American Idol Auditions: Homeless Man, Hollywood Anderson, Stuns Judges With Original Song

<div><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihveaAPf8Il8_7fBTeTgyENFdvGxnEf2QmN88tDA4rA-eeDo5NvmI5Kpiea-DLc1XmRZyxZDU4lqOvvJzkKoG3Erm1P_nE6VXxX5ehuyAcAvAUAWujcSFu4EkM3utnTlx67IUkbKWMJcmA/s1600/hollywood+anderson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihveaAPf8Il8_7fBTeTgyENFdvGxnEf2QmN88tDA4rA-eeDo5NvmI5Kpiea-DLc1XmRZyxZDU4lqOvvJzkKoG3Erm1P_nE6VXxX5ehuyAcAvAUAWujcSFu4EkM3utnTlx67IUkbKWMJcmA/s1600/hollywood+anderson.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;">Hollywood Anderson, a formerly homeless New York City subway busker, completely stunned judges</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"> when he sang his original </span><span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD11" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; border-bottom-color: rgb(27 , 142 , 222); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(27 , 142 , 222); cursor: pointer; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px; position: static; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">song</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;">, “My Best Friend,” during Thursday night’s New York auditions.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;">Guess who's going to Hollywood.....</span><br /> <br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dG-n3PXg3ZE" width="480"></iframe></div>

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Hollywood Anderson, a formerly homeless New York City subway busker, completely stunned judges when he sang his original song, “My Best Friend,”...

President Obama tax increases on the wealthy

<div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1" style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfoF1NvFOZVqxUZewOYyc73whyADTciU7DNor5hs_MitIrWuwff9t2V12k1x7_zTYlv9_Aq6VUDtU8C4bOysLSHjT24It04Dvwpmuw4mNAatvxo4uhe4Kga9WpgOjR4nUGYXIElfP0IR0u/s1600/10919057_10152631349978947_9055103842347635527_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfoF1NvFOZVqxUZewOYyc73whyADTciU7DNor5hs_MitIrWuwff9t2V12k1x7_zTYlv9_Aq6VUDtU8C4bOysLSHjT24It04Dvwpmuw4mNAatvxo4uhe4Kga9WpgOjR4nUGYXIElfP0IR0u/s1600/10919057_10152631349978947_9055103842347635527_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1" style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"> <br /></div> <div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1" style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"> <br /></div> <div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1" style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"> President Obama is to use Tuesday's State of the Union speech to call for tax increases on the wealthy to help the middle class, officials say.</div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"> The proposals would raise $320 billion (£211 billion) over a decade, to fund benefits such as tax credits.</div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"> The speech is the centrepiece of the US political diary and may shape both Mr Obama's legacy and the 2016 election.</div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"> But the president faces resistance to his proposals, with Republicans controlling both Houses of Congress.</div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"> With the US economy growing, President Obama will stress that it is time for ordinary US families to feel the benefits.</div> </div>

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President Obama is to use Tuesday's State of the Union speech to call for tax increases on the wealthy to help the middle class, officials say. The...

King Leopold, Mass Murderer

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Tosh.O Production Asst. Killed By LA Cops

<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_GhFIkRo2cQtLnXcpy_oYq-7UcLAnbIwOD2HaW8eIIhI9gQQ4a_J5gLfizZrl0OgrS8xweSGYbNAzoLidscLtmyNtHt_KuREsmqLRrR7KX5L-xSObzBUkh9fTjTZpBc1V_PvapGs1jQ1V/s1600/rzhovhtwnhntwzawpek7.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_GhFIkRo2cQtLnXcpy_oYq-7UcLAnbIwOD2HaW8eIIhI9gQQ4a_J5gLfizZrl0OgrS8xweSGYbNAzoLidscLtmyNtHt_KuREsmqLRrR7KX5L-xSObzBUkh9fTjTZpBc1V_PvapGs1jQ1V/s400/rzhovhtwnhntwzawpek7.png" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> According to the Los Angeles Times, John Winkler went to a neighbor's apartment Monday night to try to help three people who were being held captive at knife point. Responding police shot Winkler when he ran from the apartment after helping one of the victims. He died at a hospital in California.<br /> <br /> "We only had the privilege of working with him for a short while and extend heartfelt sympathy to his family and friends during this tragic time,” the statement said.<br /> <br /> Winkler had just moved to L.A. six months ago to pursue a career as a producer. John Winkler grew up in the state of Washington and served as a temporary production assistant for the Daniel Tosh-hosted series. <br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4uaFtigu9C31lfAOtN_12fl6NQQ1dZjgU504kar5DrTtvnxGkagzdhGoOLnEQ4oKuFZ2bokgDQV46nscWgVRunavJViQDmkUJ1JRxR-U7gub1y4v8eydQXZVkIRB822Agbqv4tGHet1tE/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4uaFtigu9C31lfAOtN_12fl6NQQ1dZjgU504kar5DrTtvnxGkagzdhGoOLnEQ4oKuFZ2bokgDQV46nscWgVRunavJViQDmkUJ1JRxR-U7gub1y4v8eydQXZVkIRB822Agbqv4tGHet1tE/s320/images.jpg" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> From the Sheriff Department's statement:<br /> <br /> As deputies continued attempts to contact the people in the apartment, the apartment door suddenly opened and a male victim came rushing out. He was covered in blood and bleeding profusely from the neck. Simultaneously, Victim Winkler ran out of the door, lunging at the back of the fleeing victim. Both ran directly at the deputies. <br /> <br /> Winkler was similar to the description of the suspect and was wearing a black shirt. Believing Winkler was the assailant and the assault was ongoing and he would attack the entry team; three deputies fired their duty weapons at him.<br /> Winkler was shot once and died later that night at a local hospital.<br /> <br /> “Comedy Central and ‘Tosh.0’ extend their condolences to the family of John Winkler," a statement released Friday by Comedy Central read. <br /> <br /> "We only had the privilege of working with him for a short while and extend heartfelt sympathy to his family and friends during this tragic time,” the statement said.<br /> <br /> The suspect was eventually arrested and charged with one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder, and one count of torture. 27-year-old Alexander McDonald, is now in police custody and will be there for a long time.</div>

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According to the Los Angeles Times, John Winkler went to a neighbor's apartment Monday night to try to help three people who were being held captive...

A Tax Tip That May Help

<div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgys425RAYp2cXyBjNLXMNkEj56JFfdfXjr6XtB1w4swwHkmJtJerqTakSChM7l0QvKquS6KFLzw9QdN8HuvOQ_erUUJz1S2x4BN2zls452b1MES5ktR-Pgd2XMgA_m6WeIZniRrQctIShn/s1600/irs11-mym.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgys425RAYp2cXyBjNLXMNkEj56JFfdfXjr6XtB1w4swwHkmJtJerqTakSChM7l0QvKquS6KFLzw9QdN8HuvOQ_erUUJz1S2x4BN2zls452b1MES5ktR-Pgd2XMgA_m6WeIZniRrQctIShn/s400/irs11-mym.jpg" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> The countdown is on! Only a few days left until April 15, the deadline for filing individual income tax returns, which includes Schedule C for sole proprietors. If your business is incorporated or an LLC electing corporate tax treatment, your due date was March 15. If your corporation filed an extension the due date is now September 15. Sole proprietors filing an extension face a due date of October 15.<br /> <br /> Bear in mind that regardless of what type of entity your business is established under, an extension to file tax returns is not an extension of time to pay. Therefore, if you anticipate a tax liability, it is important that you remit payment with the extension form.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZBt1f0pdaJ172T9fXg0t_6__pY_SbHytbLzCZhiI-rjqj97BdCblFXZNsOSf02OT18JB5U_dtJbZ-iLXf4thhmwP09_QxLDzm2IrYxhjwzzwj0dtPmkm8KbgFktis4ZmDoWOtbhMwt2Aj/s1600/AGI+TY2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZBt1f0pdaJ172T9fXg0t_6__pY_SbHytbLzCZhiI-rjqj97BdCblFXZNsOSf02OT18JB5U_dtJbZ-iLXf4thhmwP09_QxLDzm2IrYxhjwzzwj0dtPmkm8KbgFktis4ZmDoWOtbhMwt2Aj/s400/AGI+TY2010.jpg" /></a></div> <br /> Depending upon the state in which your corporation does business, a minimum estimated tax payment for the current year is also likely due on April 15. Check with your tax pro or your state taxing agency to determine if this is a requirement and to find out how much to pay.<br /> <br /> Sole proprietors and partners in a partnership must pay the first installment of federal and state (if applicable) 2014 estimated tax payments on April 15 as well.<br /> <br /> But what if you don’t have enough cash on hand to do both?<br /> <br /> If you are unable to meet your 2013 liability and make the first installment of the 2014 estimated, I encourage you to give the 2013 liability priority. The penalties are not as harsh for failure to prepay a current estimated payment as they are for failure to pay the prior year liability. You have the remainder of the year to catch up.<br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSlMjaUapKnGnhiZMEuthJXGPj8vx6Sb3-HPJYv754RVTfu8t5swQFdKG-KDwaClEudrLDcqRs5gtlqEjT4opQnE748iJ5vtUF6FMMJZxMZjN4re1IDM9c6QRMTKAyk8flh2TCqp1BQkqU/s1600/irs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSlMjaUapKnGnhiZMEuthJXGPj8vx6Sb3-HPJYv754RVTfu8t5swQFdKG-KDwaClEudrLDcqRs5gtlqEjT4opQnE748iJ5vtUF6FMMJZxMZjN4re1IDM9c6QRMTKAyk8flh2TCqp1BQkqU/s400/irs.jpg" /></a></div> <br /></div>

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The countdown is on! Only a few days left until April 15, the deadline for filing individual income tax returns, which includes Schedule C for sole...

Stimulus Not a Big Deal Anymore

<div>Morgan Stanley interest rate strategist Matthew Hornbach is tired of the incessant chattering about "the taper" (the moment when the Fed starts to reduce the pace of monthly asset purchases). Whether it happens in December, January, or March is not that big of a deal anymore. Everyone knows it's coming and the ultimate impact of the timing at this point isn't a big deal. So what should you be talking about: Everything else the Fed does while it tapers. What other language tools will it use in conjunction with a slowing rate of asset purchases? His note is several pages long, but here's the key conclusion (which we explain in more detail below): Investors should stop talking about tapering and start talking about potential changes to the rate guidance framework. In our view, the exact timing of tapering should be a secondary concern. What matters is whether the Fed combines tapering with a reduction in the Unemployment Rate Threshold or an introduction in a new inflation floor. The thresholds are all about credibility, so the Fed must understand how each option will impact the market's perception of its commitments to remain on hold. Our economist's base case is that the Fed pairs a modest tapering with a 50bp cut in the URT. In our view, the risk to that base case is a more aggressive 100bp cut paired with a larger taper. <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbTGacF_ExThyphenhyphenHkloqsdmJ7nW1k7D4aoj_8M5yOkgsCyazaHI2SuDrHXZZpytBWmezUaHTYH48r021LxT5HmPh-SdKpor_Uqs1hkJnt6epjKOfXJ53-5U7bUmJ6zinAs-ICtWTz2zM5z8h/s1600/454795971.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbTGacF_ExThyphenhyphenHkloqsdmJ7nW1k7D4aoj_8M5yOkgsCyazaHI2SuDrHXZZpytBWmezUaHTYH48r021LxT5HmPh-SdKpor_Uqs1hkJnt6epjKOfXJ53-5U7bUmJ6zinAs-ICtWTz2zM5z8h/s400/454795971.jpg" /></a></div> </div>

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Shoe Thrown at Hillary Clinton

<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRInp3weUYPillbZ1uvrMWxitwnKhzJ3tAbfhy8p8og6AD5Pk2_rz3n_D9-6JxM63JAv8a56ZLhe7Pih3Kpv82mlZYblDOyWbwilI6ubRlOd-5nGrfP3hZH8XsfDNSXO9e1BtjBVJTqio0/s1600/hillary-clinton-52.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRInp3weUYPillbZ1uvrMWxitwnKhzJ3tAbfhy8p8og6AD5Pk2_rz3n_D9-6JxM63JAv8a56ZLhe7Pih3Kpv82mlZYblDOyWbwilI6ubRlOd-5nGrfP3hZH8XsfDNSXO9e1BtjBVJTqio0/s400/hillary-clinton-52.jpg" /></a></div> Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had a shoe thrown at her on stage while giving a speech at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, KTNV-TV reports. She was able to dodge the object, which she thought might have been a bat, but witnesses described it as a shoe wrapped in paper. The stationed reported the object had been thrown by a woman in a cocktail dress, who was escorted out afterward. "Is that someone throwing something at me? Is that a part of Cirque du Soleil? My goodness, I didn't know solid waste management was so controversial," Clinton joked, before finishing her speech. The shoe-throwing incident brings to mind what happened to former President George W. Bush at a 2008 joint press conference in Iraq, where he dodged shoes thrown by an Iraqi journalist. His shoe-dodging record, however, now stands at two. </div>

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had a shoe thrown at her on stage while giving a speech at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas,...