Exclusive: Elon Musk quits Zuckerberg's immigration advocacy group

By Sarah McBride and Alina Selyukh

SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Billionaire environmentalist Elon Musk has quit a Silicon Valley advocacy group formed by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg after the group funded ads for senators touting their support for an oil pipeline and oil drilling in Alaska.

Musk leads one of the world's best known "green" companies, electric carmaker Tesla. A Tesla spokeswoman told Reuters on Friday that the South African-born entrepreneur preferred not to elaborate on his reasons for leaving FWD.us.

Zuckerberg announced the formation of FWD.us last month, saying it was focused on bipartisan policies to bring about comprehensive immigration reform and improvements in the U.S. education system.

Fwd.us bankrolled three television ads on behalf of senators who have been playing a key role in the immigration debate.

The ads were focused not on immigration but rather on the senator's general positions, including one's support for the Keystone XL pipeline, which has created a backlash among some progressive groups. Backers say the pipeline project would boost North American energy security and provide thousands of construction jobs. Opponents argue that it would lead to higher releases of greenhouse gases.

The spots quickly drew the ire of liberal and environmental groups, including the Sierra Club and MoveOn.org, who earlier this week pledged to pull ads from Facebook for two weeks.

The Fwd.us website removed Musk's name on Friday after a Reuters inquiry. It was unclear how much Musk, who also chairs solar-energy company Solar City, had donated.

David Sacks, founder of business networking site Yammer and a former colleague of Musk's at payment service PayPal, also dropped off the list of the FWD.us backers on Friday. FWD.us spokeswoman Kate Hansen earlier confirmed that a second funder had withdrawn support but declined to elaborate. Sacks did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

"We recognize that not everyone will always agree with or be pleased by our strategy - and we're grateful for the continued support of our dedicated founders and major contributors," FWD.us spokeswoman Hansen said in a statement.

"FWD.us remains totally committed to supporting a bipartisan policy agenda that will boost the knowledge economy, including comprehensive immigration reform."

A Facebook spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

A DIFFERENT APPROACH

FWD.us boasts an impressive list of backers, including Microsoft founder Bill Gates and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, though it operates as a special type of non-profit group that does not have to disclose its donors. Run by Zuckerberg's old Harvard roommate, Joe Green, FWD.us's political operation is managed by a group of Washington insiders with leadership roles in both Republican and Democratic organizations.

It joins other technology groups and alliances lobbying Congress for more H-1B visas for high-skilled workers and easier hiring of foreign math, science and engineering experts.

Rather than directly representing the companies its backers are involved with, FWD.us is funded by individuals who have personally attached themselves - and their cash - to the cause. Zuckerberg has become the group's public face, among more than three dozen big-name supporters.

Politically, Zuckerberg has carved out bipartisan credentials, visiting the White House and hosting a town hall for President Barack Obama but also staging a fundraiser for Chris Christie, the Republican governor of New Jersey who some see as a 2016 Presidential hopeful.

The latest controversy was sparked by ads for Republican Senators Marco Rubio from Florida and Lindsey Graham from South Carolina as well as Alaskan Democrat Mark Begich. FWD.us helped fund two separate entities to run the ads.

Rather than focusing on raising public awareness over immigration reform and its benefits for the technology sector, the FWD.us ads promote lawmakers who the groups thinks will be key players on the issue.

In doing so, the ads highlight a number of positions held by the senators, including supporting the controversial Keystone XL pipeline in Graham's case, and drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Preserve in Begich's.

The ads could help inoculate the lawmakers against challenges from within their parties as a result of their stand on immigration reform. Graham and Begich are up for re-election in 2014.

Fwd.us co-founder Jim Breyer, a venture capitalist at Accel Partners, defended the group's efforts.

"Our advertising decisions are being made by a very smart team of political operatives who know that passing major reform will require some different and innovative tactics," Breyer said in an emailed statement.

For the most part, donors have stayed out of the nitty gritty of how FWD.us operates.

"It's a really gnarly, gnarly thing having to deal with Washington," venture investor and Fwd.us co-founder Chamath Palihapitiya said at a conference last month. "I'm glad that other people other than me are dealing with it who have the patience and the resolve to figure it out."

(Reporting By Sarah McBride and Alina Selyukh; Editing by Ros Krasny, Mary Milliken and Claudia Parsons)

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Trajet?ria dos Beatles inspira espet?culo na Broadway. O nome? Let It Be

Trajet?ria dos Beatles inspira espet?culo na Broadway. O nome? Let It Be

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When I find myself in times of trouble (algo como, ?quando eu me encontro em tempos dif?ceis). ? assim que come?a a letra de Let It Be, can??o que ? considerada o canto do cisne dos Beatles. Pois bem, para driblar as baixas vendas de ingressos na temporada da Broadway, o que poderia ser melhor do que resgatar os Fab Four mais uma vez?
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A montagem inglesa Let It Be vai aterrissar no St James Theatre, em Nova York, com abertura prevista para julho e deve ir at? o final de dezembro. Combina m?sicos reproduzindo trechos de cerca de 40 cl?ssicos da banda de John, Paul, George e Ringo, como Hey Jude, Come Together e Yesterday, com proje??es de v?deo e uma s?rie de coreografias. A ideia ? contar a hist?ria espetacular do grupo dos shows apertados no Cavern Club em Liverpool at? o megaestrelato global que moldou o pop com a beatlemania.
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Google Earth 7.1 for Android introduces Street View and improved location search

Google Earth's desktop version added Leap Motion controls in version 7.1, and now its Android counterpart has picked up a few new features. Available today, version 7.1 introduces Street View which lets users take Pegman from space to your neighborhood with the power of a double tap. Search is also enhanced with updated location suggestions and improved directions that displays routes for transit, walking, biking and driving in 3D. Rounding out Earth's new feature set is a revamped interface that lists layers like Panoramio Photos, 3D buildings and Wikipedia on a slide-out pane. So, if you're having trouble figuring out where your good friend Waldo is, perhaps this refreshed app will assist you with your quest. Swing by the source link below for more details.

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Brunt on Ferguson: Greatest coach in modern sport

Let?s get this out of way right off the top.

Alex Ferguson, a former shipyard shop steward and publican whose accomplishments in soccer earned him a knighthood, is the greatest coach in the modern history of sport.

There?s no debate, really. There?s no one else ? Phil Jackson probably comes closest ? who even deserves to be part of the conversation.

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In ancient times, before the money side of the game became a two-way street, before players won the right to free movement, other coaches in soccer and elsewhere served out long glorious terms dotted with championships.

The truth is, it was easier then. The boss was unequivocally the boss. Even owners ? where they existed ? rarely interfered.

Dynastic teams could be constructed and maintained in a way that is now nearly impossible, even in leagues without salary caps, even for the richest of the rich. There?s a cycle of boom and bust in which scapegoats are occasionally required, in which players have the luxury to stop listening, in which coaches are by definition hired to be fired.

Not Sir Alex.

He arrived at Old Trafford in 1986 fresh from taking the Scottish club Aberdeen to remarkable heights, winning the UEFA Cup Winners? Cup. Manchester United had a glorious past, but hadn?t won in the highest rung of English football since 1967. Liverpool was the unquestioned giant then.

The sport and the business of the sport were about to change dramatically with the creation of the Premier League in 1992, which resulted in both a financial windfall for the top clubs and an infusion of international talent into the English game. Ferguson?s United won their first title in the first year of the EPL, and went on to win four of the first five, seven of the first nine. He claimed his 13th championship this year to go along with five FA Cups, two Champions League titles, and 38 trophies in all.

During that stretch, Ferguson built (with some overlap) four separate, dominant sides, and survived the club?s tumultuous transition into the hands of American owners, the Glazers, which doomsayers ? and hopeful rivals ? thought must be the beginning of the end.

No such luck because Ferguson adapted, the way he eventually adapted his managerial skills to the different challenges of European football, the way he adapted to a shifting cast of players and to a series of big-money challengers within the domestic game, all of whom had their moments of glory: Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City.

But the constant was Ferguson?s United.

His teams didn?t always win. He acknowledged mistakes judging talent. He lost two of his best players, David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo, at the height of their power. His volcanic temper ? resulting in the famous "hairdryer" treatment ? sometimes got the best of him.

Yes, he had the luxury of signing high priced talent like Robin van Persie to take the place of departing stars, but in the last decade of Ferguson?s tenure, United were hardly the game?s biggest spenders.

And yes, maybe there were a few calls that went his way because of reputation, maybe there really was "Fergie Time" ? that interminable stretch at the end of a match when United were in need of a goal and when the allotted injury minutes seemed to somehow extend just long enough. That?s in part the legacy of success, and that success is a legacy of hard work, of a refusal to dig in, to stand still. That, as much as the silverware, is Ferguson?s hallmark. Though he could have rested on his laurels, though he could have become set in his ways on merit, he didn?t.

If you loathe United, you probably loathe Sir Alex. His personality is in many ways the club?s personality. There?s no doubt he is arrogant bordering on imperious. Sitting in on one of his occasional briefings at the Carrington training ground (unlike North American coaches, Ferguson enjoyed the option of speaking to the media ? other than quick post-match television interviews ? only when he felt like it, only in group situations, and never when something that had been said or written angered him) was more akin to attending a papal audience than a press conference.

There will be talk, naturally, that Jose Mourinho, the sport?s most glamorous hired gun, is Ferguson?s heir apparent, but other than their shared, sky-high self-regard, they are polar opposites.

Ferguson may have traveled far from his humble roots, with a country mansion named after the Scottish shipyard where his father toiled and a summer place in the south of France, but managing still seemed for him a hands-on job, it still seemed like an honest day?s work, and his loyalty to the club was unquestioned.

For his employers, and for his only real bosses, United?s worldwide supporters, there is certainly no quibbling with the results.

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Teen shoots 6-year-old sister with handgun

Teen shoots 6-year-old sister: The children were home alone when the 13-year-old Florida boy shot his little sister with a handgun.

By Associated Press / May 6, 2013

A 6-year-old girl is in critical condition after authorities say she was shot by her older brother.

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According to the Broward Sheriff's Office, the shooting happened Saturday at about 7 p.m. in?Oakland?Park.

Detectives say the siblings were home alone when the 13-year-old boy found a handgun and shot his younger sister.

The girl was transported to Broward Health Medical Center in critical but stable condition.

The shooting is under investigation but appears to have been accidental.

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Justice Department to monitor South Carolina congressional election

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department will monitor voting in Charleston County, South Carolina, in Tuesday's special election to fill a House of Representatives seat, the department said on Monday.

Former South Carolina Republican Governor Mark Sanford is facing Democratic newcomer Elizabeth Colbert Busch, sister of television political satirist Stephen Colbert, in the First District House race.

The Justice Department said in a statement it was monitoring the election under provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The law bars election discrimination on the basis of race, color or membership in a minority language group.

The department did not give a reason for the monitoring. Tuesday's vote will take place under South Carolina's new law mandating photo identification for voters, and Justice Department monitors observed primary elections.

The First District seat became vacant when Representative Tim Scott was appointed by Governor Nikki Haley to replace Senator Jim DeMint. He had resigned to head the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.

Hundreds of federal monitors are deployed yearly to monitor elections throughout the country, the department said.

The Justice Department also will be monitoring elections in the Mississippi towns of Clarksdale, Como and Ruleville on Tuesday, it said.

Cathy Clark, the city clerk in Clarksdale, said there was no specific reason for the monitoring. "They just do it periodically," she said, adding the last time they monitored an election in the town was 12 years ago.

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Biden asks clergy to make moral argument on guns

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Vice President Joe Biden wants pastors, rabbis and nuns to tell their flocks that enacting gun control is the moral thing to do. But another vote may have to wait until Congress wraps up work on an immigration overhaul.

Biden met for two-and-a-half hours Monday with more than a dozen leaders from various faith communities ? Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh, to name a few. Both Biden and the faith leaders encouraged each other not to give up on what has been an arduous and thus far fruitless effort by Biden and President Barack Obama to pass new gun laws in the wake of December's schoolhouse shooting in Connecticut.

Around a large, circular table in a conference room on the White House grounds, Biden waxed optimistic about prospects for passing a bill, according to four participants who spoke to The Associated Press after the meeting. Biden's chief of staff, Bruce Reed, joined the group, as did a handful of Obama aides who work on faith-based outreach. The meeting closed with a meditation and a prayer for action.

But don't expect a vote any time soon.

"The conversation presumed the vote would happen first on immigration," said Rabbi David Saperstein, who directs the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. "That seemed to be the back-and-forth on both sides ? that immigration was a key priority right now. When that vote took place, it would be an opportunity to refocus on this."

A far-reaching immigration overhaul is in the early stages of advancing through the Senate. Obama said last week he's optimistic it can be completed this year.

Although momentum on gun control stalled in the Senate last month, Biden has insisted the issue is very much alive, and has been meeting regularly with gun violence victims and law enforcement to build support for a second go at legislation to expand background checks, improve mental health care and take other steps to reduce gun violence. Monday's session reflects an attempt to broaden the coalition calling for new gun laws to include a wide array of religious groups ? including evangelicals and conservative faith communities.

Without naming names, Biden alluded to senators who opposed background checks ? the centerpiece of the Obama administration's push ? who have faced a backlash in the weeks since and could possibly be picked off if the issue comes back for a vote.

Lingering concerns from some participants illustrated the ongoing challenge the administration faces in winning support for the proposals, even though Biden and Obama regularly tout polls suggesting they enjoy broad support. Some participants raised questions about whether background checks could lead to a national gun registry or whether mental health provisions would be used to create a list of individuals permanently banned from obtaining guns.

"There were some very powerful evangelical leaders in the room who needed to be reassured," said Pastor Michael McBride of the PICO National Network, a faith-based organizing network.

Citing what he described as misinformation from the National Rifle Association and others, Biden said the renewed push for gun control must correct misconceptions about what the proposals do and don't do, participants said. He asked clergy to keep up the pressure and to reframe the debate for their followers in moral terms.

A spokeswoman for Biden declined to comment on the meeting. But Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, executive vice president of the Rabbinical Assembly, said a diverse spectrum of denominations and religious orders were represented. She said they included evangelical leaders Richard Cizik and Franklin Graham, the son of evangelist Billy Graham, as well as Sister Marge Clark of Network, a Catholic group.

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Debian 7.0 'Wheezy' now available, lets Linux users mix architectures

In a market crowded by ocelots, cows and mountain lions, it's nice to see an operating system that isn't named after an animal. The trend bucking OS? Debian's 7.0 update, Wheezy. Okay, it's technically the name of a penguin from Toy Story, but we'll give it a pass. The distro's latest revision hit over the weekend, offering users an improved installer, new media codecs, UEFI support and a handful of tools to help users create their own XCP and OpenStack cloud severs. Perhaps even more significant is multiarch support, which allows the OS to install packages for both 32 and 64-bit machines simultaneously, improving support for legacy applications. The update includes a ton of software updates as well. Thinking of upgrading? You'll find release notes and download information at the source link.

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Tax reform: how to fix the international tax mess

Corporate tax reform is impossible without addressing international issues, Gleckman writes. Yet, this corner of the tax law is not only immensely complex but most proposed solutions inevitably run into massive political and policy roadblocks.

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There may be no more vexing challenge in the Revenue Code than the taxation of foreign transactions of multinational companies. Most everyone agrees that the current system is a mess. And corporate tax reform is impossible without addressing international issues. Yet, this corner of the tax law is not only immensely complex but most proposed solutions inevitably run into massive political and policy roadblocks.

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In an attempt to surmount those hurdles, two highly-respected international tax economists have proposed an intriguing?solution?a corporate minimum tax that allows firms to immediately expense the costs of their foreign investments instead of depreciating them over a period of years.

The proposal was devised by Rosanne Altshuler of Rutgers University (a former director of the Tax Policy Center) and Harry Grubert, a career economist at the Treasury Dept. While Grubert works for the Treasury, the proposal in no way represents the views of the Treasury or the Obama Administration which, in fact, has proposed its own, quite different international tax plans.

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How to clean seaweed from beaches: Dry it and use the biomass for energy

May 3, 2013 ? A research group at the University of Alicante (Spain) has invented an algae removal and treatment system that turns this underused residue into a renewable source of energy: biomass. The process involves several stages of washing, drying and compacting without leaving the beach. Therefore, according to the team led by Professor Irene Sentana Gadea, the system is cheaper, more efficient and more environmentally friendly than the procedure commonly followed now.

With the invention, protected with a national patent, up to an 80 percent of the weight and volume currently removed would stay on the beaches, as now with the seaweed water and sand are also sent to rubbish tips or treatment plants. Professor Eloy Sentana Cremades says that as well as considerable savings on transportation, the new procedure would allow to give more uses to the dried seaweed.

The system is based on a moving platform with wheels where three hoppers are installed. The first receives shovelfuls of wet seaweed with sand attached. Seawater is pumped in and poured back into the sea dragging the sand with it. In the next hopper, water purified with a solar-powered device would wash most of the residual salt from the algae, and in the third hopper it would be dried with air heated also by solar energy. The clean and dry seaweed could be then pressed by a system similar to the one used by rubbish trucks or converted into bales or pellets, ready to be commercialized. No chemical products would be used in the process.

The method currently used has drawbacks such as the deterioration of beaches due to the extraction of sand that then has to be replaced, the weight of the waste, and the saturation of certain landfills to which it is taken. Also, as the material is impregnated with sand and salt and mixed with other wastes, the use of the dead seaweed is limited to rudimentary applications, such as aerating the ground for agricultural purposes.

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Lindsay Lohan enters rehab center after false start

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Lindsay Lohan has checked herself into a rehabilitation facility, following a day of confusion on Thursday over whether she was complying with court-ordered treatment for a reckless driving charge.

"She did check into the rehab (center) and I will still be going through a vetting process," Santa Monica City Deputy Attorney Terry White, the prosecutor in the June 2012 car crash case, told Reuters in an email on Friday.

White did not name the rehab center, but celebrity news website site TMZ.com said Lohan, 26, had entered the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, 120 miles east of Los Angeles, early Friday morning.

Lohan must complete 90 days in a locked rehab center by July 31 to comply with a March plea bargain. Under the deal, she avoided jail by pleading no contest to reckless driving and lying to police in the seaside town of Santa Monica when she said she was not driving a car that smashed into a truck.

The "Mean Girls" star, who has spent at least five stints in rehab in the past six years, threw prosecutors into confusion earlier this week when she switched her choice of rehab from the New York area to a center in Newport Beach in Southern California.

She spent only minutes at the Newport Beach facility, White said on Thursday, before disappearing from public view.

Lohan, whose troubles began in 2007 with a drunk driving and cocaine possession arrest, spent several weeks at the Betty Ford Center in late 2010 after failing a court-ordered drug test.

White has until May 10 to decide whether the rehab program meets the requirements of Lohan's plea bargain.

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