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It's Only 7AM And Already 700+ People Have Lined Up To Try O

<html>AOL is launching .

As part of the process, the company is holding open auditions for anchors.

Today's "casting call" began at 5am.

By 7am, AOL CEO , more than 700 people had showed up:

In a fun twist, AOL is .

If you spend a few minutes watching some of them, you will come to the same realization that you likely came to when you first watched some of the dozens of online "TV shows" that newspapers have launched in the past several years: That looking and sounding great on TV is harder than it looks!

But out of 700+ auditioners, AOL seems likely to find at least a couple of budding Christiane Amanpours and Diane Sawyers for its CNN killer.

Here's one young hopeful superimposed on a green-screen of the Great Wall of China. Could she be the one?

Anyway, if you've ever dreamed of talking to a camera all day,[1], get down to 770 Broadway!

Here's the blog post the company published announcing the auditions:

Starting tomorrow, AOL will be rolling out live programming on...and we want you to be front and center! AOL is holding open auditions for people who are destined to inform and entertain the world and do it in their own unique way, We want the most talented and passionate news, sports, weather, entertainment, and Internet-y storytellers in the world to help us launch AOL Live this summer. If you have dreamed of being on-air, live in front of millions of people,Cubs 24 Byrd Navy 2010 All Star Jerseys, AOL could make your wish come true. Auditions start at 5 a.m. this Thursday and Friday at AOL headquarters in New York. Come one,Stern Booed At NBA Draft One Final Time [VIDEO],2010 MLB All Star, come all to 770 Broadway in Manhattan. Want to stand out and make a huge impact? Here's the trick: Dress for success: We want people to be stylish, interesting, and appealing. We want sports people to be sporty,[2], music fans to sing, business types who can show us the money, weather people to be warm and sunny. If you are into the world of marketing, get pumped to read ad copy. You get the idea.</html>

Cavs introduce top draft pick Bennett

<html>Cavs introduce top draft pick Bennett Posted Jun 28, 2013&nbsp3:02 PM - Updated Jun 28, 2013&nbsp6:10 PM

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) -- Anthony Bennett wasn't really all that interested in playing basketball. Yeah, it was cool dunking on guys, and a great way to make new friends after moving from Toronto to the city's suburbs.

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Then, he decided to get serious about six or seven years ago.
His future was calling.
"I just started growing," Bennett said, flashing a smile while talking about his unique path to the NBA. "And everyone said, `You should probably play basketball.' So I said, `All right. I'll give it a shot.' Look where it got me now."
Look indeed.
Bennett was formally introduced Friday by the Cleveland Cavaliers, who shocked the draft by selecting the UNLV power forward with the No. 1 overall pick on Thursday night.
Although he wasn't regarded by many draft experts as the best player available, Bennett was always at the top of Cleveland's board. They scouted the 6-foot-7, 240-pounder extensively all season, fell in love with his game and after getting rave reviews about his character, chose him over Kentucky center Nerlens Noel, Kansas guard Ben McLemore, Georgetown forward Otto Porter Jr. in a flawed draft.
"As we did our evaluations throughout the entire year, we just kept coming back to his ability and his talent and how it fit with our guys," Cavs general manager Chris Grant said. "A lot of times, like last year, it's just clear-cut. But for us,Indianapolis Colts t shirts, through the year, we always had him very high in our rankings and as we went back and reviewed the film and went on campus and visited everybody, we came away saying he's a great kid. He's willing to work and do the right things and he's got a bunch of talent."
From almost the moment they won the lottery until they had to call the league with their pick, the Cavs listened to multiple trade offers before taking Bennett, who averaged 16.1 points and 8.1 rebounds in his one season with the Runnin' Rebels.
Bennett didn't find basketball as much as the sport discovered him.
After his family moved from the rough Jane and Finch area of inner Toronto to Brampton,New york Yankees t shirts, Ontario, Bennett enjoyed playing hoops, but it wasn't his passion.
"I was just playing around and just wasting time," he said.
His mother,Los Angeles Clippers LOGO T Shirts, Edith,[3], was encouraged to get him on an organized team, but as she watched her boy clumsily run up and down the floor, she never dreamed it would one day become his profession.
"At first, people were saying, `Oh, he can't play'," she said. "But a few of the coaches stuck with him and gave him a chance. See what a chance will get you "
Bennett's arrival didn't come without some risks for the Cavs. He recently underwent shoulder surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff and has reportedly struggled with his weight while recovering.
Grant, though, sees him as the next piece - along with Kyrie Irving, Tristan Thompson and Dion Waiters - to help turn around a franchise that has gone 64-166 in the three seasons since LeBron James left.
"A lot of guys in this draft were out for medical reasons, but at the end of the day we just felt like this was the right guy to add with all the talent he has," Grant said. "You put him in a pick and roll with Dion or Kyrie, he's going to be pretty difficult to guard because he can shoot the ball and is athletic and can handle the ball and get to the rim."
There's a strong possibility Bennett won't even start as a rookie next season. He could wind up as a backup to fellow Canadian Tristan Thompson, who was taken by the Cavs in the first round in 2011. Like Bennett, Thompson grew up in Brampton.
"I feel like me and Tristan will become best friends," Bennett said. "He's going to be my go-to guy just because he's from Canada. I'm sure there are lot more guys on that team I can go to, but just because even if I'm here in Cleveland or back home in Brampton, I can talk to him anywhere I am."
Some questioned why the Cavs would take another power forward with Thompson on the roster and other pressing needs like a shooter or small forward. Cavs coach Mike Brown isn't concerned about having two potential starting power forwards and is confident playing time will begin to get sorted out in training camp.
"They have to go out and compete," Brown said. "They may be buddies, but once they cross that line, I think they'll get after each other. They'll want to make themselves better, as well as the team. It's great to have depth in all areas. Anthony is definitely a guy that has added that to us. He is versatile. He's different than the bigs we have.
"He can be used in a lot of different ways."
As his skills developed and his game blossomed, Bennett kept a list of players he dunked over. A dunking diary, so to speak.
"I thought it was pretty fun to do," he said with laugh. "It was between me and my friends growing up in Canada. I thought, `Why not ' I think I gave it a year and a half. When I got to 100, I stopped."
He's already made history as the first player from his country to be taken first overall, and Bennett says there's plenty more talent north of the U.S. border.
And now that the Cavs have two Canadians, is he expecting to hear "O Canada" played before games in Cleveland
"If it happens, man, I'll be happy," he said.

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US Bugged EU Offices And Spied On Internal Networks

<html>BERLIN (Reuters) - Thehas buggedoffices and gained access to EU internal computer networks, according to secret documents cited in a German magazine on Saturday, the latest in a series of exposures of alleged U.S. spy programs.

quoted from a September 2010 "top secret" U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) document that it said fugitive formerNSAcontractorhad taken with him, and the weekly's journalists had seen in part.

The document outlines how theNSAbugged offices and spied on EU internal computer networks in Washington and at the, not only listening to conversations and phone calls but also gaining access to documents and emails.

The document explicitly called the EU a "target".

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, the president of the,Los Angeles Lakers t shirts, said that if the report was correct, it would have a "severe impact" on relations between the EU and the.

"On behalf of the,Cheap Football T shirts, I demand full clarification and require further information speedily from the U.S. authorities with regard to these allegations," he said in an emailed statement.

Foreign Ministertold: "If these reports are true, it's disgusting.

"Thewould be better off monitoring its secret services rather than its allies. We must get a guarantee from the very highest level now that this stops immediately."

Snowden's disclosures in foreign media about U.S. surveillance programs have ignited a political furor in theand abroad over the balance between privacy rights and national security.

According to, theNSAalso targeted telecommunications at thein, home to the, the collective of EU national governments.

Without citing sources, the magazine reported that more than five years ago security officers at the EU had noticed several missed calls and traced them toNSAoffices within the NATO compound in.

Each EU member state has rooms in Justus Lipsius with phone and internet connections, which ministers can use.

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Unproductive Congress- How stalemates became the norm in Was

<html>Updated7hoursagoUnproductive Congress: How stalemates became the norm in Washington DCBy Mark Murray, Senior Political Editor, NBC NewsA Congress already setting records for futility, a nation trying to absorb rapid transformation and a political system designed to slow the pace of change have led Washington D.C. into a gridlock. The much-criticized 112th Congress - from 2011 to 2012 - was the least productive and least popular Congress on record, according to the available statistics. Following the Supreme Court's ruling on the Voting Rights Act, NBC's Chuck Todd says he's a pessimist on Congress' ability to update the map that determines which states must get federal permission before they change their voting laws. Now six months in highlighted by a string of legislative stalemates the 113th Congress (2013-2014) is on track to match or even surpass those dubious distinctions. After the last Congress saw its approval ratings drop to their lowest levels,wholesale Miami Heat T Shirts, a found that just 10 percent of Americans have confidence in the institution. That s the lowest percentage Gallup ever measured for Congress on this question or, for that matter, any other American institution, including the presidency, big business, the medical profession and public schools. When it comes to productivity, only have become law under the current Congress. That s fewer than the that became law at this same point in the 112thCongress, which passed a historically low number of bills that were signed into law. To many observers, these are signs of broken government,Police Uncover Arms Cache in Kabardino 0, gerrymandered congressional districts and out-of-control partisanship on Capitol Hill. But they re also a reflection of divided government, especially during a time of profound and rapid social change.

The country is pretty divided in a lot of different ways,Arian Foster t shirts, and [Congress] not doing things reflects those divisions, said John Samples, a political scholar at the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute.

Consider these developments over the past four-plus years:

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China's Sports Car Club Envy

<html>YouTube Screengrab A shot from a 2012 SCC promo video

To join China's Sports Car Club (SCC),wholesale football t shirts, you need two things. First, you have to be able to pay a 10,000 yuan ($1,616) annual membership fee. Second, you need access to an unbelievably expensive sports car.

How expensive exactly? In 2011 reported that a Porsche SE 911 (sold in China for$220,000) other members had $3.9 million Tramontanas and $4.3 million Bugatti Veyron 16.4s. According to the International Business Times, better than the Porsche CarreraGT, which was first sold in China during 2004 for $448,000.

While it was first formed in 2009 as a simple car enthusiast club, over the years the SCC and its associated social events have become linked with the negative concept of "fuerdai" young second generation rich known for flaunting their wealth. The club is stirring up elements of class hatred in the communist country.

It's not totally undeserved. This month, two rumored members of the SCC One bank account appeared to have over 9.9 billion yuan in it $1.5 billion.

The screenshots (which may, of course, be faked) crystallized concerns about what the club means for China. On Weibo "SCC" became , according to the South China Morning Post.

Thank you SCC,"one Weibo user . "You make me understand that I m not living at the bottom of this society, I live 180 floors beneath the bottom."

By my current income, I can become a SCC member in 1,Wholesale Indianapolis Colts t shirts,000 years," . "That is to say, I don t eat, drink or spend a penny in those 1,000 years.

While there are reportedly just 1,500 members of the SCC,Russia Moves to Squash Hooliganism at Sports Events, they have an habit of making news. When the absurdly fabulous life of a young woman in Shenzhen went viral earlier this year, it didn't take long for people to .

In 2010, GQ China interviewed six Chinese twentysomething members of theSports Car Club. One notable quote came from a man dating a pretty woman, who then realized her car was five years out of fashion.

Secondhand goods, the SCC member said, ditching the girl. (GQ China was later forced to pull the issue after it emerged their reporter had not made it ).

Sports cars themselves have become intrinsically linked to corruption in the public imagination. Last year the 4 a.m. car crash of a $1 million Ferrari and subsequent cover-up (it's believed his son was driving the car, and may have been killed in it). One of the more light-hearted aspects of last year's Bo Xilai scandal .

For many Chinese citizens, the SCC and sports cars in general seem to represent the big new problem in China economic inequality.

For example, the monthly membership fees for the SCC are almost twice the average annual salary for Beijing (based ). Even if a person earning this salary paid no taxes and had no other expenses, it would take them almost 50 years to buy a Porsche CarreraGT at $448,000.

As Lily Kuo at Quartz notes, was officially , and other studies say it could be as. The , and 0.61 would be 50 percent above the "risk level" for social unrest.

Exactly how the SCC feel about being a symbol of inequality isn't clear (interview requests put in to the group were not answered).

In one 2011 interview English-language interview, two members of the group were asked by a CCTV interviewer how they became so rich. They responded awkwardly, and the other saying he is "running a company that's doing luxury branding and distribution."

It's also worth noting that not all of the members are spoiled young fuerdai one magazine estimated that 30% of (the rest appeared to be second generation rich). Time Magazine , the founder of the Beijing branch, last year. Zhang came from a modest background his first car was a Volkswagen.

"People in my generation, we always want the next thing," he told Time. "It's how we express ourselves and live our dreams."</html>

Facebook Pays Researcher $20K For Bug

<html>Facebook has paid a $20,wholesale Miami Heat T Shirts,000 reward to a UK based security researcher for reporting a bug that hackers could've used to take over users' accounts.

Last month, UK security researcherJack Whitton found a way to hack into other users' Facebook accounts without their knowledge, simply by sending a text message to Facebook, .

The flaw, which Facebook has fixed, was in a Facebook service that lets users link their mobile phones with their accounts. This lets them log intoFacebook using their phone number instead of their email address, andsend profile updates via text message.

To activate this feature,Indianapolis Colts t shirts,Howard, Smith remained intertwined in free agency, a user sends a text message to Facebook, which texts back an authorization code. This code is what ties the user's device to their account.

But Whitton found that Facebook's authorization code could be tweaked to work with other users accounts as well. This means a hacker could just change the password and gain complete control over the account, .

We've reached out to Facebook for comment and will update if we hear back.

Graham Cluely, an independent security analyst, says the bug could have had a widespread impact on Facebook users.

"This should obviously have been impossible, but due to a weakness in Facebook s tangled nest of millions and millions of lines in code, potentially hundreds of millions of accounts were vulnerable to hijacking through the simple technique," Cluely .

Whitton informed Facebook about the flaw May 23, and Facebook fixed it five days later. Facebook on its list of "white hats," the term for researchers who find bugs and inform vendors instead of using them for financial gain.

Facebook has been dealing with other major security issues lately.

Earlier this month, Facebook acknowledged a bug that caused it to for about 6 million users. And in February, developer Nir Goldshlager that made it possible to hijack Facebook accounts.</html>

Hawkins & Mercado Boost Team USA to World Jr. Day 3 Wins

BRAMPTON, Ont. - The University of Oregon softball team's freshman duo of and helped the USA Softball Junior National Team stay perfect in ISF Junior World Championship third-day action Wednesday.

The Americans scored afternoon wins over Puerto Rico (15-0) and Canada (4-0) to raise their overall record to 5-0 in the tournament for the world's top players age 19 and under.

In Team USA's first game of the day, the Americans collected 13 hits and 15 runs en route to its three-inning shutout of Puerto Rico who fell to 4-3 in the event.

Three U.S. players staked multi-hit games - Erin Shireman (3-for-3, HR, 2 RBI), Kelsey Stewart (3-for-3, 3B, 2 RBI) and Mysha Sataraka (2-for-3,Chicago Bulls T Shirts, HR, 3 RBI) - and Lauren Young also homered in her 1-for-3 game.

Pitcher Trisha Ford (1-0) allowed only one hit in her three innings, struck out five, and walked none in the complete game.

Later in the evening vs. Canada, the Ducks' Hawkins added a complete game shutout in the 4-0 decision over the Canadians who dropped to 5-1 overall in the tourney.

In Team USA's first seven-inning regulation game this week, the Anderson, Calif., native struck out eight, and allowed only one hit and no walks.

“Our defense did an outstanding job today,” Hawkins said. “They really had my back and they gave me a lot of confidence to throw better. Once our hitters made the adjustments we needed to make we started to produce and they did a great job.”

Freshman second baseman also started the game and hit safely for the third straight contest.

In her 1-for-2 outing, the Temecula, Calif., native singled in the third inning and later scored on a double by Haylie McCleney.

Five other Americans also hit safely once, and the other extra-base hit was a triple by Kelsey Stewart.

In the circle for Canada, Sara Groenenwegen struck out five, walked none, and yielded six hits in her complete game.

So far after three days in Ontario, Hawkins (2-0) leads the team in wins, strikeouts (17) and ERA (0.00).

Mercado has been equally impressive at the plate, and in her three games is hitting .500 (3-for-6, 2B, 3B, RBI).

Looking ahead to Thursday, Team USA plays Korea and New Zealand at 6:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Pacific Time to wrap up pool play.

Playoff action will follow on Friday and Saturday, and Sunday's action will feature the bronze medal, consolation final and gold medal games starting at 8:00 a.m.

BOXSCORES

Puerto Rico 0 United States 15
YTD YTD
PUR AB R H BI AVG USA AB R H BI AVG
E.DOracio RF 2 0 1 0 .294 H.McCleney CF 2 1 1 2 .500
D.Diaz 3B 1 0 0 0 .357 S.Lawrence LF,NCAA Champs Charge On at USA Meet - GoDucks.com - The University of Oregon Offic,PH 1 0 1 1 .500
M.Santos 2B 1 0 0 0 .214 K.Stewart 2B 3 2 3 2 1.000
Y.Munoz DH 1 0 0 0 .313 S.Romero SS 3 2 1 1 .400
A.Ocasio P 1 0 0 0 .313 M.Sataraka 3B 3 2 2 3 .625
S.Sanchez LF 1 0 0 0 .600 E.Crane CF,LF 1 2 1 0 .857
G.Lozada SS 1 0 0 0 .267 L.Young 1B 3 1 1 4 .250
E.Arguelles C 1 0 0 0 .100 E.Shireman C 3 3 3 2 1.000
C.Adams CF 1 0 0 0 .273 A.Aguilar DH 2 1 0 0 .333
A.Hawkins RF 2 1 0 0 .429
10 0 1 0 23 15 13 15

PUR 0 0 0 - 0 1 1
USA 11 2 2 - 15 13 0
2B--H.McCleney (1), E.Crane (1). 3B--K.Stewart (1). HR--M.Sataraka (3),
L.Young (1), E.Shireman (1). RBI--H.McCleney 2 (3), S.Lawrence (2),
K.Stewart 2 (3), S.Romero (2), M.Sataraka 3 (11), L.Young 4 (4),
E.Shireman 2 (2). SB--E.DOracio (3). E--G.Lozada (1).
LOB--PUR 1, USA 3.
YTD
IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
PUR
A.Ocasio (L,1-1) 2.1 13 15 14 2 1 3 13.36
2.1 13 15 14 2 1 3
USA
J.Ford (W,1-0) 3.0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0.00
3 1 0 0 0 5 0
PB--E.Arguelles 2. SO--E.DOracio, M.Santos, Y.Munoz, A.Ocasio, C.Adams,
A.Hawkins. BB--E.Crane 2. BF--A.Ocasio 25 (42), J.Ford 10 (13).
P-S--A.Ocasio 71-48, J.Ford 25-21. T--12:58.

Canada 0 United States 4
YTD YTD
CAN AB R H BI AVG USA AB R H BI AVG
A.Searle 2B 3 0 0 0 .421 H.McCleney CF 3 1 1 2 .429
V.Charters RF 3 0 0 0 .333 K.Stewart DP 2 1 1 1 .857
C.Jenner CF 3 0 0 0 .500 S,Minnesota Timberwolves T Shirts.Romero SS 3 0 0 0 .250
S.Groenewegen P 2 0 0 0 .273 M.Sataraka 3B 3 0 1 1 .545
C.Strandlund PR 0 0 0 0 .222 S.Lawrence PR 0 0 0 0 .500
J.Beck DP 3 0 0 0 .125 E.Crane LF 3 0 0 0 .600
M.Castiglione 1B 2 0 0 0 .385 J.Plaza C 2 0 0 0 .000
J.Leung SS 2 0 0 0 .286 L.Young 1B 2 1 1 0 .300
H.Speers LF 2 0 1 0 .429 D.Mercado 2B 2 1 1 0 .500
E.Entzminger 3B 1 0 0 0 .100 A.Hawkins RF 2 0 1 0 .444
L.Ogilvie PH 1 0 0 0 .000
22 0 1 0 22 4 6 4

CAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0
USA 0 0 3 0 0 1 x - 4 6 0
2B--H.McCleney (2). 3B--K.Stewart (2). RBI--H.McCleney 2 (5), K.Stewart
(4), M.Sataraka (12). HP--S.Groenewegen (1). SF--K.Stewart (1).
CS--S.Lawrence (1).
LOB--CAN 2, USA 1.
YTD
IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
CAN
S.Groenewegen (L,1-1) 6.0 6 4 4 0 5 0 2.21
6 6 4 4 0 5 0
USA
C.Hawkins (W,2-0) 7.0 1 0 0 0 8 0 0.00
7 1 0 0 0 8 0
WP--C.Hawkins (1). PB--R.Carter. HB--C.Hawkins (1). SO--A.Searle 2,
V.Charters 2, J.Beck 2, M.Castiglione, L.Ogilvie, H.McCleney, K.Stewart,
M.Sataraka, L.Young, A.Hawkins. BF--S.Groenewegen 23 (49), C.Hawkins 23
(32). P-S--S.Groenewegen 96-68, C.Hawkins 101-72.
T--1:52.

Umpires: Plate Ump - Houison, Field Ump #1 - Ortiz, Field Ump #2 - Tourangi, Field Ump #3 - Soenmez

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