Mexico Nabs Another Person in U.S. Agent Slaying

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MEXICO CITY –  Mexico's Safety Department says federal agents have arrested a member of the Zetas drug cartel allegedly linked to the killing of a U.S. immigration agent.

The department says police arrested Luis Rojo Sunday in the northern state of San Luis Potosi.

It didn't say how Rojo, also known as "Red Bear," was involved in the Feb. 15 killing of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jaime Zapata. The department says the 27-year-old suspect is in charge of handling finances for the cartel.

The department said in a statement that federal agents and soldiers raided seven homes in the state of San Luis Potosi and four in the border city of Nuevo Laredo as part of the investigation into the attack that also wounded U.S. immigration agent Victor Avila.

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Wis. Police: Protesters Can Stay

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Feb. 27, 2011: Student Labor Action Coalition members demonstrate at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis.

MADISON, Wis. –  An occupation of the Wisconsin Capitol by protesters fighting efforts to strip public workers of union bargaining rights carried on Sunday after police decided not to forcibly remove demonstrators and end a nearly two-week-long sit-in.

The state agency that oversees the Capitol asked the throngs of demonstrators who have camped out inside the building since Feb. 15 to leave by 4 p.m., saying the building was in dire need of a cleaning.

But in the hours before the deadline came and after it passed, it was clear most protesters did not intend to leave voluntarily and police had no immediate intention of forcing them to go.

Late Sunday night, Wisconsin Capitol Police Chief Charles Tubbs said no demonstrators would be arrested as long as they continue to obey the law.

"People here have acted lawfully and responsibly," Tubbs said. "There's no reason to consider arrests."

Tubbs said demonstrators who have occupied all three floors of the Capitol will have to relocate to the ground floor. He added that anyone who leaves the building will not be allowed back in, although police will allow union officials to bring food into the building for the protesters.

Demonstrators began camping out inside the normally immaculate Capitol two weeks ago in an effort to fight legislation proposed by Wisconsin's new Republican governor, Scott Walker, that would strip most of the state's public employees of the right to collectively bargain.

Labor leaders and Democratic lawmakers say the bill is intended to undermine the unions and weaken a key base of Democratic Party voters.

Walker argues the Republican-backed measure would help close a projected $3.6 billion deficit in the 2011-13 budget, and that freeing local governments from having to collectively bargain with public employee unions would give them the flexibility needed to deal with forthcoming budget cuts.

The proposal stalled in the state Senate when its 14 Democratic lawmakers fled the state for Illinois, leaving the legislative body one vote short of a quorum. The Democratic senators have vowed to stay away from Wisconsin for as long as it takes.

One of the Democrats, Sen. Lena Taylor, tweeted her support to the protesters who remained: "Thank you for exercising your 1st amend right - I'm glad my actions give you opportunity to stand/sit/express yourself!"

Authorities had planned to reopen the Capitol on Monday at 8 a.m. after Sunday's closure. But David Vines, a 19-year-old freshman at the nearby University of Wisconsin-Madison, worried that any lost momentum would be difficult to recapture.

"It's so difficult to organize something like this. Any break to the momentum could be a cut to morale," Vines said. "I hope I'm wrong but I think the occupation will die."

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Hospital Gets Threatened Over 'Baby Joseph'

controversy finds itself on the receiving end of threats sent via email and phone calls, reported the Toronto Sun. Many of these threats have been said to come from the U.S.

The London Health Sciences Centre in London, Ontario, has since beefed up its security and issued a press release, which read:

Melissa Leo, 'Toy Story 3' Nab Early Oscars

Melissa Leo. (Reuters)

The 83rd Academy Awards got started with a little old, and a little new.

Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas brought down the house as he announced the Best Supporting Actress Oscar had gone to Melissa Leo in "The Fighter."

"You're much more beautiful than you were in 'The Fighter," Douglas joked.

Melissa Leo won for her role as the domineering matriarch of a boxing family in "The Fighter." Some in Hollywood had speculated that Leo might have undermined her Oscar chances with self-promoting ads she ran in film trade papers, but in the end, Leo prevailed. 

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And she wouldn't be the night's only Oscar winner from the heralded David O. Russell Film. Christian Bale followed her with a Best Supporting Actor win.

Bale joked that he was keeping his language clean in his acceptance speech.

"Melissa, I'm not going to drop the F-bomb like she did," Bale said. "I've done that plenty of times before."

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Leo had been bleeped out earlier during her own acceptance speech. Backstage, she conceded it was "probably a very inappropriate place to use that particular word."

Bale earned the same prize his Batman co-star, the late Heath Ledger, received posthumously two years ago for "The Dark Knight." At the time, Bale had fondly recalled a bit of professional envy as he watched Ledger perform on set like a whirlwind as the diabolical Joker while the film's star had to remain clenched up as the stoic, tightly wound Batman.

The night began with a spirited performance from the night's young, famous, much-debated hosts, Anne Hathaway and James Franco. The couple were engaging in their all-important Oscar introductory montage playing off of scenes from the night's nominated films in a send-up of the film "Inception."

They also poked fun at themselves. Hathaway joked that Franco was doing well appealing to "a younger demographic," while she rued the fact that she had gotten naked in "Love and Other Drugs," yet hadn't been nominated.

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"Toy Story 3" won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, while the Lewis Carroll update "Alice in Wonderland" won the night's first prize, claiming the art direction Oscar over a field including best-picture favorite "The King's Speech."

"The King's Speech," dramatizing British ruler George VI's struggle to vanquish a crippling stammer, led the 83rd annual Oscars with 12 nominations and was favored to win best picture.

Yet "The Social Network," chronicling Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's legal battles over the spoils of his creation, remained a serious candidate.

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The two films led a strong and varied field of best-picture contenders since they debuted nearly six months ago. "The Social Network" was the early leader, grabbing key critics' honors and winning best drama at the Golden Globes. Momentum shifted to "The King's Speech" as the film dominated on Oscar nominations morning and swept top awards from influential actors, directors and producers guilds.

The streets around the Kodak Theatre were jammed with curious fans on a brisk but sunny California afternoon. It was the perfect afternoon to trot out the furs and faux furs that are rarely worn in Los Angeles with its balmy climate -- forecasters called for temperatures in the low 50s at show time. On one side red carpet were bleachers packed with stargazers; on other, TV crews and reporters jostled for space, and seat fillers lined up behind metal detectors to enter the secure red carpet area. The host committee stood awaiting the arrival of the first stars, clutching omnipresent iPhones.

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Also up for best picture at the ceremony: the psychosexual thriller "Black Swan"; the boxing drama "The Fighter"; the sci-fi blockbuster "Inception"; the lesbian-family tale "The Kids Are All Right"; the survival chronicle "127 Hours"; the animated comedy "Toy Story 3"; the Western "True Grit"; and the Ozarks crime story "Winter's Bone."

With TV ratings on a general decline over the last few decades, Oscar organizers doubled the best-picture category from five to 10 films last year, hoping to spice up the show and bring in a broader range of films. Academy overseers also have tried to liven up the show with fresh hosts, new routines and different ways of presenting awards.

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It paid off last year, when the low-budget Iraq War drama "The Hurt Locker" beat sci-fi behemoth "Avatar" for best picture. TV viewers totaled 41.7 million, up 15 percent from the previous year and the biggest Oscar audience in five years.

They also stepped up pressure for winners to keep speeches short and sharp, rather than intone long thank-you lists.

- The Associated Press contributed to this report.

A Gulf War Vet Remembers

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February 28, 2011, marks the 20th anniversary of the end of the Gulf War.

Has it really been twenty years?

When I was 19 years old, I felt the urge to serve my country and left college after my freshman year to enlist in the United States Marine Corps. 

Little did I know that decision would soon place me on the front lines of our nation’s largest military engagement since the Vietnam War. This was of particular interest to my mother, who happens to be 100% Sicilian and who two years earlier refused to allow me to enlist because she feared the possibility of a war. Of course, as the baby boy of the family I understood her concerns, but chalked them up to the drama of an Italian mom worried about any possible danger, no matter how remote, coming to her only son. I guess mom is always right. But please don't tell her I admit that.

The summer of 1990 was a time of great optimism for our country and really for the world. The two years prior had seen the collapse of the Soviet Union’s domination of Eastern Europe.  In 1991, that collapse would soon consume the Soviet Union itself and lead to a birth of freedom for hundreds of millions of people who had suffered under the yolk of communism since 1945.

After a century of global war, Americans felt that perhaps a new era of peace and cooperation was at hand.

That illusion was shattered on August 2, 1990, when Iraqi troops under Saddam Hussein launched an unprovoked invasion of their Kuwaiti neighbors. The world reacted with disgust to a brutal act of aggression by a dictator who saw himself as the leader of a new pan-Arab empire.

A series of United Nations Security Council resolutions and Arab League resolutions were passed regarding the invasion of Kuwait. One of the most important was Resolution 678, passed on  November 29, 1990, which gave Iraq a withdrawal deadline of January 15, 1991, and authorized

Who Tops Box Office?

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NEW YORK -- Wherefore art thou, Gnomeo? Atop the box office, that's where.

Walt Disney's "Gnomeo & Juliet," an animated 3-D twist on "Romeo and Juliet," took in $14.2 million in its third week of release, leading the box office on Oscar weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. In a lighthearted, G-rated version of the Shakespeare drama, the film uses garden gnomes in roles usually reserved for heavyweights of the stage.

It was a surprising upset win for "Gnomeo," which bested underperforming debuts from Owen Wilson and Nicolas Cage.

The Farrelly brothers' R-rated comedy "Hall Pass" earned $13.4 million for Warner Bros. Cage's 3-D action film "Drive Angry" took in just $5.1 million for Summit Entertainment.

The Liam Neeson thriller "Unknown" earned $12.4 million in its second weekend of release, bringing its cumulative total to a solid $42.8 million for Warner Bros.

In its third week of release, Paramount's 3-D Justin Bieber concert documentary, "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never," took in $9.2 million. To boost repeat business from die-hard Bieber fans, the film was re-edited by director Jon Chu in a "fan cut," made using suggestions from the teen pop star's rabid following.

But the weekend belonged to "Gnomeo," which didn't take no. 1 until this weekend. "Gnomeo," whose lead characters are voiced by James McAvoy and Emily Blunt, has now earned a total of $75.1 million.

"It is one of those wonderful little benefits that you don't see coming," said Chuck Viane, head of distribution at Disney.

Viane credited the unlikely success of the film to good word-of-mouth, the lack of family film competition in the marketplace and that a G-rated film built on afternoon moviegoing need worry less about audiences staying home Sunday night for the Academy Awards.

"When most people are sitting down to watch the Oscars, we will have had the vast majority of our business," said Viane.

Academy Awards weekend is historically a weak moviegoing time, though some moviegoers use the chance to catch up on Oscar-nominated films still in theaters. The best picture favorite "The King's Speech," from the Weinstein Co., saw its grosses jump 17 percent over last weekend's. It added $7.6 million in its 14th week of release to boost its total to $114.5 million.

Results were poor for Cage's "Drive Angry," which follows the weak debut of his "Season of the Witch" in January. That film opened to $10.6 million. The heavily promoted "Hall Pass," which stars Wilson and Jason Sudeikis, also underperformed.

"It's a tough weekend because you don't really have a full Sunday," said Dan Fellman, head of distribution at Warner Bros. "It's very difficult to project on Academy Sunday."

Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian, however, notes: "Kids don't care about the Oscars. They just want to go to the movies."

Though the unexpected success of "Gnomeo" is good for the moviegoing business, it was still a down weekend for Hollywood, with the total box-office less than the corresponding weekend last year. That has been a common theme in 2011. Grosses are down 21 percent from last year.

"As the industry celebrates its best of last year, we're definitely still in this box-office malaise," said Dergarabedian.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Final figures will be released Tuesday.

1. "Gnomeo & Juliet," $14.2 million.

2. "Hall Pass," $13.4 million.

3. "Unknown," $12.4 million.

4. "Just Go With It," $11.1 million.

5. "I Am Number Four," $11 million.

6. "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never," $9.2 million.

7. "The King's Speech," $7.6 million.

8. "Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son," $7.6 million.

9. "Drive Angry," $5.1 million.

10. "True Grit," $1.9 million.

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