceed $200 million.

 Not so, Joe Biden - he was among the least wealthy members of the Senate when he represented Delaware in the upper chamber, and not much has changed in his personal financial outlook since assuming the vice presidency. He and wife Jill Biden reported a combined income of $379,035 in 2011, including the vice president's salary of $230,700. Biden's average net worth was around $423,000 in 2011, according to a calculation by the Center for Responsive Politics.

 Editor's note: An earlier version of this story reported that Biden had declined to take a pay cut. Biden has not declined, his office says; he is currently holding off on a salary-related decision as he and his office assess the potential furlough situation.

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– Sequester politics have taken a weird turn. Joe Biden is now the subject of a spate of negative-sounding headlines because he isn't returning part of his salary in solidarity with federal workers about to be furloughed. (See this headline at CBS News or this one at Reuters.) President Obama has said he will do so—though critics are calling him a cheapskate—as have others, including Chuck Hagel, John Kerry, Janet Napolitano, and Jack Lew. Biden, though, is conspicuously absent. The VP's office says he might change his mind if members of his own staff lose pay, reports Politico. "The vice president is committed to sharing the burden of the sequester with his staff," says the statement. Why the reluctance, especially for a potential 2016 candidate? One possible reason is that Biden is a man of relatively modest means, with a net worth figured to be under $1 million, notes the National Journal. “It is a more difficult calculus for members who are not as wealthy,” says a senior Democratic Senate aide.


– Santa Fe police say three thieves made off with more than $1 million in goods from a jewelry store while employees were distracted by a holiday celebration. A rep says two men and a woman took 11 items from an unlocked case inside Diva Diamonds & Jewels on the Santa Fe Plaza between 5:15pm and 5:30pm on Friday while crowds gathered for an annual holiday lighting event, per the Albuquerque Journal and KOAT. Authorities say the heist was likely planned since the suspects were spotted at the store previously. They're sharing surveillance photos of the suspects in the hope that the public will help identify them. "We’ve certainly had theft down there, but the anomaly is the dollar amount," says the rep. "We hadn’t had anything that high in a while."

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More than $1 million in jewelry has been stolen from a store on a historic plaza in Santa Fe as crowds gathered for a holiday tree-lighting festival outside.

 Santa Fe police Lt. Michele Williams said Tuesday that 11 items of jewelry were taken from an unlocked case in a store bustling with shoppers.

 Santa Fe police are attempting to identify a trio of suspects involved in the Friday heist. According to authorities, suspects are a woman and two men.

 They said they were in the store in the weeks before the theft asking questions about how much the jewelry was worth.

 Police distributed images of the suspects taken from security camera footage on the day of the theft and in the weeks leading up the robbery.

 Williams said the jewelry was removed between 5:15 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. the night after Thanksgiving. Jewelry store employees discovered items were missing at about 6 p.m.

 Investigators are seeking help from the public to crack the case. Santa Fe police can be reached at 505-428-3710.

 Show Transcript Hide Transcript ALIKHANI IS TALKING TO OTHER SHOPS WHO ARE WORRIED THEY COULD BE NEXT. THE PLAZA IS A VERY SMALL COMMUNITY. EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS SOMEBODY ELSE, SO IT'S A FAMILY ASPECT AND IT'S CONCERNING WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS TO ANOTHER MERCHANT DOWNTOWN. LIDA: TONY SANCHEZ IS THE GENERAL MANAGER AT ORTEGA'S JEWELRY SHOP ON THE PLAZA. JUST A FEW DOORS DOWN POLICE SAY THIEVES PULLED OFF A BOLD ROBBERY AT DIVA DIAMONDS AND JEWELS. IT WAS OPEN AND BUSY DURING THE CITY'S ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING WHEN THE CROOKS USED THE CROWDS TO THEIR ADVANTAGE. POLICE SAY TWO MEN AND ONE WOMAN SCOPED OUT THE STORE WENT IN AND , TOOK $1 MILLION WORTH OF JEWELRY FROM THE DISPLAY CASE WITHOUT ANYONE NOTICING. SANCHEZ SAYS THAT'S VERY SCARY.

 Tony Sanchez is the general manager at Ortega’s Jewelry Shop on the plaza, a few doors down from Diamonds and Jewels, where the robbery took place. He said though it’s scary, he plans to talk to his employees about being aware of people coming in and out of the store.

 But he said he’s more concerned for them than the store.

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 SANTA FE – The Santa Fe Police Department is looking for three thieves said to have stolen more than $1 million worth of merchandise from a Plaza jewelry store during a popular holiday celebration.

 According to Lt. Michele Williams, three suspects – two men and a woman – went into Diva Diamonds & Jewels on the Plaza between 5:15 and 5:30 p.m. on Friday, during the city’s crowded annual Plaza holiday lighting event, and took 11 valuable items while employees were busy with customers.

 All the stolen jewelry was in the same general area of the store, Williams said, and the owner – Ala Shawabkeh, otherwise known as Mark Shaw – said he didn’t notice the items were gone until later.

 Investigators believe the heist may have been planned for about two weeks, because the suspects have been seen in the business before.

 “They had been in the store on a prior date and were asking questions about the jewelry in the store,” Williams said. “That’s why they feel they were scoping it out.”

 Shaw also owns Gold House Fine Jewelry on Old Santa Fe Trail, which was raided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife in late October for selling counterfeit Native American jewelry that was actually made in the Philippines.

 Federal authorities arrested three people for violating the Indian Arts and Crafts Act after raids on jewelry stores in Albuquerque and Gallup as well as Santa Fe, but Shaw was not charged. Shaw also owns Wild Horse LLC on Old Santa Fe Trail and Virginia Trading Post and Fly Eagle on East San Francisco Street.

 At Diva Diamonds on Tuesday afternoon, employees declined to comment, saying police advised them not to talk to anyone about the investigation.

 There is a high density of jewelry stores in downtown Santa Fe, especially along East San Francisco Street on the Plaza. Williams said that burglaries in the area are common, but that thefts of this magnitude are not.

 “We’ve certainly had theft down there, but the anomaly is the dollar amount,” she said. “We hadn’t had anything that high in a while.”

 Williams said police have a few leads on the thieves, but they still need the public’s help identifying them. Images of the culprits are available on the Santa Fe Police public information officer Facebook page.

 Anyone with information is urged to call detective Abe Maes at 505-231-6497 or detective Matthew Champlin at 505-469-5707. |||||


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A man has doused himself with gasoline and set himself on fire in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City.

 The Vatican said Thursday the 51-year-old man was treated at a nearby hospital and transferred to a larger one, with serious burns to the upper part of his body.

 A Vatican statement says a Jesuit priest initially tried to smother the flames with a jacket. He was later joined by two police officers who used a fire extinguisher to put out the blaze. The agents were treated at the hospital for smoke inhalation and injuries to their hands.

 The Vatican says his motives aren't known. The man had a piece of paper with the phone number of his daughter.

 Vatican police refused to let reporters into the square after the incident. ||||| Man sets self on fire in St Peter's Square, condition grave Priest, police put out flames, motive unknown

 (ANSA) - Vatican City, December 19 - A man who lit himself on fire in St Peter's Square on Thursday is in critical condition, the Vatican press office said. At around 8:30 local time the 51-year-old covered himself in gasoline from a bottle and set himself alight. The first person to come to his aid was a Jesuit priest, who through his frock and jacket on top of him. Soon two police officers arrived and put out the flames with a fire extinguisher. The motives for the unidentified man's act are unknown. At the scene of the fire, police found a piece of paper with his daughter's phone number written on it. The case recalled another case 15 years ago when Alfredo Ormando, a gay man, set himself ablaze in St Peter's Square to protest the Church's stance on homosexuality. He died days later. |||||

– A man is in "grave" condition after he doused himself in gasoline and set himself on fire in St. Peter's Square today around 8:30am local time, ANSA reports. The 51-year-old man was treated at a nearby hospital, then transferred to a larger one, with serious burns to his upper body, the AP notes. A Jesuit priest was first on the scene and threw his jacket on the man before two police officers arrived to extinguish the flames; both were treated for smoke inhalation and injuries to their hands. The motive for the man's act isn't clear, though a piece of paper with his daughter's phone number on it was found nearby.


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SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — Police stormed a Nevada apartment after a standoff and found a Nevada couple who appeared as ghost hunters in the reality television show "Ghost Adventures."

 Mark and Debby Constantino were found dead Tuesday in a barricaded Sparks apartment. Officials weren't releasing a cause of death.

 The couple was featured in recent years on the Travel Channel's series, including episodes shot at the Mustang Ranch brothel east of Reno, the Goldfield Hotel and the Market Street Cinema in San Francisco.

 A SWAT team responding to a hostage situation found their bodies when officers stormed their adult daughter's apartment near Sparks High School following an hours-long standoff on Tuesday.

 Mark Constantino shot at officers who approached the door of the Sparks apartment, but they did not return fire, police said.

 "The subjects involved in this incident were not shot at or injured by gunfire from any law enforcement personnel," Sparks police Lt. Rocky Triplett said in an email Wednesday to The Associated Press.

 Washoe District Court records show Debby Constantino obtained a restraining order that was served on her estranged husband last week and the two were scheduled to appear in court in December regarding their pending divorce.

 KTVN-TV in Reno, which videotaped them during a ghost adventure in 2007, first reported late Tuesday they were paranormal investigators.

 Tuesday's incidents began at 6:30 a.m. when Reno police received a call of a man found dead at a home in northwest Reno where Debby Constantino had been living. She was missing.

 Police say Mark Constantino was a suspect in that death.

 Without naming her at the time, Reno police Lt. William Rulla told the Reno Gazette-Journal she had been a victim in an earlier kidnapping and domestic incident involving Mark Constantino, and that officers tracking her cellphone located her inside the Sparks apartment with her estranged husband.

 Officers heard several shots fired when they knocked on the apartment door and heard a man yelling at police to leave. The suspect told the officers "give me 15 minutes to gather my thoughts or I'll kill her," Reno Deputy Police Chief Tom Robinson told the newspaper.

 One officer was taken to a hospital after he was hurt by broken glass when police used explosives to open the door.

 The Constantinos lectured at paranormal conferences around the country and maintained a Web site, www.spirit-speak.com. ||||| List of celebrities charged with domestic abuse, loosely ranked by fame and popularity. Emmy award winners, Oscar winners, and World Series MVPs have all been arrested for domestic violence. Many of the cases are dealing with repeat offenders, but sometimes it was a one-time incident in which the charges of domestic abuse were later dropped.

 Who is the most famous person charged with domestic abuse? Charlie Sheen tops our list. The Two and a Half Men star plead guilty to domestic abuse charges in 1996 and 2009. Sheen has a history of drug abuse, although the only drug he claims to use these days is a drug called “Charlie Sheen.” He is currently starring in the TV show Anger Management and hasn't been in trouble with the law since 2009. Other famous actors who have been charged with domestic abuse include Mel Gibson, Josh Brolin, Mickey Rourke, Steven Seagal, James Brown, Madonna, and Sean Penn.

 Some famous ladies have also been charged with domestic abuse. In 1998, Carmen Electra and then-husband Dennis Rodman were involved in a domestic incident in which they were both taken to prison. More recently, Emma Roberts was charged with domestic abuse and assault when she allegedly bloodied the face of her boyfriend, actor Evan Peters. Roberts's father, Eric Roberts, also has a history of domestic violence.

 Do you think that drugs and alcohol are factors in so many celebrities being charged with domestic violence? Share your thoughts in the comments section and tell us how you feel about celebrity wife beaters and if their relationships are worth saving despite abusive partners. ||||| The couple were found inside their daughter’s apartment at 1100 15th Street, near Sparks High School.

 SWAT teams from both Reno and Sparks police surrounded the Courtside Gardens Apartment, evacuated the complex and put it on lockdown.

 The incident started at 6:30 a.m. when Reno police received a call of a man found dead at a home in the 2300 block of Escalera Court in northwest Reno.

 A woman arrived at the residence to find her roommate dead inside, Reno Police Lt. William Rulla said. As they were investigating, they learned that another roommate, Debbie Constantino, was missing.

 Officers tracked her cellphone and found her inside the apartment in Sparks with her estranged husband.

 Rulla said she was previously a victim in a kidnapping and domestic incident with her husband.

 Upon arriving at the apartment, officers knocked on the door and heard several shots fired, said Deputy Chief Tom Robinson, of the Reno Police Department, in an earlier interview.

 The suspect told police "give me 15 minutes to gather my thoughts or I'll kill her," Robinson said.

 Officers said they heard a man yelling at police to leave. Police began negotiating with the suspect, but officers eventually used explosives to blow the door open and found the couple dead inside.

 Police did not say how they were killed or what kind of gun was used.

 Sparks High School was put on lockdown as a precaution, but eventually released at the normal 2:35 p.m. time.

 Police weren't searching for other suspects, but haven’t ruled out anything, Rulla said.

 The name of the male roommate found in the northwest Reno home was not immediately released.

 Anjeanette Damon contributed to this story.

 Check with RGJ for more information as it becomes available.

 Marcella Corona covers breaking news for the Reno Gazette-Journal. Contact her at 775-788-6340, mcorona@rgj.com or follow her on Twitter at @Marcella_Anahi or on Facebook at Facebook.com/Marcella.Anahi |||||
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– A pair of ghost hunters were found dead in a Nevada apartment yesterday following an hours-long standoff with SWAT teams in what is likely a domestic-violence incident, the AP reports. They were identified by police as paranormal investigators Mark and Debby Constantino, who had made numerous appearances on Travel Channel's Ghost Adventures, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal. The AP reports the couple had a history of domestic incidents, and Debby had taken a restraining order out against Mark last week. They were scheduled to appear in court in December over their pending divorce. Police received a call after Debby's male roommate was found dead in their home yesterday morning, the Gazette-Journal reports. Debby was missing, and police tracked her cellphone to the apartment of her and Mark's adult daughter. When officers knocked on the door, they heard shots fired and a man saying, "Give me 15 minutes to gather my thoughts or I'll kill her." After failed attempts to negotiate, police blew open the apartment door and found Mark and Debby dead inside. Police have so far not released a cause of death, according to the AP. Mark is suspected in the murder of Debby's unidentified roommate. (These 79 celebrities have been charged with domestic abuse.)