New front expected in fight over Arizona law

PHOENIX (AP) ? A forthcoming U.S. Supreme Court decision on Arizona's controversial immigration law ? which some experts believe could uphold the most controversial aspects of the measure ? won't end legal disputes on the matter and instead is likely to ignite renewed assaults by the law's opponents.

The court is evaluating the 2010 law on only the question of whether Arizona's attempt to fix its border problems is trumped by federal law. That means that opponents could still ask the courts to block enforcement of the law on other legal grounds.

For example, the high court isn't considering the possibility that racial profiling may arise from the law ? because the Obama administration's lawsuit didn't challenge it on those grounds. The administration focused instead on whether federal law supersedes the state law, an issue known as "pre-emption."

"All the court is going to decide is the pre-emption issue," said Linton Joaquin, general counsel for the National Immigration Law Center, an advocacy group for low-income immigrants that's part of a coalition of opponents that filed a separate challenge. "But we think this law basically requires racial profiling by mandating that officers detain and investigate people that they have reasonable suspicions of being unauthorized."

The case was argued before the high court in April, and a ruling is expected by the end of June. Based partly on skeptical questions posed by justices during the hearing, legal experts expect that the court likely will uphold Arizona's requirement that police check the immigration status of people they stop for other reasons; that provision was put on hold by a judge in July 2010 and hasn't yet been enforced. Less controversial parts of the law were allowed to take effect.

A decision in favor of Arizona could clear the way for other states to enforce immigration-check requirements and create an opening for states to take a larger role in immigration enforcement after mostly staying out of it for decades and letting the federal government handle it alone.

Five others states ? Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina and Utah ? have enacted similar laws.

If Arizona wins at the Supreme Court, opponents say they likely would go back to lower courts to seek injunctions on other grounds before any provisions that win approval from the Supreme Court take effect. They also may ask the courts to block enforcement of the law's most controversial parts by arguing that the law requires police to extend the length of time of traffic stops beyond the permitted time.

"We are preparing for the next step in case of a bad decision," said Andre Segura, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, which also is fighting the law in court.

Segura said it's unlikely that a Supreme Court decision that upholds the Arizona law would go into effect immediately. Instead, the case would probably be given back to lower courts to decide when it takes effect, though it's unclear how long it would take for the courts to decide when police can start enforcing the provision.

It's also unclear when similar laws in other states would take effect if the court rules in Arizona's favor. Those states will likely have to take up the issue in their respective courts to see how their laws ? which have different provisions on the questioning of people's immigration status ? square up with the Supreme Court's ruling, Segura said.

Lawyers who are fighting the law aren't the only opponents preparing themselves for a ruling that upholds the law.

Immigrant rights advocates plan to launch a public relations campaign in hopes of quelling fears about the law and hold public meetings across the state to explain the law. They also are planning protests and a bus tour across the country to protest Arizona-style immigration laws. And hotline run by a civil rights group will take questions about the law and document reports of abuses by police.

Meanwhile, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio ? who, more than any other police boss in Arizona, has pushed the bounds of local immigration enforcement ? said he has no plans to expand his immigration efforts if Arizona wins its appeal. "I really don't see any big change with me," Arpaio said, adding that his officers already ask people for their immigration status when they have a good reason to do so.

The U.S. Justice Department has accused Arpaio's office in a lawsuit of racially profiling Latinos in his trademark immigration patrols. The sheriff vigorously disputes the allegation.

Along the Arizona-Mexico border, Santa Cruz County Sheriff Tony Estrada doubted his deputies will need to undergo special training to enforce the law's questioning requirement. He said his deputies, who now call the U.S. Border Patrol to pose such questions, would instead inquire about people's status and, if needed, call federal agents for assistance.

Estrada, who has 37 deputies to patrol a county that shares 50 miles of border with Mexico, said he will have to balance enforcement of the law with his limited manpower.

"We will enforce based on our resources and priorities," Estrada said. "In other words, I am not going to be sending a squad to do that. I don't have a squad to do that."

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Spain will seek bailout to help rescue banks

Paul Hanna / Reuters

Spain's economic crisis includes protests like this one in Madrid on Friday, where people rallied against layoffs at Banesto bank.

By msnbc.com news services

Spain will seek financial help from its Eurozone partners but exactly how much won't be known until private audits are undertaken, the country's economy minister announced Saturday.

Earlier, European finance ministers discussed plans to offer Spain up to $125 billion (100 billion euros) in a bid to stabilize its banks -- and ease concerns over the even bigger European debt crisis.?That amount was described as an upper limit, not an indication of what Spain would ask for.

After Spain's announcement, the Eurozone ministers issued a statement that they expected a formal request "shortly" and are "willing to respond favorably."

Spain earlier said it wanted to wait for two independent audits ? due by June 21 ? before deciding on whether to seek aid, and it?was not clear if those audits were being stepped up.

Spain had resisted asking for a bailout since previous ones for Greece, Ireland and Portugal came with demands for tax increases and spending cuts.

Economy Minister Luis de Guindos emphasized the aid would not come with "micro-economic conditions".

U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner issued a statement praising the "concrete steps on the path to financial union" for the Eurozone.

Investors and politicians have been increasingly concerned that Spain might not be able to find the money to prop its ailing banks by itself.?

A report from the International Monetary Fund estimated Spanish banks need a recapitalization injection of at least $50 billion following a stress test it performed on the country's financial sector. That report came out early Saturday, three days ahead of schedule, underscoring the urgency of the situation.?


Officials said there had been a heated debate over the IMF's role in Spain's bank rescue, which Madrid wanted kept to a minimum. It will not provide any of the money.

In the end it was agreed that the IMF would help monitor reforms in Spain's banking sector, while EU institutions would ensure Spain stuck to its broader economic commitments.?

Eurozone policymakers were eager to shore up Spain's position before June 17 elections that could push Greece closer to a Eurozone exit and unleash a wave of contagion.

Nonetheless, some analysts said financial markets might be calmed by the announcement when they reopen on Monday.

"The figure of up to 100 billion (euros) is more encouraging and pretty realistic; it's an attempt to cap the problem," said Edmund Shing, European head of equity strategy at Barclays.

"The issue, however, is there is still a lack of detail about where the money's coming from, which is crucial. The market will treat it with some caution until they see how it will be funded."?

The Eurogroup said the funds could come from either from a temporary rescue fund, the EFSF, or the permanent mechanism, the ESM, which is due to start next month. Finland said that if money came from the EFSF, it would want collateral.

EU sources said there was a preference to channel money to Spain through the ESM, rather than the EFSF. Under the ESM, an approval rate of 90 percent or less is needed to trigger aid, and the fund also has more flexibility in how it operates.

"That's why it's so important that the ESM ... be ratified quickly," German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said. ?

Spain?has already spent $20 billion bailing out small regional savings banks that lent recklessly to property developers.?

Spain's biggest failed bank, Bankia, will cost $25 billion to rescue and its shareholders have been wiped out.

The race to resolve the banks' troubles comes after Fitch Ratings cut Spain's sovereign credit rating by three notches to BBB, highlighting the Spanish banking sector's exposure to bad property loans and to contagion from Greece's debt crisis.?

It said the cost to the Spanish state of recapitalizing banks stricken by the bursting of a real estate bubble, recession and mass unemployment could be between $75-$125 billion. The higher figure would be in a stress scenario equivalent to Ireland's bank crash.

Italy could yet get dragged in too. Its industry minister, Corrado Passera, said the economic situation in Italy had improved since the end of 2011, but remained critical.?"Europe was more disappointing than we had expected, it was less capable of tackling a relatively minor problem such as Greece," Passera told a conference.?

While Spain would join Greece, Ireland and Portugal in receiving a European financial rescue, officials said the aid would be focused only on its banking sector, without taking the Spanish state out of credit markets.?

That would be crucial to avoid overstraining the Eurozone's rescue funds, which would struggle to cover Spanish government borrowing needs for the next three years plus possible additional assistance for Portugal and Ireland.?

Conditions in the plan would be related to the banks and would probably not add to the austerity measures and structural economic reforms that Spain's government has already put in place, EU and German sources said.?

A "bailout lite" would help salvage Spanish pride. Spain is the world's 12th largest economy and No. 4 in the Eurozone. EU and German officials have cited national pride as a barrier to requesting a full assistance program.?

The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.

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Avid Mbox Mini

The Avid Mbox Mini ($299 direct) offers a neat way to get started with Pro Tools without any frills. The bundled Pro Tools Express software is a little too cut down?its eight-instrument track limit is particularly tight. But the Mbox Mini Avid Mbox Mini ?hardware itself is sound, and it works great with other apps. Taken together, the package is perfect for budding musicians, producers, and post-production sound designers that want an easy way to record vocals or instruments, and monitor audio through studio speakers. Yet while the Mbox Mini offers great value if you're planning on using the bundled Pro Tools Express software, it's only an average value otherwise, thanks to its high price.

System Requirements, Design, and Ports
Avid specifies that you'll need either a Mac running OS X 10.6.8 or newer, or a PC running Windows 7 (either 32-bit or 64-bit), along with two free USB ports; one for the Mbox Mini interface, and one for the iLok copy protection dongle. The hardware itself is rock solid, with a hefty aluminum casing and textured matte black plastic front and rear panels. The Mbox Mini weighs roughly two pounds; you'll notice when carrying it around, but it's got a more substantial feel than the original, which is a good thing. It's fully USB powered, and the knobs and switches all work with precision. On the back, you get a pair of 1/4-inch output jacks, plus 1/4-inch direct and line inputs, a single XLR input with switchable 48v phantom power, and a mic/line button for the XLR input.

The front panel contains an oversized volume knob with a rubberized coating. There are individual gain controls for each of the two channels, including LEDs that light up green with signal and blink red to indicate clipping. The Mix control lets you monitor the input directly, listen only to audio through the PC, or a mixture of the two. There's one 1/4-inch headphone jack; two would have been better. A small blue power LED indicates everything is ready to go. And a button next to the power LED lets you mute the speakers, which is useful if you've got headphones plugged in, or if you just want to ensure no sound leaks into a nearby microphone.

Recording and Pro Tools Express
The Mbox Mini is limited to 48KHz resolution, but on a budget-priced interface, that's fine. You'll hear more improvement using 24-bit audio recording over 16-bit than you would going from, say, 44.1KHz to 96KHz. The Mbox Mini works with any Core Audio or ASIO-compatible application. I had no problem recording with Cubase 6.5 as well as the full version of Pro Tools 10.

Pro Tools Express works much like the full Pro Tools 10 application. Like the full version, Pro Tools Express features automatic delay compensation, as well as the Pro Tools MIDI Editor and Sibelius-powered Score editor. You also get a basic complement of virtual instrument plug-ins, including Boom, a sequencing drum machine; Structure Free, a sample player; and Xpand2, a multitimbral workstation, plus a set of AIR effects plug-ins, a few compressors, and D-Verb.Avid Mbox Mini

That said, Pro Tools Express is missing a lot of plug-ins, and the aforementioned eight instrument track limit is unfortunate. On the plus side, you can record and mix up to 16 stereo audio tracks for live instruments, which is more reasonable. Still, the limits are tight enough to push you into upgrading much faster than you would from, say, Sonar X1 Essentials to Sonar X1 Producer, or from Cubase Artist 6 to Cubase 6, as neither entry-level package is nearly so limiting. Worse, the upgrade from Pro Tools Express to the full Pro Tools 10 costs a staggering $399. Considering Pro Tools 10 by itself lists for $699, though, you'd essentially be getting the Mbox Mini free in the bargain.

Audio Quality, Latency, and Conclusions
In testing, the Mbox Mini acquitted itself well. In a variety of projects, I heard clean audio in and out. That's especially true of the mic preamps, which offer plenty of gain and noise-free sound when paired with a Rode NT-1A condenser mic, although the sound was a bit "sculpted," meaning there was a slight midrange dip. I also experienced appreciably low latency even at 512 samples, which left plenty of CPU headroom for dozens of plug-in instances while recording MIDI tracks. Latency was also low enough to record vocals with software reverb in the headphones, even without using direct monitoring.

Overall, the Avid Mbox Mini is a good buy if you're looking to break into Pro Tools recording and mixing, and want to get started with the same interface and workflow that professional recording and post-production studios use. If you're focused on music composition, though, and don't need Pro Tools software, a different interface?say, an M-Audio Fast Track ($149.99, 4 stars)?and an entry-level DAW like Cockos Reaper, FL Studio, SONAR X1 Essentials, or Cubase Artist 6 will get you many more features and higher track counts for similar or even less money. The plastic Fast Track feels flimsy next to the metal Mbox Mini, but that's not enough to pay double the price for the Mbox Mini alone. If you're a Reason fan, the Propellerhead Balance ($449.99, 3.5 stars) costs significantly more, but sounds just as good as the Mbox Mini and offers separate monitor and headphone knobs.

Finally, if you've got a Mac, it's tough to ignore Logic Pro 9, which is a stunning value at just $200?that leaves $100 for a bargain-priced interface. Otherwise, the Avid Mbox Mini does exactly what it claims to do; even if you outgrow the Pro Tools Express software, the hardware should serve you well for years to come.

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Microsoft Is Barring HTC From Making Windows 8 Tablets, Report Says

Windows 8 was all the buzz at this week?s Computex show in Taipei. Several manufacturers, including Toshiba, Acer and Asus, showed off tablets running Microsoft?s upcoming OS. And even more companies are expected to unveil their Windows 8 devices soon.

But don?t expect to see any tablets coming from HTC when Windows 8 launches, says a Thursday Bloomberg report. Microsoft is reportedly barring HTC from developing tablets with the new OS.

Microsoft wants to maintain a very high level of quality control in its first wave of ARM-based, Windows RT tablets, Bloomberg?s sources say. That level of concern makes sense considering Windows RT is intended to go head-to-head with the iPad.

But HTC, apparently, didn?t make the cut. The report says Microsoft is concerned about HTC?s sales figures and its lack of experience making tablets. HTC is best known for making Android-based smartphones, like the recent One series phones, but it has released a few Android tablets as well (we reviewed the HTC Flyer last year, and hated it). In total, HTC?s tablet efforts are too immature to convince Microsoft of the company?s experience.

Another point of contention: HTC engineers reportedly wanted to build a Windows tablet with a customized home screen. While this is something manufacturers can do with Android devices, Microsoft refused, as it has done with Windows Phone.

?Today, we?re confirming our support for future versions of Windows but aren?t commenting on the specifics of our product plans beyond that,? an HTC spokesperson told Wired in an email.

Reading between the lines, it might appear that HTC is only being barred from joining the initial wave of Windows RT devices.

For now, Microsoft has partnered with companies with more sales volumes and tablet experience for the first round of Windows RT tablets. We?ve already seen a Toshiba tablet running on a Texas Instrument processor, an Asus tablet running on an Nvidia processor, and a reference design from Qualcomm running on the company?s Snapdragon processor.

Microsoft declined to comment on the situation.

Even though HTC might not get Windows 8, the manufacturer is still committed to Windows Phone. ?HTC has sold more than 40 million Windows Phones over the last ten years and we are committed to future versions of Microsoft?s Windows Phone platform more than ever,? the HTC spokesperson said.

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Spain's ailing banks threaten country's finances

MADRID (AP) ? Spain is under rising pressure to find a lifeline for its deeply troubled banks.

Politicians in Europe and investors around the world are worried that the recession-hit country can't come up with the money needed to save its banks without bankrupting the government. Expectations are rising that Spain's leaders will have to seek an international bailout for banks crumbling under the weight of bad real estate loans.

As Spain's leaders struggle for a solution to their banking crisis, the country's borrowing costs have soared close to the level that forced the governments of Greece, Portugal and Ireland to seek financial rescues.

As much as ?100 billion ($126 billion) may be needed to bolster Spanish banks, the credit rating agency Fitch said Thursday. Fitch, which had previously said ?30 billion was needed, downgraded the country's debt rating to two notches above junk and warned that further downgrades were possible.

Spain sold ?2 billion ($2.52 billion) in bonds Thursday, but had to pay investors much higher rates than in previous bond sales. There is a growing sense that time is running out for Spain's government and banks to continue muddling through.

The bond sale came after Spain's economy minister traveled Wednesday to Brussels to huddle with key decision makers in the capital of the European Union.

And on Thursday, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy hosted his counterpart from the Netherlands, one of the 17 countries that uses the euro that would have to approve outside help if Spain can't save its banks on its own.

Rajoy said this week that Europe "needs to support those that are in difficulty."

Here are some questions and answers about Spain's banking crisis:

WHY DO SPANISH BANKS NEED A BAILOUT?

Spain's financial problems are not due to Greek-style government over-spending. The country's banks got caught up in the collapse of a real estate bubble.

Spain's banks, particularly its savings banks or "cajas," have enormous amounts of bad loans. And as the second recession in three years hits Spain, the number of bad loans is expected to surge. Spain's unemployment has risen to nearly 25 percent, making it increasingly difficult for many Spaniards to pay their mortgages.

The country's central bank, the Bank of Spain, says banks are still burdened with about ?175 billion ($220 billion) in "problematic" real estate holdings, including loans and repossessed homes.

Spain's government debt stood at a relatively low 68.5 percent of its gross domestic product at the end of 2011. It is predicted to hit 78 percent by the end of the year. But even that higher figure would still be below the 2011 debt-to-GDP ratios of countries like Italy, Belgium, France and even Germany.

SO WHY IS SPAIN'S BANKING CRISIS SO WORRISOME TO EVERYONE ELSE?

Spain is the fourth-largest economy in the 17-country eurozone, behind Germany, France and Italy. Its economy is nearly five times bigger than Greece's, making its financial and economic problems much more worrisome for leaders in Europe.

The rising cost of rescuing failed banks risks bankrupting the Spanish government. And since Spanish banks own huge amounts of their country's debt, any threat to the government's finances could boomerang back to the banks and make them even weaker.

A widening recession and financial crisis in one of Europe's largest economies would drag down neighboring countries and hurt companies and investors around the world.

An international bailout of Spanish banks could relieve some of the pressure on the Spanish government, and decrease anxieties across Europe and the rest of the world.

HOW MUCH WILL IT COST TO BAIL OUT SPAIN'S BANKS?

Bankia S.A., the country's most stricken lender, announced last month that it needed ?19 billion ($23.63 billion) in government aid. Spain only has ?5 billion left in a fund that it established in 2009 to help banks. The government has promised to help Bankia but has not mapped out a plan.

At least four other Spanish banks also need help.

The overall cost of bailing out Spain's troubled banks is somewhere between ?40 billion and ?100 billion. The International Monetary Fund is scheduled to weigh in with an evaluation of Spain's banking industry Monday. And the Spanish government has commissioned independent audits to determine the banks' recapitalization needs.

The Spanish government has pushed lenders to strengthen their finances by merging, and has told banks to set aside an additional ?84 billion by the end of 2012 to cover soured real estate assets. Spain's two largest banks ? Banco Santander SA and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA ? are expected to meet the stiffer requirements. But investors are fearful that some smaller banks won't be able to.

WHERE COULD THE BAILOUT MONEY COME FROM?

Spain has yet to map out how its banks ? in particular Bankia ? will be saved.

Spain could finance a bank bailout by selling bonds. But it's reluctant to take on a huge amount of debt when the interest rate investors would demand is perilously close to the 7 percent level that forced Greece, Ireland and Portugal to seek bailouts. That could turn Spain's banking crisis into a government-debt crisis, which so far it has been able to avoid.

Spain would like to get European aid for its banks but is reluctant to ask for it because under current rules the aid would have to be funneled through the government. That would also increase the country's public debt load and potentially send interest rates on its bonds higher.

Spain is trying to convince European leaders to let it have a "light" form of a bailout without directly asking for it. It hopes to find a little wiggle room in a measure approved by European Union leaders last July. That measure allows the EU to lend money for the purpose of recapitalizing banks in countries not already receiving bailouts.

The rules say the money would have to be funneled through the government. However, the conditions attached to the bailout would not have to be as over-arching as those attached to government bailouts, such as in Greece and Ireland.

"There is talk on the start of different solutions, but there's still nothing concrete," said Antonio Barroso, an analyst with the Eurasia Group political risk consulting group.

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Associated Press writers Daniel Woolls, Ciaran Giles, David McHugh and Shawn Pogatchnik contributed from Madrid, Berlin and Dublin.

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Crustacean's claw may be suited for battle

Researchers have figured out how a tiny tropical crustacean packs an outsized punch. And they are using that knowledge to engineer super-durable materials that could protect troops in the line of fire, among other useful applications.

The peacock mantis shrimp, scientific name Odontodactylus scyllarus, isn't actually a peacock, a mantis or a shrimp.

It's a stomatopod, a member of a group of aggressive ocean-dwellers that use outsized appendages to smash, slash or spear their heavily shelled prey.

It gets its name because of its colorful, shrimp-like appearance and speedy, mantis-like "feeding strike," said David Kisailus, a professor of chemical and environmental engineering at UC Riverside, who runs the lab that is studying the animal.

And what a strike that is: When unleashed on a potential meal like a crab or a snail, the peacock mantis shrimp's 2/10-inch-wide fist accelerates faster than a .22-caliber bullet, reaching speeds of 45 mph underwater and smacking its prey with 200 pounds of force.

The punch packs a double-wallop. By accelerating so quickly, the animal's club actually boils the water surrounding it, creating bubbles that implode upon prey, landing a second strike.

This pounding can penetrate mollusks' shells in a matter of seconds and bust holes through glass. (The peacock mantis shrimps in Kisailus' lab are housed in aquariums made of more-durable plastic.) But it doesn't seem to damage the stomatopod.

"We were impressed that this guy can impact its prey tens of thousands of times over a period of three to four months without breaking its own hand," Kisailus said. "For decades people have studied snails as the benchmark of impact resistance. Here's the stomatopod that eats those guys for dinner."

To figure out how the peacock mantis shrimp pulls off this feat, Kisailus and his team examined the creature's dactyl clubs using electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, spectroscopy and computer simulations. They discovered that the hammers' extraordinary strength comes from a complex interaction between three distinct sections within.

The outer part of the club, or the "impact region," is made of a crystalline mineral material that can withstand compressive forces more effectively than engineered ceramics forged at extreme temperatures.

The center, or "periodic region," is made of spiraling layers of sugar-based chitin fibers, reinforced by a different mineral material, that absorb impact energy and prevent cracking.

Finally, the stomatopod depends on the "striated region," another layer of chitin fibers that wraps around the entire club. Kisailus said these fibers compress the minerals in the appendage, which also keeps fractures from propagating.

The combination gives the peacock mantis shrimp its power, he said. The results of the study were published online this week in the journal Science.

"This research is really cool," said Sheila Patek, a biologist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst who studies mantis shrimp mechanics. "They didn't just discover one thing ? they discovered a constellation of features that make this appendage so damage resistant."

Kisailus said he would like to develop materials that mimic the components of the peacock mantis shrimp's super-tough fists, perhaps for use in lighter, tougher types of body armor. (His work is funded in part by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.)

Engineers in Kisailus' laboratory have already started making composite materials based on the tiny creature's biology, he said, forging substances that are similar to the tissue in the periodic region and forming them into sheets measuring about one foot square and less than an inch thick.

Some of Kisailus' students took a few of the squares out to the desert and fired at them with high-velocity rounds.

The squares cracked a bit but survived, with energy from the impact dissipating laterally into the material.

The bullets were flattened.

eryn.brown@latimes.com

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UK's Cameron, Obama urge action on eurozone crisis

(AP) ? British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama have agreed on the need for immediate action to resolve the eurozone crisis.

Downing Street said the two leaders spoke on the phone late Tuesday ahead of the G20 summit in Mexico later this month, when world leaders will discuss Europe's financial woes.

A spokesman for Cameron said he and Obama agreed on the need for an immediate plan to tackle the crisis, as well as a longer-term strategy to secure a strong single currency.

"Speed is of the essence," Cameron told reporters in Oslo before meeting Norwegian Premier Jens Stoltenberg late Wednesday. "Clearly the euro zone crisis is the biggest threat to the world economy today," he added.

Cameron is visiting Berlin Thursday for a student conference with Chancellor Angela Merkel and Stoltenberg, where the eurozone crisis is likely to be discussed. He will then hold a bilateral meeting with Merkel.

Cameron is pressing for eurozone countries to protect their currency with measures including greater fiscal burden-sharing among member countries.

Associated Press

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Brett Rogers signs with Bellator after losing streak and assault arrest

Brett Rogers started his career with 10 wins, and followed it with four losses, one win, a no contest, an assault arrest stemming from a domestic abuse incident and a jail sentence of 60 days. Now, he's looking to start over again by signing with Bellator.

"Over the past year I have been challenged in my personal life, but all is now good in the Rogers family," Rogers said via a Bellator press release. "Everyone makes mistakes in life but it's how you recover that really counts. I spend every day with my wife and kids and enjoy every minute of it. Fighting is my job and I love it, but I also love my family and that's why I made things right before returning to the cage. All I can say is get ready for a new and improved Brett Rogers."

Rogers' last win came in October of 2010 over Ruben Villareal. After that, he dropped bouts to Josh Barnett and Eddie Sanchez. The no-contest comes from a February bout. He also has losses to Fedor Emelianenko and Alistair Overeem, and his biggest win came over Andrei Arlovski in June of 2009.

He will debut at Bellator 71 on June 22. An opponent has not been named.

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Television section

For the week of May 14-20

1. "NCIS," CBS, 19.0 million

2. "American Idol" (Wednesday), FOX, 17.6 million

3. "American Idol" (Thursday), FOX, 16.4 million

4. "Dancing With the Stars," ABC, 15.7 million

5. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 15.1 million

6. "Criminal Minds," CBS, 13.6 million

7.? "Person of Interest," CBS, 13.4 million

8. "Dancing With the Stars Results," ABC, 13.2 million

9. "The Mentalist," CBS, 13.0 million

10. CBS Sunday movie special, 12.9 million

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