Deep-chilling trauma patients to try to save them (AP)

WASHINGTON ? Suspended animation may not be just for sci-fi movies anymore: Trauma surgeons soon will try plunging some critically injured people into a deep chill ? cooling their body temperatures as low as 50 degrees ? in hopes of saving their lives.

Many trauma patients have injuries that should be fixable but they bleed to death before doctors can patch them up. The new theory: Putting them into extreme hypothermia just might allow them to survive without brain damage for about an hour so surgeons can do their work.

In a high-stakes experiment funded by the Defense Department, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is preparing to test that strategy on a handful of trauma victims who are bleeding so badly from gunshots, stab wounds or similar injuries that their hearts stop beating. Today when that happens, a mere 7 percent of patients survive.

Get cold enough and "you do OK with no blood for a while," says lead researcher Dr. Samuel Tisherman, a University of Pittsburgh critical care specialist. "We think we can buy time. We think it's better than anything else we have at the moment, and could have a significant impact in saving a bunch of patients."

Tisherman calls the rescue attempt "emergency preservation and resuscitation," EPR instead of CPR. His team plans to begin testing it early next year in Pittsburgh and then expanding the study to the University of Maryland in Baltimore.

If the dramatic approach works, it will spur some rethinking about that line between life and death, says Dr. Arthur Caplan, a University of Pennsylvania bioethicist who is watching the research.

But before the first candidates get chilled, the scientists face a hurdle: The law requires that patients consent to be part of medical experiments after they're told the pros and cons. That's impossible when the person is bleeding to death. There won't even be time to seek a relative's permission.

So starting Tuesday, the Pittsburgh team is beginning a campaign required by the Food and Drug Administration to educate area residents about the study instead ? with signs on city buses, video on YouTube, a web site and two town-hall meetings next month. Residents worried about possible risks, such as brain damage, could sign a list saying they'd opt out if they ever were severely injured.

Go even a few minutes without oxygen and the brain in particular can suffer significant damage. Doctors have long sought to use hypothermia in medicine since discovering that cooling can slow the metabolism of the brain and other organs, meaning they can go without oxygen for longer periods. Donated organs are chilled to preserve them, for example. And people whose hearts are shocked back into beating after what's called cardiac arrest often are iced down to about 90 or 91 degrees, mild hypothermia that allows the brain to recover from damage that began in those moments between their collapse and revival.

But the CPR that buys time during more routine cardiac arrest doesn't help trauma patients who've already lost massive amounts of blood. Injuries are the nation's fifth-leading killer, and hemorrhage is one of the main reasons, says Dr. Hasan Alam of Massachusetts General Hospital, who is collaborating with the Pitt study.

Enter deep hypothermia, dropping body temperature to around 50 degrees. It has worked in dogs and pigs, animals considered a model for human trauma, in experiments over the past decade conducted by Tisherman, Alam and a few other research groups.

The animals were sedated and bled until their hearts stopped. Ice-cold fluids were flushed through the body's largest artery, deep-chilling first the brain and heart and then the rest of the body. After more than two hours in this limbo, they were sewn up, gradually warmed and put on a heart-lung machine to restart blood flow. Most survived what should have been a lethal injury and most appeared to be cognitively fine, Tisherman and Alam say.

Hypothermia is counterintuitive for trauma because the cold inhibits blood clotting, something to watch while rewarming people in the planned study. Still, humans can get that cold and fare well, says Tisherman, who is co-author of a pending patent for emergency-preservation methods. He points to rare cases of people who fall through ice and instead of drowning are rewarmed and wake up, as well as deep-chilling that happens during certain heart operations that require completely stopping blood flow for a short time.

"Nothing is magical. Everything has got its limitations," cautions Alam. He says the big question is whether deep hypothermia can help in the chaos of real-life trauma when "the blood has already been lost and you're trying to do catch-up."

Bioethicist Caplan says one concern is that some people might survive but with enough brain damage that they'd have preferred death. He says the "informed community" procedure designed for studies of emergency treatments cannot adequately cover that scenario.

"Most people are going to say, `Yes I would like you to try and save my dad,'" says Caplan, who calls emergency preservation promising. But, he says, "we continue to ignore the 900-pound gorilla of who's going to manage the bad outcome."

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Eating fish can reduce the risk of diabetes

ScienceDaily (Nov. 11, 2011) ? A study analyses the dietary patterns of the adult Spanish population with high cardiovascular risk. The results reveal a high consumption of both red meat and fish. However, whilst eating lots of cured meats is associated with greater weight gain and a higher obesity rate, the consumption of fish is linked to lower glucose concentrations and a smaller risk of developing diabetes.

Mercedes Sotos Prieto, lead author of the study which forms part of the Predimed study (Prevention with a Mediterranean Diet) and researcher at the University of Valencia explains how "in Mediterranean countries, consumption of foods that typically form part of the diet here has decreased in recent decades. The consumption of saturated fats mainly from red meats and industrial baking has increased and this is really worrying."

Conducted in the Valencian Community on 945 people (340 men and 605 women) between 55 and 80 years of age and with a high cardiovascular risk, the aim of the study was to understand dietary patterns in terms of meat and fish consumption. It also sought to understand the correlation between the Mediterranean diet and its association with cardiovascular risk factors.

The results were published in the Nutrici?n Hospitalaria journal and show that the studied Mediterranean population eat a large amount of red meat and fish. However, the consumption of fish is associated with a decreased prevalence of diabetes and lower glucose concentrations whereas the consumption of red meat, especially cured meats is related to increased weight gain and obesity.

The researcher points out that "the red meat consumption of the sample population reaches an average of once a day, which is high in comparison to dietary recommendations. This could be influenced by many weight-loss diets which recommend eating grilled veal."

Eating red meat in excess is linked to higher cardiovascular risk, higher blood pressure, diabetes and a moderate decrease in life expectancy mainly due to cancer or heart disease. In contrast, fish appears in the Mediterranean diet and has health benefits for the heart.

Despite being a cross-sectional study that does not determine a causal effect, its authors confirm that there are many similar studies where the consumption of fish, both white and, even more so oily fish, is associated with a lower risk of developing diabetes type 2.

"Various hypotheses have been put forward that attempt to explain why the consumption of fish can be related to diabetes," they explain. "The increase of omega-3 in the cells of the skeletal muscles improves insulin sensitivity."

"It is important to understand the dietary patterns of the Spanish population in order to learn whether dietary habits are changing. We should therefore strengthen dietary education," outlines Mercedes Sotos Prieto, who goes on to say that "we ought to establish dietary intervention programmes so that we do not stray from the Mediterranean diet. In other words, such a diet involves decreasing the amount of red meat that we eat and maintaining equal levels of fish consumption."

Gender Differences

The high intake of saturated fats from red and cured meat consumption (7.4 +/- 4.7 times a week) was more frequent in men. Women proved to eat more white meat, especially chicken and turkey.

As for fish consumption (4.5 +/- 2.6 times a week), no significant differences were found between men and women. In general, women scored higher for "healthy dietary patterns" or "healthy diets" compared to men.

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APNewsBreak: Va. nuclear plant gets OK to restart (AP)

RICHMOND, Va. ? Dominion Virginia Power's North Anna Power Station, the first operating U.S. nuclear plant shut down because of an earthquake, can restart after being offline since the Aug. 23 tremor that shook millions along the East Coast, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Friday.

The two nuclear reactors at the plant about 11 miles from the quake's epicenter automatically shut down after the 5.8-magnitude earthquake caused peak ground movement about twice the level for which it was designed.

Multiple inspections done by both Dominion and federal regulators show the plant's twin 1,800-megawatt reactors and other safety components did not suffer any functional damage during the temblor. Dominion has spent more than 100,000 hours and $21 million in inspection, testing and evaluation at the power station about 50 miles northwest of Richmond.

The plant did experience some cosmetic damage ranging from small buckles and cracks in tile floors in one of its technical buildings, to bolts of large metal parts that transfer power from transformers to the electrical grid and into homes. The quake also caused 25 massive nuclear storage containers at the plant to shift, but they remained intact.

"We're satisfied the plant meets our requirements to restart safely, and we'll monitor Dominion's ongoing tests and inspections during startup of both reactors," Eric Leeds, director of the NRC's Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, said in a statement.

Leeds said because the earthquake shook the reactors more strongly than the plant's design anticipated, Dominion had to prove that the quake caused no functional damage to the reactors' safety systems.

In making the decision to allow the reactors to be restarted, the NRC said its staff reviewed Dominion's findings and conducted its own inspections. The agency paid close attention to the plant's piping systems, nuclear fuel assemblies, steam generators, pumps and valves, and emergency diesel generators.

Shortly after getting the go-ahead from the agency, control room operators, under the oversight of Dominion and NRC inspectors, initiated the restart process Friday for one of the reactors.

Dominion said it expects it will take about 10 days for the plant to be fully operational as both reactors will be restarted in phases and testing of all safety equipment and inspections of containment areas will be done during that process. The company also said it plans to have additional staffing at the plant during the restart.

"As always, safety is our first priority," said David Heacock, president and chief nuclear officer of Dominion Nuclear, said in a statement.

It will first start Unit 1, gradually raising the water temperature to 580 degrees Fahrenheit and increasing the pressure to 2,250 pounds per square inch over six days. The restart process for the second unit also will start during that time in order to bring both reactors to 100 percent and provide electricity to the transmission grid.

Various groups have said the quake and subsequent shutdown at North Anna Power Station brought attention to the danger of another event in the area. Some have asked Dominion to retrofit the two reactors to higher earthquake safety standards.

The NRC has said it plans to order all U.S. plants to update their earthquake risk analyses, a complex exercise that could take two years for some plants. The review, launched well before the East Coast quake and the Japan nuclear disaster in March, marks the first complete update to seismic risk in years for the nation's 104 existing reactors, despite research showing greater hazards.

The two North Anna reactors are among 27 in the eastern and central U.S. that may need upgrades, according to a preliminary NRC review.

When fully operational, the Virginia facility produces enough energy to power about 450,000 homes. Dominion had been using other power sources in its generation system or is buying power to make up for the plant being offline.

The company is still weighing the addition of a third reactor at the Louisa County power plant but has not yet committed to move forward. The company will reassess when it receives operating approval from the NRC, expected in 2013.

Dominion Virginia Power is a subsidiary of Richmond-based Dominion Resources Inc., one of the nation's largest producers and transporters of energy and has the nation's largest natural gas storage system. It serves retail customers in 15 states.

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High-Fiber Diet May Help Thwart Colon Cancer (HealthDay)

FRIDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Eating a high-fiber diet may reduce your risk of colorectal cancer, especially if the fiber is from cereal and whole grains, according to a new review.

British and Dutch researchers analyzed 25 studies that included a total of nearly 2 million people. Compared with the lowest levels of fiber consumption, each 10 gram per day increase in intake of total dietary fiber and cereal fiber was associated with a 10 percent reduced risk of colorectal cancer.

Consuming 90 grams more a day (three servings, or three and one-quarter ounces) of whole grains was associated with about a 20 percent lower risk.

The review did not find significant evidence of a link between fruit or vegetable fiber and colorectal cancer risk.

A previous analysis did find that a high intake of fruit and vegetables was associated with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer, which suggests that components other than fiber in fruits and vegetables may play a role, the researchers said.

The study appears online Nov. 11 in BMJ.

"In summary, our meta-analysis suggests that a high intake of dietary fiber, particularly from cereal and whole grains, is associated with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer," the researchers wrote in a journal news release.

They also noted that a high-fiber diet may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, overweight, obesity and possibly overall risk of death.

One expert said there may be a physiological basis for the anti-cancer benefit of a high-fiber diet.

"This study highlights the importance of a diet rich in fiber," said Dr. Anthony Starpoli, a gastroenterologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. "We know that soluble is most helpful in improving colon transit times. As the contents of the colon move at a better rate, there is thought to be less toxic exposure to the interior of the colon thereby reducing risk of developing colon cancer," he explained.

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide, with 1.2 million new cases diagnosed each year, the news release noted.

The findings provide more evidence of the many health benefits of whole grains, but further research is needed to learn how this occurs, Anne Tjonneland, from the Danish Cancer Society, added in an accompanying editorial.

More information

The American Academy of Family Physicians outlines how to increase your fiber intake.

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2 South Korean climbers fall to death in Himalayas (AP)

SEOUL, South Korea ? Two South Korean mountain climbers have died in the Himalayas after falling from a cliff.

Korean Alpine Federation official Lee Ui-jae said Saturday that the climbers fell while trying to summit Cholatse in the Nepalese Himalayas. Lee said they were killed Friday.

Their deaths come just weeks after renowned South Korean climber Park Yeong-seok disappeared on Mount Annapurna in Nepal. He and two climbing partners are presumed dead.

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Senate defeats effort to block Internet rules (Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) ? New U.S. Internet traffic rules cleared a hurdle on Thursday, surviving an attempt by the Senate to block them from taking effect later in the month.

President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats in the Senate blocked a Republican-backed resolution to disapprove of the Federal Communications Commission's rules on "net neutrality." The vote was 52-46 against the resolution.

Adopted by a divided FCC last December, the rules forbid broadband providers from blocking legal content while leaving flexibility for providers to manage their networks.

The rules still face a court challenge. Lawsuits by Verizon Communications Inc and others have been consolidated before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

The Senate resolution was championed by Kay Bailey Hutchinson, the top Republican on the Senate Commerce Committee, and had 42 co-sponsors, all Republican. A similar measure passed the Republican-led House of Representatives in April.

Regulations to mandate the neutrality of the Internet -- in terms of content, sites, platforms and types of equipment that may be attached -- have been the subject of fierce debate for the last 10 years.

The dispute pits content providers, who seek protection against the blocking or degrading of their services, against Internet service providers who often supply rival content and fear their networks could be overwhelmed.

The FCC's rules allow consumers and entrepreneurs to utilize the Internet "without having to ask permission from their broadband provider," Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, said on Wednesday.

Backers of net neutrality say big providers could otherwise use their gatekeeper role to discriminate against competitors.

But Republicans said the rules were an unprecedented power grab by the FCC.

Hutchinson said the rules were yet another example of the "Obama administration's relentless imposition of new and destructive regulations... (that) are freezing our economy."

The FCC rules are scheduled to go into effect on November 20.

(Reporting by Jasmin Melvin; Editing by Tim Dobbyn)

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AP Exclusive: Contents of MJ's final home for sale

A photo made Monday, Nov. 7, 2011 shows the bedroom at the Carolwood Drive home where singer Michael Jackson passed away in 2009, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Julien's Auctions will sell various antique furnishings and paintings that surrounded the King of Pop at the home he rented as he prepared for a series of comeback concerts. The auction is set for Dec. 17. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)

A photo made Monday, Nov. 7, 2011 shows the bedroom at the Carolwood Drive home where singer Michael Jackson passed away in 2009, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Julien's Auctions will sell various antique furnishings and paintings that surrounded the King of Pop at the home he rented as he prepared for a series of comeback concerts. The auction is set for Dec. 17. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)

An image released by Julien's Auctions, shows the cover of the catalog for the Michael Jackson auction. Julien's Auctions will sell various antique furnishings and paintings that surrounded the King of Pop at the Beverly Hills, Calif., home he rented as he prepared for a series of comeback concerts. The auction is set for Dec. 17. (AP Photo/Julien's Auctions)

(AP) ? After Michael Jackson's death on June 25, 2009, the gated mansion at 100 North Carolwood Drive where the pop star lived with his three children while preparing for his comeback concerts became part media camp, part Jackson tribute ground.

Hundreds of tearful fans left cards, flowers, balloons and handwritten notes in front of the three-story home resembling a French chateau, while dozens of reporters jumped at any development in the death investigation. Anyone coming in or out of the property was bombarded with questions.

Now, as Dr. Conrad Murray sits in a jail cell awaiting sentencing for involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's death, the contents of the home ? including the queen-size bed where Jackson took his last breath ? sit neatly on display, just as they were, awaiting the auction block.

"We want to preserve the history of these items," said celebrity auctioneer Darren Julien, president of Julien's Auctions, which next month will sell the various antique furnishings, paintings and sculptures that surrounded the King of Pop in his final days.

Located on a leafy corner in the posh Holmby Hills neighborhood, the Carolwood home where Jackson lived from December 2008 until his death is separately up for sale. The house and its furnishings were leased to Jackson while he and his family lived there.

A note from one of the children remains on a chalkboard inside the home's sprawling kitchen, where three barstools were lined up against the center island ? a perfect breakfast spot for the kids. "I (heart) Daddy. SMILE, it's for free," the chalk note reads in childlike scrawl. The chalkboard will be sold as-is, and is expected to fetch more than $400.

At the very moment on Monday that Murray was hearing his guilty verdict, reporters were eerily taking a private preview tour of the three-story home where the pop star lived and died.

The bedroom shown in evidence photos at Murray's criminal trial was actually considered a "medication room" by the Jackson team. Murray was convicted of supplying an insomnia-plagued Jackson with the powerful operating-room anesthetic propofol to help him sleep as he rehearsed for a series of comeback concerts in London.

The room looked perfect, like a hotel room awaiting its first guest. There was no sign that anyone had struggled there with insomnia or drug addiction, certainly no sign that anyone had died.

Jackson maintained an adjacent bedroom that he regarded as his inner sanctum ? a private place only for him.

It is in this second bedroom that the pop star wrote a message to himself on the mirror of an antique armoire. "TRAIN, perfection, March April. FULL OUT May," it reads. Jackson was to begin his London concert run in July.

His private bedroom included a bathroom larger than most living rooms and two massive walk-in closets.

Among the items for sale in the medication room, where evidence was collected for Murray's trial, are upholstered chairs smudged with Jackson's makeup and Jackson's death bed, which looks out to an expansive backyard surrounded by tall trees. The yard is anchored by a large swimming pool and a pool house, where the singer's son Prince carved his name on a beeswax candle.

The medication room, on the top floor, leads to another walk-in closet and bathroom, where Jackson's makeup still remains on a small silk-covered stool beneath the vanity.

Curving staircases on each side of the mansion's most famous room lead down to the kitchen and the elegant foyer, where a grand piano sits topped with crystal candlesticks.

Katherine Jackson's attorney, Perry Sanders Jr., said he is aware of the Carolwood auction and has "done everything we can to ascertain that items from this address are not being auctioned using Michael's name and likeness to enhance the items' value."

Photos of the house and the items available for sale are featured in a limited-edition auction catalog, which is being sold for $100. But the catalog and auction are discreetly titled "100 North Carolwood Drive" and the words "Michael Jackson" do not appear anywhere in the catalog.

The home and its decor are reminiscent of Neverland Ranch, Jackson's famous estate near Santa Barbara, said Martin J. Nolan, executive director of Julien's Auctions.

"He loved it because it was like Neverland," Nolan said. "It was a very happy place where he spent his final days."

Julien's Auctions sold collectibles from the Neverland Ranch in April of 2009.

Like Neverland, the Carolwood house features its own movie theater ? this one outfitted entirely in burgundy velvet with loveseat-style sofas and a fresco of a cloud-dotted sky on the ceiling.

Built in 2000 and designed by architect Richard Landry, the house at 100 North Carolwood is dominated by 18th and 19th century French decor. The walls are lined with various watercolor and acrylic paintings and sculptures fill nooks in the den and family rooms

Although up for sale, the 54,885-square-foot home will not be auctioned. The house has six bedrooms and 10 fireplaces. It also has a wine cellar, fitness center and formal dining and sitting rooms. The price was not disclosed but similar homes in the area are listed at $18 million and up.

Highlights from the furnishings sale will be on view at a free exhibition at Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills, Calif., beginning Dec. 12. The auction is set for Dec. 17.

Celebrity home tours still regularly pass by the property. On the day of Murray's conviction, a tour guide could be heard telling passengers, "This is the home of Michael Jackson, where he passed away."

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AP Entertainment Writer Anthony McCartney contributed to this report.

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US orders alternate routes for proposed pipeline

The Obama administration on Thursday ordered the developer of a proposed Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline to come up with alternative routes through part of Nebraska ? a decision welcomed by liberal voters and environmentalists but criticized by Republicans and oil industry trade unions, not to mention Canada.

Drafting a changed route for TransCanada Corp.'s $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline will trigger a supplemental environmental impact statement and likely delay the final decision on whether to approve or reject the proposal until after the 2012 elections.

"It is reasonable to expect that this process ... could be completed as early as the first quarter of 2013," the State Department said in announcing the move. The State Department has authority over the project because it crosses a U.S. border.

Canada immediately complained about the decision.

"We are disappointed," said Andrew MacDougall, a spokesman for Prime Minister Stephen Harper. "We remain hopeful the project will be decided on its merits and eventually approved."

President Barack Obama said the 1,700-mile pipeline could affect the health and safety of the American people as well as the environment.

"We should take the time to ensure that all questions are properly addressed and all the potential impacts are properly understood," Obama said in a statement.

The portion of the route that might have to be changed to avoid environmentally sensitive areas of Nebraska's Sandhills region ranged from about 75 to 250 miles, officials estimated.

"It's a huge victory, and it would probably be the biggest environmental gift that President Barack Obama has given us," said Tony Iallonardo, a spokesman at the National Wildlife Federation.

"The U.S. administration is feeling the heat and wants to put off a decision until after the election," added John Bennett of the Sierra Club Canada. "It's the first time the environment has trumped oil in U.S. politics."

However, the delay also opens up a line of attack from Republicans, and even labor groups, who argue that it will slow job growth.

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House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Obama had sacrificed thousands of jobs "solely to appease his liberal base. It's a failure of leadership."

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The American Petroleum Institute said the decision put election-year politics above creation of thousands of jobs. "Whether it will help the president retain his job is unclear, but it will cost thousands of shovel-ready opportunities for American workers," said API President Jack Gerard.

TransCanada CEO Russ Girling warned in a statement Thursday that "if Keystone XL dies, Americans will still wake up the next morning and continue to import 10 million barrels of oil from repressive nations, without the benefit of thousands of jobs and long-term energy security."

Mark Routt, an analyst at the KBC consultancy in Houston, said the delay could scuttle the proposal. "To delay the decision on Keystone XL is in effect a decision itself," he said. "I think in all likelihood that a delay would kill the project."

A U.S. official said Wednesday that rerouting the proposed pipeline was a key issue that came up during public meetings in the six states through which the pipeline would run.

Nebraska, in particular, has voiced concern about potential damage to its Sandhills region. The proposed pipeline would also run over part of the massive underground Ogallala aquifer, which supplies water to eight states.

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Calgary-based TransCanada is seeking to build the pipeline to carry oil derived from tar sands in Alberta, Canada, to refineries on the Texas Gulf Coast.

Some liberal donors have threatened to cut off funds to Obama's re-election campaign if he approves the pipeline, which has become a major focal point of environmental groups who say it would bring "dirty oil" that requires huge amounts of energy to extract. They also worry that the pipeline could cause an ecological disaster in case of a spill.

Thousands of protesters gathered across from the White House on Sunday to oppose the pipeline. The crowd linked hands to surround the White House.

The Keystone XL pipeline would double the capacity of an existing pipeline operated by TransCanada, and supporters say it could significantly reduce U.S. dependence on Middle Eastern oil while providing thousands of jobs.


TransCanada has said any delay in the approval process could cost it millions of dollars and keep thousands of people of from getting jobs.

State Department spokesman Mark Toner said deliberation over whether to reroute the pipeline is part of a broad review of issues that include environmental concerns, energy security, jobs, economic impacts and foreign policy.

"So all of these are blended together. It's not just one issue. It's a range of issues that we're looking at," Toner said.

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Meanwhile, the department's inspector general has launched a review of the Obama administration's handling of the pipeline request. The review is being conducted in response to complaints from Democratic lawmakers about possible conflicts of interest in the review process.

Deputy Inspector General Harold Geisel said the special review will center on whether the State Department "and all other parties involved" in the project followed federal laws and regulations related to the pipeline.

The executive in charge of the proposed pipeline told Nebraska lawmakers on Wednesday that attempts to block the project with legislation are "fundamentally unfair," given his company's cooperation with state and federal authorities.

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Prince William to be deployed to the Falklands

File - This is a file photo dated March 31 2011 of Britain's Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, at the controls of a Sea King helicopter. Prince William will be deployed to the politically sensitive Falkland Islands next year as an air force search and rescue pilot, Britain's defense ministry said Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. The second in line to the British throne will spend six weeks in February and March at the British outpost 290 miles (460 kilometers) east of Argentina's coast in the Atlantic Ocean, the Defense Ministry said Thursday. (AP Photo / John Stillwell / PA, file) UNITED KINGDOM OUT

File - This is a file photo dated March 31 2011 of Britain's Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, at the controls of a Sea King helicopter. Prince William will be deployed to the politically sensitive Falkland Islands next year as an air force search and rescue pilot, Britain's defense ministry said Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. The second in line to the British throne will spend six weeks in February and March at the British outpost 290 miles (460 kilometers) east of Argentina's coast in the Atlantic Ocean, the Defense Ministry said Thursday. (AP Photo / John Stillwell / PA, file) UNITED KINGDOM OUT

(AP) ? Prince William will be deployed to the politically sensitive Falkland Islands next year as an air force search and rescue pilot, Britain's defense ministry said Thursday.

The second in line to the British throne will spend six weeks in February and March at the British outpost 290 miles (460 kilometers) east of Argentina's coast in the Atlantic Ocean, the Defense Ministry said.

He will be part of a crew of four Royal Air Force personnel on the deployment. The prince, known in the military as Flight Lt. William Wales, is an RAF helicopter pilot, currently based in Wales.

The defense ministry said William, 29, would not undertake any ceremonial royal duties during the deployment. His wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, will remain in Britain.

Britain has ruled the Falklands for more than 180 years, but Argentina claims sovereignty over the islands it calls Las Malvinas.

Next year is a sensitive time ? the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War.

Argentina invaded the islands in April 1982, and British forces retook them after a 10-week war that killed 650 Argentine troops, more than 250 British personnel and three islanders.

William's uncle, Prince Andrew, served in the conflict as a Sea King helicopter pilot.

Britain still maintains about 1,000 troops in the territory, which is home to about 3,000 people.

The residents overwhelmingly wish to remain British, but Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has insisted Argentina and Britain should negotiate over the future of the islands, as the U.N. General Assembly has urged.

British Prime Minister David Cameron has refused.

"As long as the Falkland Islands want to be sovereign British territory, they should remain sovereign British territory ? full stop, end of story," Cameron said in June.

In response, Fernandez accused Cameron of "mediocrity bordering on stupidity."

Associated Press

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Fannie Mae taps $7.8 billion from Treasury, losses widen (Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) ? Fannie Mae , the biggest source of money for U.S. home loans, on Tuesday reported a $5.1 billion third-quarter loss and said it would seek $7.8 billion in additional federal aid to stay afloat.

Fannie Mae, which was seized by the government in September 2008, said the loss was attributed to continued weakness in the housing market and credit-related expenses on home loans made prior to the 2008 financial collapse. In the year-earlier quarter it had a loss of a $1.3 billion.

Fannie Mae has drawn $112.6 billion in bailout funds from the Treasury Department since 2008 and has paid $17.2 billion to the government in the form of dividends.

Fannie Mae and its smaller rival Freddie Mac were seized by the government as losses on subprime mortgages threatened insolvency. The government has pledged unlimited funds to keep the firms afloat through the end of 2012.

(Reporting by Margaret Chadbourn; Editing by Leslie Adler)

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