Obama says American pope would be effective

WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama is rejecting the notion that an American pope would be too closely aligned with the U.S. government.

Obama says the Catholic bishops in the U.S. "don't seem to be taking orders from me." And he says an American pope would preside just as effectively as a leader of the Catholic church from any other country.

Cardinals are meeting in the Vatican to vote for a new pope. No American has ever served as pontiff and some cardinals worry an American pope's actions would be viewed as serving the U.S. instead of the church.

The president, in an interview with ABC News aired Wednesday, says the new leader of the Catholic church will have "a tremendous and positive impact on the world."

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Shock treatment can kill: Clinical trial shows how 'standard' procedure results in children's deaths

Mar. 14, 2013 ? Results from the Fluid Expansion as Supportive Therapy (FEAST) trial in East Africa show that children who are given fluid to treat shock have an increased risk of death due to cardiovascular collapse at 48 hours. These findings in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine challenge the generally held idea that early and rapid reversal of shock by fluid resuscitation translates into longer-term survival benefits.

The FEAST trial was conducted in six African hospitals across Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda without intensive care facilities. It included 3000 children with shock caused by conditions including sepsis and malaria but excluded children with gastroenteritis, burns, who had undergone surgery or had severe malnutrition. All the children in the trial received standard treatments, depending on their illness including antibiotics, antimalarials, anticonvulsants, glucose or whole blood if anemic, but were randomly assigned to receiving fluid resuscitation or to a control group without fluid resuscitation.

Prof Kathryn Maitland, from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Clinical Tropical Medicine at Imperial College London, who led this study explained, "The children who were given this treatment (boluses) initially responded well compared to the control group. However, this did not translate into a better recovery at 48 hours -- more children died in the group receiving boluses. The main cause of death, rather than fluid overload, was cardiovascular collapse."

This is surprising given that this treatment is standard practice elsewhere. The research team involved in this trial believe that in settings where there is a lack of intensive care facilities 'standard' procedures, such as fluid resuscitation, should not necessarily be used, especially when they have not been properly tested in clinical trials.

Commenting on this study Prof John Myburgh, from the University of New South Wales and The George Institute for Global Health, takes this one stage further and recommends that fluid resuscitation should be used with the same care as any potentially lethal drug, "Studies are beginning to show cracks in fluid resuscitation therapy and that careful monitoring is needed as well as a better understanding of dose and the way the therapy is given. The compelling results of this study from Africa question the wisdom of fluid bolus as therapy not only in pediatric patients but also in all critically ill patients."

This article marks the launch of an article collection on Medicine for Global Health in BMC Medicine. The collection will focus on public health initiatives, the development of health care policies, management of infectious and non-communicable diseases, cost-effectiveness studies and evidence-based guidelines which are needed to address the global burden of disease.

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Tribeca Festival unveils short film lineup

By Brent Lang

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The 2013 Tribeca Film Festival will screen 60 short films as part of the annual Big Apple gathering for movie lovers.

Thirty of those films will be world premieres, which the festival's backers say represents a new record. Though short films are not usually mainstream in their appeal, this year's lineup includes some big names, such as Lauren Ambrose ("Six Feet Under"), Elle Fanning ("Somewhere"), Dominic West ("The Wire") and Elijah Wood ("Lord of the Rings"). Their subject matter is also eclectic, ranging from a documentary about the life of basketball great Wilt Chamberlain to a coming-of-age story about a young girl living on an obscure South Pacific island.

There's a lot on the line for the filmmakers. Recipients of the Tribeca Film Festival's Best Narrative Short award and Best Documentary Short award will qualify for consideration in the short films category of the Academy Awards, without requiring a theatrical run. There's been a track record of success in that regard; the festival's 2012 Narrative Short Winner "Asad" and competition short "Curfew" were both nominated for best Live Action Short at this year's Oscars. "Curfew" ultimately took home the prize.

Winners also receive prizes valued at more than $10,000 in in-kind contributions.

Selections were chosen from 2,870 submissions and represent 19 countries, including Australia, China, Iraq, Japan, Palestine, Russia, Sweden, the United States and the United Kingdom.

The 2013 shorts program will be presented in eight thematic programs - five narrative categories, two documentary categories and one experimental category.

Here's a list of the selections and categories:

CHARACTER WITNESS - Documentary program

Recollections, Directed and written by Nathanael Carton, (Japan), New York Premiere

Grave Goods, Directed and written by Leslie Tai, (USA), World Premiere

When The Song Dies, Directed by Jamie Chambers, (Scotland), North American Premiere

Wilt Chamberlain: Borscht Belt Bellhop, Directed by Caroline Laskow and Ian Rosenberg, (USA), World Premiere

Lapse: Confessions of a Slot Machine Junkie, Directed and written by Jonathan VanBallenberghe, (USA), World Premiere

We Will Live Again, Directed by Josh Koury and Myles Kane, (USA), World Premiere

The Rider and the Storm, Directed and written by David Darg and Bryn Mooser, (USA), World Premiere

DEADBOLT - Narrative program

The Girl with the Mechanical Maiden, Directed and written by Andrew Legge, (Ireland), New York Premiere

Yardbird, Directed by Michael Spiccia, written by Julius Avery, (Australia), New York Premiere

The Exit Room, Directed and written by Todd Wiseman Jr, (USA), World Premiere

AB-, Directed and written by Daniel Klein, (USA), World Premiere

Peanut Butter & Jelly, Directed and written by David Winkfield, (USA), World Premiere

Honeymoon Suite, Directed by Zao Wang, written by

Zao Wang and Tom Toro, (China), World Premiere

Delicacy, Directed by Jason Mann, written by Frieda Luk and Jason Mann, (USA), New York Premiere

The Root Of The Problem, Directed and written by Ryan Spindell and Mark E. Davidson, (USA), New York Premiere

THE END IS NEAR - Narrative program

The Acrobat, Directed and written by Gerardo Herrero, (Spain), New York Premiere

Murk Light, Directed by Yasir Al-Yasiri, written by Mohammed A.

Al Hammadi, (Iraq), North American Premiere

Snow in Paradise, Directed by Justine Simei-Barton and Nikki Si'ulepa, written by Nikki Si'ulepa, (New Zealand), New York Premiere

Grace, Directed and written by Keir Burrows, (U.K.), International Premiere

Grandma's Not a Toaster, Directed by Andrew Napier, written by Shawn Christensen, (USA), World Premiere

Epilogue, Directed and written by Dylan Allen, (USA), World Premiere

HISTORY LESSONS - Documentary program

A Short Film About Guns, Directed by Minos Papas, (Cyprus), (U.K.), (USA), World Premiere

Reporting on The Times: The New York Times and The Holocaust , Directed by Emily Harrold, (USA),World Premiere

Coach, Directed by Bess Kargman, (USA), World Premiere

Royal American, Directed and written by Michael Scalisi, (USA), World Premiere

Who Shot Rock & Roll, Directed and written by Steven Kochones, (USA), World Premiere

LET THERE BE LIGHT: THE CYCLES OF LIFE - Experimental program

Sight, Directed and written by Thirza Cuthand, (Canada), U.S. Premiere

Star Light No.5 Bis, Directed and written by C?cile Fontaine, (France), North American Premiere

Depart, Directed by Blake Williams, (Canada), U.S. Premiere

Lunatic, Directed and written by Aasa Ersmark, (Sweden), International Premiere

Parallel North (Parall?le Nord), Directed and written by F?lix Dufour-Laperri?re, (Canada), World Premiere

Hermeneutics, Directed by Alexei Dmitriev, (Russia), New York Premiere

Light Plate, Directed and written by Josh Gibson, (Italy), (USA), New York Premiere

The Moon Has Its Reasons, Directed and written by Lewis Klahr, (U.K.), North American Premiere

Corn Mother, Directed and written by Taylor Dunne, (USA), New York Premiere

The Last Time, Directed and written by Candy Kugel, (USA), World Premiere

Two Islands, Directed and written by Jan Ij?s, (Finland), North American Premiere

Dead World Order, Directed by Dana Levy, (France), International Premiere

Look Inside The Ghost Machine, Directed and written by Peter Lichter, (Hungary), North American Premiere

SKIN DEEP - Narrative program

Likeness , Directed and written by Rodrigo Prieto, (USA), World Premiere

Eating Lunch (?ta Lunch), Directed and written by Sanna Lenken, (Sweden), International Premiere

Wings, Directed and written by Jos? Villalobos, (USA), (Spain), International Premiere

The River, Directed and written by Sam Handel, (USA), New York Premiere

The Cup Reader (Qariat il Finjan), Directed and written by Suha Araj, (Occupied Palestinian Territory), World Premiere

Ina Litovski, Directed by Ana?s Barbeau-Lavalette and Andr? Turpin, written by Andr? Turpin and Ana?s Barbeau-Lavalette, (Canada), U.S. Premiere

The Nightshift Belongs to the Stars (Il Turno di Notte lo Fanno le Stelle), Directed by Edoardo Ponti, written by Erri De Luca, (Italy), North American Premiere

UNLIMITED RIDE - Narrative program

ZZZZZZZ, Directed and written by Tarik Karam, (USA), World Premiere

Close Your Eyes, Directed and written by Sonia Malfa, (USA), World Premiere

ICE, Directed and written by Anthony Tarsitano, (USA), World Premiere

Atlantic Avenue, Directed and written by Laure de Clermont, (France), International Premiere

Playdate, Directed and written by David Shane and Scott Organ, (USA), World Premiere

Fortune House, Directed by Matthew Bonifacio, written by Bob Linton, (USA), World Premiere

Space Cadet , Directed by Paul Riccio, written by Michael Gambino, (USA), World Premiere

WORST DAY EVER - Narrative program

The Hounds (Les Meutes), Directed and written by Manuel Shapira, (France), North American Premiere

What's Left, What's Lost, Directed and written by Katie Rose, (USA), World Premiere

Life Doesn't Frighten Me, Directed and written by Stephen Dunn, (Canada), New York Premiere

RPG OKC, Directed and written by Emily Carmichael, (USA), World Premiere

Setup, Punch., Directed and written by David Schlussel, (USA), World Premiere

Fear of Flying, Directed and written by Conor Finnegan, (Ireland), New York Premiere

Fool's Day, Directed by Cody Blue Snider, written by Cody Blue Snider and Shane Snider, (USA), World Premiere

SPECIAL SCREENING

The Battle of amfAR, Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, written by Sharon Wood. (USA), New York Premiere, Documentary. In the darkest days of the AIDS pandemic, two women from very different walks of life unite to take a stand. Two-time Academy Award-winner Rob Epstein and his longtime collaborator Jeffrey Friedman, the creative forces behind The Celluloid Closet, tell the story of the extraordinary moment when Dr. Mathilde Krim and Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor launched the country's first AIDS research foundation. The fight against HIV/AIDS would never be the same. An HBO Documentary Films release.

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House Democrats recruiting moderates for '14 bids

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Wanted: moderate Democrats. Contact the mostly liberal House Democratic leadership if interested.

Democrats hope to take back the House of Representatives in 2014 by mirroring their last successful effort to flip the chamber in 2006.

Rep. Steve Israel, the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said Wednesday he is recruiting nonideological "problem-solver" candidates to contrast with Republicans who, he said, are stuck on "tea party extremism."

"Our candidates will be mayors, business leaders, small business owners ... community members," he said.

House Democrats face a difficult task in regaining control in 2014. They would need a net gain of 17 seats to win a House majority in 2014; that's nine more than they netted in 2012.

Israel, D-N.Y., said it was too early to tell whether Democrats could do it this election cycle. "I'll let you know in a year if we're going to be north or south of 17 seats," he said.

At a briefing, he offered an early sketch of the Democrats' strategy. He said Democrats would focus on Florida and Texas, where districts are being tweaked after last year's redistricting; districts where Republican incumbents won with less than a 10 percent margin of victory; and other seats that have "unique and special" characteristics.

Israel, who also led the campaign committee in 2012, said candidate recruitment is the most pressing task for now. He said he started making his first calls to potential 2014 candidates as votes were still being counted on Election Night last November.

President Barack Obama, no longer on the ballot, will still play a big role, Israel said. Obama has asked to be kept apprised of recruiting and will be raising money for House Democrats, Israel said.

"The president has made a commitment that he would assist," Israel said. "We're in a very good place."

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Dustin Moskovitz And Cari Tuna Launch Site For Their Philanthropic Foundation, Good Ventures

We?ve heard a little bit about Facebook and Asana co-founder Dustin Moskovitz?s new foundation, Good Ventures, specifically a company that the firm invested in last August. Today we’ve learned a lot more, as the site for Good Ventures has been launched, and it discusses exactly what the foundation will be doing and which companies and causes it’s currently involved in. Its “portfolio” reads like a list of every difficult problem felt in third-world countries, and it’s expansive already. Just some of the issues that Good Ventures has issued grants for are curing and treating malaria, marriage equality, wells for clean drinking water, and small enterprise support. The grants seem to average $50,000 and are going directly to the causes that need it the most. Good Ventures was co-founded by Moskovitz and former Wall Street Journal reporter Cari Tuna. The about us page on the site describes their mission clearly and concisely: Good Ventures is a philanthropic foundation whose mission is to help humanity thrive. Here’s an excerpt from their intro letter on their reason for creating the foundation: We?ve seen human well-being increase dramatically in recent decades. Quality of life is rising and violence is declining. At the same time, humanity is becoming better networked, technologically, economically and socially. We?re optimistic that these trends will continue ? even accelerate ? in the decades to come. Our giving, leveraged well, can quicken the pace of humanity?s progress and mitigate the risks that threaten to derail it. Our giving can increase the human capital on which society has to draw. Our giving can prevent unnecessary suffering by ensuring that the fruits of our collective labor benefit those who are most marginalized today. While it doesn’t look like investments or grants will be systematic like one from a regular venture capital firm, it does seem like the organization gives Moskovitz and Tuna the platform to drive change by placing money directly with causes. For example, Good Ventures set out to co-fund based on a recommendation by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation last August. The site also has a great bit of content about the causes it’s involved in, as well as why you should be giving to charities too, with most posts penned by Tuna. Here’s an excerpt from a recent one about giving: People give to charity for a wide variety reasons. Some give to improve the lives of their friends,

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Desktop Alert Granted U.S. Army Certificate of Networthiness (CoN) for 15 Second Mass Notification Alert Polling System

Desktop Alert, the leading provider of IP-Based mass notification systems (MNS) to the U.S. Army worldwide, today announced that the U.S. Army HQDA ACSIM has requested this Certificate of Networthiness for Desktop Alert Total Alert System (DTA) Version 5 to be used as an installation mass notification system. Cert#: 201312770

Chatham, N.J. (PRWEB) March 11, 2013

Desktop Alert Inc, a Department of Homeland Defense award winning New Jersey-based mass notification selected by FEMA, the National Guard (NGB), the Air National Guard (ANG), NORAD, U.S. Northern Command, U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and numerous other military organizations, including Fort Hood, today announced it has granted a new Certificate of Networthiness (CoN).

Desktop Alert?s Total Alert System (DTA) version 5 is a commercially developed mass notification system used to provide warning and instructions to personnel in emergency situations. DTA can contact installation computer users at their desktops and require them to confirm receipt of the alert flashed on the computer screen. The alerts can be used for any emergency situation, such as inclement weather notifications, fires, active shooters, attacks, etc.

The Desktop Alert MNS platform is a ?system of systems? which unifies numerous mass notifications system end-points such as public address systems, e-mail, digital signage, telephone and text messaging and more all within one consolidated secure Department of Defense (DoD) web-based emergency operation center (EOC) interface. Desktop Alert is on the DISA Approved Product List (DISA APL) in addition to accreditations for the Army?s enterprise-wide Certificate of Networthiness (CoN), Authority to Operate (AtO), Department of Defense Information Assurance Certification Accreditation Process (DIACAP) and the USAF Electronic-Approved Products List and the transitional AF E-APL.

The new certification has been issued to proactively support U.S. Army locations at Fort Hood, Fort Gordon, Fort Huachuca, Fort Campbell, DTRA, Fort Bragg, Fort Leavenworth, Fort Leonard Wood, Fort Rucker, United States Military Academy (USMA), Fort Lee, Fort Eustis, Fort Knox, Fort Polk, McAlester Army Depot, USAG Heidelberg, USAG Brussels, USAG Benelux, USAG Shinnen and the U.S. Army National Guard Enterprise in all 50 states plus Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

The DTA system utilizes a Web server located within the enclave and uses a back-end database for data storage. DTA uses read only forward facing load balanced servers behind a firewall. This application is installed on the end user?s PC to allow the receiving of pop-ups. A client portion polls the Web server every 15 seconds to see if there is an alert posted on the Web server. If an alert has been posted, it will pop up on the user?s screen. The user can then hit an ?X? on the pop-up window, which will close the alert. Clicking the ?X? also populates a count of how many users received and read the alert. DTA 5.1 has a faster alert time than previous versions, allowing alerts to be received within 30 seconds.

?We are honored and very proud,? said Howard Ryan, Founder of Desktop Alert, ?to have been granted a Certificate of Networthiness which explicitly states that Desktop Alert provides the U.S. Army with a 15 second polling alert system that uses less bandwidth. When lives are at stake, seconds count. Our patent pending system eliminates upwards of 90% of the bandwidth typically used by legacy systems. Prior alert delivery requirements of 10 minutes or less are now eclipsed by our company?s superior technological alerting capabilities. Why wait several minutes for information that is available in seconds? Latency-based alerts can be extremely dangerous and can threaten the mission with highly inaccurate information. This certification is a boon for the warfighter and a great reward to our engineers for a job well done.?

The Desktop Alert 15 second alert polling system is also in use by the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Air National Guard (ANG) across 88 wings nationwide. The system?s reduced bandwidth capability alerts end users much faster than legacy systems and dramatically reduces the amount of bandwidth data hitting the networks actual workstations and actual servers.

?We present numerical results,? Ryan added, ?showing that our bandwidth consumption mechanisms can reduce the bandwidth borrowing mechanisms by all other known and approved systems. This equates to a bandwidth savings potential in the millions of dollars, while insuring that during an emergency event the overall network footprint is significantly small."

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Worldwide U.S. military organizations such as the United States National Guard, the United States Air Force, the United State Military Academy at West Point, Multi-National Forces in IRAQ, the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Army how utilize the DTA mass notification platform daily for their organizations? emergency communications requirements. Desktop Alert can contact thousands of users with desktop alerts and require receipt confirmation of the message. Those not verified can then be listed on a report and/or sent as a ?Target Package? to be automatically contacted by other means, such as email, SMS, phone calls and other devices.

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Security threats, fractures plague US and Afghans

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? A series of security problems and difficult fractures in relations with Afghan leaders plagued Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's first trip here as Pentagon chief, including the Afghan president's accusations that the U.S. and the Taliban are working in concert to show that violence in the country will worsen if most coalition troops leave.

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Joseph Dunford, quickly rejected the charges President Hamid Karzai made Sunday as "categorically false." But the accusations were just the latest in a series of disputes that have frayed relations between the two nations as the U.S. works to wind down the war and turn the country's security over to the Afghans.

Speaking to reporters shortly after Karzai made the comments, Dunford said the Afghan leader has never expressed such views to him but said it was understandable that tensions would arise as the coalition balances the need to complete its mission with the Afghans' move to exercise more sovereignty.

"We have fought too hard over the past 12 years, we have shed too much blood over the past 12 years, we have done too much to help the Afghan security forces grow over the last 12 years to ever think that violence or instability would be to our advantage," said Dunford.

Dunford's comments came, however, soon after U.S. officials cancelled a news conference with Hagel and Karzai because of a security threat ? just a day after a suicide bomber on a bicycle struck outside the Afghan Defense Ministry, killing nine Afghan civilians and wounding 14 others. Hagel heard the explosion from the safe location where he was meeting with Afghan officials but was never in danger.

The security problems compounded a series of flare-ups in recent weeks, including a dispute that has stalled the transfer of a U.S. prison to Afghan authority as well as Karzai's order to expel U.S. special operations forces out of Wardak province, which lies just outside the capital, because of allegations that Afghans working with the commandos were involved in abusive behavior.

Hagel and Karzai still planned to meet privately Sunday, and some of the ongoing issues were likely to come up. The U.S. and Afghan leaders are in the midst of negotiations over the long-term presence of American forces in Afghanistan beyond the end of 2014, when all combat troops are scheduled to leave.

U.S. officials would not provide details on the security concerns that led to cancelling the news conference. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the matter publicly. But Pentagon press secretary George Little said the cancellation was not due to Karzai's earlier comments about the U.S. and the Taliban.

During a nationally televised speech, Karzai said two suicide bombings that killed 19 people on Saturday ? the one outside the Afghan Defense Ministry and the other near a police checkpoint in eastern Khost province ? show the insurgent group is conducting attacks to help show that international forces will still be needed to keep the peace after their current combat mission ends in 2014.

"The explosions in Kabul and Khost yesterday showed that they are at the service of America and at the service of this phrase: 2014. They are trying to frighten us into thinking that if the foreigners are not in Afghanistan, we would be facing these sorts of incidents," he said during the speech about the state of Afghan women.

Karzai is known for making incendiary comments in his public speeches. And Dunford on Sunday said that some of the recent disputes between the U.S.-led coalition and Afghan leaders "strike at the heart of sovereignty" and could be more political in nature. He said Karzai may be doing what he needs to do to communicate with the Afghan people and their political leaders outside the government.

Dunford also rejected the suggestion that the recent friction reflects an erosion in the U.S. relationship with Afghanistan.

"We do not have a broken relationship, we do not have a lack of trust," said Dunford, adding that none of the political dust-ups have bled over into his dealings with his Afghan security force counterparts. He said efforts to train and advise the Afghan security forces have continued and that plans for them to be in the lead for security across the country later this summer are on track.

Dunford would not detail why the scheduled transfer of the Parwan Detention Center was delayed again and called it a difference in perspective. But he made clear that the U.S. believes it must retain the power to insure that detainees who are deemed to be security threats remain in custody.

Currently, there is an Afghan administrator of the prison, which is located about an hour outside the capital, but the Americans have veto power over the release of detainees. The prisoners held under American authority do not have the right to a trial because the U.S. considers them detainees held as part of an ongoing conflict.

Regarding the move to expel the special operations forces, Dunford said he spoke to Karzai about the issue on Saturday and told him the U.S. is working on a plan to transition security in the Wardak region to Afghan forces. He would not directly say whether the commandos will stay in Wardak when the deadline to leave comes on Monday. But he said Karzai knows they are working on the plan and has not yet issued a directive to the force.

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Associated Press writers Heidi Vogt and Rahim Faiez contributed to this report.

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Trial of dead Russian whistleblower postponed

MOSCOW (AP) ? A Russian court on Monday postponed the trial of a dead lawyer who accused law-enforcement authorities of massive corruption and whose case sparked a dispute between Washington and Moscow.

Lawyer Sergei Magnitsky was jailed in 2008 on charges of tax evasion. The charges came after he alleged officials and organized criminals conspired to claim $230 million in tax rebates. He died in prison the next year of untreated pancreatitis while awaiting trial. The Russian presidential council on human rights said in a 2011 report that Magnitsky had been repeatedly beaten and deliberately denied medical treatment.

The death attracted wide international attention. The United States last year enacted a law named after Magnitsky that allows sanctions against Russians considered human rights violators. Russia retaliated by banning Americans adopting Russian children.

The posthumous trial for Magnitsky was to open Monday.

But court-appointed defense attorneys Nikolai Gerasimov and Kirill Goncharov petitioned for the trial to be put off until May so that they could study the case files. Judge Igor Alisov postponed the hearings until March 22.

Lawyers representing Magnitsky's family have refused to take part in the proceedings, calling them a mockery of justice and blasphemy.

Russia's highest court ruled in 2011 that posthumous trials are allowed, with the intention of letting relatives clear their loved ones' names. In Magnitsky's case, prosecutors re-filed charges although family members said they didn't want another trial.

In a statement released by Hermitage Capital, an investment fund that once employed Magnitsky, the lawyer's widow, Natalya Zharikova on Monday called on the parties in the trial to refuse to take participate.

"I think that if any of its participants have a conscience ? and this is key not only in human morality but also in the Russian criminal law ? they have a duty to refuse to participate in this blasphemy," she said.

Gerasimov and Goncharov told reporters at preliminary hearings earlier this month that as members of the Moscow Bar Association they had no choice but to take part in the trial once they were appointed to represent the dead lawyer, otherwise they would lose their licenses to practice.

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Olu Jacobs honoured at AMVCA awards as Genevieve, Funke ...

The first edition of the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards held on Saturday, March 9, 2013 at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos.

Nollywood? actor O.C Ukeje and Ghana?s Jackie Appiah walked away with the ?Best Actor? and ?Best Actress? award respectively.

Shockingly, superstar actresses Genevieve Nnaji and Funke Akindele-Oloyede lost out in their respective categories. Genevieve losing to Jackie Appiah in the ?Best Actress? category and Akindele-Oloyede to Mercy Johnson in the ?Best Actress ? Comedy (Movies/TV)?.

Best Actress winner Jackie Appiah on the AMVCA awards red carpet

Long time actor Olu Jacobs received an Industry Merit Award for his outstanding achievements in the acting career.

The Winners List below?

Best Actor ? Drama (Movies/TV)
OC Ukeje ? Two Brides and a Baby

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Woods wins another World Championship at Doral

Tiger Woods holds the Gene Sarazen Cup for winning the Cadillac Championship golf tournament on Sunday, March 10, 2013, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Tiger Woods holds the Gene Sarazen Cup for winning the Cadillac Championship golf tournament on Sunday, March 10, 2013, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Tiger Woods se alista para atrapar una pelota en el octavo green de la ronda final del torneo Cadillac Championship en Doral, Florida, el domingo 10 de marzo de 2013. (AP Foto/Wilfredo Lee)

Tiger Woods, right, and his caddie Joe Lacava congratulate each other after winning the Cadillac Championship golf tournament on Sunday, March 10, 2013, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Tiger Woods removes his cap after winning the Cadillac Championship golf tournament on Sunday, March 10, 2013, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Tiger Woods holds the Gene Sarazen Cup for winning the Cadillac Championship golf tournament on Sunday, March 10, 2013, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

DORAL, Fla. (AP) ? That red shirt is starting to look ruthless on Sunday again.

One year after Tiger Woods hobbled off the Blue Monster, he picked up the pace in his march to the Masters. Woods delivered two quick birdies to take the drama out of Doral, and two late bogeys only made his victory in the Cadillac Championship seem closer than it really was.

Woods had full control of his game and never let anyone get closer than three shots until he had locked up his 17th World Golf Championship title. With a conservative bogey that didn't matter on the final hole, he closed with a 1-under 71.

For the first time in five years, Woods has two wins before the Masters.

And both of them were dominant.

"That's how I know I can play," Woods said. "That's the thing. To be able to bring it out a couple times so far this year ? and then be able to close and get the Ws on top of that ? that's nice. Any time I can win prior to Augusta, it always feels good."

And to think it was one year ago Sunday that Woods withdrew after 11 holes in the final round at Doral because of tightness in his left Achilles tendon, the same injury that had cost him to sit out most of the previous summer. It created uncertainty about his health and whether he could ever get his game back.

False alarm.

Woods now has five wins in the last year, the most of anyone in the world, and he can return to No. 1 with a win at Bay Hill in two weeks.

He won by two shots over Steve Stricker, who might want to claim a share of this trophy.

Woods ran into Stricker on the putting green Wednesday afternoon, and in a 45-minute session, Stricker helped him with his posture over putts. Woods left feeling as good as he did at Torrey Pines, where he won by four shots. And it showed. Woods made 27 birdies this week, one short of his personal best on the PGA Tour, and he took the fewest putts (100) over 72 holes in any tour event.

"Thank you to Steve for the putting lesson," Woods said at the trophy presentation. "It was one of those weeks where I felt pretty good about how I was playing, made a few putts and got it rolling."

Stricker, playing a part-time schedule, picked up his second runner-up finish in just three starts. He closed with a 68, and had no regrets about offering Woods some help.

"At times you kick yourself," Stricker said with a laugh. "He's a good friend. We talk a lot about putting. It's good to see him playing well."

Asked if he would have won without that chance meeting with Stricker, Woods hedged a little.

"I would like to say I probably would have, but ..." he said with a smile. "I've been putting at home and it just still hadn't felt right. I still was a little bit off. ... He basically got me in the same position that I was at Torrey. So once he put me in there where I felt comfortable, I said, 'Well, this is not too foreign. This is what I was a month or so ago.' And I started rolling it and it felt really, really good."

The Masters is a month away, and Woods is sure to be the favorite.

"Majors and World Golf Championships are the best because you know you are playing against the best players," Woods said. "That's what makes wins like this special. That's why I love to compete."

Rory McIlroy, the No. 1 player in the world, showed signs of recovering from his rough start to the season. He had a 65 and tied for eighth.

Graeme McDowell, who started the final round four shots behind, made a birdie on the opening hole, but never got any closer. McDowell had third place to himself until he went for the green on the 18th hole and found the water. He made double bogey, shot 72 and fell into a four-way tie for third that cost him $172,500.

Phil Mickelson (71), Sergio Garcia (69) and Adam Scott (64) also tied for third.

Woods improved to 41-2 on the PGA Tour when he had the outright lead going into the final round, the last two wins with McDowell at his side. Woods last won while ahead at Bay Hill a year ago.

"The way Tiger was playing, I was always in chase mode," McDowell said. "He was always going to be a tough guy to catch. Fair play to him. He played fantastic golf the last couple of days."

Woods finished minus 19 at 269 and earned $1.5 million in winning this World Golf Championship for the seventh time.

McIlroy's week ended on a happy note.

Not only did he finish the tournament, he might have turned the corner with a bogey-free 65. McIlroy opened with a 7-iron into 18 feet for eagle, which he called one of the best shots he hit. He shot a 32 on the back nine for a round that surprised him considering how far away he felt when he arrived at Doral.

"Just goes to show, it's not as far away as you think," McIlroy said. "That's been one of my problems. I always think when I'm playing bad that it's further away than it is. That's just where I have to stay patient ... and know that if I put in the hard work, that the results will bear fruit. Whether that's sooner or later, it doesn't really matter."

McIlroy said he won't add a tournament the next two weeks, returning at the Houston Open before going to the Masters. He is signed up for the member-guest a week from Monday at The Medalist Club, presumably as the guest of former NBA great Michael Jordan.

"He's asked me, so depending on what my schedule is and where I have to be ... we'll see," he said.

Scott had the low round of the tournament with eight birdies in his round of 64.

That's what McDowell, Mickelson and Stricker would have needed to have any chance of catching Woods. As he did early in third round, McDowell gave it his best shot, only to have Woods answer on every occasion.

McDowell two-putted for birdie on the par-5 opening hole as Woods blasted a shot from a buried lie at the back of the green well past the pin and off the green. He had to chip close just to save par. McDowell hit his approach on the second hole to 7 feet and looked as if he might pick up another shot.

In what could have been the most significant putt Woods made, he buried an 18-footer for birdie.

"It was important to make that," Woods said.

That's how it went all weekend. Woods never gave anyone a chance, and he didn't give anyone much hope. His lead was back to four shots, he hit an 8-iron to 4 feet on the par-3 fourth hole, and no one seriously challenged him the rest of the way.

Mickelson hit a 200-yard shot into the breeze and over the water to a foot for a tap-in birdie on the par-5 eighth to get within four shots with 10 holes to play. He missed far too many short putts, however, making bogey on the ninth and 11th holes to fall too far back to matter.

That allowed another easy walk up the 18th hole for Woods to collect another WGC title, another seven-figure check, and offer another reminder that he is closer than ever to getting back to the top of golf.

Woods now has won more than $24 million in the WGCs alone since the series began in 1999, winning 42 percent of the tournaments. This was his 76th career win on tour, leaving him six short of the record 82 wins by Sam Snead. He now has more wins than Mickelson and Vijay Singh combined.

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2 Civil War sailors from USS Monitor buried in Va.

A man in Civil War period attire salutes as two flag draped caskets arrive at Fort Meyer Memorial Chapel for services to honor two sailors from the Civil War ship, the USS Monitor, Friday, March 8, 2013 in Arlington, Va. A century and a half after the Civil War ship the USS Monitor sank, two unknown crewmen found in the ironclad's turret were buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Friday's burial may be the last time Civil War soldiers are buried at the cemetery. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

A man in Civil War period attire salutes as two flag draped caskets arrive at Fort Meyer Memorial Chapel for services to honor two sailors from the Civil War ship, the USS Monitor, Friday, March 8, 2013 in Arlington, Va. A century and a half after the Civil War ship the USS Monitor sank, two unknown crewmen found in the ironclad's turret were buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Friday's burial may be the last time Civil War soldiers are buried at the cemetery. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Two honor guards simultaneously fold two American flags during services to honor two sailors from the Civil War ship, the USS Monitor, at Arlington National Cemetery, Friday, March 8, 2013 in Arlington, Va. A century and a half after the Civil War ship the USS Monitor sank, two unknown crewmen found in the ironclad's turret were buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Friday's burial may be the last time Civil War soldiers are buried at the cemetery. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT NAME OF CHAPEL - Two Navy Honor Guard teams carry two caskets of remains as they depart Fort Meyer Memorial Chapel during services to honor two sailors from the Civil War ship, the USS Monitor, Friday, March 8, 2013 in Arlington, Va. A century and a half after the Civil War ship the USS Monitor sank, two unknown crewmen found in the ironclad's turret were buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Friday's burial may be the last time Civil War soldiers are buried at the cemetery. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Sailors march as they depart after services to honor two sailors from the Civil War ship, the USS Monitor, at Arlington National Cemetery, Friday, March 8, 2013 in Arlington, Va. Mrs. Rambo is related to USS Monitor crew member Jacob Nicklis. A century and a half after the Civil War ship the USS Monitor sank, two unknown crewmen found in the ironclad's turret were buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Friday's burial may be the last time Civil War soldiers are buried at the cemetery. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Sailors salute as one of two honor guard team places a casket of remains, during services to honor two sailors from the Civil War ship, the USS Monitor, at Arlington National Cemetery, Friday, March 8, 2013 in Arlington, Va. A century and a half after the Civil War ship the USS Monitor sank, two unknown crewmen found in the ironclad's turret were buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Friday's burial may be the last time Civil War soldiers are buried at the cemetery. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) ? More than 150 years after the USS Monitor sank off North Carolina during the Civil War, two unknown crewmen found in the ironclad's turret when it was raised a decade ago were buried Friday at Arlington National Cemetery.

The evening burial, which included a gun salute and a band playing "America the Beautiful," may be the last time Civil War soldiers are buried at the cemetery overlooking Washington.

"Today is a tribute to all the men and women who have gone to sea, but especially to those who made the ultimate sacrifice on our behalf," said Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, who spoke at a funeral service before the burial.

The Monitor made nautical history when the Union ship fought the Confederate CSS Virginia in the first battle between two ironclads on March 9, 1862. The battle was a draw.

The Monitor sank about nine months later in rough seas, and 16 sailors died. In 2002, the ship's rusted turret was raised from the Atlantic Ocean floor, and the skeletons of the two crew members were found inside.

On Friday, the remains of the two men were taken to their gravesite by horse-drawn caissons, one pulled by a team of six black horses and the other pulled by six white horses. White-gloved sailors carried the caskets to their final resting place near the cemetery's amphitheater. A few men attending the ceremonies wore Civil War uniforms, and there were ladies in long dresses from the time. The ceremony also included "Taps," which was written the same year that the Monitor sank and became associated with military funerals as early as the Civil War.

The sailors buried Friday would not have recognized some parts of the graveside service, however. The military band played "America the Beautiful," which wasn't written until three decades after the Monitor sank. And the flags that draped the silver coffins were modern ones with 50 stars, not the 34-star American flag of the early 1860s.

The cemetery where the men will lie, however, has strong ties to the Civil War. Arlington was established as a military cemetery during the war and is on grounds formerly owned by the Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. One of the cemetery's first monuments was a memorial to unknown Civil War soldiers.

A marker with the names of all 16 men who died onboard the Monitor will ultimately be placed at the gravesite of the sailors buried Friday. Researchers were unable to positively identify the remains, though they tried reconstructing the sailors' faces from their skulls and comparing DNA from the skeletons with living relatives of the ship's crew and their families. Medical and Navy records narrowed the possibilities to six people.

What is known is that one of the men was between 17 and 24 years old and the other was likely in his 30s. A genealogist who worked on the project believes the older sailor is Robert Williams, the ship's fireman, who would have tended the Monitor's coal-fired steam engine.

Relatives of some of the men who died attended Friday's ceremony. Diana Rambo of Fresno, Calif., came with four other family members. She's related through her mother, Jane Nicklis Rowland, to Monitor crewman Jacob Nicklis, who died when the ship sank. The family didn't know a relative had served on the ship until they received a letter requesting DNA, but Rambo said she's since learned more about the "connection to history that we never knew we have." She said after the ceremony that she's less concerned about knowing for certain who was buried Friday.

"It kind of doesn't matter. It was all about honoring the 16," she said of the ceremony.

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Blackhawks' streak ends with 6-2 loss to Avs

Colorado Avalanche center Ryan O'Reilly (90) is congratulated by teammates after scoring a goal against the Chicago Blackhawks in the second period of an NHL hockey game in Denver, Friday, March 8, 2013. Avalanche left wing Gabriel Landeskog, right, of Sweden, heads back to the ice. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Colorado Avalanche center Ryan O'Reilly (90) is congratulated by teammates after scoring a goal against the Chicago Blackhawks in the second period of an NHL hockey game in Denver, Friday, March 8, 2013. Avalanche left wing Gabriel Landeskog, right, of Sweden, heads back to the ice. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Chicago Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford, right, reacts after letting in a goal by Colorado Avalanche center Ryan O'Reilly (not shown) as Avalanche center Paul Stastny, left, checks the net in the second period of an NHL hockey game in Denver, Friday, March 8, 2013. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

As members of the Colorado Avalanche, back, celebrate a goal by Ryan O'Reilly, Chicago Blackhawks right wing Michael Frolik (67), of the Czech Republic, skates back to the bench in the second period of an NHL hockey game in Denver, Friday, March 8, 2013. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Colorado Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov, of Russia, drops on the ice to cover the puck after stopping a shot from the Chicago Blackhawks in the second period of an NHL hockey game in Denver, Friday, March 8, 2013. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Chicago Blackhawks right wing Viktor Stalberg, right, of Sweden, clears the puck from along the boards as Colorado Avalanche right wing David Jones covers in the first period of an NHL hockey game in Denver, Friday, March 8, 2013. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

DENVER (AP) ? The best start in NHL history is over. The Chicago Blawkhawks finally left the ice without a point.

The Blackhawks were stunned 6-2 by the struggling Colorado Avalanche on Friday night. It was their first loss in regulation and ended a remarkable run in which they earned at least one point in their first 24 games, an NHL record.

Matt Duchene scored four points and Ryan O'Reilly got his first goal since his contract dispute was resolved more than a week ago. O'Reilly assisted on another goal in a four-goal onslaught in the second period that turned a 1-1 tie into a laugher.

The Blackhawks (21-1-3) hadn't lost in regulation since a 6-1 rout by Nashville on March 25, 2012, and their last loss in regulation on the road came more than a year ago, with a 5-1 defeat at St. Louis on March 6, 2012.

Dating back to last year's regular season, the streak was 30 games.

Chicago's overall points streak was the second longest in NHL history. The 1979-80 Philadelphia Flyers set the league record with a staggering 35-game unbeaten streak that included 25 wins and 10 ties ? all in the same season.

Duchene, John Mitchell and Jamie McGinn also put pucks past Corey Crawford in the second period for the Avalanche, who had lost six of their previous seven, including a 3-2 heartbreaker at Chicago 48 hours earlier.

Crawford (11-1-3) allowed five goals on 19 shots before being replaced in net by Ray Emery to start the third period.

Semyon Varlamov had 30 saves for Colorado.

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Radar reveals traces of Martian mega-flood

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Mars' 600-mile Marte Vallis channel system is filled with young lavas that obscure the source of the channels. This map shows Marte Vallis against the background of an elevation map of the planet, based on readings from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.

By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News

A 3-D reconstruction of structures beneath the surface of Mars shows the 600-mile-wide footprint of a mega-flood that carved deep channels into the planet within the past 500 million years, scientists say.

Since that time, the evidence of the flood in a region known as Marte Vallis has been covered over by fresher lava flows. But a team of researchers pieced together the evidence by analyzing readings from a ground-penetrating radar instrument aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The analysis was laid out Thursday on the journal Science's website.

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"Our findings show that the scale of erosion was previously underestimated, and that channel depth was at least twice that of previous approximations," lead author Gareth Morgan, a geologist at the Smithsonian Institution's Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, said in a news release. "The source of the floodwaters suggests?they originated from a deep groundwater reservoir and may have been released by local tectonic or volcanic activity. This work demonstrates the importance of orbital sounding radar in understanding how water has shaped the surface of Mars."

Over the past decade and a half, missions to Mars have provided ample evidence that the planet was once warmer and wetter than it is today. However, scientists say the most recent outflows of water came in brief, catastrophic bursts rather than as steady streams. The newly published research is consistent with that view.

Morgan and his colleagues used the orbiter's Italian-built Shallow Radar sounder, or SHARAD, to put Mars' subsurface geology through the radar equivalent of a CT scan. They found that the boundaries between the layers of fresher lava and the underlying rock traced a network of buried channels. The patterns and depths of those channels were characteristic of the canyons that would be cut by flowing water. Lots of flowing water.

The depth of the main channel was estimated at 226 to 371 feet (69 to 113 meters). "This is comparable with the depth of incision of the largest known megaflood on Earth, the Missoula floods, responsible for carving the Channeled Scabland of the northwestern United States," the researchers wrote.?

The Missoula floods occurred 12,000 to 18,000 years ago, due to a post-Ice Age warming trend, and discharged dammed-up water at a rate ranging up to 2.6 billion gallons per second. Morgan and his colleagues traced the Martian mega-flood to a radically different type of source: a fracture system in Mars' Cerberus Fossae region that apparently opened up to release water from miles beneath the Red Planet's surface. "It was a big crack in the ground, basically," Morgan told NBC News.

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A 3-D visualization shows the buried Marte Vallis channels. Marte Vallis consists of multiple perched channels formed around streamlined islands. These channels feed a deeper and wider main channel. The surface has been elevated and scaled by a factor of 1/100 for clarity. The area covered by this visualization is outlined by dotted lines in the global map above.

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NASA interns look down on Frenchman Springs Coulee in Washington state's Channeled Scablands. Researchers say the Martian mega-flood cut channels similar to those created thousands of years ago in the Channeled Scablands.

SHARAD's depth readings suggest that the channels had to have been cut somewhere between 10 million and 500 million years ago. Morgan said that makes the mega-flood channels "much younger" than the geological features being studied by NASA's Curiosity rover in a different region of Mars. Curiosity's science team wants to find out whether Mars had liquid water and the other conditions conducive for life 3 billion years to 4 billion years ago. On the surface, at least, those conditions were long gone by the time the Cerberus Fossae mega-flood washed over Marte Vallis.

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In addition to Morgan, the authors of "3D Reconstruction of the Source and Scale of Buried Young Flood Channels on Mars" include Bruce A. Campbell, Lynn M. Carter, Jeffrey J. Plaut and Roger J. Phillips.

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Simmons, No. 9 Lady Vols top Florida 82-73 in SEC

Tennessee forward Cierra Burdick tries to keep the ball from Florida guard Carlie Needles (4) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the Southeastern Conference tournament, Friday, March 8, 2013, in Duluth, Ga. AP Photo/John Amis)

Tennessee forward Cierra Burdick tries to keep the ball from Florida guard Carlie Needles (4) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the Southeastern Conference tournament, Friday, March 8, 2013, in Duluth, Ga. AP Photo/John Amis)

Tennessee head coach Holly Warlick reacts during the second half of their NCAA college basketball game against Florida in the Southeastern Conference tournament, Friday, March 8, 2013, in Duluth, Ga. Tennessee won 82-73. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Tennessee guard/forward Taber Spani (13) goes up for a shot as Florida guard/forward Sydney Moss defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the Southeastern Conference tournament, Friday, March 8, 2013, in Duluth, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Florida coach Amanda Butler directs her team during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against the Tennessee in the Southeastern Conference tournament, Friday, March 8, 2013, in Duluth, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Florida forward Jennifer Georgesits on the bench in the final moments of their 83-72 loss to Tennessee in an NCAA college basketball game at the Southeastern Conference tournament, Friday, March 8, 2013, in Duluth, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

DULUTH, Ga. (AP) ? A late rally from Florida left Tennessee coach Holly Warlick thinking the Lady Vols haven't learned how to put a team away.

Meighan Simmons scored 20 points and Tennessee turned back Florida's late run to beat the Gators 82-73 Friday in the quarterfinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament.

No. 9 Tennessee (24-6), the three-time defending champion, has won 10 straight games in the tournament since its loss to Auburn in the 2009 semifinals. Warlick, previously the longtime assistant to Pat Summitt, wasn't satisfied with her first postseason win as coach.

"I think the first 10 minutes we set the tone and then we just get comfortable," Warlick said. "We get a lead and we get comfortable. We've got to have that killer instinct in us and finish the game the way we start the game."

The Lady Vols will face the South Carolina-Texas A&M winner in Saturday's first semifinal.

Tennessee took its biggest lead of 13 points at 17-4, but couldn't put the game away.

"I think on the offensive end we're just talented," said Cierra Burdick, who had 14 points and eight rebounds. "We've got a bunch of people that can score the basketball. ... We've got to continue to pick it up on defense, because offense is not our problem. It's the defensive end."

Sydney Moss led Florida (18-14) with a career-high 22 points. Moss had a steal and basket with 49 seconds remaining to cut Tennessee's lead to 75-69 ? the Lady Vols' smallest of the half.

Ariel Massengale and Simmons each made two free throws in the final 43 seconds to help seal the win. Taber Spani missed a one-and-one free throw with 30 seconds remaining, but Jaterra Bonds missed a layup for Florida.

Spani, who had 13 points, made three free throws in the final 16 seconds.

Bonds had 18 points and Carlie Needles scored 12 on four 3-pointers for Florida.

Tennessee edged Florida 78-75 in overtime in Gainesville on Jan. 13, giving the Gators confidence they could win the rematch.

"We didn't come here to play close or make it respectable or with any other expectation except to win," said Florida coach Amanda Butler.

After Moss opened the game with a driving basket for Florida, Tennessee scored the next 12 points and never lost the lead.

The Lady Vols ran on every opportunity, sometimes forcing Florida to foul. Tennessee outscored Florida 23-6 on free throws.

"Tennessee did a great job of getting themselves to the free-throw line and really capitalized on those opportunities," Butler said.

Warlick said she wanted her players to force the tempo with a "make or miss" mentality.

"We wanted a fast-tempo game," Warlick said. "I thought we set the tone early. I thought Florida did a great job of adjusting."

Tennessee closed the regular-season with a loss at Kentucky. Simmons said the renewed emphasis on pushing the tempo was "a major difference" against the Gators.

"We came out a lot more hungry this game," Simmons said. "We had a lot of high energy from the coaches on down."

Moss scored the Gators' first eight points. Florida cut into the Lady Vols' lead when it found more help for Moss ? especially from long-range shots. Florida had six 3-pointers in the first half, including three by Needles. A 3-pointer by Lily Svete cut the Lady Vols' lead to 24-22.

Tennessee stretched its advantage to 47-36 at halftime.

Florida got within seven points midway through the second half. Tennessee led 63-56 with 7:23 remaining when Simmons drew her fourth foul on a charge and left the game. The Lady Vols produced an 8-2 run that included two baskets by Burdick, pushing the lead to 71-58.

Simmons returned for the final 2:39 and had a layup with 1:05 remaining after Florida pulled within eight points.

Tennessee won 16 SEC tournaments and eight national championships in 38 seasons with Summitt, who stepped down last April after announcing in 2011 she has early onset dementia. She did not attend the game.

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Ancient Arctic camel linked to modern breed

OTTAWA (AP) ? Ancient, mummified camel bones dug from the tundra confirm that the animals now synonymous with the arid sands of Arabia actually developed in subfreezing forests in what is now Canada's High Arctic, a scientist said Tuesday.

About 3.5 million years ago, Strathcona Fiord on Ellesmere Island's west-central coast would have looked more like a northern forest than an Arctic landscape, said paleobotanist Natalia Rybczynski of the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa.

"Larch-dominated, lots of wetlands, peat," said Rybczynski, lead author of a study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications. Nearby fossil sites have yielded evidence of ancient bears, horses, deer, badgers and frogs. The average yearly temperature would have been about 0 Celsius (32 Fahrenheit).

"If you were standing in it and watching the camel, it would have the feel of a boreal-type forest."

The Arctic camel was 30 percent larger than modern camels, she said. Her best guess is it was one-humped.

Although native camels are now only found in Africa and Asia, scientists have long believed the species actually developed in North America and later died out. Camel remains have been previously found in the Yukon.

What makes Rybczynski's find special is not only how far north it was found, but its state of preservation.

The 30 fragments found in the sand and pebbles of the tundra were mummified, not fossilized. So despite their age, the pieces preserved tiny fragments of collagen within them, a common type of protein found in bones.

Analyzing that protein not only proved the fragments were from camels, but from a type of camel that is much more closely related to the modern version than the Yukon camel. Out of the dozens of camel species that once roamed North America, the type Rybczynski found was one of the most likely to have crossed the Bering land bridge and colonized the deserts.

"This is the one that's tied to the ancestry of modern camels," she said.

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