Anonymous The international hacking collective Anonymous has begun posting alleged personal information of suspected ISIS extremists.

 This comes just a few days after Anonymous declared "war" on ISIS, after the terrorist group that claimed responsibility for the deadly attacks in Paris last weekend.

 Anonymous has already collected lists of Twitter accounts and websites belonging to ISIS in order to take them down, and the group claims to have already successfully taken some of those sites and accounts down.

 The group also leaked alleged personal information about suspected ISIS members. In one instance, an Anonymous Twitter account on Monday evening shared a bunch of names found from an alleged "jihadist site," preceding that list with a message: "ISIS we are coming for you."

 Anonymous has been busy shutting down social media accounts and websites linked to ISIS since January, when the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo was attacked by terrorists. Shortly after that event, Anonymous claimed to have taken down nearly 800 Twitter accounts and 50 email addresses associated with ISIS.

 However, Anonymous has wrongly identified people, including alleged extremists from ISIS and Al Qaeda, in the past. So, it's important to not begin a witch hunt for these people based on this information alone.

 Anonymous operates almost exclusively online and does most of its "activist" work through hacking and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, which basically overload servers with tons of bogus requests. Anonymous has also been known to inundate phone networks with spammy phone calls, among other things, in order to disrupt communications. ||||| Anonymous has begun leaking the personal information of suspected extremists, after it "declared war" on Isis in the wake of the deadly attacks in Paris.

 The activist collective is assembling lists of the Twitter accounts and websites of extremists, in an attempt to have them taken down. At least one post seen by The Independent contains details including the physical address of a person it claims is an Isis recruiter in Europe.

 Activists claim to have successfully had accounts and sites taken down already. Accounts associated with the group claimed that it was responsible for the removal of more than 5,500 accounts.

 The group appears to have stepped up its tactics for what it called its "biggest operation" ever, in response to the attacks that left 129 dead. Previously it had largely focused on social media accounts.

 None of the details that have been shared could be independently confirmed, and Anonymous activists have wrongly identified alleged extremists in the past. But if true the details shared include the physical addresses and names of those the activists claim are involve in recruitment.

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 Anonymous began its campaign against Isis in earnest after the killings at Charlie Hebdo in January. That work included launching attacks on extremist websites and finding extremist accounts on Twitter so that the social network could take them down.

 It has continued that work this time around. Its attacks on websites seem to use a distributed denial of service, a technique that overloads a site's servers until they go offline. The Twitter accounts are taken down by the network itself, in response to requests the activists make once they are found. ||||| The hacker collective Anonymous on Sunday released a list of more than 1,000 Twitter accounts that it claims Islamic State supporters use to spread propaganda. That was just the first salvo of an intensified campaign against the terror group following last Friday's Paris attacks.

 The question, however, is whether Anonymous' effort and that of a growing number of like-minded digital vigilantes in recent months will have any impact on the militants' digital networks, or are they only hindering government efforts to disrupt the jihadi group.

 In a YouTube video Monday, an individual wearing the collective's trademark Guy Fawkes mask promised that Anonymous activists from around the world would hunt down the Islamic State. "We are going to launch the biggest ever operation against you," the masked individual warned. "Expect very many cyberattacks." (A slightly different English language version of the video is available here.)

 Following the deadly attacks on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo earlier this year, Anonymous launched a campaign dubbed #OpISIS to expose and destroy websites, social media accounts, and e-mail addresses of those it considered as affiliated with the terror group. Since then, it has claimed credit for shutting down several websites, and exposing e-mails, private networks, Internet addresses, and more than 9,000 Twitter accounts allegedly being used by Islamic State (ISIS) activists.

 It's unclear how exactly Anonymous plans on escalating that effort with it new #OpParis campaign launched over the weekend. According to Anonymous, it has already taken down more than 3,800 pro-ISIS Twitter accounts following the Paris attacks. Members of the collective are now apparently working on setting up teams for intelligence gathering, intelligence analysis and dissemination as part of a broader, more organized effort to hit ISIS capabilities online.

 Supporters and sympathizers of ISIS have used social media channels and the Internet extensively to communicate, to recruit, and to coordinate supporters across continents. By going after the online accounts used by members and supporters of the group, Anonymous hopes to degrade and diminish the ability for ISIS to communicate and proselytize using the Internet.

 But its penchant for doling out vigilante style justice replete with hyperbolic messages of vengeance and retribution may not be quite what’s needed now, say analysts. For one thing, regardless of how successful Anonymous might prove in exposing Twitter accounts and shutting down websites, it's simple for ISIS supporters to reestablish new ones.

 In fact, many ISIS supporters are likely using the same tactics that members of Anonymous and other hacktivist groups use to stay ahead of those following them, says Joe Gallop head of the hacktivism intelligence practice at iSight Partners. The group behind the Paris attacks, for instance, may have used encrypted chat technology to communicate with each other, a tactic that hacktivists have long used to stay under the law enforcement radar, Mr. Gallop said.

 "Terrorist organizations are just taking a page out of the hacktivist playbook," he says. In the same way that it's hard to take down Twitter accounts belonging to groups such as Anonymous, it's hard to completely curtail the ability to terror groups to communicate simply by shutting down Twitter accounts and taking down websites. "What they are doing is more of simple harassment. In the end it is not going to help law enforcement to prevent an actual physical attack like what happened in Paris," Gallop said.

 There's also the question of whether efforts by Anonymous and others to take down sites and channels that terrorist supporters might be using to communicate could actually disrupt law enforcement investigations.

 When such activities are not undertaken in coordination with counterterrorism practitioners from within government, the actions of groups such as Anonymous can become counterproductive, says Michael Smith II, principal and chief operating officer at Kronos Advisory, a strategic advisory firm.

 "Unless these activities are being coordinated with investigators who possess the authority to disrupt terrorists’ activities, there is a good chance these activities will prove disruptive in relation to ongoing investigations," Mr. Smith warns.

 Smith currently acts as an intermediary in funneling ISIS-related data, collected by a group called Ghost Security Group, to government counter-terrorism officials. The focus is on passing along information gathered by the group related to ISIS attack plots and recruitment efforts.

 Members of Ghost Security Group previously belonged to GhostSec, a group of hacktivists that like Anonymous has been working to disrupt the online activities of Islamic terror groups such as ISIS, Al Qaeda and Al Shabab. In fact, GhostSec was one of two hacktivist groups that worked with Anonymous to expose the Twitter accounts of ISIS supporters, following the Charlie Hebdo attacks earlier this year.

 By setting up Ghost Security Group, some members of GhostSec have deliberately distanced themselves from Anonymous and its legacy of hooded figures and Guy Fawkes masks. The goal in shedding the outlaw image is to get government counter terrorism officials to pay more attention to the data they are collecting on ISIS and other terror groups.

 The effort is paying off, Smith claimed. In July 2015, Ghost Security Group handed over information to federal authorities that was used to disrupt a plan to attack Jews and British citizens in Tunisia.

 Since September, Smith has acted as an intermediary between Ghost Security and the government, supplying official with information on the Islamic State’s use of certain communications platforms that are more difficult to monitor than Twitter or Facebook.

 "Data collected by Ghost Security Group and passed to law enforcement and intelligence professionals by me has added value to counterterrorism operations," Smith said, pointing to an article in Foreign Policy before the Paris terror attacks in which former Gen. David Petraeus is quoted as saying information provided by organizations like Ghost Security Group could be of value to government.

 Governments have been overwhelmed by the Islamic State's prolific use of Internet technologies to coordinate jihadist activities, in the West in the Middle East and North Africa. So there's plenty of room for outside support, Smith said.

 "However, any activities which are not coordinated with government officials who possess the authority to go out and make arrests, or direct other actions against the Islamic State can inadvertently serve to benefit the enemy." ||||| The Islamic State militant group (ISIS) released a statement on Monday responding to Anonymous’s declaration of “total war,” calling the hacker group “idiots” and offering guidance to pro-ISIS supporters to protect against cyber attacks.

 Anonymous threatened that it would launch its “biggest operation ever” against ISIS in response to the wave of shooting and suicide bomb attacks in Paris that left at least 129 people dead.

 The “Islamic Cyber Army” posted a response to Anonymous’s video release on its purported official channel on the privacy app Telegram, giving a series of tips to ISIS supporters. The post was shared by Anonymous-affiliated accounts on social media, such as the group’s Venezuelan arm. Jihadi monitoring network SITE Intelligence also confirmed the post.

 “The Anonymous hackers threatened in new video release that they will carry out a major hack operation on the Islamic State (idiots),” ISIS’s post read. “What they gonna hack...all they can do is hacking twitter accounts, emails etc…”

 The militant group then listed a series of steps that its supporters should follow online, including not opening suspicious links, changing their locations using workaround technology on their phones and computers, avoiding contact with unknown people on their phone and computers and to renaming their email addresses.

 The post says: “Do not talk to to people u don’t know on telegram and block them if u have to cause there are many glitches in telegram and they can hack you by it. Don’t talk to people on twitter DM cause they can hack u too.

 “Do not make your email same as your username on twitter this mistake cost many Ansar (helpers) their accounts and the kuffar published their IP so be careful.”

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 Anonymous’s two-minute video threatening ISIS has amassed more than five millions views since it launched on Saturday. "War is declared. Get prepared," a masked figure warned the group in the video.

 "The French people are stronger than you and will come out of this atrocity even stronger,” the figure added. “Anonymous from all over the world will hunt you down. You should know that we will find you and we will not let you go.”

 The hacker said that the infamous group will use its cyber skills to "unite humanity" and said that terrorists should "expect massive cyber attacks."

 Anonymous has targeted ISIS for a number of months following the attacks on the Paris offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and its hack of U.S. CENTCOM's Twitter account. The group has uncovered the Twitter accounts of ISIS members and hacked a number of the group's sites.

 The hacktivist group has dismantled at least 149 of ISIS’s affiliated websites, flagged approximately 101,000 Twitter accounts and nearly 6,000 propaganda videos, U.S. magazine Foreign Policy estimates.

 This story has been updated to clarify that the targeting of ISIS by Anonymous followed ISIS's attacks on Charlie Hebdo and U.S. CENTCOM's Twitter account. |||||
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– Anonymous is following through with its promise to target ISIS in a cyber war after the Paris terror attacks. Operating under the hashtags #opISIS and #opParis, the group has begun leaking the personal details of alleged ISIS recruiters, reports the Independent. Anonymous also has compiled lists of social media accounts linked to extremists in an attempt to have them removed, and at least one post reveals the physical address of a suspected recruiter in Europe. Another list, spotted by Tech Insider, includes more than 80 names, though the site notes that Anonymous has wrongly identified extremists before. The group is also working to take down ISIS-affiliated websites using denial-of-service attacks to overload servers. ISIS, however, seems unperturbed. "All they can do is hacking (sic) Twitter accounts, emails etc.," the terrorist group said in a statement Monday, calling Anonymous a bunch of "idiots." Still, ISIS shared tips with supporters about how to avoid cyberattacks, including altering email addresses, changing a computer's shared location, and ignoring suspicious links, per Newsweek. While Anonymous' attacks could hinder communications between ISIS supporters, analysts tell the Christian Science Monitor that they're unlikely to do much good. "What they are doing is more of simple harassment," one says. "In the end it is not going to help law enforcement to prevent an actual physical attack like what happened in Paris." (ISIS has a 24-hour help desk for jihadis having tech trouble.)


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“We don’t trust the regime anymore,” he said in a phone interview.

 The government response in Libya underlined an unintended consequence of the success of uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, where protests pouring into the streets day after day forced the departure of long-serving authoritarian leaders. In Libya, Yemen and Algeria, the governments have quickly resorted to violence to crush unrest before it gathers momentum that might threaten their grip on power.

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 A day of antigovernment marches in Yemen, the Arab world’s poorest country, took a violent turn as government supporters opened fire on a group opposing the 31-year rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, wounding at least four people. And hundreds of police officers in the Algerian capital, Algiers, used clubs to overwhelm antigovernment demonstrators.

 The crackdown in Libya has proven the bloodiest of the recent government actions, drawing criticism from the United States and European allies.

 In London, Foreign Minister William Hague said he had reports that heavy weapons fire and sniper units were being used against protests, organized in a half-dozen cities or more. “This is clearly unacceptable and horrifying,” he said in a statement.

 Earlier in the day, thousands had returned to the courthouse in Benghazi. Idris Ahmed al-Agha, a Libyan writer reached by telephone, said the crowd had grown to more than 20,000 by midday — an account confirmed by others — with many of the people there planning to take part in funeral marches to bury dozens of people killed a day before.

 Opposition Web sites reported that security forces later fired on some of the mourners. One site, Al Manara, said snipers fired from an army base that sits on the route to the cemetery, and a video posted on a Facebook page that has compiled images from the protests showed a march coming under fire, with at least one man shot in the head. Doctors have said that most of the dead have suffered gunshots.

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 “It seems that security forces in Libya do not feel there are limits on how far they can go in suppressing protests,” said Heba Morayef, a researcher for Human Rights Watch in Cairo who has been in contact with residents and doctors in Benghazi.

 The government has viewed the situation in Benghazi as so precarious that Colonel Qaddafi sent his son, Saadi, to the eastern Libyan city last week in an attempt to mollify resentment, residents said. In a speech Wednesday, the son promised reform, but his overtures were seen as condescending, several said. His whereabouts were unclear on Saturday, with some saying he was holed up in a hotel in the city, where Colonel Qaddafi’s hold on power is not as strong as in the capital, Tripoli, in the west.

 In Benghazi, protesters have echoed a chant heard in Tunisia, then picked up by protesters in Egypt: “The people want to topple the regime.”

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 One of the region’s wealthier countries, Libya has been spared the economic grievances that offered a cadence to protests against President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt. Nor does Colonel Qaddafi seem to generate the loathing that President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali did in Tunisia. Though his rule has proven idiosyncratic and eccentric, he has a luxury not afforded neighboring Egypt: vast oil revenues and a small population.

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 But political grievances in places like Benghazi have deepened with the crackdown. Some accuse the state of deploying special forces and foreign mercenaries unable to speak Arabic to crush the protests, and the bloodshed — much of it inflicted on funeral marches — seems to have struck a chord of anger.

 “They’re not going to go back to their homes,” said Issa Abed al-Majid Mansour, an exiled opposition leader in Oslo. “If they do, he’ll finish them off. They know the regime very well. There’s no to way to go back now. Never, never.”

 The Libyan crackdown comes amid one of the most tumultuous moments in the Arab world in recent memory, with two longtime leaders falling in as many months and a series of Arab states facing defiant calls for change.

 In the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, saved from much of the devastation visited on the rest of the country during the American-led war, a demonstration ended with gunfire for the second time in less than a week. Gunmen wearing civilian clothes fired on a group of students from the University of Sulaimaniya, wounding 12 people. Hundreds of students chanting antigovernment slogans had gathered on Saturday to demand the government apologize for the bloodshed at the earlier demonstration. The original protests were against local leaders in the semiautonomous area and echoed complaints across the region over the excessive power of long-ruling parties and corruption.

 About 1,000 protesters demanding Mr. Saleh’s ouster in Yemen gathered for another day in Sana, squaring off against government supporters. Some protesters shouted, “Be peaceful!” but the calls were drowned out as the two sides hurled bottles, rocks and shoes at each other. Government supporters fired at protesters; one man, his chest bloodied, was carried away.

 In Algiers, hundreds of baton-wielding police officers pushed back demonstrators, breaking up an antigovernment protest in the downtown. Thousands paraded peacefully through Tunis to demand the country adhere to secular traditions, in one of the largest protests since Mr. Ben Ali’s fall in January; since his ouster, many exiled Islamists have returned to the country, apparently raising concerns that that they would push for religion to play a greater role in politics. The government there also signed an amnesty decree that would free prisoners convicted on grounds of politics, security or activism.

 The military government in Egypt took more steps toward a handover of power. State television reported that that within six months, the government would end the so-called emergency law which, for 30 years, has allowed detentions without charges or trial. The judge heading the effort to draft constitutional amendments said his panel might produce recommendations as early as Sunday, for a referendum in the coming weeks. And the government recognized the first new political party formed since the revolution, a moderate Islamist group that has sought recognition for 15 years. ||||| Security forces in Libya and Yemen fired on pro-democracy demonstrators Saturday as the two hard-line regimes struck back against the wave of protests that has already toppled autocrats in Egypt and Tunisia. At least 15 died when police shot into crowds of mourners in Libya's second-largest city, a hospital official said.

 Bahraini protesters hold up flowers toward riot police near the Pearl roundabout after the military pulled out in Manama, Bahrain, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011. The deputy chief of Bahrain's armed forces... (Associated Press)

 Bahraini protesters celebrates at the Pearl roundabout soon after the military pulled out in Manama, Bahrain, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011. The deputy chief of Bahrain's armed forces has ordered the military... (Associated Press)

 A masked anti-government demonstrator seen during clashes with Yemeni government supporters, unseen, in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011. Hundreds of Yemenis began demonstrating early in the morning... (Associated Press)

 A wounded anti-government demonstrator is helped by other demonstrators after being hit by a stone thrown by Yemeni government supporters during clashes in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011. Hundreds... (Associated Press)

 Riot police pull out as Bahraini protesters rush to celebrate at the Pearl roundabout in Manama, Bahrain, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011. The deputy chief of Bahrain's armed forces has ordered the military to... (Associated Press)

 Bahraini protesters celebrates at the Pearl roundabout after the military pulled out in Manama, Bahrain, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011. The deputy chief of Bahrain's armed forces has ordered the military to... (Associated Press)

 Bahraini protesters remove barbed wire near the Pearl roundabout after the military pulled out in Manama, Bahrain, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011. The deputy chief of Bahrain's armed forces has ordered the military... (Associated Press)

 Yemeni anti-government demonstrators shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011.Hundreds of Yemenis began... (Associated Press)

 Supporters of the Yemeni government shout at anti government demonstrators, not pictured, in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011. Hundreds of Yemenis began demonstrating early in the morning Saturday... (Associated Press)

 Anti-government demonstrators display the traditional head scarf of a wounded demonstrator during clashes with Yemeni government supporters in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011. Hundreds of Yemenis... (Associated Press)

 Even as Bahrain's king bowed to international pressure and withdrew tanks to allow demonstrators to retake a symbolic square in the capital, Libya's Moammar Gadhafi and Yemen's Ali Abdullah Saleh made clear they plan to stamp out opposition and not be dragged down by the reform movements that have grown in nations from Algeria to Djibouti to Jordan.

 Libyans returned to the street for a fifth straight day of protests against Gadhafi, the most serious uprising in his 42-year reign, despite estimates by human rights groups of 84 deaths in the North African country _ with 35 on Friday alone.

 Saturday's deaths, which would push the overall toll to 99, occurred when snipers fired on thousands of mourners in Benghazi, a focal point of unrest, as they attended the funerals of other protesters, a hospital official said. He spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal.

 "Many of the dead and the injured are relatives of doctors here," he told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "They are crying and I keep telling them to please stand up and help us."

 Earlier, special forces had attacked hundreds of demonstrators, including lawyers and judges, who were camped out in front of a courthouse in Benghazi, Libya's second-largest city.

 Authorities also cut off the Internet across Libya, further isolating the country. Just after 2 a.m. local time in Libya, the U.S.-based Arbor Networks security company detected a total cessation of online traffic. Protesters confirmed they could not get online.

 Reports could not be independently confirmed. Information is tightly controlled in Libya, where journalists cannot work freely, and activists this week have posted videos on the Internet that have been an important source of images of the revolt. Other information about the protests has come from opposition activists in exile.

 A female protester in Tripoli, the capital city to the west, said it was much harder to demonstrate there. Police were out in force and Gadhafi was greeted rapturously when he drove through town in a motorcade on Thursday.

 Throughout the Middle East, protesters for weeks have been crying out against a similar litany of injustices: repressive governments, corrupt officials and pathetic wages among them. Government responses seem to be hardening. While there was violence during the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, the government retaliation in Yemen and Libya in particular appeared to be more sustained.

 In Yemen's capital of Sanaa, riot police opened fire on thousands of protesters, killing one anti-government demonstrator and injuring five others on a 10th day of revolt against Saleh, a key U.S. ally in fighting al-Qaida.

 As on other days earlier this week, protesters marching from Sanaa's university were met by police and government supporters with clubs and knives who engaged in a stone-throwing battle with the demonstrators. At one point, police fired in the air to disperse the march.

 A medical official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press, said one man was shot in the neck and killed, raising the total death toll from Yemen protests to seven.

 In a meeting with civic leaders, Saleh said Yemenis have the right to express themselves peacefully and the perpetrators of the unrest were trying to seize power by fomenting instability.

 "The homeland is facing a foreign plot that threatens its future," Saleh said, without elaborating.

 Saleh, who has been in power for three decades, has tried to blunt discontent by promising not to seek re-election when his term ends in 2013.

 But he is facing a restless population, with threats from al-Qaida militants who want to oust him, a southern secessionist movement and a sporadic armed rebellion in the north. To try to quell new outbursts of dissent, Saleh also has reached out to tribal chiefs, who are a major base of support for him. So far, however, that has not changed the response in the streets.

 In the tiny island nation of Bahrain, thousands of joyful protesters streamed back into the capital's central Pearl Square after the armed forces withdrew from the streets following two straight days of a bloody crackdown.

 The royal family, which was quick to use force earlier this week against demonstrators in the landmark square that has been the heart of the anti-government demonstrations, appeared to back away from further confrontation following international pressure.

 President Barack Obama discussed the situation with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, asking him to hold those responsible for the violence accountable. He said in a statement that Bahrain must respect the "universal rights" of its people and embrace "meaningful reform."

 In a telephone call to the crown prince, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said he welcomed the government's military withdrawal and strongly supported efforts to initiate a dialogue.

 The demonstrators have emulated protesters in Tunisia and Egypt by attempting to bring political change to the government in Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet _ the centerpiece of Washington's efforts to confront Iranian military influence in the region.

 Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, deputy supreme commander of the armed forces, appealed for calm and political dialogue in a brief address on state TV.

 As night fell, though, defiant protesters in Pearl Square erected barriers, wired a sound system, set up a makeshift medical tent and deployed lookouts to warn of approaching security forces.

 Protesters took over the square earlier in the week, setting up a camp with tents and placards, but they were driven out by riot police in a deadly assault Thursday that killed five people and injured more than 200. The government then clamped down on Manama by sending the tanks and other armored vehicles into the streets around the square, putting up barbed wire and establishing checkpoints to deter gatherings.

 On Friday, army units shot at marchers streaming toward the square. More than 50 people were injured.

 Some of the protesters were wary of Bahrain's leaders, despite the military withdrawal.

 "Of course we don't trust them," said Ahmed al-Shaik, a 23-year-old civil servant. "They will probably attack more and more, but we have no fear now."

 The cries against the king and his inner circle reflected a sharp escalation of the political uprising, which began with calls to weaken the Sunni monarchy's power and address claims of discrimination against the Shiite majority.

 Algerian police, meanwhile, thwarted a rally by thousands of pro-democracy supporters, breaking up the crowd into isolated groups to keep them from marching.

 Police brandishing clubs, but no firearms, weaved their way through the crowd in central Algiers, banging their shields, tackling some protesters and keeping traffic flowing through the planned march route.

 A demonstrating lawmaker was hospitalized after suffering a head wound when he fell after police kicked and hit him, colleagues said.

 The gathering, organized by the Coordination for Democratic Change in Algeria, comes a week after a similar protest, which organizers said brought an estimated 10,000 people and up to 26,000 riot police onto the streets of Algiers. Algeria has also been hit by numerous strikes over the past month.

 President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has promised to lift the state of emergency, which has been in place since early 1992 to combat a budding insurgency by Islamist extremists. The insurgency, which continues sporadically, has killed an estimated 200,000 people.

 Bouteflika has warned, however, that a long-standing ban on protests in Algiers would remain in place, even once the state of emergency is lifted.

 Algeria does have many of the ingredients for a popular revolt. It is riddled with corruption and has never successfully grappled with its soaring jobless rate among youth _ estimated by some to be up to 42 percent _ despite its oil and gas wealth.

 "The people are for change, but peacefully," said sociologist Nasser Djebbi. "We have paid a high price."

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 Ahmed al-Haj in Sanaa, Yemen; Hadeel al-Shalchi and Barbara Surk in Manama, Bahrain; Elaine Ganley in Algiers, Algeria, and John Affleck in Cairo contributed to this report. |||||Summary:

– In direct contrast to the "delirious joy" in Bahrain, the death toll keeps climbing in Libya's protests. Moammar Gadhafi's minions killed another 20 people today, bringing the five-day total to at least 104, says Human Rights Watch. Gadhafi has effectively shut off Internet service and forbid media coverage, but witnesses told AP of attacks by police and government loyalists wielding guns, knives, and even anti-aircraft missiles. While the accounts are impossible to verify—and at least one puts the death toll closer to 200—a grim cycle has emerged, reports the New York Times: "Security forces fire on funeral marches, killing more protesters and creating more funerals." In Yemen, meanwhile, President Ali Abdullah Saleh's forces also opened fire on protesters, killing at least one, reports AP.


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Census director Robert Groves says the South and West continued their strong population growth over the last decade.

 The total national count was 308,745,538, representing the slowest growth over the last decade since the Great Depression.

 Groves spoke at a briefing announcing 2010 census results. He says the South had the fastest growth since 2000, at 14.3 percent. The West was close behind at 13.8 percent.

 The Northeast had 3.2 percent growth while the Midwest had 3.9 percent.

 The state with the largest population growth was Nevada with 35.1 percent. Michigan was the only state with a decline, at 0.6 percent. ||||| Commerce Secretary Gary Locke is calling the 2010 census a success, saying it saved more money than expected.

 Locke spoke at a press conference Tuesday to announce the 2010 results. He says the census ended up spending $1.87 billion less than expected, in part because of a strong participation rate.

 That figure is higher than the original $1.6 billion in cost savings announced in August.

 Locke credited strong management that overcame government auditors' warnings that the census could be wasteful and inefficient.

 About 74 percent of U.S. households mailed back their 10-question form, matching the rate in 2000. |||||

– Drumroll, please: The final tally is in, and the total US population is 308,745,538, the 2010 census finds. The South’s population has grown the fastest in the US since 2000, at 14.3%; the West was the runner-up, growing 13.8%. But overall, the population has expanded at its slowest since the Great Depression, the AP reports. The Northeast grew 3.2% and the Midwest grew 3.9%. Every state but Michigan (whose population declined 0.6%) saw growth, with Nevada expanding the fastest at 35.1%. The census was successful, the commerce secretary said at a press conference—and it came in almost $1.9 billion under budget, thanks to high participation and good management. Some 74% of households responded to questionnaires, about the same rate as in 2000.


An affluent Connecticut couple disappeared a week after losing an appeal over more than $2.2 million they owe in debt, according to court records.

 Jeffrey Navin, 56, and Jeanette Navin, 55, were reported missing by relatives on Aug. 7, three days after they were last seen near their home in Easton, about 65 miles north of midtown Manhattan, police said.

 The couple's car was found in a park-n-ride off Exit 42 of the Merritt Parkway in Westport on Aug. 9, police said.

 The Navins could be on vacation because they travel often, Easton Police Chief Tim Shaw told reporters Tuesday. But they usually tell their relatives they're leaving, and authorities expected them to return home over the weekend.

 He said police did not suspect foul play in the disappearance of Jeffrey, who runs a sanitation company in Westport, and Jeanette, who works as a paraprofessional at Weston Intermediate School's library.

 A week before their disappearance, a judge denied the Navins' second motion to appeal in a foreclosure case worth millions with HSBC Bank USA, court records show.

 HSBC filed the suit in 2007 after the couple allegedly failed to pay a cent on their $1.3 million mortgage on another house in Guilford, the Hartford Courant reported.

 The debt on the 8,265-square-foot house -- which has six bedrooms and a 10-acre wooded property, according to real estate site Zillow -- nearly doubled by December 2014 to a whopping $2.2 million.

 The case is still pending but is not the only one against the Navins for debt.

 In November, a power company claimed Jeffrey owed $139,000 in unpaid electric fees for the same house, court records show. A judge ordered him to pay it back in weekly installments of $35.

 The couple sold a house in 2012 to resolve another foreclosure filed by OCWEN Financial Corp. in 1999, according to records. The sale was linked to a 2002 civil case involving Jeffrey and Essex Savings Bank, although the details of that case were not immediately available.

 But relatives denied Thursday morning that the couple's money problems caused them to go missing, noting their bank accounts are "untouched" during this "overwhelming and troubling time."

 "Financial issues recently reported by the media have not been proven to be a factor for our family members' disappearance," the family said in a statement.

 "We are shocked and saddened at the unexpected disappearance of Jeff and Jeanette Navin. There are no words to describe the impact this has had on their parents, siblings and children. We wish only for their safe return."

 Shaw told the Daily News Thursday that he could not comment "on anything as far as financial records go."

 "We're investigating everything that we can," Shaw said.

 The couple earned up to $216,000 a year, according to Nexis Lexis records. The Navins also moved into a custom-built 4,000-square-foot house in Westport in 1994 and sold it for $900,000 in June, records show. They soon began renting a home in Easton, where the median household income is $142,000 -- double the state average.

 Jeffrey's company, J&J Refuse, began with "one man in a truck in 1985 and has been growing ever since," according to its website. It does not appear to be one of the municipality's vendors, according to town financial records.

 Jeanette is a "beloved employee" for the Weston Public Schools district, where she has worked for 18 years, Superintendent Colleen Palmer said in an email to staff Tuesday.

 The Navins' longtime attorney, Kenneth Davis, said he hasn't seen them in about a month and that he doubts their debt would lead to physical harm against them.

 "I'm in the dark just like everybody is," he told the Courant. "I just hope they're all right."

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 Jeffrey and Jeanette Navin were reported missing Aug. 7 to the Easton Police Department, and while it is still technically considered a missing persons case, the State Police Western District Major Crime Squad has taken over the investigation.

 Late Wednesday, state police and Bridgeport detectives searched a house on Aldine Avenue in Bridgeport where Kyle Navin, the couple's son, lives.

 Police have not said why they searched the home. Kyle Navin is listed as the general manager of the family's refuse company.

 Sources said evidence found in the couple's abandoned pickup truck that has since been sent to the state forensic laboratory for analysis led investigators to ramp up the investigation, with as many as a half-dozen detectives working on it.

 The state police are poring through a ton of paperwork trying to backtrack where the Navins may have been before they disappeared. — Easton Police Chief Timothy Shaw

 The couple's truck was found Aug. 9 in a commuter parking lot off exit 42 of the Merritt Parkway, on the border of Weston and Westport. Until recently, the Navins lived in Weston. Their family-owned garbage company, J&J Refuse, operates in Westport.

 Jeffrey Navin, 56, was last seen at work Aug. 4. Police have not said when anyone last had contact with Jeanette Navin, 55.

 "The state police are poring through a ton of paperwork trying to backtrack where the Navins may have been before they disappeared," Easton Police Chief Timothy Shaw said.

 Sources said investigators are reviewing bank records, credit card purchases and cellphone records, as well as talking to the couple's friends and coworkers. It is unclear if their cellphones have been found.

 "We are looking at everything, nothing is being ruled out," Shaw said this week. Investigators from Easton are assisting the state police.

 Police initially suspected the Navins, who liked to take spur-of-the-moment vacations, had gone away without telling anyone. But as time passed, police said they began to suspect the two either willingly disappeared or were victims of foul play.

 A review of public records shows the Navins had spent part of the past few months downsizing and paying off old debts.

 On May 28, Jeanette Navin sold the family's longtime home on Osborn Farm Road in Weston for $900,000, records show. The couple moved to a rental home in Easton, where they were living at the time of their disappearance. Police have searched the home for evidence.

 The Navins had owned the Weston property since 1994 when Jeanette Navin purchased it for $135,000. Over the years they had made several improvements to the home, including spending more than $25,000 to install an in-ground swimming pool, according to Weston town records.

 In June, three old mortgages and home equity loans that Jeanette Navin had taken out on the Osborn Farm Road home were released. More than $780,000 in mortgages held by People's Bank and JPMorgan Chase bank were released between June 9 and June 26, records show.

 Jeffrey Navin is not listed on any of the legal documents for the Weston home.

 Jeffrey Navin was involved in a legal battle over a $1.4 million home that he owns in Guilford that was originally built by Colleen McCullough, the author of the best-selling book "The Thorn Birds," as a retreat. Court records show that Navin has been involved in a long-running foreclosure battle over a Guilford house at 7 Hart Landing Road.

 HSBC Bank USA filed a foreclosure against Navin in 2007, alleging that he had failed to pay any of a $1.3 million mortgage on 7 Hart Landing Road. Navin has appealed the judgment against him twice but lost both times.

 The case is still pending in New Haven court eight years after it was filed. A judge denied Navin's latest attempt to reopen the case in late July, court records show. The debt that Navin owes has grown to $2.2 million as of the end of 2014, according to court records.

 Connecticut Light & Power, now called Eversource, also took Navin to court last year, claiming he owed about $130,600 for electrical service for the Hart Landing Road house. In November, Navin was ordered to pay $138,137.79 in $35 weekly payments, plus interest. Navin, who disputed the amount owed, appealed.

 The Guilford house was listed for sale at a price of $1.4 million by the Settlers & Traders Real Estate Co. in Westport. But the listing agent, Michael Calise, said Wednesday that the house is no longer on the market. He said a third party recently told him to take it off the market. He declined to comment further.

 Jeffrey Navin has operated J&J Refuse Inc. in Westport since the mid-1980s. The company's website was taken off-line in the days after it became public that the couple was missing, but has recently gone back online, and the couple's son, Kyle Navin, is listed as the operations manager.

 Jeanette Navin has worked in the Weston school district since 1996. She is a paraprofessional assigned to the Weston Intermediate School library. School officials said that since word of her disappearance became public, concerned parents have been calling.

 "Jeanette is a beloved member of our school community," Weston Superintendent Colleen Palmer said in a statement.

 "Our entire district is extremely concerned that she and her husband have not yet been located, and we continue to offer our support in any way that would further the efforts of law enforcement to find them and bring them home safely." ||||| Story highlights Jeffrey and Jeanette Navin of Easton, Connecticut, were last seen on August 4

 Days earlier, they'd lost in court over $2.2 million in debt tied to their second home

 Their family says the financial woes may have nothing to do with the disappearance

 (CNN) A Connecticut couple has disappeared days after losing their latest appeal in a multimillion-dollar foreclosure case, a disappearance that a local police chief said appears increasingly suspicious though the pair's family said it may be unrelated to their financial woes.

 Jeffrey and Jeanette Navin of Easton, Connecticut, were last seen on Tuesday, August 4, at the refuse company they own in Westport, according to Easton Police Chief Tim Shaw.

 In late July, Jeffrey Navin was denied his latest appeal in an ongoing eight-year battle over a mortgage on the family's second home in central Connecticut, according to court documents.

 Navin took out a mortgage on the home -- a six-bedroom, five-bath, 8,265-square foot residence on a 10½-acre lot, according to Zillow.com -- in 2005 for $1.3 million and stopped paying in 2007, the records show. The debt had grown to more than $2.2 million by the end of 2014.

 Authorities cannot say yet that these issues have anything to do with the couple's disappearance.

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– A Connecticut couple in their mid-50s has been missing for two weeks now, and police are investigating whether their financial troubles—including $2.2 million in debt—may have something to do with it, reports CNN. Their families, however, aren't buying it. Police found the pickup belonging to Jeffrey and Jeanette Navin in a commuter parking lot by the exit of a local expressway on Aug. 9 but say there's no sign of foul play. The Easton police chief says it's possible the Navins are on vacation somewhere safe and sound, but acknowledges that suspicion is mounting the longer they remain out of touch. Money problems had been piling up for the Navins, last seen Aug. 4 at a garbage company they own. Jeffrey took out a $1.3 million mortgage on a six-bedroom-five-bathroom house in 2005 and stopped paying it in 2007. He lost his third appeal over the $2.2 million he owes in the foreclosure case in July. He also racked up six-figure debt to the power company. The Hartford Courant reports the couple sold another of their homes for $900,000 in June and moved to a rental house. Family members object to the focus on finances and point out that the couple, who earned up to $216,000 a year, haven't touched their bank accounts in this "overwhelming and troubling time," the Daily News reports. Jeffrey's attorney can't shed any light: "I'm in the dark just like everybody else is," he tells the Courant. "I just hope that they're all right." (In Florida, a female firefighter who has been missing for 9 years was just declared dead.)


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 After paying tribute to several important figures in his life, including his parents, his wife Shante Broadus, DJ Warren G, Dr. Dre, Jimmy Kimmel and Quincy Jones, Snoop, 47, went on to thank himself for getting him to where he was today.

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 “Last but not least, I want to thank me for believing in me,” he began. “I want to thank me for doing all this hard work, I want to thank me for having no days off, I want to thank me for never quitting, I want to thank me for always being a giver and trying to give more than I receive.”

 “I want to thank me for trying to do more rights than wrong, I want to thank me for just being me at all times,” he continued. “Snoop Dogg, you a bad motherf—er.”

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 Snoop Dogg with his Hollywood Walk of Fame star Kevin Winter/Getty

 In addition to his wife and parents, Snoop’s daughter Cori , 19, and son Julian, 20, were in attendance. (Snoop is also father to Corde, 24, and Cordell, 21, both of whom were not present.)

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 Singer and music producer Pharrell Williams also was in attendance at Monday’s ceremony to support his friend. After Snoop’s star was unveiled, the pair greeted each other with big hugs before posing on the red carpet together.

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 One person noticeably missing from Snoop’s ceremony? His close friend Martha Stewart. The duo has been longtime friends and has co-hosted the Martha and Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party together since 2008.

 Stewart, 77, posted a comment to the rapper on social media (as captured by @commentsbycelebs), and she has previously spoken very highly of Snoop and their friendship to PEOPLE.

 “When you work with someone like Snoop, it’s like having a sidekick. How great it is,” Stewart told PEOPLE. “That’s why all the comedians have sidekicks and bands because it loosens them up and lets them be freer. Snoop is my freedom.”

 RELATED: Snoop Dogg Is Releasing His First Cookbook with All Cannabis-Free Recipes, Ya Dig?

 Following the ceremony, Snoop shared a photo of himself to Twitter, kneeling alongside his star. Keeping it simple, the rapper captioned the shot, “Blessed #HollywoodWalkOfFame”

 He also posted several photos and videos to Instagram, where he told his followers, “Thank. U I am humbled.”

 Last Friday, Snoop released an Amazon Original song called “Grateful,” featuring Tyrese and E-40 and only available to stream or purchase on Amazon Music.

 Aside from his music career, Snoop has recently added “author” to his resume. The rapper penned his first cookbook, From Crook to Cook, which hit bookshelves on Oct. 23.

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 The collection features 50 of Snoop’s favorite recipes like baked mac and cheese (which he can be seen showing off on the cover), chicken and waffles and baby back ribs, and is organized by meals and occasions while also highlighting some of his entertaining tips.

 Though all of the recipes are cannabis-free, Snoop shared his go-to munchies and his very own Gin and Juice recipe.

 “You know it’s blazin’ up in my kitchen,” he said. “I’m takin’ the cookbook game higher with a dipped and whipped collection of my favorite recipes, ya dig?” ||||| Photo: Tomassio Boddi (Getty Images)

 Rapper/singer-songwriter/record producer/television personality/entrepreneur/football coach/Martha Stewart BFF/actor Snoop Dogg received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame outside the El Capitan theater on November 19. His is the 2,651st tribute to celebrity on the sidewalks of Los Angeles, and during his speech, the Doggfather wanted to thank the man responsible for all of his success: Tha Snoop D-o-double g.

 Snoop has definitely earned some tangible appreciation for his career, selling over 23.5 million albums in the United States and 37 million albums worldwide. And since he seems to be the Susan Lucci of the Grammys with 17 nominations, an zero wins, the Walk of Fame is a big deal. So when it came time for Snoop to recognize the person whose hard work and tenacity paved the way for the honor, naturally, the artist formerly known as Snoop Doggy Dogg and Snoop Lion gave thanks to the most important member of his squad: himself.

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 Snoop’s been having a good year: His most recent album, Snoop Dogg Presents Bible Of Love, topped the gospel charts in March, and Redemption Of A Dogg, the semi-autobiographical musical that he’s starring in, has just finished up its autumn tour. His new cookbook (From Crook To Cook: Platinum Recipes From Tha Boss Dogg’s Kitchen) is available wherever books are sold, his GGN news show is coming soon in adapted form to film and television, and his game show (Snoop Dogg Presents The Joker’s Wild,) is returning to TBS next year.

 And, if that wasn’t enough, earlier this year Snoop Dogg set the Guinness World Record for the largest Paradise cocktail: a “Gin and Juice” drink measuring over 132 gallons and containing 180 bottles of gin, 154 bottles of apricot brandy and 38 jugs of orange juice. Laid back.

 The fact that Snoop is indeed a hard working man/bad MFer isn’t the only reason he has to shout himself out. While it’s true that anyone can nominate a celebrity for inclusion—including fans, the public figure’s manager, agent, studio, network, or the celebrity themselves, there is a stipulation that whoever does the nominating also agrees to be responsible for paying the $40,000 it costs to install and maintain the star. That’s why it makes sense for talent (or their family or studio) to nominate themselves —$40k is a lot of money, even if you have eleventy billion income generating projects like Snoop does.

  ||||| Grammy-nominated rapper Snoop Dogg received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame ahead of the 25th anniversary of his debut album "Doggystyle." (Published Monday, Nov. 19, 2018)

 Rapper Snoop Dogg, a 16-time Grammy nominee, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Monday, four days before the 25th anniversary of the release of his debut album "Doggystyle."

 Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, record producer Quincy Jones and the rapper Dr. Dre were among those attending the ceremony in front of the El Capitan Entertainment Center on Hollywood Boulevard where Kimmel's show is taped.

 After thanking friends and family, Snoop Dogg ended his acceptance speech by quipping, "I want to thank me."

 "I want to thank me for believing in me," he said. "I want to thank me for doing all this hard work. I want to thank me for having no days off. I want to thank me for never quitting. I want to thank me for always being a giver, and trying to give more than I receive. I want to thank me for trying to do more right than wrong. I want to thank me for just being me at all times."

 His star is the 2,651st on the famed walk.

 Born Calvin Broadus on Oct. 20, 1971 in Long Beach, he got his stage name from his mother Beverly who joked he looked like the Peanuts character Snoopy.

 Snoop Dogg's rap career began by making mixtapes with his cousins Nate Dogg and Lil 1/2 Dead and friend Warren G. One tape was heard by Dr. Dre, who invited him to audition.

 "Doggystyle,'' released on Nov. 23, 1993, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and sold more than 11 million copies worldwide through November 2015.

 Snoop Dogg's other memorable works include "Gin & Juice," "Who Am I? (What's My Name?)," "Nuthin' But A `G' Thang," "Next Episode," "Beautiful," "Drop It Like It's Hot," "Signs," "Sensual Seduction" and "I Wanna Rock."

 Snoop Dogg's 16th and most recent studio album, "Snoop Dogg Presents Bible Of Love," was released March 16, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts and stayed there for eight weeks. It was his first foray into the gospel music genre.

 Snoop Dogg and lifestyle guru Martha Stewart have co-hosted the VH1 variety series, "Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party'' since 2016. His other television projects have included the 2002-03 MTV sketch comedy series "Doggy Fizzle Televizzle,'' the 2009 MTV talk show, "Dogg After Dark" and the 2007-09 E! Entertainment Television documentary series, "Snoop Dogg's Father Hood."

 Snoop Dogg has had supporting and cameo roles in such films as "Training Day," "Starsky & Hutch" and "Bruno." He has appeared on such scripted television series as "One Life to Live," "Empire," "Monk" and "Las Vegas," and has been a voice actor on episodes of "The Simpsons" and "King of the Hill."

 Snoop Dogg established the Snoop Youth Football League in 2005.

 Snoop Dogg's brushes with the law began as a teenager and include the 1996 acquittal with his bodyguard of first- and second-degree murder charges in the 1993 shooting death of a gang member at a Palms park.

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 Rapper, actor, entrepreneur, philanthropist and icon Snoop Dogg was honored with his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday.

 At the event, which kicked off at 11:30 a.m., the famed entertainer thanked fans, his family, his mentors -- from Warren G to Dr. Dre and Quincy Jones, all of whom were in attendance -- and God. He also thanked himself.

 "I want to thank me for believing in me; I want to thank me for doing all this hard work; I want to thank me for having no days off; I want to thank me for never quitting; I want to thank me for always being a giver, and trying to give more than I receive; I want to thank me for doing more right than wrong; I want to thank me for being me at all times," he told the large crowd that packed Hollywood Boulevard to witness the occasion.

 The multi-platinum artist was praised as a visionary and inspiration to others, while being lauded for his lengthy and impressive career, which has garnered numerous award nominations in multiple mediums.

 "You are not just an artist and entertainer, you are a visionary," Jones said." You deserve this star on the Hollywood's Walk of Fame and every other recognition that comes your way."

 Those sentiments were echoed by comedian Jimmy Kimmel.

 "If there's anyone who deserves Hollywood's highest honor, it's Snoop Doggy Dogg," Kimmel said. "You crossed over color lines, you crossed over genre lines before almost anyone in hip hop did that."

 After, the star was unveiled, the 2,651st on the famed walk, according to the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Snoop Dogg was joined by his wife Shante Broadus and their family.

 Born Calvin Broadus Jr. in Long Beach, Snoop Dogg has sold more than 40 million albums since his Nov. 1993 debut Doggystyle. The record-setting album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and sold more than 800,000 copies in its first week.

 Since then, Snoop Dogg has gone on to record 17 other studio albums and has been nominated for nearly 20 Grammy awards.

 His chart-topping hits include "Gin & Juice," "Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang," "Next Episode," Drop It Like It's Hot" and Beautiful."

 A popular entertainer, Snoop Dogg has also gone on to appear in films such as "Soul Plane," "Starsky & Hutch," "Training Day," Half Baked" and "Pitch Perfect 2."

 He's also the Emmy-nominated executive producer and co-host of the VH1 program "Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner," and has executive produced and hosted other shows, including "Joker's Wild" on TNT and "Coach Snoop" on Netflix.

 The entrepreneur has also made his mark in cannabis culture, co-founding Merry Jane, a marijuana-focused media company.

 And he's a philanthropist who has established his own football league -- the Snoop Youth Football League -- to provide opportunities in sports for children between 5 and 13 years old.

 "Snoop Dogg is one of those people who can do anything. He raps, he acts, he hosts a television show, he cooks, and helps community kids with his philanthropic work," Ana Martinez, producer of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, said in a news release. "He is a man of the ages and we welcome him to our Hollywood Walk of Fame."

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– Snoop Dogg got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Monday, and the final person the rapper thanked in his speech wasn't God, his wife, or his parents—it was himself. "Last but not least, I want to thank me for believing in me. I want to thank me for doing all this hard work, I want to thank me for having no days off, I want to thank me for never quitting, I want to thank me for always being a giver and trying to give more than I receive," the 47-year-old said, per People. "I want to thank me for trying to do more [right] than wrong, I want to thank me for just being me at all times. Snoop Dogg, you a bad motherf-----." Of course, he did also thank all of those aforementioned people and entities, plus colleagues including Dr. Dre and Quincy Jones, KTLA reports. And on Instagram, he thanked his fans. "Blessed," he captioned a photo of the star on Twitter. NBC Los Angeles notes the tribute came four days before the 25th anniversary of his debut album, Doggystyle. Snoop, born Calvin Broadus, is "the Susan Lucci of the Grammys," per the AV Club, having racked up 17 nominations since then with no wins. "Snoop Dogg is one of those people who can do anything. He raps, he acts, he hosts a television show, he cooks, and helps community kids with his philanthropic work," the producer of the Hollywood Walk of Fame said in a news release. "He is a man of the ages and we welcome him to our Hollywood Walk of Fame." (He's also into weed.)


– Jamaica's incredible bobsledding run to the Winter Olympics now has a theme song to go with it—named, appropriately, "The Bobsled Song," the AP reports. The upbeat tune by Sidney Mills and Jon Notard plays perfectly in sync with the team's 4,921-foot run in Sochi and wraps up with "Last turn, keep your head down/I see the finish line/Jamaica rock the whole town," reports Mashable. (See the 8-bit video here.) Considered a long shot to win a medal, the two-man team of Marvin Dixon and Winston Watts are aiming to recapture the thrill of the 1988 film Cool Runnings and ride the crowd-funding high that paid for country's first bobsledding Olympic appearance since 2002.

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 Song by Sidney Mills & Jon Notar, and Groove Guild.

 Download the Bobsled Song at BobsledSong.com and press play the exact moment our Jamaican Bobsled Team begins their big race this Sunday. You'll be amazed how the song syncs perfectly with the rhythms of the bobsled track itself.

 First heat starts this Sunday 11:15AM EST, 2/16. Get more details via Twitter @JAMBOBSLED ||||| The two-man team from Jamaica JAM-1, piloted by Winston Watts, start a run during a training session for the men's two-man bobsled at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana,... (Associated Press)

 The two-man team from Jamaica JAM-1, piloted by Winston Watts, start a run during a training session for the men's two-man bobsled at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana,... (Associated Press)

 SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Jamaican bobsled fans have a new tune for their country's improbable run Sunday night.

 The country's main tourism agency is touting "The Bobsled Song," a tune designed to sync with the two-man run of Marvin Dixon and Winston Watts.

 See an eight-bit animated music video for the song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r71JHunY8rI

 The lyrics and "It's bobsled time" chorus follow the course of the 1,500-meter (4,921-foot) track with its 17 turns and vertical drop of 125.5 meters (410 feet).

 During the last part of the course, the group sings: "Last turn, keep your head down/I see the finish line/Jamaica rock the whole town."

 Jamaica, a tropical island nation, qualified for the two-man bobsled competition for the first time since 2002, making it without racing in any World Cup events but accumulating enough points in lower-tier races in North America.

 The Jamaicans are considered a long shot to win a medal.

 Jamaica's run to the Calgary Games in 1988 was depicted in the film "Cool Runnings."

 — By Oskar Garcia — Twitter http://twitter.com/oskargarcia

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 Associated Press reporters are filing dispatches about happenings in and around Sochi during the 2014 Winter Games. Follow AP journalists covering the Olympics on Twitter: http://apne.ws/1c3WMiu ||||| After a 12-year absence from the Winter Olympic games, the Jamaican bobsled team is making a catchy comeback.

 According to the Jamaican Tourist Board, this groovy reggae tune, titled "The Bobsled Song," syncs perfectly with the Olympic bobsled track's twists and turns. If you start the song just as the Jamaican bobsled team begins its run, you'll have an amazing theme song that reflects the team's progress throughout the race.

 The song was written by Sidney Mills and Jon Notard, and features a bright 8-bit music video that tracks the team's progress on a map of the Sochi bobsled course.

 Before the team steps up to the Sochi track on Feb. 16, you'll want to be sure that this goofy little dance track is queued up on your computer.

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– A Massachusetts college president is apologizing after campus police were called to investigate an undergraduate black student quietly eating her lunch in a common room. Smith College President Kathleen McCartney says in a letter Thursday the college is hiring a "third-party investigator" to review the incident and that every Smith staff member will undergo mandatory anti-bias training. Officials say an employee at the Northampton college called 911 Tuesday to report someone appeared "out of place" in the building, the AP reports. The school says there was nothing suspicious. The New York Times identifies the student as Oumou Kanoute, who says she was on break from work when she was approached by a campus police officer, who quickly surmised nothing was amiss. "I am blown away at the fact that i cannot even sit down and eat lunch peacefully," Kanoute wrote on Facebook, including two short video clips of her interaction with the police officer. "I did nothing wrong, I wasn't making any noise or bothering anyone. All I did was be black." Kanoute adds she had a "complete meltdown" following this "wrong and uncalled for" incident. "No students of color should have to explain why they belong at prestigious white institutions," she noted. "I worked my hardest to get into Smith, and I deserve to feel safe on my campus." Kanoute also tells CBS Boston she wants the person who called to report her—she says police told her it was an employee at Smith—identified and fired. McCartney has apologized to Kanoute, a rising sophomore who's spending the summer as a teaching assistant working with high school students in a Smith STEM program.

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NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts college president is apologizing after campus police were called to investigate a black student quietly eating her lunch in a common room.

 Smith College President Kathleen McCartney says in a letter Thursday the college is hiring a "third-party investigator" to review the incident and that every Smith staff member will undergo mandatory anti-bias training.

 Officials say an employee at the Northampton college called 911 Tuesday to report someone appeared "out of place" in the building.

 The school says there was nothing suspicious. McCartney has apologized to the undergraduate student, who is a teaching assistant this summer.

 The woman who has identified herself as the student posted on Facebook that it was outrageous she couldn't eat her lunch in peace.

 She added: "All I did was be black." ||||| NORTHAMPTON (CBS) – Smith College is investigating after police were called to investigate a black student who was eating her lunch in a common room.

 “This shouldn’t happen to anyone at all,” Oumou Kanoute said crying.

 Kanoute is a rising sophomore at Smith College. She works at a summer program teaching chemistry to high schoolers for Smith’s STEM program and was reading in the dining hall of the Tyler House dorm Tuesday.

 “Next thing you know, I see the cop walk in with a Smith employee whom I’ve never seen before and the man asked me, ‘we were wondering why you’re here?’” Kanoute said.

 She says police told her an employee had called about a suspicious black man. She recorded video with her phone, adding her own text on Instagram, with a post that’s prompted outrage from supporters.

 “No student of color should have to explain why they belong at prestigious white institutions,” she wrote. “I worked my hardest to get into Smith, and I deserve to feel safe on my campus.”

 She added: “All I did was be black.”

 “It just still upsets me to just talk about it because I don’t even feel safe on my own campus and I’m away from home. I’m the first in my family to go to college. I’m doing this not only for me but for my family, for my ancestors,” Kanoute told WBZ-TV

 Smith’s president sent a statement apologizing and assuring the student, “That she belongs in all Smith spaces. This painful incident reminds us of the ongoing legacy of racism and bias in which people of color are targeted while simply going about the business of their daily lives…building an inclusive, diverse and sustainable community is urgent and ongoing work.”

 Kanoute appreciates the apology but wants more.

 “I want the identity of the caller released,” she says. “I want a public apology from that caller and I want them fired from the school.”

 Smith’s administration says privacy laws prevent them from releasing the name, so Kanoute has turned to social media with a plea for help.

 “I tried to like shake it off. I didn’t even want to speak up and speak out because I know not everyone’s going to agree with what you need to say. Not everyone’s going to listen to you,” Kanoute says. “I’m just so upset.” ||||| Each incident shared a catalyst: Someone considered black people going about their everyday lives to be suspicious or dangerous enough to call the police. On Facebook, Ms. Kanoute noted that the person who called the police did not approach her first.

 “I am blown away at the fact that I cannot even sit down and eat lunch peacefully,” she wrote.

 The employee who placed the call to the police was placed on leave pending an investigation, the college announced on Friday.

 In a statement on Thursday, Kathleen McCartney, Smith’s president, apologized to Ms. Kanoute and said that “we continue to fall short even as we continue to make progress.”

 “This painful incident reminds us of the ongoing legacy of racism and bias in which people of color are targeted while simply going about the business of their daily lives,” Ms. McCartney said. “It is a powerful reminder that building an inclusive, diverse and sustainable community is urgent and ongoing work.”

 Amy Hunter, the college’s interim director of inclusion, diversity and equity, said that she had reached out to Ms. Kanoute and was investigating the incident along with human resources and the campus police. ||||| Frequently Asked Questions

 Q: What was the charge to the investigators?

 A: The investigators were asked to determine whether any employees violated the college’s Affirmative Action Policy in connection with the incident on July 31, 2018. The college also asked the investigative team, irrespective of its findings, to share recommendations for ways Smith could improve its policies and practices on interactions with persons who may be perceived as suspicious.

 Q: Did the external report find the July 31, 2018 incident was the result of bias?

 A. No. The investigators ultimately concluded that “the Caller provided a legitimate, non-discriminatory reason for calling the Campus Police on the day of the Incident.” Further, “the Investigative Team did not find sufficient information that this decision was based on the Reported Party’s race or color, or violated the Policy.” Nevertheless, the report acknowledges that the student was having lunch near a campus dining area, and that she was put in fear when the officer approached her.

 Q: Has the college responded to the student’s request for an apology and to meet with the caller?

 A: Yes. President McCartney apologized publicly on August 2, 2018. President McCartney also reached out to the student on August 3, to personally apologize and offer to meet and continues to welcome a meeting with the student. The college offered restorative justice mediation between the student and the caller. The caller has agreed to mediation, and the offer remains open.

 Q: Has the college responded to the student’s requests for affinity housing, employee training, changes in policies and procedures, and investigation of the legacy of President Emeritus Neilson?

 A: Yes.

 Regarding specific requests from the student and the ACLU, President McCartney’s letter to the community on September 4 includes pertinent information, including new and existing initiatives. These include:

 Affinity housing: The college’s Residential Experience Working Group, which was established earlier this summer, will conduct a comprehensive examination of how Smith, as an educational institution and a residential college, can optimize the learning potential of living and dining in community. This group will address, among other things, affinity housing.

 Employee training: The college committed to mandatory anti-bias training for staff and faculty. Please see President McCartney’s October 20 email for more information.

 Changes in policies and procedures: The college currently has policies prohibiting race and gender discrimination and robust procedures for prevention and enforcement. See, for example:

 For additional information on potential policy changes, see President McCartney’s October 29 letter to the community.

 William Allan Neilson served as president of Smith from 1917 to 1939. The ACLU has circulated an excerpt from a previously published 1927 letter from Neilson referencing segregation and student housing. The public is welcome to view and assess Neilson’s legacy via his personal papers, including those that reference his service on the board of the NAACP and his role in founding the Legal Defense and Education Fund of the NAACP.

 Out of an interest for transparency and to support research into Neilson’s views on race, the college has digitized two sets of documents:

 The full letter referenced by the ACLU is available in the first link.

 The college continues to evaluate additional reforms proposed by the student, guided by the findings and recommendations in the report. As part of the review process, Smith also looks forward to input from campus governance groups such as the Committee on Mission and Priorities and the Inclusion Counsel.

 Q: Will Smith be implementing the recommendations in the report?

 A: Smith is carefully considering the recommendations in the report and looks forward to input from the affected parties and the community to fully assess which additional steps are appropriate.

 Q: What is the employment status of the staff member who called campus police?

 A: The report concluded that no employees violated Smith College policies. Therefore, the college does not anticipate pursuing any adverse employment action in connection with the events of July 31. However, the report has identified certain areas for improvement in Smith’s training for employees, including on encounters with people on campus who may appear to be unfamiliar or out of place. Smith is assessing potential enhancements to its staff trainings to address concerns about the influence of implicit bias in this area.

 Q: What information has been redacted from the investigative report?

 A: The substance and findings of the independent investigation have not been changed or redacted. The college has, however, redacted certain language to preserve confidentiality consistent with college policy, relating to those interviewed in the investigation.

 Q: Have any lawsuits been filed in relation to the July 31 incident?

 A: No.

 Q: What is the nature of the ACLU’s involvement?

 A: Although no lawsuits have been filed, an ACLU attorney is providing counsel to the student and has been in communication with the college since late August.

 Q: Social media posts from August 21 purport to identify the caller to Campus Police. Are the posts accurate?

 A: No. Neither of the individuals named in these posts placed the call.

 Q: Who led the external investigation of the incident?

 A: Two experienced attorneys investigated the incident: Anthony Cruthird and Kate Upatham.

 Anthony Cruthird has close to 20 years of experience in the field of civil rights and education. The bulk of his experience stems from his prior role as a senior civil rights attorney and team leader with the United States Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), where his work centered on investigating and remedying complaints alleging discrimination on the bases of race, color, national origin, disability, sex, and age.

 Kate Upatham worked for eight years as a Civil Rights Attorney with the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR). She has conducted numerous investigations including with OCR’s compliance team that proactively ensures that schools receiving Federal financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Education, and public entities, are in compliance with the laws enforced by OCR.

 Both attorneys are members of the Sanghavi Law Office.

 Q: What type of training do Campus Police officers receive?

 A: Campus Police officers receive training including, but not limited to:

 Diversity, equity and inclusion

 Implicit bias (led by the District Attorney’s Office)

 Trauma-informed victim response

 Violence prevention and de-escalation

 Massachusetts State Police training plus an additional nine-week in-house field training

 Q: Are college employees required to take anti-bias training?

 A: Yes. Please read President McCartney’s October 20, 2018 email to the community regarding employee diversity and bias training.

 Q: Does Smith outsource its security to the Northampton Police Department or any other armed police department?

 A: No. Campus Police officers respond to all on-campus calls, 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. Campus Police may contact the Northampton Police Department for additional support only in those instances where required—large events, major crimes, etc.

 Q: Are Campus Police officers armed?

 A: No. Campus Police officers do not carry firearms.

 Q: Was there a call to 911?

 A: No. The caller contacted Smith College's Campus Police dispatch.

 Q: Is there a police report available of the July 31 call to campus police?

 A: A Community Incident Report was filed recording the Campus Police officer’s response to the call. The Community Incident Report is included as an exhibit to the investigative report. |||||


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– The final surviving member of the singing von Trapp family that fled the Nazis in World War II and inspired The Sound of Music has died at the age of 99 in Stowe, Vt. Maria von Trapp was the third of seven children of Georg von Trapp and his first wife; she was the inspiration for Louisa in the famous musical and film. "She was a lovely woman who was one of the few truly good people," said brother Johannes von Trapp, a son born later to Georg von Trapp and his second wife, also named Maria. "There wasn't a mean or miserable bone in her body. I think everyone who knew her would agree with that." After escaping Austria, the von Trapps settled in Stowe, eventually opening a ski lodge, where Maria von Trapp played accordion and taught Austrian dance with a younger sister. She recalled, well, the sounds of music surrounding her early years in an online biography, notes the AP. "Father played the violin, accordion, and mandolin. Mother played piano and violin," she wrote. "I have fond memories of our grandmother playing the piano for us after meals." She also served as a missionary in Papua, New Guinea. The family was fairly long-lived: Maria's older sister, Agathe, died three years ago at age 97.

File-This Aug. 5, 1966, file photo shows members of the Trapp family as they gave a public concert at the family lodge in Stowe, Vermont,under the direction of Msgr, Franz Wasner, their chaplain, and... (Associated Press)

 File-This Aug. 5, 1966, file photo shows members of the Trapp family as they gave a public concert at the family lodge in Stowe, Vermont,under the direction of Msgr, Franz Wasner, their chaplain, and... (Associated Press)

 STOWE, Vt. (AP) — Maria von Trapp, the last surviving member and second-eldest daughter of the musical family whose escape from Nazi-occupied Austria was the basis for "The Sound of Music," has died. She was 99.

 Von Trapp died at her home in Vermont on Tuesday, according to her brother Johannes von Trapp.

 "She was a lovely woman who was one of the few truly good people," he said. "There wasn't a mean or miserable bone in her body. I think everyone who knew her would agree with that."

 Maria von Trapp was the last surviving member of the seven original Trapp Family Singers made famous in "The Sound of Music." She was portrayed as Louisa in the 1959 Broadway musical and a 1965 film, which won the Oscar for best picture.

 She was the third child and second-oldest daughter of Austrian Naval Capt. Georg von Trapp and his first wife, Agathe Whitehead von Trapp. Their seven children were the basis for the singing family in the musical and film.

 "The Sound of Music" was based loosely on a 1949 book by von Trapp's second wife, also Maria von Trapp, who died in 1987. It tells the story of an Austrian woman who married a widower with seven children and teaches them music.

 In 1938, the family escaped from Nazi-occupied Austria and performed concert tours throughout Europe and then a three-month tour in America. The family settled in Vermont in the early 1940s and opened a ski lodge in Stowe.

 Von Trapp played accordion and taught Austrian dance with sister Rosmarie at the lodge.

 She wrote in a biography posted on the Trapp Family's website that she was born in the Austrian Alps after her family fled fighting from World War I and that she was surrounded by music growing up.

 "Father played the violin, accordion and mandolin. Mother played piano and violin," she wrote. "I have fond memories of our grandmother playing the piano for us after meals."

 Her biography on the website also said that she worked as a lay missionary in Papua, New Guinea.

 Rosmarie von Trapp, Johannes von Trapp and Eleonore Von Trapp Campbell were born to Georg von Trapp and Maria von Trapp. ||||| Austrian-Inspired Lodging in Beautiful Stowe, VT

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– President Trump held a campaign-style rally in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday night, and a federal judge's blocking of his new travel ban hours earlier was one of his chief topics. The president slammed the Hawaii judge's decision as "unprecedented judicial overreach" and accused the court of acting for "political reasons," ABC News reports. The order blocked "was a watered-down version of the first order that was also blocked by another judge and should have never been blocked to start with," Trump told the raucous crowd, adding: "This ruling makes us look weak, which we no longer are." He vowed to fight the "terrible rule" all the way up to the Supreme Court if necessary, to "keep our citizens safe." At the rally, which followed a day of events marking Andrew Jackson's 250th birthday, Trump praised the controversial leader as one of America's great presidents, and one who opposed the "arrogant elite," WHNT reports. "Does that sound familiar?" he asked the crowd. During his 40-minute speech, Trump also praised his administration's accomplishments so far and repeated his promise to repeal ObamaCare, which he said is now in a "catastrophic situation," the Tennessean reports. "It's time for us to embrace our glorious national destiny," he said at the end of his remarks. Several protesters were removed during his speech, including a woman with a "Medicare for all" sign.

Less than two hours after a federal judge in Hawaii issued a nationwide temporary restraining order on the Trump administration's revised travel ban, the president slammed the decision as "an unprecedented judicial overreach."

 A day before the executive order was to take effect, U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson blocked the limitations on travel and immigration. Watson's ruling in Hawaii Wednesday noted that "a reasonable, objective observer… would conclude" that the ban "was issued with a purpose to disfavor a particular religion."

 Speaking Wednesday night at a rally at Nashville's Municipal Auditorium, President Trump said the court was motivated by "political reasons," adding that he expected to be "criticized ... for speaking harshly about our courts."

 "The order... blocked was a watered-down version of the first order that was also blocked by another judge and should have never been blocked to start with," Trump said.

 He added, "This ruling makes us look weak."

 The decision in Hawaii was just the latest hindrance to Trump's ongoing promise to protect the country from terrorism. He has continuously argued a temporary limit on travel is necessary while an "extreme vetting" process is instituted to better gauge the potential threat of those wishing to enter.

 Trump signed the revised executive order on March 6, replacing his January 27 ban which was met with widespread protests and legal challenges after travelers from seven majority-Muslim countries in the Middle East and Africa were prevented from travelling to the U.S. The original order was blocked by a federal judge's temporary restraining order in Washington state in February -- a move that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals later declined to stay.

 The president noted at the rally that steps were taken to defend the order against further disputation, saying, "This new order was tailored to the dictates of the 9th Circuit's -- in my opinion -- flawed ruling."

 He went on to vow that his administration would continue to pursue the matter in court, a promise similar to the one he made after the first executive order was restrained. Trump tweeted in February, "SEE YOU IN COURT, THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION IS AT STAKE!"

 That pledge was broken when the revised order rescinded the original.

 "We are going to fight this terrible rule," Trump said at the Nashville rally. "We are going to take our case as far as it needs to go, including all the way up to the Supreme Court. We are going to win. We are going to keep our citizens safe and regardless, we are going to keep our citizens safe, believe me." ||||| Please enable Javascript to watch this video

 NASHVILLE, Tenn. - President Donald J. Trump made a speech at a rally in Nashville Wednesday night.

 President Trump spent the day celebrating his predecessor Andrew Jackson, hailing the former president as an inspiration and drawing comparisons between them.

 Trump said on the 250th anniversary of Jackson's birth that Jackson was "one of our great presidents."

 He said Jackson opposed the "arrogant elite" and asked the audience: "Does that sound familiar to you?"

 President Trump spoke in front of the Hermitage, Jackson's home in Nashville, Tennessee, which he toured before delivering remarks.

 He said the visit was "inspirational," and added that "I'm a fan."

 Looking forward to a big rally in Nashville, Tennessee, tonight. Big crowd of great people expected. Will be fun! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 15, 2017

 President Donald Trump lay a wreath at the tomb of Andrew Jackson on the 250th anniversary of the former president's birth.

 Trump stood at the grave, his hand raised in a salute, as taps was played.

 Jackson has enjoyed a moment of resurgence thanks to Trump. During the campaign, some of Trump's aides took to comparing him to the former president, a fellow populist outsider who took on a member of the Washington establishment and ran a campaign railing against corrupt elites.

 The museum's president said attendance has surged since the November election.

 Andrew Jackson: We thank you for your service. We honor your memory. We build on your legacy & we thank God for the USA! pic.twitter.com/LcEEBxf9gI — President Trump (@POTUS) March 15, 2017 |||||