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CAIRO - The White House says it"s too early to say definitively what caused an EgyptAir flight to crash into the Mediterranean Sea.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest says investigators will consider all factors and possibilities. He says nothing has been ruled in or out. Earnest says the U.S. is ready to help with the investigation and that the U.S. Navy is working to deploy a P-3 Orion aircraft in the search.
The White House says President Barack Obama is getting multiple updates about the crash. Earnest says the president is sending his prayers to families of those on the place. Earnest says U.S. national security and aviation experts are in contact with their counterparts in France and Egypt to offer assistance.
8:58 update: EgyptAir crash deemed "more likely" terror act than tech failure.
Greek official says that a search plane has located two orange items believed to be from the plane.
Law enforcement sources say the FBI will offer assistance to investigators in the EgyptAir incident.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------6:22 update: French and Egyptian officials say that EgyptAir flight 804 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea.
The Greek defense minister says that EgyptAir flight 804 made abrupt turns and suddenly lost altitude.
Officials say the plane fell 22,000 feet then spun sharply before it disappeared.
The flight left Paris at 11:09 p.m. local time and lost contact at 2:30 a.m.3:15 a.m. was the expected arrival into the Cairo airport.
French President Francois Hollande says that "No hypothesis ruled out" on plane"s disappearance and crash.
Officials say no Americans were on board. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EgyptAir says an Airbus A320 carrying 56 passengers and 10 crew members has disappeared from radar.
The airline says Flight 804 from Paris to Cairo vanished 2:45 a.m. Thursday, Egypt time, 10 miles after it entered Egyptian air space.
A spokesman for the Egyptian civil aviation agency tells SkyNews Arabia that the plane most likely crashed into the sea.
Morley Safer"s 2001 CNN interview (Larry King Live official Interview)
In his 1990 interview with Terry Gross, Safer discussed his groundbreaking coverage of the war in Vietnam. He died Thursday at 84.
DAVE DAVIES, HOST:
This is FRESH AIR. Morley Safer, the CBS correspondent known for decades of work on the Sunday news magazine "60 Minutes" died of pneumonia yesterday at his home in New York. He was 84. Safer won a host of awards, including Emmys, Peabodys and a George Polk Award. Terry interviewed him in 1990.
Safer"s reporting ranged far beyond "60 Minutes." He covered wars in the Middle East, the conflict in Northern Ireland, the Cultural Revolution in China, the Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia and most significantly the war in Vietnam. He was known for his compelling stories from Vietnam of American troops in combat and the impact of the war on civilians.
Safer"s report of Marines burning Vietnamese huts while weeping villagers begged them to stop so infuriated President Johnson that he wanted Safer fired and had him investigated as a potential communist. Let"s start with an excerpt of that 1965 report from Vietnam.
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MORLEY SAFER: If there were Viet Cong in the hamlets, they were long gone, alerted by the roar of the amphibious tractors and the heavy barrage of rocket fire laid down before the troops moved in. The women and the old men who remained will never forget that August afternoon.
Today"s operation is the frustration of Vietnam in miniature. There"s little doubt that American firepower can win a military victory here. But to a Vietnamese peasant whose home is a - means a lifetime of backbreaking labor, it will take more than presidential promises to convince him that we are on his side.
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TERRY GROSS, BYLINE: Can you describe what the mission was?
SAFER: The mission was not an extraordinary one. I had been up in Danang, which was the - where the headquarters of the Marines were. The Marines were responsible in Vietnam for something called I Corps. It"s the military way of saying first corps. And I had arrived back up in Danang - I used to go up there every couple of weeks - and went out from the press center and checked in with various battalions to find out whether they had operations going on.
And one group said they had an operation going on the next morning. Would I like to come? And I said, yes, I would. And the cameraman, Ha Thuc Can, and I and a young man named Tin (ph), who was a soundman, arrived at - oh, I don"t know - 5:30, 6 in the morning. And off we went in some amphibious track vehicles.
And along the way, a young officer told me they were going to in effect burn out a group of hamlets called Cam Ne, and I said why? And he said because the head honcho, the head Vietnamese honcho who was, I guess, the - would"ve been the district chief - had ordered. And I found this hard to believe because as brutal as search and destroy operations often were, at least in theory, they were not designed to level a place. I mean, if you receive fire, if there was fighting, that might"ve been the end result.
But we moved into this village. There was - they laid down a full array of what they call prepping it - rockets and some artillery and very heavy small arms fire - with very little return fire seemed to be coming out of the place. And then the Marines moved in and proceeded to burn the village down with everything from flamethrowers to cigarette lighters. And this wasn"t an atrocity. You can"t make any comparison with anything that happened in Germany or something like My Lai. This is quite a different kind of thing. But nevertheless, people were in shock to have seen on their television screens this kind of action by their boys.
GROSS: After your report from Cam Ne, you laid awake all night with a gun - a loaded gun. What were you afraid of? What were you expecting?
SAFER: Well, after sending that piece in, we left and went back to Saigon. And the following day - you must remember, Terry, I was younger - the following day I got a call from the Marines in Danang saying if I ever showed my face there again, they would not be responsible for what happened to me. And I said, well, you"ve never been responsible for what happens to me. What do you mean by that? Is this a threat? We just want to tell you show your face around here and something is going to happen. So I went to Ha Thuc Can, and I said, listen, I"m not going to tell you you got to come up -back up there, but I"m going up. Do you want to come to see this thing through? So Can and I went back to
GROSS: This is your cameraman.
SAFER: Yeah. Back to Danang and we had a little - the Marines ran something called a press center. It was like a motel there, and each of the networks and a couple of the papers had permanent rooms there. It"s the only time I carried a gun. And I went into the sort of bar dining room and had my dinner alone with Ha Thuc Can. Nobody would join us except for the Air Force officer who hated the Marines because he was in the Air Force.
And at about 8 or 9 o"clock, I got up, and there were a lot of cracks coming from the bar and pretty rough stuff. And I pointed to my bag, and I said there"s a gun in here. Anybody comes through that door, I"m just going to blow them away. I"m not going to ask any questions. You know, tough guy.
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SAFER: I"ve seen too many movies or something. And I was scared stiff and kind of - I went back, and we got into our bunks. And I locked the door, and I sat there trying to - lay in bed trying to read. And I had this pistol on the night table, and I had the safety on and then I had the safety off. And I thought better leave the safety on because I roll over in the middle of the night, and I shoot my foot off or something. So I put the safety on. And I lay awake all night scared as h**l that somebody might actually come through the door.
And I knew I wouldn"t do anything. I just don"t think I could fire a pistol at someone - or at something for that matter. Anyway, it was - tempers cooled - I"ll put it that way. And my relationship with the Marine Corps now is very good.
DAVIES: Morley Safer speaking with Terry Gross in 1990. Safer died yesterday in New York. He was 84.
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DAVIES: On Monday"s show, Rabbi Susan Silverman, sister of comedian Sarah Silverman. After giving birth to two daughters, she and her husband adopted two boys from Ethiopia. She"s become an advocate for international adoption which has been in decline, and she"s the author of the new book "Casting Lots: Creating A Family In A Beautiful, Broken World." I hope you can join us.
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Samuel L Jackson and Tom Hiddleston Lose it Over Their Fan Art - The Graham Norton Show
LONDON (AP) - A British bookmaker has suspended betting on British actor Tom Hiddleston to be the next James Bond.
Coral says a flurry of bets in recent days made "The Night Manager" star the 2-1 favorite to replace Daniel Craig to be the next 007. But after a particularly large wager, the odds plummeted and betting was suspended.
The bets came after Hiddleston had been reportedly spotted meeting with Bond movie director Sam Mendes and producer Barbara Broccoli.
Coral says Luther star Idris Elba and Homeland actor Damian Lewis had been Bond front runners in previous months. But Coral spokeswoman Nicola McGeady, says while earlier in the year "there was a gamble" on those two, nothing has "come close to the recent gamble on Hiddleston."
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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Tampa Bay Lightning. 2016 NHL Playoffs. ECF. Game 3. 05.18.2016. (HD)
PITTSBURGH, May 20 (UPI) -- HBK will watch HBK while watching the Pittsburgh Penguins take on the Tampa Bay Lighting Sunday in Game 5 of the NHL Eastern Conference finals.
Shawn Michaels, aka HBK, shares the namesake of the Penguins" line of Carl Hagelin, Nick Bonino, and Phil Kessel. The trio"s initials spell out HBK.
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Michaels tweeted Thursday that he was invited by the Penguins to attend the game.
"I"m very excited about this Sunday as the Pittsburgh Penguins were nice enough to invite me to Game 5 of the Playoffs!! #HBKLine ---->," Michaels tweeted.
The Penguins lead the series 2-1, with Game 4 set for Friday in Tampa.
"Yes @ShawnMichaels! Awesome you are coming to game 5 to see our great city, fans & @penguins! I have to warn you I get rowdy at the games," former Pittsburgh Steelers great Brett Keisel tweeted.
"No prob, no way Security can take both of us!!!," Michaels responded.
Pittsburgh"s Primanti Bros. also announced a sandwich with the HBK namesake this week. The ham, bacon and kielbasa sandwich goes on sale Friday.
"I"m blown away," Michaels told "The Fan Morning Show." "None of this has to do with me. This is 100 percent on the fans of the Pittsburgh Penguins...they"ve driven all of this."
"Sports can always be, especially on social media and stuff, pretty divisive," Michaels said. "But, everyone"s been really nice and respectful...the thing that"s impressed me the most is just the respectful manner and the really genuine good fun everybody"s had with this, and that"s made it a ton more enjoyable for me...the Pens fans have been fantastic."
Cavs Celebrate with Fancy Handshakes | Raptors vs Cavaliers | Game 2 | May 19, 2016 | NBA Playoffs
Another Cleveland playoff game, another hopelessly one-sided rout. With a 108-89 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Thursday night, LeBron James and the Cavaliers kept their perfect 2016 playoff record intact, piling up a 10th consecutive win, and it looks like nothing will stand in Clevelands path to the NBA Finals. Where does this run rank among historical playoff starts?
Its near the top. The Cavs 10-game streak is tied for the third-longest to start the playoffs.1 One way to quantify the impressiveness of those streaks is to use Elo ratings to judge the competition. The Cavs opponents have had an average rating of 1572 lower than that of comparable teams like the 1989 Los Angeles Lakers (who were swept in the NBA Finals) and the 2012 San Antonio Spurs (who went on to lose four straight games to the Oklahoma City Thunder). And it leaves them far short of the 2001 Lakers, who went 15-1 en route to the championship.
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YEARTEAMWINNING STREAKAVG. OPPONENT ELO2001Lakers1116531989Lakers1115732012Spurs1016022016Cavaliers1015721982Lakers915582010Magic815781950Lakers815502005Heat815182009Cavaliers81499Longest playoff-opening winning streaks in NBA history
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But you can only beat the teams you play, and the Cavs havent just beaten them 10 straight times theyve made the Eastern Conference look like a high school tournament, embarrassing opponents in huge blowouts.
In the playoffs thus far, Cleveland is winning by an average margin of 13.4 points per game, fourth-highest among conference finalists since 1984 (through two games of the third round). And they rise even higher after adjusting for strength of schedule and the championship leverage of each game. Because the Cavs have beaten better teams by more points in the games that have mattered most to the extent any game can really be considered pressure-packed when you sweep every series Clevelands adjusted margin of victory in these playoffs is 19.8 points, giving them the most dominant start to the playoffs since 1984.
POINTS PER GAME MARGINYEARTEAMWINSLOSSESRAWADJUSTED2016Cavaliers100+13.4+19.82014Spurs104+9.5+18.32001Lakers90+11.3+17.91986Celtics91+13.2+17.11996Bulls91+14.3+16.92009Nuggets93+13.4+15.61992Trail Blazers92+10.6+15.22000Trail Blazers83+7.0+14.72010Celtics103+6.2+14.42008Lakers102+8.8+14.2Most dominant playoff starts since 1984 (through first two games of conference finals)
Adjustments are for schedule strength and championship leverage
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The next-best performance by this measure came in 2014, when the Spurs eventually beat LeBron in the NBA Finals. Perhaps those Spurs also illustrate a shortcoming in this metric they did lose four games by the time they were two games into the conference finals but they got three of the losses out of the way early in the playoffs, when the games have comparatively less effect on the championship. And they won by an average of 18 points a game from Game 7 of the first round on through our cutoff.
Either way, between the two measures, we can strike a balance between only crediting a teams wins and giving it a bonus for the margins by which it crushed opponents. And by that standard, the current Cavs run is only rivaled by the hot start of those fabled 2001 Lakers.
So can the Cavs keep it going? Well, theyre still a long shot to go undefeated in the playoffs and cap off the long-unattainable Fo Fo Fo Fo. Our model gives the Cavs just a 29 percent chance of winning the next two games and sweeping the Raptors (which would be the first Fo Fo Fo ever, since the first round only went to seven-game series in 2003) and a 1-in-80 chance of going 16-0. Still, thats up from about 1-in-5,000 before the playoffs started; the Cavs title chances have also risen from 8 percent before the playoffs to 30 percent now.
Those daunting championship odds owe a lot to Clevelands potential NBA Finals opponents. Unlike the 01 Lakers, who got to face the relatively weak Philadelphia 76ers, Cleveland will have to power through either Golden State or Oklahoma City, whichever of the two wins the most stacked conference final in recent history. As dominant as the Cavs have been, the real work is yet to come.
San Antonio Spurs vs OKC Thunder - Game 6 - Full Highlights - May 12, 2016 - 2016 NBA Playoffs
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With his right elbow wrapped in a brace, Stephen Curry works out with Nick U"Ren (left), special assistant to the head coach, and player development coach Bruce Fraser at the Warriors practice facility in Oakland, Calif. on Friday, May 20, 2016. Golden State faces the Thunder in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals Sunday in Oklahoma City. less With his right elbow wrapped in a brace, Stephen Curry works out with Nick U"Ren (left), special assistant to the head coach, and player development coach Bruce Fraser at the Warriors practice facility in ... more Photo: Paul Chinn, The Chronicle
Currys health lifts Warriors as series shifts to OKC
With the swelling already gone from his right elbow, Stephen Curry on Friday was willing to recount his scary dive over the first row seats in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals.
I saw it once. Not a lot of help. Thats all Ill say, Curry joked about the fans not catching him during Wednesdays first quarter. I wanted to do a crowd-surfing thing, like at a concert, but they werent ready.
Currys apparent health seemed to put the Warriors in a playful mood, despite the daunting task that awaits.
They leave Saturday for Oklahoma City, one of the most hostile environments for opposing teams in the NBA and a place where the Warriors need to win at least one of the next two games - just to regain home-court advantage in the series.
Its just extremely loud. Its definitely one of the loudest venues in the league, and the fans have had a lot to cheer about the past 6-7 years. Its a great venue, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said. Its all part of it. When youre able to break through and get a win, its a big confidence booster, and its a lot of fun.
Few opponents have had much fun in Oklahoma City.
Chesapeake Energy Arena has hosted 253 consecutive sellout crowds, and most have left celebrating victories. The Thunder went 32-9 at home this season, including a 23-3 record against Western Conference opponents.
Since 2009-10, Oklahoma City is 212-67 (.760) at home - the second-best record in the NBA during that span.
Game 3 is going to be another dog fight that we have to be ready for from the jump, especially in an environment like they have down in OKC, Curry said. Well be ready. I like where our focus is, and we just have to go out and play hard and play with the same kind of spirit that we did (in Game 2).
The Warriors confidence comes from a 27-point Wednesday that tied the series 1-1 and from a record-setting regular season. They won 34 road games, one more than the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls, to give the franchise three consecutive seasons away from home for the first time in history.
One of those road victories came Feb. 27 in Oklahoma City, where the Warriors erased a 14-point deficit to send the game into overtime and Curry made a 37-foot buzzer-beater to win it 121-118.
It was, for sure, the game of the year - in terms of what people will remember from the regular season, Kerr said. It was an incredible shot and a spectacular comeback. Im sure well think about it when were in that arena again, but it doesnt mean anything now.
The Warriors are scheduled to fly to Oklahoma City on Saturday morning and practice there a day ahead of Sundays Game 3. Game 4 will be Tuesday, and Curry isnt expected to be listed on the injury report for either game.
Curry wore a compression sleeve on his bruised right elbow, but he was a full participant in Fridays practice. He said he has full range of motion and described the injury as more uncomfortable than painful.
It doesnt cause any problems mechanically, so I can still use my arm and do what I need to do, he said. It just looks ugly and is a little uncomfortable.
The Warriors will be a little more comfortable if they can win either Game 3 or 4 and regain home-court advantage. As it stands, the Thunder can clinch the series in Game 6 without having to win another road game.
When you go on the road in the playoffs, your motto is always: Go win one game. They did that, Warriors power forward Draymond Green said. Now, its up to us to do our job and go win one game and try to take back home-court advantage. Game 3 will be important. Its not the end-all, be-all, but its a game we want to win.
When you win by the margin we did (in Game 2), it makes it a little bit tougher. Usually, the other team is p****d off, and usually the team that won by that amount relaxes a little bit.
Rusty Simmons is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: rsimmons@sfchronicle.com Twitter: Rusty_SFChron
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Se vuoi bene a qualcuno, mandagli un selfie in cui sei nudo. No, non esattamente cos che funziona il #NationalSendANudeDay, non una sorta di San Valentino della nudit su social network: in ogni caso, gli statunitensi in queste ore si sono scatenati. In tanti si sono scattati dei selfie e li hanno pubblicati soprattutto su Twitter - attenendosi o meno alle linee guida del social network in materia di nudit - mentre i pi timidi hanno avuto a disposizione i selfie hot delle star.
Autoscatti che in tutto il mondo abbondano: da Kim Kardashian a James Franco, passando per Miley Cyrus, Emily Ratajkowski, Madonna e molti altri. Si tratta di una tendenza, quella del selfie o dello scatto di nudo, che sta invadendo il mondo dei VIP per diverse ragioni. In gran parte si tratta di proteste, soprattutto di natura femminista, che richiamano il veteroslogan "Io sono mia", ma non solo.
Per il #NationalSendANudeDay, il blogger Perez Hilton, per esempio, ha unito gli scatti allo specchio di Kim Kardashian, Justin Bieber e The Game per condividere su Twitter il suo pezzo relativo all"occasione speciale, accompagnando l"immagine con la didascalia: "Per queste celebrit ogni giorno il #NationalSendANudeDay".
Autoironico invece l"attore comico Jason Mewes, che ha pubblicato un fotogramma di una sua scena di nudo. La scena in questione relativa al film commedia "Clerks 2", in cui Mewes interpreta uno spacciatore di marijuana annoiato, che di tanto in tanto si diverte a replicare la scena di Buffalo Bill allo specchio de "Il silenzio degli innocenti".
