Movie Review: Michael Bay Lightens Up with True Crime Comedy ...

A group of bodybuilding criminals fumble their way through mayhem in this "visual extravaganza."

Pain & Gain is rated R and runs 129 minutes. It is now playing at?Aurora Cineplex and Studio Movie Grill. For more theater information, show times and pricing, click the links above.

Here's what the critics are saying:

"This weekend, "Pain and Gain" opens nationwide, for both muscle-building juiceheads and those of us who try to make it to yoga a couple of times a week because we want to age gracefully, like Helen Mirren. The true-life story of kidnapping and murder stars Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as a pair of criminals who were part of what was known as the Sun Gym gang ?- bodybuilders whose criminal activity eventually extended into kidnapping, extortion, and murder." Drew Taylor, Moviefone. Full Review

"Memo to director Michael Bay: Stick to movies with massive pyrotechnics and minimally developed characters. Blending sharp wit and brutality is a tough proposition. Best to leave such a feat in the nimbler hands of Quentin Tarantino, the Coen brothers, Guy Ritchie and Martin McDonagh. Bay's Pain & Gain is a badly constructed, blood-spattered caper that comes unglued early on." Claudia Puig, USA TODAY. Full Review

"[Bay's] big-budget popcorn productions like Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, and the Transformers films have always strained to give audiences an excess of bang for their buck, but you never got the sense that he could tell a joke. If anything, Bay seemed like the type of guy who was incapable of figuring out whether audiences were laughing with him or at him. But with Pain & Gain, his surprising true-crime comedy, Bay has finally decided to lighten up a bit." Chris Nashawaty, EW.com. Full Review

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Samsung Galaxy S 4 drops original TecTile support, requires new TecTile 2

Don't get too attached to that collection of TecTiles if you're upgrading to a Galaxy S 4. AnandTech has discovered that Samsung's newer phone includes an NFC chipset that can't read the older TecTiles, which rely on a less common tag type to register our taps instead of the NFC Forum's standards. Customers aren't being left in a bind, however. Samsung has confirmed that it's about to release a follow-up, TecTile 2, which adheres to the official format while supporting the company's older NFC-equipped phones. The fully modernized tags will be ready sometime in the "coming weeks." That doesn't offer much immediate relief for GS3-to-GS4 upgraders whose TecTile layouts have suddenly been reduced to decorations, but those buyers should at least get the replacements they seek before long.

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Debris could be part of hijacked 9/11 jetliner, police say

A piece of wreckage from 9/11 believed to be one of the commercial jets that brought down the World Trade Center was uncovered near Ground Zero. Police have now turned the area into a crime scene. If the pieces contain human DNA, scores of victims who have never been positively identified may bring closure to many families. NBC's Stephanie Gosk reports.

By Shimon Prokupecz, NBCNewYork.com

A 5-foot-long chunk of airplane debris found near the World Trade Center site is believed to be a piece of landing gear from one of the planes that hit the towers more than 11 years ago, NBC 4 New York first reported.

Police confirmed Friday that?the part was found wedged between two buildings in a very narrow alley only about 18 inches wide between the rear of 50 Murray St. and back of 51 Park Place, the site where a mosque and community center has been proposed three blocks from ground zero.

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The part bears a "Boeing" stamp, followed by a series of numbers, as seen in an exclusive photo obtained by NBC 4 New York.?

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly visited the alley Friday evening and viewed the debris from about 30 feet away.?

"It brings back terrible memories to anyone who's here, and obviously I think the families could very well be impacted by this finding," he said.?

Kelly described the piece as being about 5 feet by 4 feet and around 17 inches high, lying in a "very, very narrow, confined area."?

"It's difficult to get in there and see," he said.?

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The narrow alley in lower Manhattan where debris that might be pieces of landing gear from one of the commercial airliners destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001 was found.

He said there was rope intertwined in part of the gear, and there were no marks on the buildings indicating the piece hit the walls on the way down.

"It would have had to fall down at a certain angle," said Kelly.

Asked whether he was surprised to see such a large plane part anchored in such a tight area, Kelly said: "If you see how confined this space is, and you realize the chaos that existed down here on this street, it's not surprising. It's very, very confined. No cleanup went on in this 18-inch space between these two buildings."?

The NYPD said the landing gear was found after surveyors hired by the property owner inspecting the rear of 51 Park Place called police on Wednesday.

Police spokesman Paul Browne said the NYPD has?secured the location "as it would a crime scene," and investigators are photographing the scene and restricting access until the medical examiner completes a health and safety evaluation.

Officials said the soil below the piece of debris could also be searched for remains.?

Police officials say the part could be difficult to remove, and may require demolition work that would destroy the two surrounding buildings. Officials are expected to be back at the scene on Monday to see if it can be removed.

"It really is a historical artifact," Kelly said.

On Sept. 11, American Airlines flight 11 hit the north tower at 8:46 a.m., and United flight 175 hit the south tower at 9:03 a.m.

The rubble from the 9/11 attack was cleared from the 16-acre site by the spring of 2002. Other debris, including human remains, has been found scattered outside the site, including on a rooftop and in a manhole, in years since.

A Boeing representative declined comment.

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The name Boeing and a serial number is visible on a piece of the debris.

This story was originally published on Fri Apr 26, 2013 4:43 PM EDT

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Wii U Virtual Console now live on the eShop

The first of Nintendo's planned Wii U firmware updates went live just yesterday, bringing a much needed speed boost to software load times. And in that short time since, Nintendo's also made its retro-gaming Virtual Console portal available to users, effectively bypassing the need to boot into the Wii emulator for access. The downside to this new, belated convenience is that users will have to re-download any previously purchased Virtual Console titles, though that additional cost is relatively low at $1.00- $1.50 for NES and SNES games, respectively. Unfortunately, you'll still have to wait a bit longer for those beloved Game Boy Advance and N64 classics to make their way to the VC, as Nintendo plans to include those games sometime "in the future." Still, with band-aid number one out of the way for the ailing console and a host of tried-and-true classics now easily accessible, Wii U owners have a little something to tide them over until that late summer Pikmin 3 launch.

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Upcycled Craft: May Day Baskets | How Does She...

For much of the northern hemisphere, May 1st? marks the return of the growing season and in my book, that?s something to celebrate!

When I was a child my mom would tell me stories about the small town in South Dakota where she grew up, and how kids would craft little May Day baskets to?give to friends.? I had been charmed by the thought of doing the same?so that?s how these little May Day baskets?came about.? They also happened to be the perfect solution for re-purposing my growing collection empty yogurt containers, which also allows me to help celebrate Earth Month (April) with a little ?reduce, re-use, recycle? goin? on!

So, if you?re a saver and re-purposer like I am, you might?enjoy this craft.? Here?s what you?ll need:

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Top Row:? Pipe cleaners.

Middle Row: Rubber bands, empty yogurt or fruit cups, cupcake liners or treat containers (I used the sturdier treat cups from Pick Your Plum because that?s what I had on hand), and glue dots.?

Bottom Row: strip of burlap, scrap fabric, or extra wide ribbon.

Let?s Begin!

Start by fitting one treat cup or a couple layers of cupcake liners to the bottom.? Use enough cupcake liners ? each layer adhered with glue dots to the cup and to each other -so you can?t see the words on the container through the liners.? If you use a treat cup, they?re already thick and opaque so you only need one.? Next, place a rubber band near the top, just under the lip of the container.

Thread a pipe cleaner under the rubber band and make a little hook with the end (leaving approx. 2 inches to fold back parallel with the longer piece.)

Twist the shorter piece tightly around the longer piece.? Do the same on the opposite side.

?Now cover the rubber band by wrapping a wide strip of burlap, scrap fabric, or ribbon around it.? Secure to container with glue dots.

Finally, embellish with anything you have on hand to make it extra cute!? I happened to have some antique scrap-booking brads and plenty of ribbon.

Now?you?re ready to?fill the baskets with fresh flowers or lollipop ?flowers?.? For lollipop flowers, just cut some leaves out of construction paper, scrapbook paper, or craft foam, and adhere to the wrapper or stick.

Next, ?plant? them into the container filled with dried black beans for dirt.

Add a note if you like?

And you?re ready for delivery!

My daughter couldn?t keep her nose out of these; she?s so eager to give them to friends.

These would also make cute mini Easter baskets or could be used as a?take-home treat container for a girls birthday party?.

Do you save things and try to find ways to re-purpose them?? If so, I hope you?ll give this craft a try!

Enjoy,

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Electrolux pins hopes on U.S. as Europe stagnates

By Patrick Lannin and Veronica Ek

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Household appliance maker Electrolux said it hoped a recovering North American market would drive growth this year as Europe is stuck in the doldrums.

Sweden's Electrolux and bigger U.S. rival Whirlpool have cut costs and increased their exposure to faster-growing emerging markets to offset slowing growth in Europe and North America.

But U.S. demand has been picking up and Whirlpool has a relative advantage in being more exposed to the world's biggest economy, which accounts for half of its sales versus 30 percent for Electrolux.

Whirlpool reported higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday and stood by its earnings guidance for 2013.

For Electrolux Chief Executive Keith McLoughlin, born in New York and a veteran of the U.S. industry, the main headache is Europe, where consumer caution has spread from southern states to hitherto strong markets such as Germany and Sweden.

The company now expects waning demand for appliances in the region this year, but growth of 3 to 5 percent in North America.

"We see improvements in the (U.S.) housing market... people trading up a little bit more," McLoughlin told Reuters.

He saw no improvement in Europe in the first half of 2013.

"We're hopeful that we will start to see something more positive in the second half, but we're not changing our outlook for the year for Europe," he said in a telephone interview.

Electrolux makes machines ranging from espresso coffee makers to cookers and owns brands including Frigidaire, AEG and Zanussi.

It reported core first-quarter operating profit, stripping out one-off items, of 720 million crowns ($108.60 million), down from 907 million in the same period of 2012 and below the mean forecast of 873 million in a Reuters poll.

That included a 96 percent slump in earnings from major appliances in Europe, Middle East and Africa to just 11 million crowns from 271 million, but a rise in North American appliance earnings to 457 million crowns from 131 million.

Investors focussed on Electrolux's North American outlook and its stock was up 3.6 percent by 1008 GMT at 175.6 crowns.

CURRENCY WOES

Electrolux's guidance was similar to Whirlpool's, although Whirlpool expected a flat rather than a declining European market and saw North America up 2 to 3 percent.

Some analysts remained cautious.

"Whilst Electrolux is a well-run company geared into a consumer/housing market recovery, we view the appliance industry as the worst end-market in our coverage and in our view Electrolux's valuation remains prohibitive," said Espirito Santo in a research note.

According to Thomson Starmine data, Electrolux is valued at 12.3 times forward 12-month earnings, higher than Whirlpool's 11.9 times earnings.

Both stocks rose in 2012 on hopes of a market recovery, but Whirlpool's gain was far greater. Since the start of 2012, Whirlpool has now gained 151 percent and Electrolux 60 percent.

Electrolux's first-quarter earnings were also hit by adverse currency movements. It blamed a strengthening of the U.S. dollar against the Brazilian real, a dollar rise versus several European currencies and a weakening of the British pound.

($1 = 6.6300 Swedish crowns)

(Editing by Alistair Scrutton and Tom Pfeiffer)

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Syrian refugees denied health care due cash crunch: UNHCR

By Stephanie Nebehay

GENEVA (Reuters) - Doctors at Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon and Jordan are having to decide between treating acute cancer patients and helping deliver babies due to severe shortages of cash, the United Nations said on Friday.

More than 1.4 million Syrian refugees have now fled their shattered homeland for neighboring countries whose health care systems are straining to meet the needs of their populations, in some cases suddenly swollen by 20 percent, it said.

But an appeal by U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees for $1 billion through mid-year is only 55 percent covered. This has meant that some of the costly medical care for chronic diseases is being denied, although emergency cases are treated, it said.

"We will prioritize paying for a woman's delivery instead of paying for treatment of a cancer patient with a poor prognosis. That is bad, but we have to do it. These are hard decisions," Dr. Paul Spiegel, UNHCR's chief medical expert, told Reuters.

Acute respiratory infections and diarrhea are the most common ailments among Syrian refugees, three-quarters of whom are women and children, the UNHCR said in its first report based on medical consultations in Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon. No data was available from Turkey, it said.

Some refugees require treatment for hepatitis A infections, others for skin lesions due to leishmaniasis, it said.

Both diseases have broken out in Syria, whose health system and drug industry have collapsed due to the conflict between Syrian government forces and rebels, now in its third year.

"NOT THE HEALTHIEST POPULATION"

But many of the refugees are elderly, suffering from chronic diseases such as diabetes, lung disease, cancers or cardiovascular disease, who received free treatment under their country's socialized medical system, it said.

Spiegel, referring to treatment for diabetes, told a news briefing: "With renal dialysis you don't pay for a month and then stop, you pay forever.

"And then very hard decisions are made, and many are not funded, and therefore they either have to find other funding and in some cases, yes these patients may die."

Syrians are used to high-quality medical service, more comparable to that in Europe than in Africa, Spiegel said.

"This is not the healthiest population, there is smoking, a fair bit of obesity and not much exercise," he added.

In Iraq and Jordan, refugees have access to free health care at all levels.

But an "elective care committee" meets each month in Jordan to discuss refugee patients whose treatment exceeds a fixed financial ceiling, UNHCR said. In the first three months of the year, 158 Syrians were reviewed, with treatment approved for cardio cases, prenatal cases and acute renal failure, it said.

In Lebanon, which has a largely privatized health care system and cost sharing is the norm, refugees must pay for referrals to experts for specialized care. An elective care committee held its first meeting in late March to review cases.

Iraq is studying whether to set up such reviews, it said.

"People are spending more out of their pocket. Refugees are coming from a system where they are not used to paying. The longer they stay, the less they have," Spiegel said.

Antonio Guterres, U.N. refugee chief, warned in mid-March that the number of refugees outside Syria could triple by the end of the year from 1 million at that time.

"The challenges of providing access to affordable and quality health care for Syrian refugees will only increase in the months to come," the UNHCR said in its report on Friday.

(Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Michael Roddy)

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