E! says didn't orchestrate Kardashian wedding

American reality television celebrity Kim Kardashian arrives at the launch of her handbag fashion range in Sydney, Australia on Wednesday Nov. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/ Jeremy Piper)

American reality television celebrity Kim Kardashian arrives at the launch of her handbag fashion range in Sydney, Australia on Wednesday Nov. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/ Jeremy Piper)

Australian fans try to take photos of American reality television celebrity Kim Kardashian as she arrives at the launch of her handbag fashion range in Sydney, Australia on Wednesday Nov. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/ Jeremy Piper)

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2011 file photo, newlyweds Kim Kardashian, right, and Kris Humphries attend a party thrown in their honor in New York. Kardashian is expected to file for divorce in Los Angeles on Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, according to a report confirmed by the producers of her reality show. Kardashian and Humphries were married on Aug. 20. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2011 file photo, reality TV personality Kim Kardashian, right, and her fiance, NBA basketball player Kris Humphries, arrive at the Kardashian Kollection launch party in Los Angeles. Kardashian is expected to file for divorce in Los Angeles on Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, according to a report confirmed by the producers of her reality show. Kardashian and Humphries were married on Aug. 20. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)

NEW YORK (AP) ? Kim Kardashian's lightning-quick marriage shouldn't have any impact on the E! Entertainment network's relationship with the reality TV family despite some shuffling this week, E!'s chief said on Wednesday.

E! moved up, and then moved back, a rerun of Kardashian's lavish wedding to pro basketball player Kris Humphries after Kardashian announced this week that the marriage was kaput. The network, feeling its reputation sullied, put out a statement calling rumors that it had orchestrated the wedding for TV to be "completely false."

"I don't even know if Kim has had a chance to emotionally process this the way that she needs to," said Suzanne Kolb, president of E! Entertainment. "I don't have any indication that this is going to change her career path."

Kardashian's wedding to Humphries, televised on E! to huge ratings last month, was the highlight of the 72-day marriage. The wedding took place on Aug. 20; it was televised Oct. 9 and 10. The first day scored the highest ratings in E!'s history.

Before the marriage went sour, E! had planned to rerun the wedding in prime time Wednesday and Thursday this week. With Kardashian's announcement, E! moved the first part up to Monday and was set to run part two on Tuesday. Then, showing some uncertainty about whether that appeared insensitive, E! moved part two to Thursday at 5 p.m. An onscreen announcement at the show's beginning on Thursday will tell viewers about the divorce announcement.

Asked why E! was rerunning a wedding from a broken marriage, Kolb said, "We are a topical network and this is a topic at the moment." When it first aired, both parts of "Kim's Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event" attracted more than 4 million viewers ? big numbers for a cable network.

Kardashian announced the divorce on her website, and some of the nearly 3,000 comments posted there Wednesday questioned whether the wedding was a hoax and all for show.

"I am trying not to read all the different media reports but it's hard not to see all the negative ones," Kardashian wrote on her website. "First and foremost, I married for love. I can't believe I even have to defend this. I would not have spent so much time on something just for a TV show."

In an interview on Australian television this week, Kardashian said "intuition" led her to end her marriage.

"I think when you know so deep in your heart that you just have to listen to your intuition, and follow your heart," Kardashian said. "There's no right or wrong thing to do."

Kardashian is in Australia with her sister Khloe to promote a line of handbags.

Kolb said she felt the network's statement about comments questioning the marriage's legitimacy was necessary because E!, the show's producers and the Kardashians were being unfairly treated. "At some point I felt we had to come out and say that was absurd," she said.

With a television family such as the Kardashians, "I don't know if the distinction between reality and contrivance means anything anymore," said Robert Thompson, director of the Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University.

E! executives may have to tread a little carefully around the controversy, but it also has the potential of being a gold mine, he said. Think of the alternative: In television drama, there's no bigger story-killer than a couple getting married and living happily ever after.

"Chevy manufactures cars out of their assembly line," he said. "The Kardashians manufacture stories like these. This is what they do. This is their product."

The Kardashian family has been a cottage industry for E! ever since "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" premiered in 2007. Kim was the star, known best at the time for a sex tape she did with singer Ray J.

The initial show produced three spinoffs: "Khloe and Lamar"; "Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami"; and "Kourtney and Kim Take New York." All the shows are currently between seasons, but another season of "Kourtney and Kim Take New York" premieres on Nov. 27, and it will deal in depth with Kim's marriage problems, Kolb said.

"The show is obviously going to have more drama in it that we originally expected with a newlywed couple," she said. "At the same time, people are going to be able to see how difficult this was for the two of them."

Not following the Kardashian story would be contrary to the way E! has covered the family for the past four years and the way the Kardashians have chosen to live their lives unfiltered, Kolb said.

The rapid dissolution of the marriage put the Kardashian clan squarely in line for public ridicule.

Jay Leno opened his "Tonight" show Tuesday with six straight Kardashian jokes. "Seventy-two days," he said. "I was on at 10 o'clock longer than that."

David Letterman offered a Top Ten list of "Things That Have Lasted Longer Than the Kardashian Marriage." No. 5 was "ABC's remake of 'Charlie's Angels.'" No. 9 was "a conversation with Regis."

E! is walking a fine line with bankable reality stars and a potential backlash.

"I think you try to milk it and say you're not going to milk it," said Derek Baine, a cable TV analyst for SNL Kagan. "You don't want to seem real crass and taking advantage of a personal tragedy. In fact, it's their job to boost the ratings. There's nothing like a good car wreck."

In another interview on Australian television, Kardashian said she has not decided what to do with her 20.5-carat engagement ring, or with the gifts she received from her $172,000 wedding registry.

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UN cultural agency grants membership to Palestine

PARIS?? Palestine became a full member of the U.N. cultural and educational agency Monday, in a highly divisive move that the United States and other opponents say could harm renewed Mideast peace efforts.

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U.S. lawmakers had threatened to withhold roughly $80 million in annual funding to UNESCO if it approved Palestinian membership. The United States provides about 22 percent of UNESCO's funding.

Huge cheers went up in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization after delegates approved the membership in a vote of 107-14 with 52 abstentions. Eighty-one votes were needed for approval in a hall with 173 UNESCO member delegations present.

"Long Live Palestine!" shouted one delegate, in French, at the unusually tense and dramatic meeting of UNESCO's General Conference.

While the vote has large symbolic meaning, the issue of borders of an eventual Palestinian state, security troubles and other disputes that have thwarted Middle East peace for decades remain unresolved.

Palestinian officials are seeking full membership in the United Nations, but that effort is still under examination and the U.S. has said it will veto it unless there is a peace deal with Israel. Given that, the Palestinians separately sought membership at Paris-based UNESCO and other U.N. bodies.

Monday's vote is definitive. The membership formally takes effect when Palestine signs UNESCO's founding charter.

The U.S. ambassador to UNESCO, David Killion, said Monday's vote will "complicate" U.S. efforts to support the agency. The United States voted against the measure.

Israel's ambassador to UNESCO, Nimrod Barkan, called the vote a tragedy.

"UNESCO deals in science, not science fiction," he said. "They forced on UNESCO a political subject out of its competence."

"They've forced a drastic cut in contributions to the organization," he said.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton last week called UNESCO's deliberation "inexplicable," saying discussion of Palestinian membership in international organizations couldn't replace negotiations with Israel as a fast-track toward Palestinian independence.

The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.

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Tritton AX 180

Cross-platform compatibility is tricky for any gaming accessory. Most gamepads can't do it at all, and headsets have a slightly easier time, but you still wind up dealing with a tangle of wires. The Tritton AX 180 ($69.99 list) is a seemingly simple, basic pair of stereo headphones with a microphone, and getting it to work with a PC is easy. But if you want to use it with your Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, you're going to have to work for it.

Design
The AX 180 is soft and nonthreatening, with half of the headset covered in padded foam. The inner surfaces of the ear cups and the headband are comfortable, while the outside of the ear cups and the adjustable part of the headband are flat black plastic, save for glossy black caps in the middle of the cups bearing Tritton's orange logo. A wiry, flexible black mic plugs into the left ear cup, and can easily be bent out of the way if you, say, want to take a drink of a nice, cold beverage while gaming. The headset connects to a breakaway cable with an inline remote that holds headphone and microphone volume wheels, mic and PS3/Xbox 360 switches, and an Xbox 360 mic port. At the end of the cable, there are USB, 3.5mm headphone, and microphone connectors.

While the AX 180 is primarily intended for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 use, it works just as well for PC gaming. Just plug the cable into an open USB port and the headphone and microphone plugs into their ports, and you're all set. It's actually more complicated to set the headset up for use with a game console. It's particularly difficult to set it up with an Xbox 360, which involves using an audio cable from the in-line remote to the controller, and (if you want to use your Xbox 360 with HDMI) a separate HD Audio Dongle, which Tritton offers for free on request with the headset, but it isn't included in the box.

Performance
For gaming, the headset feels comfortable and sounds fairly good. The ear cups might pinch slightly if you have large ears, but most users will likely find the padded headphones to fit snug and secure. I played Team Fortress 2 with the AX 180, and the action felt full and powerful. Explosions had satisfying force, but lacked really thumping bass (a flaw in most gaming headphones), and the microphone was present but unobtrusive.

For music, the AX 180 sounds good, but can't compare to a set of midrange, dedicated headphones. I listened to the Muse station on Pandora, and "Take a Bow" sounded fuzzy in the low end, with the bass notes not hitting any decent clarity or depth. John Coltrane's "Time Was" had the same issues, with the saxophone sounding clear and bright, but the bass and drums coming in a bit muffled. The headset will sound good for movies and music, but it's a gaming peripheral, and is more suited for listening to fragging and trash talk than concerts and music videos.

It doesn't come close to the audio quality of dedicated, non-gaming headphones, but the Tritton AX 180 is a competent gaming headset, with solid sound and comfortable design. It works well enough, but nothing about it stands out. For a better headset with a lower price, check out the Tt eSports Shock ($59.99, 3.5 stars). If you can splurge on a wireless headset, take a look at the Creative Sound Blaster Tactic 3D Omega ($199.99, 3.5 stars) or our Editors' Choice, the Logitech Wireless Gaming Headset G930 ($169.99, 4 stars).

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Michael Jackson doctor declines to testify. Was that his last, best chance?

Both the prosecution and the defense rested in the involuntary murder trial of Michael Jackson's physician as Dr. Conrad Murray declined to testify. Cross examination would have been brutal, analysts say.

After 22 days of intense testimony, both the prosecution and the defense rested their cases on Tuesday in the involuntary murder trial of Michael Jackson?s former physician, Conrad Murray.

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The announcements came after a brief, dramatic moment when the king of pop?s former doctor was asked by Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor whether he wanted to testify on his own behalf.

Dr. Murray, a Las Vegas cardiologist, informed the judge, outside the jury?s presence, that he did not wish to take the stand.

Murray might have made a sympathetic witness had he chosen to express his grief over the loss of Jackson, whom he has called a close friend. But trial analysts note that he would have come under blistering cross examination by Deputy District Attorney David Walgren, who would highlight every unanswered question about Jackson?s death.

Closing arguments in the case are set to begin on Thursday at the Los Angeles County Courthouse. Jury deliberations will likely begin later that day.

The high-profile case featured a clash of medical experts and two sharply divergent theories of what may have happened in the final hours of Mr. Jackson?s life on June 25, 2009.

Murray was charged with administering a lethal dose of the anesthetic propofol in an effort to help treat Jackson?s chronic insomnia. He faces up to four years in prison if convicted and loss of his medical license.

Prosecutors and their experts maintain that Murray set up an automatic drip of the anesthetic and that he became distracted while visiting a rest room and making telephone calls. At some point, they say, Jackson stopped breathing and died. They say Murray is responsible for the death, not only because he administered the drugs found in Jackson?s system, but also because he left the bedside of his heavily-sedated patient.

One prosecution expert said Murray?s actions were akin to leaving a sleeping infant on a kitchen counter.

Defense lawyers and their experts offered a completely different scenario. They suggested that Jackson self-administered a fatal combination of sedatives and propofol in a desperate attempt to get some sleep. They noted that Jackson told Murray that he enjoyed injecting propofol into his system, and they speculated that Jackson awakened while Murray was out of the room or distracted, and pushed a fast injection of the anesthetic into his system. The propofol concentration may have instantly stopped his heart, a defense expert testified.

In the contest between dueling medical experts, the prosecution appears to have scored a major victory. Dr. Steven Shafer, an anesthesiology specialist at Columbia University, converted the courtroom into a classroom, leading the jurors through the potentially confusing world of sedation and anesthetics, all the while explaining routine safeguards that Murray by-passed or ignored.

Dr. Shafer likely scored major points when jurors learned that as a matter of policy he does not charge a fee for his work on cases like Jackson?s.

In contrast, defense expert Dr. Paul White, also a well-respected anesthesiologist and research scientist, testified that he had been paid $11,000 for a portion of his work. He noted that he would not charge his usual fee because he said he did not believe the defense could pay it.

Although Dr. White tried to undercut Shafer?s analysis, White seemed handcuffed by the burden of having to justify some of the shoddy and questionable practices allegedly undertaken by Murray.

At one point he was asked about Murray?s 20-minute delay in calling 911. White suggested that a doctor might not have time initially ? in the first few minutes of an emergency ? to make the call himself. But White never offered an explanation of why it might be better to wait 20 minutes as Murray did.

Asked whether Murray should have told the responding paramedics ? and later, the emergency room doctors ? that he had administered propofol to Jackson prior to the incident ? White said it wasn?t necessary to Jackson?s emergency treatment because the effect of the propofol would have been greatly reduced by then.

The response did little to remove the strong suggestion that Murray was trying to cover up his conduct.

A number of medical experts testified that propofol was not a recognized sleep aid. They said it should never be administered in a bedroom as had been the case with Jackson. They stressed that propofol is almost always administered in a hospital or clinic with a full array of monitoring and resuscitation equipment close at hand.

In one illustration of the weakness of the defense case, Deputy District Attorney Walgren asked White, the defense expert, whether he would administer propofol in a private bedroom as Murray had done to Jackson.

?I would never administer propofol in a bedroom,? the defense expert said.

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Rotman professor receives grant from Sloan Foundation

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Toronto - A professor at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management has received a $976,000 (US) grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to study the economics of knowledge contribution and distribution.

Joshua Gans, who is a professor of strategic management and the holder of the Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship, will lead the research project with Prof. Fiona Murray of MIT's Sloan School of Management.

The three-year project will encourage research designed to generate understanding the economic drivers of scientific contributions and to analyze the impact of digitization on knowledge contribution. It aims to provide a framework for utilizing social science evidence for key policy areas such as openness in science, the promotion of information through digital means and guidelines to assist non-governmental and other organizations in fostering creativity efficiently.

The main activities of the program will be to fund research in this area around the world as well as disseminate it through a new web-site, a series of workshops and a policy-relevant summit to be staged in 2013. An Executive Board to guide the program's direction has already been established with initial membership from Professor Martha Gray (MIT), Professor Paula Stephan (GSU), Professor Philippe Aghion (Harvard) and Ling Wong (Gates Foundation).

Prof. Gans joined the Rotman School in July, 2011. Prior to 2011, he was the Foundation Professor of Management (Information Economics) at the Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne and prior to that he was at the School of Economics, University of New South Wales. In 2011, he was a visiting researcher at Microsoft Research (New England). Prof. Gans holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University and an honours degree in economics from the University of Queensland.

At the Rotman School, he teaches MBA and Commerce students Network and Digital Market Strategy. He recently co-founded the blog, Digitopoly, digitopoly.org, that examines competition in the digital economy. While his research interests are varied Prof. Gans has developed specialties in the nature of technological competition and innovation, economic growth, industrial organization and regulatory economics.

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The Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto is redesigning business education for the 21st century with a curriculum based on Integrative Thinking. Located in the world's most diverse city, the Rotman School fosters a new way to think that enables the design of creative business solutions. The School is currently raising $200 million to ensure Canada has the world-class business school it deserves. For more information, visit www.rotman.utoronto.ca.

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University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management

Toronto - A professor at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management has received a $976,000 (US) grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to study the economics of knowledge contribution and distribution.

Joshua Gans, who is a professor of strategic management and the holder of the Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship, will lead the research project with Prof. Fiona Murray of MIT's Sloan School of Management.

The three-year project will encourage research designed to generate understanding the economic drivers of scientific contributions and to analyze the impact of digitization on knowledge contribution. It aims to provide a framework for utilizing social science evidence for key policy areas such as openness in science, the promotion of information through digital means and guidelines to assist non-governmental and other organizations in fostering creativity efficiently.

The main activities of the program will be to fund research in this area around the world as well as disseminate it through a new web-site, a series of workshops and a policy-relevant summit to be staged in 2013. An Executive Board to guide the program's direction has already been established with initial membership from Professor Martha Gray (MIT), Professor Paula Stephan (GSU), Professor Philippe Aghion (Harvard) and Ling Wong (Gates Foundation).

Prof. Gans joined the Rotman School in July, 2011. Prior to 2011, he was the Foundation Professor of Management (Information Economics) at the Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne and prior to that he was at the School of Economics, University of New South Wales. In 2011, he was a visiting researcher at Microsoft Research (New England). Prof. Gans holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University and an honours degree in economics from the University of Queensland.

At the Rotman School, he teaches MBA and Commerce students Network and Digital Market Strategy. He recently co-founded the blog, Digitopoly, digitopoly.org, that examines competition in the digital economy. While his research interests are varied Prof. Gans has developed specialties in the nature of technological competition and innovation, economic growth, industrial organization and regulatory economics.

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The Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto is redesigning business education for the 21st century with a curriculum based on Integrative Thinking. Located in the world's most diverse city, the Rotman School fosters a new way to think that enables the design of creative business solutions. The School is currently raising $200 million to ensure Canada has the world-class business school it deserves. For more information, visit www.rotman.utoronto.ca.

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Manager, Media Relations
Rotman School of Management
University of Toronto
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Top 10 Ways to Unlock the Unlockable [Lifehacker Top 10]

Getting locked out of your home, your computer, or anywhere else you want to be can suck. The same goes for those times when your gadgets prevent you from doing what you want to do with them, but it doesn't have to be that way. Here are the top 10 ways you can break into virtually anything with a literal or figurative lock.

10. Open a Garage from the Outside

This is pretty easy to do, sadly, but fortunately easy to prevent as well. To unlock a garage from the outside, all you need to do is thread a piece of wire or a coat hanger through the top of the door to open the emergency latch. To prevent it, all you really need is a plastic zip tie (pictured to the left, hopefully).

9. Unlock Your Computer Wirelessly

Whether you're using your Android to unlock with Wi-Fi or practically any Bluetooth device to unlock your Mac (or Ubuntu), you can avoid unnecessary typing by just being in the vicinity. So long as you don't put your phone or other gadget in the wrong hands you'll have both safety and convenience.

8. Break Into an Airplane Lavatory

You know, for emergency purposes. All you need to do is flip up the sign push the lever into the unlocked position. We verified this on a recent flight and the tip comes from our trustworthy friends over at Hipmunk, so watch your back next time you're peeing on a plane. Or, of course, get that door open if someone is having an emergency and stuck inside the bathroom.

7. Unlock Region-Free Encoding on Your DVD or Blu-ray Player

One of the more annoying aspects of DVD and Blu-ray players is the region encoding, forcing you to only play discs made for you part of the world. Want to import a movie from another country? You're probably out of luck. Fortunately VideoHelp.com has DVD/Blu-ray player unlocking database so you can perform the necessary operation and watch whatever you want from wherever it came from.

6. Eliminate PDF Passwords

It's pretty annoying when you find a PDF or get one in your mailbox and it's locked down by a password. If you want to get rid of that password, Amit Agarwal has a Pdfs Pdfss guide to opening PDFs regardless of their protection. You can also check out Free PDF Unlocker (Windows-only) if you only need to enable copy and paste functionality. Just be sure to only use these options if you lose a password or you have a good reason to break in.

5. Unlock Your Camera's True Capabilities

If you've got a Canon point-and-shoot, you can install custom firmware CHDK to unlock a ton of features Canon didn't offer with your model. If you've got a Canon or Panasonic DSLR or micro-4/3rds camera, Magic Lantern can do the same (although it's video-oriented). If you wish your camera was a little bit better or you can't afford an upgrade right now, these hacks are great and providing you with features you probably should've had in the first place.

4. Access Locked Web Sites and Services Using a Proxy

When you're on the web, you're bound to run into blocked sites now and again. This sucks, but fortunately there are plenty of ways to get around those restrictions. Whether you want to access Pandora, Hulu, the BBC iPlayer, or anything else, you're not out of luck. If there's not a specific hack, you'll generally be able to get through the blockage with a proxy. One of our favorites is TunnelBear, as it's as simple as flipping a switch.

3. Pick Locks and Crack Safes

Learning to pick locks (regular ones or on your car) and crack safes may seem likes a thieve's trade, but knowing how to do it can provide you with a few legal benefits. First of all, you'll have a better understanding of how locks work so you can survey your own and protect yourself against their vulnerabilities. Additionally, should you lock yourself out, you'll know how to get back in.

2. Crack Passwords

Whether you're cracking a Wi-Fi password or learning how to break into a computer, cracking passwords can be useful. As with anything that falls more on the dark side, knowing these unsavory tactics can help you protect yourself. But when it comes to Wi-Fi, sometimes you just need to borrow a network temporarily and that's really harmful to anyone. Also, you might forget your own password and need to break back into your computer. Whatever the case may be, use these skills for good!

1. Jailbreaking/Rooting Your Smartphone

Jailbreaking your iPhone and rooting your Android are just about the most necessary feature-unlocking hacks for one of the most relevant pieces of technology available today. If you need some incentives, here's why jailbreaking is awesome and the ten best apps that requite rooting your Android. Both are generally pretty easy to do and very worthwhile, so get to it!

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How to Make the Most of Airplane Wi-Fi and Never Pay Full Price Again [Video]

Getting online while on a long flight can mean the difference between a fun flight and endless boredom. That said, it can be a little pricey and doesn't always work as well as you'd hope. Here's how you can cut costs and improve your experience with hardly any effort at all. More »

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