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Egypt Elections: Muslim Brotherhood Vows Mohamed Morsy Lead Is Too Big For Ahmed Shafik To Overcome

A Ballot box is seen in a polling center during the first day of the presidential runoff, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

CAIRO, June 18 (Reuters) - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said on Monday its candidate Mohamed Morsy had a commanding lead over his rival ex-military man Ahmed Shafik in a presidential election, with 52 percent of votes cast based on the count from 95 percent of polling stations.
A Brotherhood official Khaled Qazzaz said Shafik had 48 percent of the votes counted. Shafik's campaign has not given a clear indication of where their candidate lies.
"There is no way Shafik can win," Qazzaz said, speaking at the headquarters of the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party. The party said on its website it would shortly announce "the first statement of the first elected Egyptian president." (Writing by Edmund Blair)

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Apple's Campus 2 will up the secrecy factor with an underground auditorium

You know how Tim Cook said Apple will be "doubling down on secrecy" for unannounced products? Well, the company's hush-hush mentality seems to be informing the design for its upcoming Campus 2. According to plans and technical drawings on Cupertino.org, Apple could be moving its press events underground -- into a mammoth subterranean auditorium that will no doubt also serve as Cook's secret lair / bunker for tough times in the ongoing patent wars. You know what they say -- out of sight, out of mind... and so beyond passé ground-level amphitheaters. Click the source link below for more images.

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porfirio - Cell Phone Accessories - Offer Your Mobile a Delightful ...

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Zynga Shares Go On Wild Ride During Facebook IPO ? Big Fall, Then Recovery [Updated]

Zynga's share price plummeted 11.4 percent from $8.09 to $7.19 in the eight minutes after Facebook's IPO went live, and down 13.3 percent since yesterday. Trading has been halted to stem further losses. While we can't know the exact reason why this happened, I'd bet that investors expected Zynga shares to pop alongside Facebook's during the IPO. But when they didn't pop at all and instead stayed flat, those short-term investors sold off the social gaming company's shares. Many tech stocks have traded downward following Facebook's open. Chinese social network?Renren,?professional?network?LinkedIn, and some other related tech stocks are also down.

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Obama voices his support for gay marriage

FILE - In this May 8, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Washington. President Barack Obama faced mounting pressure Wednesday to express support for same-sex marriage after a setback for gay-rights advocates in North Carolina. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

FILE - In this May 8, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Washington. President Barack Obama faced mounting pressure Wednesday to express support for same-sex marriage after a setback for gay-rights advocates in North Carolina. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Catherine Klein, a minister at Unity in Greensboro church, right, and Benedette Mutisya, left, console William Robinson, the Triad area field director for the Coalition to Protect NC Families as Amendment One passes on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in Greensboro, N.C. Robinson fought Amendment One on the street, on the phone and with media interviews on the issue. (AP Photo/News & Record, Jerry Wolford)

Seth Keel, center, is consoled by his boyfriend, Ian Chambers, left, and his mother Jill Hinton, during a concession speech at an Amendment One opposition party Tuesday, May 8, 2012, at The Stockroom at 230 in downtown Raleigh, N.C. North Carolina voters approved the constitutional amendment Tuesday defining marriage solely as a union between a man and a woman, becoming the latest state to effectively slam the door shut on same-sex marriages. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Travis Long) MANDATORY CREDIT

WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama declared unequivocal support for gay marriage on Wednesday, becoming the first president to endorse the politically explosive idea and injecting a polarizing issue into the 2012 race for the White House.

Obama's announcement, after refusing to take a clear stand for months, cheered gay rights groups who have long urged him to support gay marriage. It also opened up a distinct area of disagreement with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who opposes gay marriage.

Polling suggests the nation is evenly divided on the issue

"I have hesitated on gay marriage in part because I thought that civil unions would be sufficient," Obama said in an interview with ABC at the White House. He added that, "I was sensitive to the fact that for a lot of people the word 'marriage' was something that invokes very powerful traditions, religious beliefs and so forth."

Now, he said, "it is important for me personally to go ahead and affirm that same-sex couples should be able to get married."

The president's decision to address the issue came on the heels of a pair of events that underscored the sensitivity of the issue.

Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview on Sunday that he is completely comfortable with gays marrying, a pronouncement that instantly raised the profile of the issue. And on Tuesday, voters in North Carolina ? a potential battleground in the fall election ? approved an amendment to the state constitution affirming that marriage may only be a union of a man and a woman.

The president has already supported a number of initiatives backed by gays, including an end to the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, and a decision not to defend in court a federal law that was designed as an alternative to gay marriage.

He had stopped short of supporting gay marriage, though, saying his position was "evolving."

Obama spoke about his support for gay marriage in deeply personal terms, saying his young daughters, Malia and Sasha, have friends whose parents are same-sex couples.

"Malia and Sasha, it wouldn't dawn on them that somehow their friends' parents would be treated different," Obama said. "It doesn't make sense to them and frankly, that's the kind of thing that prompts a change in perspective."

Obama said first lady Michelle Obama also was involved in his decision and joins him in supporting gay marriage.

"In the end the values that I care most deeply about and she cares most deeply about is how we treat other people," he said.

Acknowledging that his support for same-sex marriage may rankle religious conservatives, Obama said he thinks about his faith in part through the prism of the Golden Rule ? treating others the way you would want to be treated.

"That's what we try to impart to our kids and that's what motivates me as president and I figure the most consistent I can be in being true to those precepts, the better I'll be as a as a dad and a husband and hopefully the better I'll be as president," Obama said.

The political cross-currents are tricky.

Some top aides argued that gay marriage is toxic at the ballot box in battleground states like North Carolina and Virginia because, as Tuesday's vote proved, the issue remains a reliable way to fire up rank-and-file Republicans. It also could open Obama up to Republican criticism that he was taking his eye off the economy, voters' No. 1 issue.

Other Democratic supporters claim Obama could energize huge swaths of the party, including young people, by voicing his support for gay marriage before November. He also could appeal to independent voters, many of whom back gay marriage, and he could create an area of clear contrast between himself and his Republican rival as he argues that he's delivered on the change he promised four years ago.

On Tuesday, former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a Democrat, told Obama to "man up" and take a position on gay marriage.

Romney has not generally raised the issue in his campaign.

On Wednesday, he told KDVR-TV in Denver that "I do not favor marriage between people of the same gender, and I do not favor civil unions if they are identical to marriage other than by name. My view is the domestic partnership benefits, hospital visitation rights, and the like are appropriate but that the others are not."

The Romney campaign did not respond to questions about which benefits the Republican candidate would oppose.

The former Massachusetts governor told an Ohio television station Monday that he believes "marriage is between a man and a woman, and that's a position I've had for some time and I don't intend to make any adjustments at this point ? or ever, by the way."

Public opinion on gay marriage has shifted in recent years, with most polls now finding the public evenly split, rather than opposed.

A Gallup poll released this week found 50 percent of all adults in favor of legal recognition of same-sex marriages, marking the second time that poll has found support for legal gay marriage at 50 percent or higher. Majorities of Democrats (65 percent) and independents (57 percent) supported such recognition, while most Republicans (74 percent) said same sex marriages should not be legal.

Six states ? all in the Northeast except Iowa ? and the District of Columbia allow same sex marriages. In addition, two other states have laws that are not yet in effect and may be subject to referendums.

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AP Deputy Director of Polling Jennifer Agiesta and Philip Elliott in Colorado contributed to this report.

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Follow Julie Pace at http://twitter.com/jpaceDC

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Adam Yauch Remembered: Celebrities Tweet Messages to Late MCA

The music world continues to mourn the death of Beastie Boys co-founder Adam Yauch. "MCA" passed away Friday at 47 after a long battle with cancer.

Friends and celebs are stepping forward to pay tribute to Yauch (pictured below, middle with Beasties Ad Rock and Mike D) and his pioneering influence.

Coldplay honored Adam Yauch with a Beastie Boys cover in concert, while many other stars took to Twitter to express their sadness. A sampling:

Snoop Dogg: "RIP MCA U are a Legend and a pioneer. #BeastieBoys4life"

Travis Barker: "Rest In Peace Adam Yauch /MCA. 4ever somebody i looked up to & had the pleasure of meeting. Damn this bums me out, we lost one of the best"

Kevin Smith: "RIP Adam Yauch. You made my teenage years more fun and your art made it easier for me to do what I do. For a Beastie, you sure were a beaut."

Common: "God Bless the soul of Adam Yauch aka MCA of the Beastie Boys. RIP"

Rainn Wilson: "RIP Adam Yauch (MCA of the Beastie Boys). He was a super-genius, a visionary and, most importantly, a really good person."

Rob Thomas: "holy s--t. R.I.P. ADAM YAUCH. MCA, you will be missed."

Slash: "Sad day. MCA was f--king awesome. RIP man. We'll miss you very much."

Jon Cryer: "We are gonna miss all the greatness you still had left inside you. RIP Adam Yauch"

Mario Lopez: "Beastie Boys were such a part of my soundtrack as a youth growing up... R.I.P MCA..."

311: "Much love & respect, Adam Yauch. Our best to the #BeastieBoys family."

Kal Penn: "Sad news about #MCA"

Milla Jovovich: "we lost one of our greatest talents today. my prayers and thoughts go out to the family and friends of Adam Yauch. Beastie Boys for life."

Chris Hardwick: "RIP MCA. Interviewed him briefly once and he couldn't have been sweeter or cooler. This sucks a lot.

Mandy Moore: "sending energy and light to Adam Yauch's loved ones.....#RIPMCA"

Michelle Branch: "Just heard about Adam Yauch. Beyond bummed. So so so sad."

Estelle: "RIP Adam Yauch of the LEGENDARY Beastie Boys ... damn."

Josh Groban: "Oh no. This just sucks beyond measure. RIP MCA."

Gwyneth Paltrow: "MCA forever."

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