Brett Archibald expected to spend his vacation surfing off the coast of Indonesia. Instead, the surfer spent 27 hours lost at sea without a life jacket.

According to the Daily Mail, Archibald, 50, was on a boat with about 10 other passengers in the Mentawai Strait. The boat ended up running into rough waters and Archibald got sea sick over the side of the boat.

The 50-year-old surfer said that he passed out and when he woke up he was in the water watching the boat fade in the distance. The other passengers didn’t realize that Archibald was missing until breakfast the following morning.

Colin Chu, who was on the boat that rescued Archibald, told the Canberra Times: ”He said he’d been seasick the night before and vomited so much he blacked out and fell overboard from his boat, the Nagalout. He said he woke up in the water and saw his boat sailing into the distance.”

The surfer spent 27 hours lost at sea battling waves, jellyfish stings, pecking seagulls, and curious fish until he was found. Archibald had drifted about 11 miles from where he had fallen off the boat by the time he was rescued.

A message on the “Searching For Brett Archibald” Facebook page, reads: “WE Found Him! We Found him! … and he’s Alive!! … A boat named the Baren Joey had picked up Brett Archibald out of the deep blue open expanse of Ocean when they spotted Brett holding onto a log and drifting slowly towards shore …”

Archibald was taken to a hospital Panang, West Sumatra to receive medical treatment but once he’s realized he plans on continuing his surfing trip. Archibald joked that he didn’t “fly all that way to tread water for 27 hours.”

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Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was caught trying to bite Chelsea defenseman Branislav Ivanovic in a 2-2 draw on Sunday. This is the second incident in which Suarez has been caught biting an opponent on the pitch and he will surely face a long ban that will keep him out for the rest of the season.

In 2010, the Uruguayan star was caught biting Otman Bakkal in a Dutch match and was suspended seven games. The 26-year-old has yet to learn his lesson and was at it again on Sunday in the heat of a match with Chelsea.

Chelsea jumped out to an early lead when Oscar headed in a corner in the 26th minute which held up through the first half. Daniel Sturridge evened the score in the 52nd minute after knocking in a cross to get Liverpool back in the match.

Suarez’s downfall began in the 59th when he was called for a handball in the box that gave Chelsea a penalty kick. Eden Hazard converted with ease as Chelsea regained their lead at 2-1.

Frustration began to set in for Suarez and it all came out inside the 74th minute.  Suarez clashed with Ivanovic inside the penalty area and took a bite at his right arm in front of an official.

The referee didn’t see the attack and Ivanovic pleaded with him before play was resumed. Here’s video of Suarez’s bite if you missed it:

Suarez was not kicked out of the match and went on to score the equalizer in stoppage time with a header. His 30th of the season kept Chelsea from walking away with three points though the focus remained on the biting incident.

The English Premier League’s top goal scorer took to Twitter after the match and apologized to both Ivanovic and his fans.

I’m sad for what happened this afternoon, I apologize Ivanovic and all football world for my inexcusable behaviour. I’m so sorry about it!!

— Luis Suarez (@luis16suarez) April 21, 2013

There’s no telling how long Suarez’s ban will be and the league will surely review the video and make a decision within the next few days. The suspension will more than likely be longer than his first seven game ban in 2010 while Liverpool has just four matches left.

Liverpool is currently in seventh place in the Premier League standings while Chelsea is one-point back of Arsenal for fourth-place after the draw on Sunday.

Should Luis Suarez face a long-term ban for his brutal bite? Is the striker’s future with Liverpool now in jeopardy after the incident?

[Image via Creative Commons]

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A circus tiger briefly escaped its cage at the Isis Shrine Circus this weekend. But don’t worry: The tiger was found in the bathroom by an unsuspecting woman.

Jenna Krehbiel said that she got up from her seat shortly after the tiger’s performance at the Isis Shrine Circus to use the bathroom. She was unaware that the bathroom was already occupied.

Krehbiel said: “I didn’t know it was in the bathroom, and I walked in the (open) door, which closed right after I had walked in. I saw the tiger; it was at most two feet in front of me, and I turned around calmly and walked back toward the door … It was the closest I have ever been to a tiger not in a cage. You don’t expect to go in a bathroom door, have it shut behind you and see a tiger walking toward you.”

According to the Salina Journal, the tiger weighed about 250 pounds.

Chris Bird, the manager at the Bicentennial Center, said that the tiger escaped shortly after a performance. Circus workers created a barricade after the animal founds its way into the woman’s bathroom. Kriehbel went into the bathroom around the same time at the opposite entrance.

Bird said: “Once she saw the tiger, I’m sure she knew to go the other way … Overall, it was a scary, surreal moment. I am glad no one was hurt or injured.”

It may have been a scary moment for Krehbiel, but the Kansas woman said that not everyone was too concerned about her safety. Her daughter, for one, only wanted to know if the tiger had washed its hands.

Krehbiel said: “My daughter wanted to know if it had washed its hands … That was her only concern. I think that shows the thoughts of children and that they wouldn’t have known there was danger.”

A video of the incident is not available but here’s a recreation of the scene from The Hangover.

Circus workers were able to get the tiger back to its enclosure shortly after it was found in the bathroom.

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An associate of Yankees slugger Robinson Cano has been listed as a client of Biogenesis, the south Florida company accused of supplying professional athletes with performance-enhancing drugs.

Sonia Cruz, who is a spokeswoman for Cano’s foundation, was found on a list of Biogenesis clients but denies that either she or Cano received anything. Major League Baseball is still said to be investigating Cano’s connection to the clinic.

“I met with a nurse who works for the clinic, but I met her outside the clinic just to talk to her about a diet program they have for women,” Cruz told ESPN. “I never went through with it once she explained what it was. I thought it was just a diet/nutritional thing, but it was diet, nutrition, pills and stuff.”

Evidence seems to be building that Robinson Cano could be connected in some way to the PED scandal. Along with his spokeswoman, Cano’s friends Melky Cabrera and Alex Rodriguez have been named on the list of the clinic’s clients.

Major League Baseball has dedicated several investigators to the Florida clinic, attempting to determine whether any players used performance-enhancing drugs provided by Bosch. The investigation could lead to suspensions.

Baseball officials have already suspended minor leaguer Cesar Carrillo for 100 games for his connection to Biogenesis, CBS Sports reported.

Many more professional athletes have been implicated in the scandal. From the Miami New Times, which broke the story:

“Then check out the main column, where their real names flash like an all-star roster of professional athletes with Miami ties: San Francisco Giants outfielder Melky Cabrera, Oakland A’s hurler Bartolo Colón, pro tennis player Wayne Odesnik, budding Cuban superstar boxer Yuriorkis Gamboa, and Texas Rangers slugger Nelson Cruz. There’s even the New York Yankees’ $275 million man himself, Alex Rodriguez, who has sworn he stopped juicing a decade ago.”

Robinson Cano continues to deny taking performance-enhancing drugs and said he has never been connected to Biogenesis.

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Solihull, UK – There might soon be a demand to send doctors across the pond to medical school a bit longer than usual after one man’s “sizable, aggressive” tumor ended up being a pea that went down thew wrong chute.

Roger Lintern, 56, is angry over the misdiagnosis of his 85-year-old father William. The elder Lintern was diagnosed with cancer after a lump was spotted in one of his lungs. Doctors began treating him for the disease, but it was too late. According to Roger, William had already “lost the will to live” over the diagnosis.

The tragic part? William’s “sizable, aggressive” tumor was just a humble pea. The really tragic part? William actually died of pneumonia during his treatment.

The Lintern family are naturally upset and believe that William would still be alive today if he hadn’t been misdiagnosed.

“I am certain he would have been alive today had they found out he had the virus much earlier and treated him correctly in the first place,” said Roger.

“When my dad was told he had cancer, he lost the will to live. His body started to pack up and he was convinced he wouldn’t survive. But all along, it was just a pea stuck in his right lung.”

Lintern complained of difficulty breathing and other symptoms of pneumonia, but, since he was a two-time cancer survivor, that’s what doctors looked for. Since his previous check-up two months prior came back clean, the pea was determined to be an aggressive tumor, and Lintern was treated for cancer.

His condition deteriorated, and doctors instead began treating him for pneumonia while performing a bronchoscopy, which would actually determine whether or not he had cancer.

It came back negative. Doctors finally determined that it was a pea instead of a tumor, but it was too late. Lintern died a few days later on his birthday.

Roger Lintern placed a formal complaint with the hospital and is considering legal action. The hospital did not immediately respond to Lintern’s complaint but issued the following statement:

“We are extremely sorry that there has been a delay in responding to Mr Lintern’s complaint. This is unacceptable and is not the high standard that we aim for when responding to concerns raised by patients and their families. We will be investigating the delay further and will directly contact Mr Lintern to address this matter.

“The safety and care of all our patients is a priority for our doctors and nurses and if there is a case where we have not delivered the best care possible, we will always investigate into why and how we can do things better. We would like to send our sincerest condolences to the Lintern family at this sad time.”

What do you think? Should Roger Lintern sue the hospital over their pea misdiagnosis?

[Image via: Renee Comet, National Cancer Institute]

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The New York City smoking legal age may be raised to age 21 if the NYC Council has its way.

As previously reported by The Inquisitr, things have not been getting easier for smokers lately. The Obama cigarettes tax under the Obama budget plan for 2014 would increase the cost 94 cents per pack. Studies have shown that hookah smoking is not a healthy alternative to cigarettes.

New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn says the New York City smoking legal age needs to be moved from 18 to 21 in order to save lives:

“By one estimate, raising the smoking age to 21 could reduce the rate among 18 to 20 year olds by 55 percent, that will literally save lives. With this legislation, we’ll be targeting the age group at which the overwhelming majority of smokers start”

It’s not yet clear whether the NYC smoking age bill would make it illegal for anyone under 21 to hold cigarettes on their person. It would still also be illegal to ask older person to purchase cigarettes for someone deemed underage for smoking by the law.

Health Committee Chairman George Cardenas said Chicago is likely to follow the New York City smoking legal age laws:

“That’s something worth exploring because more kids are smoking now. Why are so many more kids picking up smoking when it’s so expensive [because of a steady stream of sin tax hikes]? I’m not sure. But, they’re doing it. We’ve got to look at ways [to get them to stop.]”

Cardenas has also previously proposed that people under age 21 be prohibited from purchasing energy drinks in Chicago.

Do you agree with the New York City smoking legal age proposal for age 21?

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Nike has pulled T-shirts featuring the words “Boston Massacre” after the marathon bombing last week.

The company designed the shirts for New York Yankees fans to celebrate the series sweeps of the Red Sox in 1978 and 2006 that ended Boston’s chance at the playoffs. The slogan was a play on the 1770 attack by British soldiers on Boston civilians.

Since the term “Boston Massacre” has a completely different meaning following the Boston Marathon bombing last week, Nike has decided to pull the T-shirts from circulation. Many people have understandably found the tops to be offensive in the wake of the tragedy.

In addition to featuring the words “Boston Massacre,” the lettering has blood spatter across the design.

Late Night with David Letterman producer Eric Stangel spotted the shirts in a Nike Outlet store over the weekend. When he asked an employee why they were selling the T-shirts, the staffer said they kept finding their way back to the racks despite efforts to remove them from the store.

The company said in a statement that it worked fast to remove the product from shelves. Nike added that the shirts were mainly available at its outlet stores.

“We conducted this process as quickly as possible and are confident the product has been removed from distribution,” company spokeswoman Mary Remuzzi said in an official statement.

Unfortunately for Nike, this isn’t the first time the company has been forced to do some damage control in the wake of a tragedy. Advertisements featuring Oscar Pistorius with the slogan “I am the bullet in the gun” were yanked after the Olympic runner was charged with murder.

Nike says it has now pulled all “Boston Massacre” T-shirts out of its outlet stores twitpic.com/cl1o1n

— darren rovell (@darrenrovell) April 22, 2013

Saw this @ Nike Outlet. Told them they shouldn’t be selling it. They said “We’ve been taking them down. (Continued) twitter.com/EricStangel/st…

— Eric Stangel (@EricStangel) April 20, 2013

What do you think about the “Boston Massacre” shirts Nike was selling?

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Cleanup at the Fukushima nuclear plant could take more than 40 years, according to a UN nuclear watchdog. The plant, which was badly damaged during the 2011 Japan earthquake and resulting tsunami, is in the process of being decommissioned.

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team, Juan Carlos Lentijo, added that the plant’s operator should improve the facility’s stability in the meantime.

Lentijo also stated on Monday that damage at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant is so complex that it is nearly impossible to say how long it may take to clean up. The government, as well as plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co., have predicted that cleanup of the crippled plant could take up to 40 years.

The reactors at the Fukushima plant  must be kept cool, and the plant must stay safe and stable while while workers decommission it. But they still have to develop technology and equipment that will be able to operate under the fatally high radiation levels currently inside the plant.

The equipment will have to remove the melted fuel caused when the plant’s reactors went into meltdown following the tsunami. The massive wave knocked out power to the plant’s cooling systems. Lentijo added, “You have to adopt a very cautious position to ensure that you always are working on the safe side.”

But the plant’s current power, from makeshift equipment set up to stop the original meltdown, suffers frequent glitches. The plant suffered almost a dozen problems in the past few weeks ranging from power outages to leaks of highly radioactive water from underground water pools.

The problems have caused concern for the IAEA and others on whether the plant can stay stable through the whole decommissioning process. Lentijo, who is an expert on nuclear fuel cycles and waste technology, expects more problems to come at Fukushima. He stated:

“It is expectable in such a complex site, additional incidence will occur as it happened in the nuclear plants under normal operations. It is important to have a very good capability to identify as promptly as possible failures and to establish compensatory measures.”

The 13-member IAEA mission plans to release a report on the Fukushima nuclear plant next month.

[Image via kawamoto takuo]

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Musician Huey Lewis was the victim of car theft earlier this year, according to officials from the California Highway Patrol. The woman accused of swiping the singer’s rental car from a hotel parking lot has agreed to a plea deal in the case and is scheduled to be sentenced next month.

Huey Lewis was staying at the Holiday Inn Express in Mill Valley, California when the rental car theft occurred. He explained to police that he left the car idling in the parking lot as he briefly dashed inside the hotel to grab a receipt. Although the singer quickly returned, the 2012 Toyota Corolla had vanished.

The 62-year-old musician and actor — best known as the lead singer of the band Huey Lewis and the News — also reported that several personal items, including a laptop, were inside the car when the theft occurred.

While an initial investigation failed to uncover any suspects in the case, the California Highway Patrol received a tip four days later that led them to 31-year-old Katherine Bowyer Gallagher.

Witnesses reported seeing Gallager, known as a local transient, near the Holiday Inn Express at the time the car theft occurred.

Officers looking into the report were exiting the hotel premises when they spotted the suspected car thief behind the wheel of the stolen vehicle.

Gallagher was immediately stopped, identified, and booked on suspicion of vehicle theft and possession of stolen property.

After being busted for swiping Huey Lewis’ rental vehicle and personal belongings, Gallagher reportedly entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors. As part of her deal, the district attorney’s office agreed to dismiss the car theft charge.

Instead, the woman pleaded guilty to possession of stolen property in exchange for a sentence of 50 days behind bars. Although she is set to receive formal sentencing in the case next month, Gallagher has reportedly racked up enough jail credits to effectively remain free after sentencing is handed down by the courts.

According to the terms of her agreement with prosecutors, once she satisfactorily pays restitution for the theft of Huey Lewis’ rental car and personal belongings, Gallagher’s conviction can be reduced to a mere misdemeanor. The singer, meanwhile, has not commented on the unfortunate incident.

[Top image via s_bukley / Shutterstock.com]

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West Virginia lawmakers have passed a bill requiring all of the state’s public schools to provide school lunches to each classroom.

Mason County, West Virginia started the trend. In this southwestern county, which borders Ohio, entire classrooms walk to the cafeteria to eat breakfast together, not drastically unlike eating lunch.

“They do it as a classroom and they’re eating with their buddies, and it makes it more of like a family atmosphere,” Cristi Rulen, the food service director for Mason County’s 10 schools, told the Associated Press. “Our discipline is down, our attendance is up. It has its advantages.”

The school breakfast program tackles two of West Virginia’s key problems. The state’s public education is ranked among the worst in the nation and nearly a third of its high school students are obese. A healthy, daily breakfast improves diet by providing a healthy supplement or replacement of sugary alternatives such as popular cereal and toaster pastries. It improves education by combating hunger and aiding concentration.

West Virginia is the only state to exist entirely within Appalachia, a region generally plagued by poorer communities. The state is covered by coal mines and farms familiar to inhabitants of the region.

West Virginia’s school breakfast bill mandates that no West Virginia student ever be denied a meal because of cost. Lawmakers require schools to collect private donations that have to be used directly for food, as opposed to salaries or administrative costs. The money can be used to buy healthy foods and to fund a summer food program.

Schools receive money from the federal government for every meal served, ranging from 50 cents to $3 per meal depending on the income of the student’s parents. The more meals served, the more money received, and lawmakers want West Virginia schools to take full advantage of federal funds.

West Virginia’s school breakfast program was passed with overwhelming bipartisan support.

[Image via ShutterStock]

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Michael Bay has apologized for Armageddon.

In a recent interview about his latest film Pain and Gain, Michael Bay apologized for Armageddon, saying that it was a rush job. This isn’t the first time he’s apologized for a bad movie, either, though Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was a bit more timely. A lot of us are still waiting for Michael Bay to apologize for Pearl Harbor, and still others just wish he would stop making movies altogether.

The discussion was sparked in the Miami Herald when the interviewer pointed out that the shots in Pain and Gain were done differently than Michael Bay’s usual form. Each shot was held for more than a few seconds.

In the article, Michael Bay said:

“I will apologize for Armageddon, because we had to do the whole movie in 16 weeks. It was a massive undertaking. That was not fair to the movie. I would redo the entire third act if I could. But the studio literally took the movie away from us. It was terrible. My visual effects supervisor had a nervous breakdown, so I had to be in charge of that. I called James Cameron and asked ‘What do you do when you’re doing all the effects yourself?’”

Similarly, Michael Bay had apologized for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, saying he was trying to push it out to meet the release date. Some of us guess he didn’t have time to cut out all the jokes that kids who probably went to see the movie wouldn’t understand.

In a way, Michael Bay had to race to compete with Deep Impact, which was a film about the same concept (a meteor heading for Earth which may end all life as we know it), and, considering the box office profits, Armageddon wasn’t a complete flop.

Michael Bay also defended his work on Bad Boys, the Will Smith and Martin Lawrence buddy cop film, saying there have been other films (citing Bourne Identity) that cut way faster than that. Michael Bay has learned to laugh off the critics when they pull him apart since other better received films are more guilty than the ones he’s done.

What do you think about Michael Bay’s apology for Armageddon?

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An airline has found and returned a lost “daddy shirt,” causing the hard-bitten frequent flyers among us to take a break from our moaning and complaining to say “awww.”

A 7-year-old boy, Cole Holzer, forgot a very special shirt when he was on a late March flight from Fargo, North Dakota to San Diego, California. The well-worn shirt belonged to his father, who passed away about two years ago. By the time they realized the shirt was left behind, the plane had already departed on its next flight.

The shirt was reportedly the one that Bryan Holzer, Cole’s dad, was wearing when he fell and died while hanging Christmas decorations. Cole still takes it everywhere he goes.

A family friend assisted with making multiple phone calls and Facebook posts to run down the shirt. Unfortunately, the shirt wasn’t found on the plane.

Ultimately, the cleaners actually checked through the garbage to find the shirt. Now that’s really going the extra mile.

Hundreds of thousands, if not millions of lost items, are left behind on airplanes every year. In a recent year, Southwest Airlines revealed that they had 88 million passengers who left behind up to 10,000 items every single month.

In the same report, American Airlines noted that the cost of returning lost items to passengers could be significant. Items that can’t be reunited with their owners are eventually sold to a salvage company, but a spokesman admitted that the airline lost money on the deal.

In honor of Earth Day, here’s another way that Delta Airlines is trying to make a difference.

Happy #EarthDay! See how our In-Flight Recycling Program is making a difference across the U.S. twitter.com/Delta/status/3…

— Delta (@Delta) April 22, 2013

An airline returning a “daddy shirt” may seem like a small thing by comparison, but I bet it means the world to Cole Holzer.

[Delta airplane photo by spotterjohnsen via Wikipedia Commons]

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Several news organizations have been criticized this week for shoddy reporting in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing. But not the Boston Globe. The reporters at the Globe were complimented today by their fellow journalists in Chicago for how they handled themselves in the wake of the tragedy.

And since Chicagoans only know how to express gratitude (or hunger, or sadness, or basically any human emotion) one way, the reporters at the Chicago Tribune sent the reporters at the Globe a few dozen pizzas.

They also sent along a note. Globe reporter Michael Levenson posted a photo of the note on Twitter.

The message reads: “We can only imagine what an exhausting and heartbreaking week it’s been for you and your city. But do know your newsroom colleagues here in Chicago and across the country stand in awe of your tenacious coverage.

“You make us all proud to be journalists. We can’t buy you lost sleep, so at least let us pick up lunch.”

The Boston Globe has been consumed by the Boston Marathon bombing over the last few days. A quick scroll down their Twitter feed shows a constant stream of updates about Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

But then there’s this Tweet from the Globe in response to the Tribune‘s random act of kindness.

.@chicagotribune random act of pizza for us today: “We can’t buy you lost sleep, but we can buy you pizza.” Classy to the core.

— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) April 22, 2013

Chicago Tribune sent stacks of pizza to us in the Boston Globe newsroom today to show support. We are touched. vine.co/v/bP7g3TYrzT3

— Mark Pothier (@markpothier) April 22, 2013

The Tribune couldn’t get any famous Chicago pizzas to Boston on such short notice, so they had Pizzeria Regina make a special delivery on their behalf.

Pies from Pizzeria Regina have arrived in the Globe newsroom, courtesy of the Chicago Tribune. Thank you, Tribune!

— Michael Levenson (@mlevenson) April 22, 2013

This is the second time this week that the Chicago Tribune has aligned itself with the city of Boston. Last week, the Tribune ran an image on the front page of its sports section declaring that all Chicago fans were rooting for the city of Boston and all of its teams.

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The popular Metal Gear Solid franchise is taking an epic bow to close out its long run on the current generation of gaming consoles.

The previously rumored Metal Gear Solid: Legacy Collection has officially been confirmed, and will have you kicking yourself over your purchase of Metal Gear Solid HD Collection. Konami will release the comprehensive Playstation 3-exclusive collection of Metal Gear games in June.

A price hasn’t been announced yet, but the Metal Gear Solid: Legacy Collection will get you Metal Gear Solid, Metar Gear Solid 2: HD Edition, Metal Gear Solid 3: HD Edition (which includes the original MSX versions of Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake), Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD Edition, Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions, and Metal Gear Solid 4: Trophy Edition.

Also included will be the two Metal Gear graphic novels by Ashley Wood.

Curiously absent from the collection are Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops and Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes. The former was a PSP exclusive, and takes place between Snake Eater and Peace Walker, so the absence of that title will perhaps be most disappointing for fans hoping for a complete collection on PS3.

The absence of The Twin Snakes is also somewhat curious. Originally released as a GameCube exclusive, Twin Snakes is a re-release of the original Metal Gear Solid with updated graphics, new music, and new voice-over work. Despite graphical improvements, that title is considered by this writer to be inferior to the original Metal Gear Solid, so there will be tears shed over its exclusion in this house.

Upcoming Metal Gear games include Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes, which will continue the story of Big Boss after the events of Peace Walker. We’re still not really sure how those two games are connected except that they are connected, and they’ll presumably be next-gen. You are more than welcome to parse what ever you will from the trailer below.

Are you excited for the Metal Gear Solid: Legacy Collection?

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The $2,500 teacher raises in Florida would apply on an annual basis to Florida teachers’ salaries and would cost an estimated $480 million.

As previously reported by The Inquisitr, a teacher’s pay can be quite controversial. The Strongsville teachers strike had unions saying their staff were not being overpaid. Strongsville teachers reportedly made about $70,500 on average during the 2011-12 school year.

Florida is running a budget surplus this year, although that’s not too unusual because Florida has a balanced budget requirement unlike the Federal Congress. The Florida $2,500 teacher raises will be applied to their salaries next year without any conditions if Governor Rick Scott has his way. Rick Scott says, ”We need to do across- the- board $2,500 pay raise for each and every one of our classroom teachers.”

The Florida House and Senate are not singing the same tune. While $480 million has already been set aside for the $2,500 teacher raises, the current proposal would require the money be tied to teacher performance. They’re also wanting the $2,500 teacher raises to be split among all instructional personnel, which includes classroom aides.

Some legislators desire the Florida teacher merit pay law passed in 2011 should apply to the $2,500 teacher raises. Representative Eric Fresen (R-Miami), chairman of the House panel that oversees school spending, says, ”I think at the end of the day, regardless of how you look at it, it’s going to be used for teacher salary increases.”

Melissa Sellers, a spokeswoman for Governor Scott, believe lawmakers may still change their minds:

“The governor has priorities. The Legislature has priorities. There’s still enough time left to determine how successful this session will be for all of us.”

The $2,500 teacher raises issue will need to be wrapped up by May 3, which is the date Florida lawmakers are required to have a finished state budget.

What do you think about Florida considering a $2,500 teacher raise?

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Level: Your authority is not recognized in Fort Kickass.

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Robert De Niro and Shia LaBeouf have entered negotiations along with Disturbia director D.J. Caruso for the film Spy’s Kid, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

On Monday, the website noted Caruso, who has worked with LaBeouf before on Disturbia and Eagle Eye, is in negotiations and that the actors’ involvement would depend on the script, but both have expressed interest.

The film will be based on a six-part series of articles that ran in The Oregonian during 2011 and focused on an aging spy, who enlisted the aid of his son to continue his work.

Writer Bryan Denson was the mind behind the articles, but he nor any other writer has been hired to handle the script.

The true story involved a 20-year veteran of the CIA, Jim Nicholson, who was convicted in 1996 of spying and sentenced to a 23-year prison term. The conviction made him the highest-ranking officer ever to be convicted of espionage.

Nicholson began a series of meetings with son Nathan in 2004 that at first served as consolation for his son’s failed career in the Army. From there, he began to coach his depressed boy down the path of spy games and effectively relaunched his “career” from his prison cell.

For a year and a half, Nathan traveled the world selling secrets to the Russians under the guidance of his dad. (Just the kind of heartwarming tale that would be perfect for a Father’s Day release.)

For the entire series of articles containing what we can only presume are major spoiler alerts, head over to The Oregonian and check it out, or just watch this video introduction of the events if you don’t want too much revealed. Still, spoilers, people.

While Spy’s Kid develops, Robert De Niro is staying busy with six films scheduled for release this year and two already lined up for 2014 — Grudge Match with Sylvester Stallone and Hands of Stone, another true story flick based on the life of boxer Roberto Duran.

Shia LaBeouf’s 2013 is considerably less active with Nymphomaniac and The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman on the horizon.

Will Spy’s Kid be a must-see film event for you, and do you think Shia LaBeouf and Robert De Niro are a good screen pairing?

[Image via cinemafestival / Shutterstock.com]

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Canadian police thwarted a terror plot on Monday when they arrested two suspects linked with al Qaeda. The pair allegedly planned to derail a passenger train in Greater Toronto.

The Canadian Mounted Police called the plan a “major terrorist attack.” The RCMP spoke during an afternoon news conference, saying that Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, and Raed Jaser, 35, had received guidance and support from al Qaeda “elements” in Iran.

They added, however, that there was no indication the Canadian terror suspects were “state sponsored.” Neither man is a Canadian citizen, but the RCMP did not disclose their nationalities or say how long they were in the country.

The RCMP explained that the plot involved “a specific route but not a specific train.” Canadian police also released a statement, saying:

“While the RCMP believed that these individuals had the capacity and intent to carry out these criminal acts, there was no imminent threat to the general public, rail employees, train passengers or infrastructure.”

While the Canadian police have not released the men’s nationalities, media reports say they are Tunisian. Esseghaier was living in Montreal while Jaser was living in Toronto at the time of his arrest. Reports also say that the pair planned to derail a passenger train between Toronto and New York.

The arrests took place after police spent eight months investigating them with the FBI. The investigation was dubbed “Operation Smooth.” Officers executed search warrants on both suspects’ homes on Monday, according to police.

The RCMP also assured that the foiled Canadian terror plot was not at all connected with the Boston Marathon bombings. The suspect in that case, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was charged on Monday with using a weapon of mass destruction. He could face the death penalty if convicted.

The suspects in the foiled Canadian terror plot are expected in court on Tuesday. They face charges of conspiring to carry out an attack as well as conspiring to murder individuals for the benefit of a terrorist group.

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You’ve never really played Pong until you’ve played it on the side of a skyscraper. Yep, a 29-story skyscraper in Philadelphia became the site of the world’s largest video game this week.

According to NPR, the 29-story video game was created to kick off Philly Tech week by Frank Lee, a professor at Drexel University.

The game lit up the side of the Cira Centre building in Philadelphia. It contained a 400-foot tall “screen” made up of a web of LED lights and mirrored glass.

Lee said: “The idea for this project began in 2008 when I was driving East on I76 in Philadelphia at night heading towards Center City … Like many nights before, I saw the sparkling lights of the beautiful Cira Centre building. However, this night as I was staring at those lights, in my mind’s eye I saw Tetris shapes outlined by those lights rotating and falling.”

According to Yahoo News, about 1,000 people entered a lottery to play the 29-story video game. Darren Davis, 17, was one of the first people to grab the joystick in front of the Cira Centre.

Davis said: “To be honest, taking my hands on the joystick, it was pretty amazing. I actually really liked it … It definitely is inspiration to make me want to top this, because I know I can.”

Here’s a video about the giant game in Philadelphia.

Here’s a look at the game in action.

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