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Many animal lovers spent their Saturday at Catnip-N-Biscuits dressing up their pets to benefit CASA, the Court Appointed Special Advocates.

Jobeth Fuller, one of the dancers in this year's Dancing with the Savannah Stars is hoping to raise $10,000 for the organization.

"When I got asked to dance, it was an honor and I'm getting choked up because it is an honor to be able to help children," Fuller said.

"I've been a member of the Junior League and I love working with the community and I just love being able to help children. I love children, and to be able to come out and to be able to come out and see all the participation that we've had out here today and all the dogs, cause animals are so dear to me."

WTOC's Cyreia Sandlin was among the judges for the costume contest.

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Report: Apple to announce 'iPad Mini' on Oct. 23

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Rosa Golijan , NBC News

The topic of a 7.85-inch iPad has been so hot in the rumor mill that?we have been waiting eagerly for some idea of launch timing. Though we previously believed Apple would show the thing off on Oct. 17, a new, credible report says?Apple will hold its event on Oct. 23.

The report comes to us from AllThingsD's?John Paczkowski, who is well-known for his solid Apple event?predictions.?Paczkowski explains that just because invitations for a "special event" didn't go out on Oct. 10, as previously expected, doesn't mean that Apple won't show off a smaller version of the iPad ? referred to as the "iPad Mini ? soon. The announcement will happen on Oct. 23, rather than Oct. 17, as previously rumored, "people familiar with Apple's plans" tell?Paczkowski.

"That?s a Tuesday, not a Wednesday, so this is a bit of a break with recent tradition,"?Paczkowski?points out. "It also happens to be just three days prior to the street date for Microsoft?s new Surface tablet." Paczkowski says that the event will likely be held on Apple's campus, rather than in San Francisco, where its larger media blitzes take place.

The Loop's Jim Dalrymple, another well-connected fella when it comes to most things Apple, gave Paczkowski report a nod with a simple "Yep."

Want more tech news?or interesting?links? You'll get plenty of both if you keep up with Rosa Golijan, the writer of this post, by following her on?Twitter, subscribing to her?Facebook?posts,?or circling her?on?Google+.

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Cross-border business converges at Mipcom | Rapid TV News

Pascale Paoli-Lebailly | 13-10-2012

Wrapped up on Thursday, Mipcom 2012 attracted 12,900 delegates from 104 countries showing significant increase in companies from Latin America and Asia. This included 500 buyers, out of a total of 4,400, making dedicated VOD acquisitions.

Alongside major companies from the film and TV worlds, internet giants were definitely active, seeking content and this year multiplying announcements. You Tube/Google is about to launch 60 channels in the UK, Germany and France, with original content coming from FremantleMedia, BBC Worldwide, Endemol and All3Media.

Hulu will invest $500m in content this year, and Netflix introduced House of Cards. The platform?s re-make of the classic 1990 British mini-series is blurring the lines between film, television and web-based companies. Featuring Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright, this $100m 13-episode series, directed by David Fincher, will be launched online first next February.

All platforms urged the content production community to embrace them. The three internet players have been attending Mipcom for several years, but mostly as buyers. Today, they are very much involved in developing premium content, such as Hulu working closely in co-pros with traditional broadcasting heavyweights BBC and Nickelodeon.

Content groups like Zodiak and FremantleMedia are confident in their capabilities as global players to build TV shows and above all TV brands able to span across all platforms.

All this explains why high-quality, original programming and great story-telling are at the heart of the TV players?s emphasis. Producer/distributor Harvey Weinstein thus unveiled in Cannes The Weinstein Company?s plans to expand into television production and distribution with epic drama series Marco Polo, as well as live show The World Dance Awards ? conceived by Lord of the Dance?s creator Michael Flatley.

Having produced more than 2,200 hours of TV programming, with current hits including Survivor, The Voice, The Celebrity Apprentice and Shark Tank, format producer Mark Burnett is also taking up new challenge with series about The Bible.

Oscar-winning writer/director Jane Campion also attended Mipcom, introducing drama series Top of the Lake, starring Elisabeth Moss, Peter Mullan and Holly Hunter.

Focusing on international co-pros growth, Canada, which was honoured this year as a country, stressed it had funding bodies and industry to target companies that start developing strong original concepts that will be popular worldwide.

Despite economic pressure at the moment in some countries, Mipcom confirmed there is an increasing need for cross-border business and networking.

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Why Biden won

Overall, Thursday night's presidential debate was Joe Biden's night. He not only trounced Paul Ryan, but also, in the process, trounced Mitt Romney.

By Robert Reich,?Guest blogger / October 13, 2012

Vice President Joe Biden, accompanied by his wife Dr. Jill Biden, gives a 'thumbs-up' as they board Air Force Two at Lexington Blue Grass Airport, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012, in Lexington, Ky.

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I thought Biden won Thursday night?s debate because he came off as genuine, passionate, and brimming with conviction. Ryan,?by contrast, seemed like a?wooden marionette,?a kid out of his depth relative to someone who not only knew the facts but lived them.

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Robert is chancellor?s professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley. He has served in three national administrations, most recently as secretary of labor under President Clinton. Time Magazine?named him one of the 10 most effective cabinet secretaries of the last century. He has written 13 books, including ?The Work of Nations,? his latest best-seller ?Aftershock: The Next Economy and America?s Future," and a new?e-book, ?Beyond Outrage.??He is also a founding editor of the American Prospect magazine and chairman of Common Cause.

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On taxes, Ryan couldn?t come up with any details about what loopholes he and Romney would close, or how their magic arithmetic (giant tax cut for the wealthy plus $2 trillion more for the military than the Joint Chiefs of Staff want) can possibly be paid for without socking it to the middle class.

By contrast, Biden made the case for average working people whose wages have barely risen in thirty years but who are bearing a higher total tax burden (payroll, sales, property, income) on a higher percent of their income than high rollers like Romney ? and why the well off should do more.

On Medicare, Ryan couldn?t explain why his plan wasn?t a voucher program that ?saved? money only by shifting the costs on to seniors who would end up holding the bag as medical costs rose. Biden effectively defended the President?s plan to save Medicare by cutting excessive payments to providers.

Biden also pointed out that Ryan and his allies had tried to privatize Social Security. Score another one for Joe.

On abortion, Ryan had to admit he and Romney would work to prevent women from having the right to choose an abortion if they needed and wanted one. Biden made it clear his religious beliefs about when life began should not, in his view, force anyone who didn?t share them to follow them.

I thought Biden?s closing could have been tougher, drawing a sharper contrast between the Romney-Ryan ?you?re on your own? worldview, and the ?we?re in it all together? belief that has built America ? and which Obama and Biden represent.

But overall it was Biden?s night. He not only trounced Ryan, but also, in the process, trounced Romney. Joe Biden is an average Joe solidly grounded in America?s working middle class ? nothing pretentious or devious about him ? in contrast to the plutocrat who heads the Republican ticket, and the billionaires who are backing him.

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Spain, Germany, England find scoring form

By STEVE DOUGLAS

AP Sports Writer

Associated Press Sports

updated 1:55 a.m. ET Oct. 13, 2012

LONDON (AP) - World and European champion Spain romped to a 24th straight qualifying win on Friday, although no one in the country was able to see it.

Pedro Rodriguez scored a hat trick as the world's best team routed host Belarus 4-0 in one of a group of big wins for Europe's leading nations in 2014 World Cup qualifying.

Yet, celebrations were muted in the debt-ridden country after no broadcaster paid to televise the national team's match for the first time in 29 years.

Spain's wasn't the most convincing win of the third round of regional qualifiers, with Germany handing Ireland its worst loss since 1971, 6-1 at Dublin.

Wayne Rooney celebrated being handed the temporary England captaincy by scoring twice in a routine 5-0 win over San Marino, taking his goal total in international matches to 31, fifth on the country's all-time list.

But Italy was again unconvincing in beating Armenia 3-1, and the Netherlands managed only a comfortable 3-0 win over Andorra, which is 201st in the rankings.

However, Euro 2012 semifinalist Portugal, led by Cristiano Ronaldo, couldn't make the most of its dominance against Russia and lost 1-0 in a match between the top two teams in Group F.

The Portuguese are three points behind Russia, which is unbeaten under new coach Fabio Capello and has three straight wins in qualifying.

Also, Belgium enhanced its burgeoning reputation as a growing force in Europe with a 3-0 win in Serbia, which lost a home World Cup qualifier for the first time in more than 10 years.

Sweden and the Czech Republic needed second-half rallies to avoid draws against weak competition, beating Faeroe Islands 2-1 and Malta 3-1, respectively.

The victory for the Swedes left them second in Group C, three points behind Germany ahead of their meeting in Berlin on Tuesday.

The third straight qualifying victory for Germany was launched by Marco Reus' goals in the 32nd and 40th minutes before Mesut Oezil's penalty kick and goals by Miroslav Klose and Toni Kroos (two) turned it into a rout.

Spain warmed up for its Group I match against France, which surprisingly lost 1-0 at home to Japan in a friendly on Friday, by stretching its winning run in qualifying that dates back to September 2007.

Pedro set up Barcelona teammate Jordi Alba for the opener before scoring the remaining three goals himself in Minsk, putting Spain ahead of France on goal difference. Both countries have six points and only one team qualifies automatically from each group.

Spain, seeking an unprecedented fourth straight major international tournament trophy, is enjoying a golden era in its soccer history, but that still didn't persuade broadcasters to pay for coverage.

The blackout came after the producer, Sport Five, failed to reach a deal with any Spanish television channel. This was the first time a Spain match was not broadcast at home since 1983, when the team visited Malta.

Rooney was playing for England for the first time since Euro 2012 and was given the captain's role with Steven Gerrard suspended and Frank Lampard sidelined with injury. Rooney marked the occasion by joining Manchester United teammate Danny Welbeck in scoring twice at Wembley Stadium.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain also scored for the hosts, who moved to the top of Group H.

It wasn't such a good night for Oxlade-Chamberlain's Arsenal teammate, Theo Walcott, who will spend the night in a hospital after colliding with goalkeeper Aldo Junior Simoncini early in the game.

Russia's winner against Portugal came with its only shot on goal in the first half, Alexander Kerzhakov scoring in the sixth minute.

Ronaldo, who has scored six times in his last three Spanish league games for Real Madrid, barely had a sniff in Moscow.

"Maybe we weren't as calm as we usually are," said Portugal coach Paulo Bento, whose team is the only leading European nation not to be atop its group at this stage.

Eddie Johnson scored two goals for the United States, including the winner in second-half injury time, in a 2-1 victory over Antigua and Barbuda. The road win put the Americans in position to advance to CONCACAF's final qualifying round if they draw with Guatemala on Tuesday night in Kansas City, Kan.

Guatemala beat Jamaica 2-1 on Friday night.

In Group B, Mexico was held scoreless for more than an hour and 15 minutes by Guyana, but wound up winning 5-0 to stay perfect. Costa Rica held onto second place in the group by winning 1-0 at El Salvador.

Canada beat undermanned Cuba 3-0 in Group C. The Cubans had only 11 players for the game, and finished with 10 after striker Roberto Linares was ejected for a challenge that crumpled captain Kevin McKenna. Four players left the team in Toronto.

In the other Group C game, Honduras and Panama tied 0-0.

In South American qualifying, host Argentina took the overall lead with 17 points as Lionel Messi scored two second-half goals and Sergio Aguero added another. Messi scored in the 66th and added another with a free kick in the 80th while Aguero scored in the 75th.

Alejandro Chumacero scored in the second half to lift host Bolivia into a 1-1 draw with Peru, while Colombia beat Paraguay 2-0.

Radamel Falcao scored two second-half goals as Colombia improved to 16 points in eight matches - among the leaders in qualifying - and left Paraguay with only four points from five matches, the worst record among the nine teams.

Felipe Caicedo scored twice as Ecuador defeated Chile 3-1 in Quito. Ecuador improved to 16 points, Chile has 12.

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Turkey: Syria plane carried Russian-made munitions

Burhan Ozbilici / AP

People speak from the top of the steps of a Syrian passenger plane that was forced by Turkish jets to land in Ankara, Turkey, on Thursday. Turkish jets on Wednesday forced the Syrian Air Airbus A320 passenger plane to land on suspicion that it was carrying weapons, amid heightened tensions between Turkey and Syria that have sparked fears of a wider regional conflict.

By NBC News wire services

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that a Syrian passenger plane forced to land in Ankara was carrying Russian-made munitions destined for Syria's defense ministry.

Russia's ITAR-Tass news agency earlier quoted an official at the Russian Embassy in Ankara as saying that the cargo "was not of Russian origin." Rosoboronexport, which handles most of Russia's military export contracts, said none of its cargo was on the plane.

Turkish authorities ordered the Syrian Air passenger plane that was traveling from Moscow to Damascus to land late on Wednesday after receiving an intelligence tip-off and seized some of its cargo.?

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Damascus said intercepting the Syrian Air plane was an act of piracy, further heightening tensions between the neighbors after Turkey's chief of staff warned Ankara would use greater force if shells from Syria continued to hit Turkish territory.?The plane's 37 passengers and crew were allowed to continue to Damascus after several hours, without the cargo.?

More weapons in Syria could trigger 'all-out war'

The grounding of the plane was another sign of Ankara's growing assertiveness over the crisis in Syria.

"Turkey has crossed a new threshold," said former Turkish diplomat Sinan Ulgen, chairman of the Center for Economic and Foreign Policy Studies think-tank.?

"With the action they took last week the government is in the slightly more comfortable position of having shown it has the strength to retaliate."?

Turkish state-run television TRT had reported that the intercepted plane was carrying military communications equipment, according to The Associated Press.

Slideshow: The uprising in Syria

Yeni Safak, a newspaper close to the Turkish government, also reported there were 10 containers aboard the plane, some containing radio receivers, antennas and "equipment... thought to be missile parts."?

Neither TRT nor Yeni Safak cited sources for their reports.?

Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu had said the cargo contained "elements ... that are not legitimate in civilian flights" and insisted Ankara was within its rights to intercept the plane if it suspected that military equipment was being transported over Turkish territory.?

NATO leaders discuss the volatile situation along the Turkish-Syrian border following last week's shelling of a village by forces loyal to Syria's government. NBC's Jim Maceda reports.

Sabre rattling between Syria and its northern neighbor has increased in recent days after a spate of cross-border shell and mortar firings. Turkey, which has been vocal in its criticism of Assad's crackdown on the opposition, has beefed up its military presence along the 565-mile frontier after shelling from Syria killed five Turkish civilians in a border town last week.?

Syrians flee across river to escape fighting

The general manager of the Syrian Civil Aviation Agency also blasted Turkey's forced landing of the plane, calling it "contrary to regulations and aviation norms."

Ghaidaa Abdul-Latif told reporters in Damascus that the plane's pilots were not asked to land but were instead surprised by Turkish F-16 fighter jets, which forced them to land.

Overcome with grief, Syrian man drops to his knees holding his dead son

"This action is contrary to the rules, because the pilot should be first asked to land for inspection," she said. "If he refuses, military jets would then fly to force him to land."

A Syrian Airlines engineer who was aboard, Haithan Kasser, said armed Turkish officials boarded the plane and handcuffed the crew before inspecting packages that contained electrical equipment.

Syrian plane suspected of carrying weapons forced to land in Turkey

Abdul-Latif said the officials seized some packages after presenting official documents.

Andrea Mitchell talks to Ambassador Dennis Ross about the escalating tensions between Syria and Turkey, and what both presidential candidates are saying they'll do about the situation.

She said Syria would file a complaint with international aviation authorities.

The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.?

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