iPhone 4S owners consume almost twice as much data as iPhone 4 users

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iPhone 4S users consume nearly twice the amount of data as iPhone 4 owners according to a new study. Research from Arieso suggests the phone consumes more than 3x the data of the original iPad 3G, too. ?I use the iPhone 4 myself and when I first heard of the iPhone 4S features I was not compelled to rush out and get one,? Arieso?s chief technology officer Michael Flanagan said. ?However, the data usage numbers I am seeing make me wonder what I am missing.? Apple?s virtual assistant Siri is likely responsible for the added data consumption, although Arieso didn?t specifically say that in its report. In addition, Arieso said just 1% of data users consume half of all downlink data. ?While the report provides general trends, the studies on which they?re based demonstrate the importance to operators of understanding the increased consumption each type of smartphone brings,? Flanagan said. ?Despite stark industry warnings, mobile operators are still playing ?Guess Who?? with their subscribers.? Arieso?s press release follows after the break.

Arieso reveals latest trends in smartphone data use
06 January 2012

• ?Study reveals explosive growth in mobile data demand
• iPhone 4S users are the ?hungriest? data consumers, demanding twice as much data as iPhone 4 users and three times as much as iPhone 3G users
• Just 1% of all users now consume HALF of the entire downlink data

Fuelled by new smartphones, apps and services consumer demand for mobile data is accelerating beyond expectations, finds a new report from Arieso. Following a similar study in 2010, Arieso?s new analysis reveals that so-called ?extreme? users are becoming even more extreme, with 1% of subscribers now consuming HALF of all downloaded data. One thing is clear: the capacity issues plaguing mobile operators around the world will worsen in 2012.

The Arieso study, ?Recent Smartphone Trends & the Extreme Data User?, compares data usage across a variety of smartphones and connected devices. It finds that users of the iPhone 4S demand three times as much data as iPhone 3G users and twice as much as iPhone 4 users, who were identified as the most demanding in the 2010 study. In a finding consistent with 2010 results, it also shows that Google Nexus One users make twice as many data calls as iPhone 3G users.

?The introduction of increasingly sophisticated devices, coupled with growing consumer demand, is creating unrelenting pressure on mobile networks. The capacity crunch is still a very real threat for mobile operators, and it looks set to only get harder in 2012,? commented Dr. Michael Flanagan, CTO, Arieso and study author. ?The mobile industry needs new investment and new approaches to boost network performance and manage the customer experience?.
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The Arieso analysis compares the data consumption of users of the latest smartphones against the iPhone3G as a ?normalised benchmark?. The study found that different users and different devices exhibit very different demands on the network.

The most significant change in consumer behaviour between 2010 and 2011 data has been catalysed by the introduction of the iPhone 4S. iPhone 4S users download 2.76 times as much data as users of the iPhone 3G. And while an Android-powered device maintains last year?s position at the top of the table for uplink data volumes, with HTC Desire S users typically uploading 3.23 times as much data as iPhone 3G users, the iPhone 4S falls just behind in this category with a typical 3.20 times as much data uploaded.

There are some very hungry handset users, even compared to the iPhone 3G benchmark (iPhone 3G = 100%):

Data calls per subscriber:

• HTC Google Nexus One: 221%
• Sony Ericsson Xperia X10i: 157%
• HTC Desire: 156%

Uplink data volumes:

• 3G Modems (various): 2654%
• HTC Desire S: 323%
• iPhone 4S: 320%

Downlink data volumes:

• 3G Modems (various): 2432%
• iPhone 4S: 276%
• Samsung Galaxy S: 199%

?While the report provides general trends, the studies on which they?re based demonstrate the importance to operators of understanding the increased consumption each type of smartphone brings. Despite stark industry warnings, mobile operators are still playing ?Guess Who?? with their subscribers,? continued Flanagan.

?Without adequately preparing networks to support the new generation of smart devices, operators risk spiralling and misplaced operational expenditure and delivering a sub-par quality of experience to customers. It?s critical that operators redouble their efforts to limit the impact of this inevitable squeeze.?

Arieso has published the detailed findings of its latest studies, conducted using ariesoGEO, together with in-depth analysis in its report ?Recent Smartphone Trends & the Extreme Data User? which is available upon request.

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Stock futures show small gains, euro meeting eyed

Peter Tuchman, a trader with Quattro M Securities, works from a handheld computer during the first day of trading at the New York Stock Market on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012. The Dow Jones industrial average soared 200 points, or 1.7 percent, to 12,423 in the first minutes of trading Tuesday. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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NEW YORK (AP) ? Wall Street futures are slightly higher as the market looks to regain its early year momentum after a lackluster response to strong U.S. jobs numbers last Friday.

Dow futures were up 24 at 12,333. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 futures rose 1 point to 1,275. The Nasdaq composite rose 8 points to 2,360.

After a perky start to the year, market sentiment has deteriorated again due to concerns about Europe's ability to solve its debt problems.

European markets were steady Monday as the leaders of France and Germany meet to hash out a plan on restoring confidence in the euro. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are meeting for the first time this year.

Investors will want to see how the "fiscal compact" agreed in December is being fleshed out. All EU countries but Britain agreed last month to consider a new treaty to enforce tougher budget controls by March this year.

The French and German leaders stressed that they view boosting economic growth a priority as they push through with efforts to stem the eurozone's debt crisis.

Both said they're prepared to consider speeding up payments into the 17-nation eurozone's permanent rescue fund, the European Stability Mechanism, in an effort to bolster confidence.

Germany's DAX was down 0.2 percent at 6,046.83 while the CAC-40 in France rose 0.3 percent to 3,145.12. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was down 0.2 percent at 5,639,67.

Earlier in Asia, Chinese shares in Hong Kong and the mainland jumped sharply following a weekend government planning conference during which Premier Wen Jiabao promised to channel lending to entrepreneurs who have been battered by weak global demand.

China tightened lending and investment curbs last year to cool its overheated economy but has reversed course in recent months following a slump in global demand that has hurt exporters and led to job losses.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index jumped 1.5 percent at 18,865.72. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index gained 2.9 percent to 2,225.89, while the Shenzhen Composite Index gained 3.7 percent. Elsewhere, South Korea's Kospi fell 0.9 percent to 1,826.49. In Japan, financial markets were closed for a public holiday.

Trading in the oil markets was fairly subdued, with benchmark crude for February delivery down 36 cents at $101.23 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

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Catholic Voters Are Rick Santorum???s Big Hope (ContributorNetwork)

COMMENTARY | After a superb performance in the Iowa caucus, Rick Santorum, who has based his entire campaign on wooing social conservatives, surprised some political observers by opting to campaign in socially liberal New Hampshire instead of going straight to South Carolina. Santorum, a devout Catholic, is clearly betting on the large Catholic contingent in New Hampshire to give him a boost in the voting booth.

According to CNN's 2008 exit poll, Catholics account for 38 percent of New Hampshire's Republican primary voters. If the former Pennsylvania senator could capture a big chunk of the Catholic vote, he has a good chance of pushing Mitt Romney to the limit.

Santorum's chief opponent in the Granite State is actually not Romney. There is a fierce battle among Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry for the conservative vote. In the latest Rasmussen poll, Santorum leads Gingrich and Perry in New Hampshire while narrowly trailing Ron Paul for the second-place spot. If he could muster a strong performance in the Granite State, the Virginia native will come to South Carolina as the ultimate non-Romney candidate.

Whether or not Santorum will be able to win over Catholic voters in both New Hampshire and elsewhere is still a big question mark. Catholics do not always support the Catholic candidate. In the 2004 general election, they favored President George W. Bush over John Kerry, the last serious Catholic presidential candidate. Facing a slate of weak choices, however, unenthused Catholic Republicans may decide to throw all their support to either Santorum or Gingrich, who recently converted to Catholicism.

Regardless of how Santorum will ultimately fare in New Hampshire, his campaign is likely to apply the same strategy in subsequent primary states. The former U.S. senator will continue to court blue-collar voters and evangelicals, while attempt to win over Catholic voters. In a low-turnout primary contest where every vote is important, the Catholic vote could prove decisive for Santorum to catch up to Romney.

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Tennessee upsets No. 13 Florida 67-56

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By BETH RUCKER

updated 2:56 p.m. ET Jan. 7, 2012

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee put together one of its toughest efforts of the season to earn a victory against one of its biggest rivals.

First-year Volunteers coach Cuonzo Martin finally got the defensive effort he's been looking for from his team in a 67-56 win against No. 13 Florida on Saturday. In the process he got his first signature victory.

"It was fun to watch our guys really compete and battle," Martin said. "I don't think there have been too many times like that this year that we've played like that from a passion standpoint, playing for each other and defending the way we did."

The win was the first by an unranked Tennessee team against a ranked Florida squad since Feb. 27, 2007, when the Vols beat the fifth-ranked Gators 86-76.

Under former coach Bruce Pearl, the Vols had won eight of nine against the Gators before Pearl finished his career with a four-game losing streak that included a three-game sweep last season. Tennessee was especially dominant against Florida at home during that stretch, winning five of six at Thompson-Boling Arena.

"You want to protect your home court," Martin said. "Whether it's a new coach, new team, inexperienced guys or whatever you want to call it, you want to do everything in your power to try to protect your home court. The great ones find ways to win on the road."

The Vols (8-7, 1-0) protected their home court by fighting for good shots around their own basket and contesting the Gators all over the floor on the defensive end to limit them to a season-low points total.

Florida, which has lost all four of their true road games this year, came in averaging 85.4 points this season, best among SEC teams and fifth in the nation. The Volunteers held the Gators to 35.7 percent shooting while hitting 51 percent of their own attempts.

"I'm more disappointed with our defense than anything else in the game," Florida coach Billy Donovan said. "Both teams played hard, but the difference was the defense. At one point were we giving up 55 percent (shooting) in the second half. That was the issue."

Josh Richardson hit a 3-pointer 41 seconds into the second half that set the tone for the Vols the rest of the way. Cameron Tatum stole the ball from Erving Walker on the next possession and ran it down the floor for a dunk to give Tennessee a 38-31 lead.

Kenny Boynton hit a 3-pointer for the Gators at the other end. Boynton, who entered the game averaging 19.5 points, finished with 13. Erik Murphy also had 13 for Florida (12-4, 0-1) and Patric Young added 12.

Renaldo Woolridge answered with a layup for the Vols. Tatum drew a charge by Bradley Beal and after running a bit of an offensive set drove to the basket to hit a layup to make it 42-34.

The Vols expanded their lead as they hit 12 of 22 shots in the second half while the Gators hit only 8 of 27. Tennessee controlled the post in the second half and outscored Florida 32-20 in the paint.

"They were making shots," Murphy said. "They were getting a lot of easy baskets, because they were executing their offense really well. You know, we didn't guard as well as we could have. You combine those two together and they are going to score."

Smothered by defenders, Jordan McRae hit a jumper near the basket to give Tennessee a 65-49 lead with 1:57 to go, putting the game out of reach for Florida.

After starting every other game this season, Kenny Hall came off the bench to score a season-high 13 points. Jeronne Maymon and Trae Golden each added 12 points for Tennessee, while McRae finished with 10.

Tennessee had lost to its previous three ranked opponents this season by an average 5.7 points but looked listless in a 69-51 loss at Memphis on Wednesday.

The Gators held early practices all week trying to get used to Saturday's 11 a.m. Eastern tipoff time and got their customary strong performance from their starters, who are all averaging double-digit scoring this year. But Florida's reserves only managed one point, a free throw by Casey Prather.

Though Florida entered the game with the advantage in nearly every statistical category, the two teams played to a near draw in the first half, with Tennessee entering halftime with a 33-29 lead.

The Vols outshot the Gators 48.1 percent to 41.4 percent in the first half and had four more points in the paint. Thanks to a solid effort by McRae, who was relegated to the bench for the first time all season, the Tennessee reserves outscored Florida's 11-0 in the first half.

The victory gives the Vols a boost as they continue through a month that includes four more games against teams currently ranked among the top 15 in the nation. Tennessee travels to No. 15 Mississippi State on Thursday and hosts No. 2 Kentucky on Jan. 14.

""It was really good for us to get our confidence back after the loss at Memphis," Maymon said. "It's only one game, but we were just trying to start it off strong. Everybody's (SEC) record was 0-0, so we were just trying to start over like a new year."

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Kirchner 'did not have cancer'

7 January 2012 Last updated at 10:38 ET

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner did not have cancer after all, the presidential spokesman has said.

Ms Fernandez underwent an operation last Wednesday aimed at treating suspected thyroid cancer.

Supporters gathered in vigil at the hospital amid huge public interest.

But post-operative tests had definitively ruled out the presence of cancerous cells in removed nodules, spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro said.

The news was greeted with cheers of astonishment and relief when it was announced to supporters outside the Austral University Hospital in Pilar, some 60km (40 miles) from the Argentine capital Buenos Aires.

With the new diagnosis, Ms Fernandez's medical team "considers that the surgical treatment undertaken is sufficient and the administration of radioactive iodine is no longer necessary", Mr Scoccimarro said.

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He said the president was thankful for the affection and concern for her health she had received.

She has been released from hospital and is convalescing at her official residence, he added.

Ms Fernandez, 58, won re-election with a landslide 54% of the vote in October, and is popular among Argentines who agree with her generous welfare programmes.

She had been believed to be suffering a papillary thyroid carcinoma, but doctors say it can be difficult to test definitively for the presence of the cancer without removing the thyroid gland in its entirety.

She was one of several Latin American leaders diagnosed with cancer in recent times.

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Rivals try to knock Romney off stride in NH debate (AP)

MANCHESTER, N.H. ? Mitt Romney's rivals hoped to seize on back-to-back debates this weekend to knock the front-runner off stride and gain momentum heading into Tuesday's New Hampshire primary and upcoming contests later this month in the South.

Romney, who narrowly beat Rick Santorum in Iowa this past week, had the most to lose in the debates Saturday night and Sunday morning as the other Republicans in the race try to prevent him from running away with the nomination.

Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry were competing to emerge as the conservative alternative to Romney. Jon Huntsman and Ron Paul were fighting for relevancy.

The debate at Saint Anselm College was the first in more than three weeks, and the first since Michele Bachmann dropped out of the race after a disappointing finish in Iowa this past week. The candidates faced a quick turnaround for the second debate, set for Sunday morning in Concord.

Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, has largely escaped setbacks in the previous 13 debates, but he has faced intensifying criticism from the other candidates in recent days.

Gingrich, who had promised to run a positive campaign, was the leading agitator and hours before the debate, the former House speaker showed no signs of relenting.

"I do think there's an enormous gap between somebody who is a bold Reagan conservative and somebody who is a timid Massachusetts moderate," Gingrich told voters in Wolfeboro, where Romney has a summer home.

Recent polling gave Romney strong leads in New Hampshire and South Carolina, which hosts the next nominating contest Jan. 21, followed by Florida on Jan. 31. A presidential contender has never won the first three contests.

The candidates have campaign aggressively in New Hampshire, trying to make their case with voters who are notoriously late deciders.

"I'm looking to finalize my decision. The debate will pretty much determine who I'm voting for on Tuesday," said Ed Cormier, 58, of Rochester. "I keep hearing how Romney's the most electable. I like Romney, but he's not my first choice."

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LIHEAP: Congress, White House Cut Heating Assistance Just In Time For Winter

Ralph Olivieri of Coventry, R.I., says he and his wife Alexis will run out of heating oil in a couple weeks after receiving roughly $400 worth courtesy the federal government's heating assistance program in December.

"I got the temperature down to 65, and I got to keep a jacket on and a couple of sweaters in the house, because I never know when the next oil's gonna come," Olivieri said.

Olivieri, 81, had applied to a local nonprofit for heating oil under the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. "They send you a letter, they call the oil company up and send the $400 to them," he said. "On the letter they say that's my allotment for oil. They don't say that they're gonna give you any more."

It's not likely they will: Just in time for the start of winter, Congress and the White House reduced LIHEAP funding by 25 percent. The federal government doled out $4.7 billion for heating assistance in fiscal 2011; the 2012 allotment is $3.5 billion. The cut happened in December as lawmakers scrambled to fund the government before they left town. The result will be less heat for fewer people.

Nearly 9 million households received assistance in 2011, according to the National Energy Assistance Directors' Association, a Washington group that advocates for household energy subsidy programs. The average benefit was $417 per year. Ninety percent of households that received assistance last year had at least one "vulnerable" member, which NEADA describes as a person who is older than 60, younger than 18 or disabled. Households are eligible for the program if their income is at or below 150 percent of the poverty level or 60 percent of their state's median income.

NEADA director Mark Wolfe said the smaller appropriation would mean assistance for roughly 1 million fewer households. Mostly, the reduction would mean less aid for many of the homes that do get help.

"We'll really see the problems next month," Wolfe said. "We've never gone into the winter before with heating oils this high."

A gallon of heating oil currently goes for $3.83, up more than 50 percent from this time last year and the highest price since 1990, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Members of Congress from northeastern states have been pushing to maintain LIHEAP funding at the current $4.7 billion level, but that's not likely to happen.

Early in 2011 President Obama proposed cutting energy assistance all the way to $2.5 billion, pointing out that the cut would only reduce LIHEAP funding to its 2008 level. Congress first increased LIHEAP funding in the beginning of 2009 as part of President Barack Obama's stimulus package, doubling the program's funding to $5 billion from $2.5 billion in 2008.

But the members of Congress lobbying for increased aid say their constituents are still feeling the effects of a lagging economy.

"Even though the number of households eligible for the program continues to exceed those receiving assistance, this funding has been a lifeline during the economic downturn and rising energy costs, helping to ensure that people do not have to choose between paying their energy bills and paying for food or medicine," wrote Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) in a Tuesday letter urging President Obama to set LIHEAP funding at $4.7 billion in his forthcoming budget proposal for 2013.

How the cuts affect low income households varies by state. In Vermont, the effect will be minimal: State lawmakers are dipping into reserves to make up the shortfall from Washington's cuts.

No such luck in Maine, which saw its allotment drop from $56 million to $38.5 million. Last year 64,000 Maine households received LIHEAP assistance, with an average benefit of $804. The state government will make sure no fewer people receive assistance, partially by shifting funds and partially by slashing the average benefit to $483.

"We are seeing more people than ever with no resources to heat their homes," Rick McCarthy, a consultant to the Maine Community Action Association, which processes LIHEAP requests, said in a statement. "We are counting on the generosity of Maine people and businesses supporting Keep ME Warm and other efforts to meet that need."

John Adams of Phillips, Maine, said he and his wife Joan get by on $1,500 a month in Social Security checks. They're "hurting for fuel," Adams said, "because we can't get as much help as we got in the past." Adams, 74, said for the past three years he's applied for fuel from both LIHEAP agencies and Citizens Energy, a nonprofit that provides heating oil to seniors. He said he received 100 gallons of fuel from LIHEAP three weeks ago, and that the line's always busy lately when he calls Citizens Energy.

In the meantime, they're keeping the thermostat low to save funds.

"At night we leave it down to 50 and during the day right now we run it at 60 degrees," he said. "This is ludicrous. The wealthy can handle it. We haven't got any money. I go to the food bank. All I get is outdated cans and a lot of spaghetti. There's a rich versus poor situation in this country. It's bad."

Ronald Renaud, director of the Rhode Island Department of Administration, said the state is expecting roughly $23 million in LIHEAP funds this year, down from $31.1 million last year. "I think it's safe to say fewer households will receive a benefit this year than they did last year," Renaud said. "$390 a home and you have 30 percent less funding, there's gotta be some cuts."

Ralph Olivieri of Coventry said he's used credit cards to pay for fuel when he can't find another way. He's called churches and other charitable organizations with no luck. He said he and his wife together receive only about $1,300 a month in Social Security retirement benefits and that it costs $1,200 to $1,500 a year to heat his home, which is the same one he's lived in for the past 55 years.

"When you're living on social security you just can't afford it," he said. "I know they reduced [LIHEAP funding]. It's kind of ridiculous. ... The politicians are all screwed up anyway."

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West Virginia routs Clemson 70-33 in Orange Bowl

West Virginia's Chad Snodgrass (65) lifts wide receiver Tavon Austin (1) after Austin scored a touchdown during the first half of the Orange Bowl NCAA college football game against Clemson, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

West Virginia's Chad Snodgrass (65) lifts wide receiver Tavon Austin (1) after Austin scored a touchdown during the first half of the Orange Bowl NCAA college football game against Clemson, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen smiles as a 99-yard run by Darwin Cook is ruled a touchdown during the first half of the Orange Bowl NCAA college football game against Clemson, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith (12) runs for a first down during the first half of the Orange Bowl NCAA college football game against Clemson, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Clemson fans watch as their team falls behind West Virginia during the second half of the Orange Bowl NCAA college football game Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, in Miami . (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney gestures to quarterback Tajh Boyd during the second half of the Orange Bowl NCAA college football game against West Virginia, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

MIAMI (AP) ? The West Virginia Mountaineers were tough to slow down, and only the Orange Bowl mascot could stop Darwin Cook.

Geno Smith tied the record for any bowl game with six touchdown passes, and the No. 23-ranked Mountaineers set a bowl scoring record Wednesday night with their high-powered offense. But safety Cook made the pivotal play by returning a fumble 99 yards for a touchdown to break the game open and help beat No. 14 Clemson 70-33.

Cook collided comically with mascot Obie after scoring one of the Mountaineers' five TDs in the second quarter, including three in the final 2:29 for a 49-20 lead. It was the highest-scoring half by a team in a bowl game.

Tavon Austin tied a record for any bowl game with four touchdown catches. Smith went 31 for 42, and his 401 yards passing broke Tom Brady's Orange Bowl record. He also ran for a score, helping West Virginia break the bowl record for points established six nights earlier when Baylor beat Washington 67-56 in the Alamo Bowl.

The Mountaineers (10-3) won in their first Orange Bowl appearance and improved to 3-0 in three Bowl Championship Series games. Clemson (10-4) lost playing in its first major bowl in 30 years.

The offensive showcase was the latest in a succession this bowl season, and perhaps the last. Defense is expected to dominate in the final BCS game Monday when Louisiana State faces Alabama for the national title.

Tacklers had their hands full ? or rather, they didn't ? on a chilly night in Miami. Smith and Austin combined on scoring passes of 8, 27, 3 and 37 yards, and Shawne Alston scored on two short runs for West Virginia, which totaled 589 yards and 31 first downs. Smith was chosen the game's outstanding player.

Even when Clemson managed to corral the Mountaineers, the play wasn't always over. Andrew Buie rolled over a defender but was never downed, so he got up and ran for an additional 18 yards.

Clemson couldn't keep up, although Andre Ellington did score the game's first points on a 68-yard run. First-team All-Americans Sammy Watkins and Dwayne Allen combined for only seven catches for 87 yards.

Amid the flurry of points, it was a defender who came up with second-longest scoring play in Orange Bowl history.

Clemson was on the verge of taking the lead in the second quarter when Ellington ran up the middle and disappeared into a heap at the 1. A teammate signaled touchdown, but the ball came loose and Cook grabbed it, then took off with nothing but the end zone in front of him.

After Cook crossed the goal line, he gleefully leaped on mascot Obie, a smiling orange, and they both tumbled to the turf. Obie rose unhurt and resumed her duties, while the potential 14-point swing seemed to deflect the Tigers, who had moved the ball almost at will to that point.

Subsequent turnovers by quarterback Tajh Boyd on consecutive Clemson plays doomed the Tigers. After Smith ran 7 yards on a keeper for a 35-20 lead, Pat Miller intercepted Boyd's pass. Smith flipped a 1-yard touchdown pass to Austin and, on the next play, a call was overturned, with the replay official determining Boyd had lost a fumble.

Alston then ran for a 1-yard touchdown with 4 seconds left in the half.

Defensive woes were nothing new for the Tigers, who won their first Atlantic Coast Conference title in 20 years but gave up at least 30 points in six regular-season games.

Clemson kept pace for a while, leading 17-14 after one period. It was the highest-scoring first quarter and first half in Orange Bowl history.

West Virginia went ahead for the first time early in the second period on an 80-yard touchdown drive capped by Austin's 27-yard catch, making the score 21-17. Cook's takeaway touchdown came next, and the Mountaineers were off to the races.

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Taliban talks: Does Mullah Omar speak for his footsoldiers?

Taliban leaders have agreed to set up an office in Qatar to facilitate peace talks with the West. But it's unclear how well the Taliban communicate among themselves.

After months of setbacks in negotiations with the Taliban, news that the group has agreed to create a political office in Qatar has been heralded as a significant breakthrough. However, agreeing to an office does not solve all the problems of communicating with the shadowy insurgency.

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An office gives the international community a line of communication to the Taliban leadership.?But at this stage of the conflict, it's less clear how much control the Taliban's senior representatives ? believed to be hiding in Pakistan ? exert over the fighters on the ground in Afghanistan.?

US forces have decimated the mid-ranking commanders who moved between the groups of fighters within Afghanistan and Mullah Mohammed Omar and his inner circle across the border, keeping the communication line open.?With Taliban leadership removed from the daily fighting, its ties to those suffering heavy losses on the frontlines, may well have frayed, weakening its authority.

?A limited number of the Taliban leaders are going to Qatar, but the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan doesn?t belong to a limited number of people,? says Salih Mohammad Akhund, a Taliban fighter in Afghanistan?s volatile Helmand province. ?I think those Taliban leaders should first consult with the Taliban members who are fighting on the ground.?

As American and international forces increased their troop levels and ramped up kill and capture operations, the Taliban?s low- and mid-level fighters were particularly hard hit.

During a 90-day period this summer, former top American commander in Afghanistan Gen. David Petraeus told reporters that special forces kill and capture operations had resulted in 1,355 rank-and-file Taliban captured, 1,031 killed, and 365 middle- and high-ranking Taliban killed or captured.

While there has been some criticism that international forces have offered inflated figures, it's clear that military operations here have led to difficult losses for the Taliban.

As a result, much of the Taliban is now made up of younger fighters with limited experience who are harder for the group?s political leadership to control.

?There is some information that young members have been recruited and sometimes the new, young members are more motivated by ideology than politics,? says Mohammad Ismail Qasimyar, the head of the foreign relations department for Afghanistan?s High Peace Council. ?It would be difficult to say Mullah Omar is the leader of all the so-called Taliban.?

If the Taliban leadership in Qatar negotiates a deal, it may struggle to make all of its members adhere to the agreement.

Despite these challenges, Mullah Omar has managed to remain a cohesive figure for the organization and a deal that clearly has his backing should be good enough for most of the Taliban. However, arriving at such a truce that is widely acceptable to the entire group is likely to require considerable patience.

?I don?t know how they can convince the fighters not to fight. They always told them these are the Americans, they are kafirs, non-Muslims, this, this and this,? says Sami Yusufzai, an independent analyst in Islamabad. ?So now how can a guy who has killed a lot of people for the Taliban easily forget everything and say, ?Okay, let?s sit with the people we always believed we had to fight with.? It will take some time.?

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Pakistan, US assume less cooperation in future (AP)

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan ? In what could be the biggest change in a decade in a relationship that has been a mainstay of U.S. military and counterterrorism policy since the 9/11 terror attacks, the United States and Pakistan are lowering expectations for what the two nations will do together and planning for a period of more limited contact.

The change described by both Pakistani and U.S. officials follows a series of diplomatic crises over the past year that strained an already difficult partnership based around the U.S. goal of stability in Afghanistan and Pakistan and a reduction in Islamic-inspired terrorism.

For Pakistan, cooperation on that agenda was rewarded with billions in financial aid. The change means less cooperation with Washington and a willingness to swear off some aid that often made Pakistan feel too dependent, and too pushed around.

For the United States, scaling down an expensive military and economic program that has not met expectations could come at the cost of less Pakistani help in ending the war in next-door Afghanistan.

Both U.S. and Pakistani officials said the November killing of 24 Pakistani soldiers in a NATO airstrike and Washington's refusal to outright apologize for the deaths has been a game changer in a relationship characterized by mistrust and mutual acrimony.

In the United States, civilian and military officials have called the friendly fire incident a tragedy caused by mistakes on both sides, but insist that Pakistan fired first. Pakistan denies that, and has called the incident an unprovoked attack.

Pakistan's loudly angry reaction has, if anything, hardened attitudes in Congress and elsewhere that Islamabad is untrustworthy or ungrateful.

A senior Obama administration official conceded that the deaths made every aspect of U.S. cooperation with Pakistan more difficult, and that the distance Pakistan has imposed may continue indefinitely. The official, like most others interviewed for this story, spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of ongoing discussions.

Pakistan has already stopped billing the United States for its anti-terror war expenses under the 10-year-old Coalition Support Fund, set up by Washington after the 9/11 attacks to reimburse its many allies for their military expenses fighting terrorists worldwide and touted by the U.S. as a success story.

"From here on in we want a very formal, business- like relationship. The lines will be drawn. There will be no more of the free run of the past, no more interpretation of rules. We want it very formal with agreed upon limits," military spokesman Gen. Athar Abbas told The Associated Press in an interview in the garrison town of Rawalpindi.

Pakistan will further reduce the number of U.S. military people in Pakistan, limit military exchanges with the United States and rekindle its relationship with neighbors, such as China, which has been a more reliable ally according to Islamabad. Earlier this year Pakistan signed a deal with China for 50 JF-17 aircraft with sophisticated avionics, compared by some, who are familiar with military equipment, to the U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets.

Pakistan retaliated for the friendly fire deaths by shutting down NATO's supply routes to Afghanistan and kicked the U.S. out of an air base it used to facilitate drone attacks in Pakistan's tribal belt. Both U.S. and Pakistani officials expect more fallout, most likely in the form of additional tolls or taxes on NATO supplies into Afghanistan through Pakistan. There could also be charges for use of Pakistani airspace, said some officials in Pakistan.

Pakistan also asked the U.S. not to send any high-level visitors to Pakistan for some time, the U.S. official said. After past crises, including the flare-up of anti-U.S. fervor following the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. forces in May, Pakistan had accepted top-level U.S. officials for a public peace-making session rather quickly. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the then- top U.S. military official visited Pakistan less than a month after the bin Laden raid, and pledged continued cooperation on several fronts.

U.S. officials said they would like to mend fences quickly, but the senior administration official and others said they assume there will be less contact, fewer high-profile joint projects and fewer American government employees living and working in Pakistan.

Since 2001, the U.S. has pumped aid to the country under both Republican and Democratic administrations with the expectation that Pakistan will be a bulwark against the spread of Islamic terrorism. Anti-American sentiment has only grown, and spiked in 2011. In Pakistan, both a military dictatorship and the elected civilian government that followed it have accepted the aid and pledged cooperation against terrorism and on other fronts.

The mutual conclusion that each side can live with a more limited relationship comes at a troubling time for Washington. It has suspended drone attacks in Pakistan's tribal areas since the NATO bombings, yet the unmanned drone is considered by many who are familiar with the conflict to be one of the most effective weapons against insurgents hiding in Pakistan's tribal regions.

With the clock ticking until its combat withdrawal from Afghanistan by 2015, Washington's battlefield strategy is to break the momentum of the Taliban in order to improve its negotiating position at the table. Pakistan is seen as crucial to the success of this effort.

Washington needs Pakistani help to bring the Taliban to the table. Senior Taliban leaders live in Pakistan, and mid- and low-level fighters who target U.S. troops in Afghanistan slip across the Pakistan border to regroup and rearm.

The United States has long pressed Pakistan to flush insurgents out of tribal safe havens along the border, with minimal success. While the Pakistan army denies giving direct aid to Taliban groups, particularly the Haqqani network, it also says it won't launch an offensive to kick them out.

With more than 3,000 Pakistani soldiers killed and thousands more injured in border fights with militants as part of the anti-terror war, Abbas said the Pakistan military has grown weary of Washington's repeated calls for Pakistan to do more.

Meanwhile some U.S. politicians are calling for an aid cut off to Pakistan, arguing that the U.S. has little to show for billions sent to Pakistan over the past decade. A total aid cutoff is extremely unlikely, but Congress has already trimmed back the Obama administration's latest request and is expected to demand less generosity and more strings over the coming year.

The U.S. official said the current political standoff has made the already difficult White House argument to Congress even harder to make. That argument basically holds that because of its geographic location, prominence in the Islamic world, past willingness to hunt terrorists and its nuclear weapons, Pakistan is a partner the U.S. may not fully trust but cannot afford to lose.

Pakistani military officials said a U.S. aid cutoff would suspend delivery next year of six refitted F-16 aircraft. Currently Pakistan currently has 47 F-16s, a small percentage of a fighter wing that also includes Chinese and European-made jets.

Abbas said U.S. cash payments, made through the Coalition Support Fund, have been erratic. In the last 10 years Pakistan's army has seen only $1.8 billion of $8.6 billion in CSF funds. The rest of the money was siphoned off by the military government of Gen. Pervez Musharraf to finance subsidies and prop up his government.

Currently the U.S. is withholding another $600 million in CSF that was promised last year.

"The equipment we have been getting from America over the last five years has been almost a trickle," said former national security advisor retired Gen. Mahmud Durrani.

He complained of "second-hand helicopters that were badly refitted."

Less aid might propel Pakistan toward greater financial independence, he added.

"If the money stops we can get our act together and manage. It is not the first time that American money has dried up and maybe we need to go cold turkey. Maybe in the long term we will be saying, "Thank God this happened.'"

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Kathy Gannon is The AP Special Regional Correspondent for Pakistan and Afghanistan and can be reached at www.twitter.com/kathygannon.

Gearan reported from Washington.

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Video: Arson fires hit Hollywood area

>> in southern california tonight a growing mystery has police on alert and firefighters scrambling to solve a hollywood whodunnit. a serial arsonist is torching l.a. nbc's george lewis reports.

>> reporter: los angeles firefighters had their hands full as they responded to call after call. autos parked in carports burning, the flames spreading to surrounding buildings in many cases. mike robins went door to door to warn his neighbors.

>> within a couple minute that is carport was pretty well envelopeded.

>> reporter: investigators said the fires had been deliberately set. one firefighter was injured when he fell.

>> very dangerous fires. these can certainly lead to loss of life, injury. we're very concerned about it.

>> reporter: there were a total of 19 fires in hollywood and the neighboring city of west hollywood . some of them near famous landmarks. one of the incidents was at the former home of the late rock star jim morrison . the fire reported at about 1:20 this morning. ironically morrison who performed with the doors in the 1960s was the guy who famously sang "come on, baby, light my fire ." now arson investigators are coming through to see if they can find out who lit these fires. police arrested two men were arson on thursday. they were in jail during friday's incident.

>> when it's something manmade and someone is trying to do harm and trying to cause damage, yeah, it does hit home with us.

>> reporter: law enforcement and fire officials say it's a tense situation tonight as they wait to see if there will be another arson epidemic. george lewis , nbc news, hollywood .

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iPad 3 Won't Have January Release Date: Rundown of Apple Rumors So Far

If you're one of the people lending credence to the rumors that Apple will release the iPad 3 early, launching two versions of the tablet computer in January to take on the Kindle Fire, I have bad news: it's not gonna happen.

Sources within Apple, the company's numbers and plain common sense all contradict the newest report, which came from dodgy source DigiTimes earlier in the week.

If you're wondering when the release date for Apple's newest iPad is likely to be, however, or want to know more about its rumored specs, you're in luck: here's a rundown of everything we know about the iPad 3 so far.

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Release Date: Not Happening in January

Earlier in the week, Apple rumor-mongers went crazy when tech source DigiTimes leaked the news that two versions of the iPad 3 would be launched at the Consumer Electronics Show and MacWorld/iWorld, set for Jan. 10-13 and Jan. 26-28, 2012.

It was January 2010 when Apple first unveiled the iPad at MacWorld, once billed as "the world's ultimate fan event" for Apple lovers. But news of an early launch, already considered "a little suspect," have been dismissed by both Apple insiders and tech analysts.

"These rumors are completely false," The Loop's Jim Dalrymple said. "I checked with a number?of my sources [at Apple] today and an iPad 3 is not planned for release at Macworld... or CES." He points out that Apple withdrew from the MacWorld Expo back in 2009, and has almost never done trade-show unveilings since.

Rumors that the January release date would mean two separate models, meanwhile, have been rejected by Apple insiders as well.

But if the iPad 3 won't be released in January, then when is it likely to come out? Apple rumors put the release dat either in mid-March, the expected launch, or at an early release on Feb. 24, in honor of the late Steve Jobs' birthday.

Although Focus Taiwan, DigiTimes and others have reported the Feb. 24 release date, a recent explosion?at an Apple factory makes the March launch more likely. On Dec. 19, Reuters reported a massive explosion at Apple supplier Pegatron, which was producing iPad 3 casings. 61 workers were injured, and Chief Financial Officer Charles Lin reported that the factory wasn't likely to be up and running for a product refresh for 3-4 months.

Apple Rumors: Going into 2012

But what about the other rumors surrounding the iPad 3, especially its specs? Features like a much-improved camera and perks like a much-slashed price tag have been rampant since the start of 2011.

In anticipation of Apple's 2012 release of the iPad 3, here's what we know (and what we guess) about the tablet computer so far:

Price Range

Yet another iPad 3 rumor was that the "twin" iPads would be split into a cheaper and a more expensive version, presumably with better features on the pricier one. Both models, however, were supposed to be significantly lower in price.

But Apple rarely increases its prices?from one model to the next, beyond a short bump in numbers to take advantage of the initial buying frenzy. Based on past iPads and other Apple products, the iPad 3 will probably cost somewhere between $600-615, and while twin versions may be possible in the future, it's highly unlikely that Apple would release a cheaper version of such an anticipated product right at the release date.

Better Camera

In contrast to Apple iPhones, the iPad has never offered a good camera. In fact, the original iPad had no camera at all. Just based on good salesmanship, therefore, it's unlikely that Apple won't add a better camera to its iPad 3, at least something like the 8 MP camera that the iPhone?4 is sporting. Apple insiders have hinted as much, and with the growth of smartphones in general, tech analysts are certain that the iPad 3's camera will be something to marvel at.

Carbon Fibers and More Colors

Apple hired a carbon fiber expert?last year, fueling rumors that the iPad 3 could be encased in a lightweight carbon fiber casing.

Beyond its outsides, however, carbon fiber is capable not only making stronger yet lighter materials but of taking in and improving color. It's possible that the iPad 3 could offer a tablet with a whole new range of nuanced hues, making for a more vibrant and enjoyable viewing experience.

4G LTE Connectivity

Most of the iPads sold so far have cellular data connections, which improve speed and tech "multi-tasking," and many are hoping for a superfast 4G LTE version of the newest Apple product. LTE (Long Term Evolution) increases data downloads to broadband speeds, and rumor has it that a recent IOS update indicates that Apple is working on creating either an LTE iPhone or iPad to launch in 2012.

It seems unlikely that Apple would add 4G LTE to the iPad before it does so with its iPhone, it's not unthinkable that the iPad 3 will be faster and better able to consolidate its resources than the iPad 2. As far as a 4G LTE version, better wait until 2013.

Faster Processor

The iPad 2 already has a dual-core A5 chipset, so it's not crazy to believe rumors that the iPad 3 will sport an upgrade featuring something like a Quad-Core A6 Processor, making it that much faster and more efficient.

One crazy rumor about Apple's designs on a faster processor, however, may be too good to be true. Rumor has it the instead of running a basic IOS operating system on the iPad 3, like the kind that's been powering its predecessors and its cousin the iPhone, iPad 3 OS will be a hybrid: part IOS, part computer operating system.

The hybrid OS would make the iPad 3 less a cool gadget and more a portable tool. As cool as this rumor sounds, however, users shouldn't hold their breath: it's unlikely a hybrid OS would be introduced on a new iPad when there are so many other updates, and when the (rumored) release date is so soon.

High Resolution Display

Apple iPad 2 has been criticized for the clarity of its 1024x768 pixel screen in the past, which makes images somewhat fuzzy, while the iPhone 4 has been praised for its super-high resolution retina display, which gives great clarity to its screen.

Going simply off economic good sense then, the iPad 3 is likely to sport some serious improvements in resolution. Analyst Richard Shim at DisplaySearch claims Apple is producing 2048x1536 display panels for the iPad 3, meaning a great increase in quality for movies, TV shows and pictures on Apple's newest tablet.

Super-Fast Docking Ports

Rumors indicate that the iPad 3 could have a thunderbolt port, a smaller and superfast docking port used in Macbooks to transfer data as much as 20 times faster than USB 2.0.

This upgrade may be somewhat extravagant for an iPad 3, however, as well as the idea that the iPad 3 will run Flash or have an SD slot. As with the OS hybrid, this is something Apple users should wait on, at least for now.

I Repeat: Not Transparent and Rimless

One of the coolest (and most rampant) rumors about Apple's upcoming iPad 3 began with a viral video predicting that the new tablet would weigh 0.6 pounds, store 16GB, have great battery life and boast 3G connectivity.

The craziest part of the video, put together by the unknown "Dakota Adney," however? The assertion that the iPad 3 would be slightly transparent and completely rimless.

It may be possible that the iPad 3 will be thinner and lighter than its older brothers by as much as 20 percent (though countering rumors say its high-resolution Retina Display may actually make it thicker), but a transparent and rimless design is far too radical a departure?from Apple's very successful past with iPad tablet sales and popularity.

Beyond an issue of style, however, there is also the fact that Apple is already cramming so many features and upgrades into the iPad 3 that if even half the rumors surrounding it are true, transparency and rimless edges would be too much of a burden to bear, especially after the recent explosion at Pegatron.

For those hoping for a transparent and rimless iPad 3, save this rumor for the iPad 5 or 6.

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China rights lawyer in remote jail, brother says (AP)

BEIJING ? Chinese authorities have jailed prominent lawyer and outspoken government critic Gao Zhisheng in a remote prison in the far western Xinjiang region, his brother said Sunday.

The whereabouts of Gao, who earlier said he had been kidnapped and tortured by Chinese authorities, had been unknown for 20 months until state media reported last month he was being sent back to prison for three years for violating his probation.

The official Xinhua News Agency did not say exactly where Gao was being held in its Dec. 16 report.

His brother, Gao Zhiyi, said he finally received an official notice of the court's decision by mail on Sunday.

He said the document stated that his brother is being held in the Shaya County Prison in Xinjiang.

A telephone operator said the phone number for the Shaya prison was restricted and couldn't be released to the public. An officer with the Shaya County Public Security Bureau said he didn't know anything about Gao's case.

Gao was a galvanizing figure for the rights movement, advocating constitutional reform and arguing landmark cases to defend property rights and political and religious dissenters. Convicted in 2006 of subversion and sentenced to three years, he was released on probation before being taken away by security agents in 2009 in the first of his forced disappearances that set off an international outcry.

Gao was held incommunicado in apparent disregard of laws and regulations for all but two months of the last three years. When he emerged from the first 14-month period in April 2010, he told The Associated Press that he had been shunted between detention centers, farm houses and apartments across northern China and had been repeatedly beaten and abused.

He said he had been hooded several times, and that his captors made him sit motionless for up to 16 hours and threatened to kill him and dump his body in a river.

While he was missing, Gao's case was raised by the U.S. and European governments, drawing cryptic responses from Chinese officials.

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