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AT&T Mobility? ? AT&T Mobility Latest from The Business Journals Florida, AT&T Mobility agree to settlementJudge delays Sprint Nextel suit to block AT&T/T-Mobile dealAT&T fires back at 'one-sided' FCC report on T-Mobile deal Follow this company customers in Florida billed for roadside assistance plans without their consent will get some money back.

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced a settlement that requires AT&T Mobility refund all charges for roadside assistance to customers in the state who did not consent to or use the service during the time they were charged. Customers were billed $2.99 per month for the service, a statement said.

The Attorney General's Office estimates that more than 600,000 cell phone numbers of Florida customers were charged for roadside assistance during the time period investigated and that a substantial number of those customers will be eligible for refunds.

In addition to full refunds for Florida customers, AT&T Mobility will:

Provide prepaid telephone cards with a face value of $550,000 for donation to members of the United States military;
Donate $10,000 to the Florida Law Enforcement Officer of the Year program; and
Pay $1.2 million to the Attorney General's Office for future enforcement and attorneys' fees and costs.

The settlement requires that AT&T Mobility provide any future customers multiple disclosures concerning charges associated with Roadside Assistance and how to cancel the service.

AT&T Mobility? ? AT&T Mobility Latest from The Business Journals Florida, AT&T Mobility agree to settlementJudge delays Sprint Nextel suit to block AT&T/T-Mobile dealAT&T fires back at 'one-sided' FCC report on T-Mobile deal Follow this company customers in Florida billed for roadside assistance plans without their consent will get some money back.

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced a settlement that requires AT&T Mobility refund all charges for roadside assistance to customers in the state who did not consent to or use the service during the time they were charged. Customers were billed $2.99 per month for the service, a statement said.

The Attorney General's Office estimates that more than 600,000 cell phone numbers of Florida customers were charged for roadside assistance during the time period investigated and that a substantial number of those customers will be eligible for refunds.

In addition to full refunds for Florida customers, AT&T Mobility will:

Provide prepaid telephone cards with a face value of $550,000 for donation to members of the United States military;
Donate $10,000 to the Florida Law Enforcement Officer of the Year program; and
Pay $1.2 million to the Attorney General's Office for future enforcement and attorneys' fees and costs.

The settlement requires that AT&T Mobility provide any future customers multiple disclosures concerning charges associated with Roadside Assistance and how to cancel the service.

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BEIJING (Reuters) ? The rising Chinese official who critics say engineered the jailing of the blind legal rights activist Chen Guangcheng, has come a long way from Connecticut, where he studied public policy and claims to have worked as an aide to the mayor of New Haven.

If Chen embodies the rebellious energies that worry China's ruling Communist Party, the official, Li Qun, with his U.S.-honed technocratic learning and homegrown toughness, appears to embody the qualities that the party hopes will keep it in power.

Li first won national attention in China as the author of a book describing his times in New Haven, "I was an Assistant to an American Mayor."

But an examination of Li's time in New Haven and Linyi, an area in eastern China's Shandong province where his path crossed with Chen's, indicates he embellished details of his time in New Haven.

"The Mayor has no recollection of Li Qun," Elizabeth Benton, director of communications from the City of New Haven, said in emailed comments that denied other details of Li's account.

Most recently, human rights activists have accused Li of pursuing a vendetta against Chen Guangcheng, who has been under house arrest in Linyi for 15 months, becoming the focus of domestic and international campaigns to secure his freedom.

Chen's fate has become a test of wills, pitting the ruling Communist Party's crackdown on dissent against rights activists.

"Li Qun has a unique characteristic -- anything that his superiors from the Communist Party say, he will execute it," said Sun Wenguang, a retired professor from Shandong University who said he worked alongside him.

Li -- now the Communist Party boss in Qingdao, a major port city in Shandong -- did not respond to requests for comment.

Supporters of Chen, a charismatic, self-schooled advocate, say his fate shows the risks of angering powerful officials.

Chen was jailed for four years on what his supporters said was a trumped-up charge of "damaging property and obstructing traffic." Formally released from prison in September 2010, he remains effectively jailed in his village home, guarded by plain clothes security who act with the authority of police.

Some of the harshest restrictions have been eased on Chen and his family, but people are still prevented from visiting him, including Hollywood actor Christian Bale.

"Everyone believes that Li Qun, in order to protect his career prospects, had to move the obstacle of Chen Guangcheng away," Jiang Tianyong, one of China's most prominent rights lawyers and a close friend of Chen, told Reuters.

Li was also linked at the time to a campaign of forced abortions to enforce family planning policies.

Chen angered officials in Shandong when he exposed the program of forced abortions as part of China's one-child policy -- one of the most sensitive issues for the ruling party.

"Besides carrying out the birth planning policy, at the same time (he) couldn't allow cases that show the trampling of human rights to be exposed," Jiang said. "So, Chen Guangcheng was a person that had to be sacrificed."

In 2005, Chen begged Jiang and other lawyers in Beijing to investigate family-planning abuses in Linyi, a poor region of mostly peasants, 630 km (390 miles) from Beijing.

When Jiang went there, he discovered that men were rounding up parents at night and locking them up if their daughters went into hiding to avoid forced abortions or sterilizations, and charging them 100 yuan for every night they were detained.

Within a year of launching his campaign to expose abuses in the population policy, Chen was arrested, charged and convicted.

Teng Biao, a human rights lawyer, documented the abuses in a report that estimated 7,000 women were forcibly sterilized in Yinan, a county in Linyi, from March to August 2005.

Chen and other villagers told Teng in 2005 that Li "ordered ...the torture activities for the violent birth control campaign," Teng told Reuters.

Local officials have been punished and rewarded based on their ability to meet annual population control targets.

In November 2010, Li became party chief of Qingdao. He is also a member of the Shandong Standing Committee, the apex of power in the province.

In November, Teng said he received a letter from a villager in Linyi. "Guangcheng's case has happened more than six years ago, but the brutal enforcement of the birth-control policy still exists," the villager wrote.

"The town's family planning personnel have illegally detained the family members of the people who have violated the birth policy, and have secretly locked them up and taken their mobile phones."

"CHAIRMAN MAO ONCE SAID"

Before Li became the party boss of Linyi, he led a group of Shandong government officials who took classes at the University of New Haven in 2000, according to Karen Grava, the university's director of media relations.

Li was awarded a Masters of Public Administration degree under a program drawn up by the University of New Haven, Grava said in emailed comments. He also participated in an internship in the office of New Haven's Mayor, John DeStefano.

After his stint in the mayor's office, in 2004 Li published a book in Chinese about his experiences. State-owned newspaper China Youth Daily called it "the first perspective by a Chinese official into the operations of the U.S. government."

In the book, Li recalled the mayor asking him about what to do about two police officers accused of taking more than the three days of leave they were allotted.

"Mayor John DeStefano was quite trusting in me, and asked me my views," Li wrote. "I said, 'Our Chairman Mao once said, Unless you have carried out investigations, you have no right to speak', and so this matter should be further investigated.' Perhaps this was one task I could help the mayor with."

Li said DeStefano authorized him to "carry out an investigation, and then give me your opinion on what to do."

But DeStefano had no recollection of such encounters or indeed of Li himself, said Benton from the city government.

"The Mayor would never have delegated to an unpaid intern the duties handled by the Police Department's Internal Affairs unit," Benton said.

(Additional reporting by Paul Eckert in Washington D.C. and Beijing Newsroom; Editing by Ron Popeski)

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No New Year's resolutions -- just a new year with goals and aspirations (objectives).

How many years have you heard people say that their New Year's resolution is to do this or stop that or in kind have asked others what their New Year's resolutions are? Why does a date on a calendar have to force someone to change something in their life? Probably something dramatic like the usual chants of losing weight, stopping smoking, quit drinking, find a better job and on and on.

New Year's resolutions rarely work. The adrenaline rush from the moment of the commitment is short-lived. Solid attempts are made for a while, but usually something happens as life once again begins and the same obstacles are presented as were before the holidays.

So how can one make a comfortable, doable resolution? Reach for goals and objectives in a committed, honest manner through preparation and not expectation. You don't need to prove anything to anyone, and sometimes that's more pressure than we want to (or should) give credence to.

One way to start this process in a healthy way is to map out the following:

1) Where were you last year at this time?

Take some quiet time to jot down where you were with your emotions, job, finances, health, personal relationships, etc...

2) Where are you this year?

How did the year unfold for you? Did plans pan out or were you thrown a curveball or two? How did you handle that fork in the road that you weren't expecting? Were the goals (either expected or not) you had set for yourself met, and were they fulfilling?

3) Where would you like to see yourself next year at this time?

Make a DOABLE list that can be accomplished. Write down what you need to do (or not do) in order to see these objectives come to fruition. And what is your time frame? If we just bump along the bottom without a committed schedule, the goal/objective can too easily be lost or forgotten.

If you are dedicated to reaching your personal plateau then make a schedule with specific time frames and days that you will spend contributing to your project. If you want to write a book, carve out x amount of hours, x amount of days to work on your book. Even if you do nothing but research or sit in front of a blank page, you have done what you have planned on doing and I promise will feel accomplished having suited up and showed up.

The key to this exercise is to be honest, do it for yourself and make your objective doable. Saying that you are going to win the lottery is fun and wishful, but frankly a waste of mind power that can be used for something more productive.

Your first holiday alone without the alcoholic/addict

We have read article after article about how difficult and stressful the holidays can be. But being alone on the holidays can be painful and lonely. There are no two ways of getting around it. Maybe this is your first holiday without the alcoholic/addict in your life; maybe somewhere about five months ago you finally realized that you could not continue this life and lifestyle with the alcoholic/addict in your life.

You knew it was the healthy thing to do, even a relief by this break-up; yet being alone on a Saturday night in June is not quite as difficult as alone for the holiday season. Even being surrounded by friends and family can still make one feel like they are alone, and if you are not fortunate to have a strong support group, maybe you are the only one in the canoe, paddling on your own on a lonely holiday stream. Yikes and ouch.

When I experienced one relapse too many from my loved one, I was sad and angry, scared and choked with fear about every aspect of my future. I couldn't help but imagine every person in the world having a wonderful holiday season but me. Of course that's absurd, but our thoughts can get pretty vivid when we have our chin on our buttons.

Is there a happy way to cope with our holiday blues? Honestly, not really. We find ourselves caught up in the "Auld Lang Syne," let bygones be bygones and it's doubly difficult to stay the course that you put into healthy action some time ago. Reliving the past and questioning whether you did the right thing or not to extricate the toxic relationship out of your life is destructive with a zero positive outcome. My father used to say "Don't look back -- you will die of a broken heart."

But these feelings and emotions are real and they hurt; don't deny them and you might need to meet them head on. Sometimes our only option is just slog through it and know that change is a constant and that things will change, hopefully for the more fulfilling and positive.

I found that taking lots of hikes, strolling with my golden retriever to the local hospital for patient visits, and of course journaling were helpful in crawling toward the end of the year. I was on a tight budget, so I had to choose activities that didn't cost money for entertainment or gas.

Hey... Isn't it said that "Whatever doesn't kill you, makes you stronger?" No need to be a hero this time of year and put on a smiling face and a happy disposition for anyone. If you have an emotional tummy-ache then take care of it the best and healthiest way you know how.

Thank you for allowing me to share with you some thoughts and impressions about living (or not), loving (or not) the alcoholic/addict in your life; I'm grateful for your readership and I wish all a new year that's full of growth and renewed self-dignity.

If I can be of service, please visit my website www.familyrecoverysolutions.com and I invite you to explore my new book Reclaim Your Life -- You and the Alcoholic/Addict at www.reclaimyourlifebook.com or on Amazon.

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Remember when the DoD approved the Android-powered Dell Streak for military use? Well the DISA's latest list of approved gear now includes Dell's Venue and the custom version of Froyo that it runs. Sadly, there are some limitations: operatives won't have access to the Android market, all surfing has to go via a secure proxy server and there's a ban on all classified information being received on the handset. Now if you'll excuse us, we're gonna imagine a unit of Venues at boot camp all chanting "If I play Angry Birds in a combat zone, box me up and send me home."

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Full review of HP’s never announced, never released, 7-inch TouchPad Go, the webOS-powered iPad competitor that could have been Derek Kessler of our newly renamed sibling site, webOS Nation, has got his snarky, geeky hands on the krate dragon of the gadget world, and done up a complete...

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BURLINGTON, Vt.?? A plane has made an emergency landing at Burlington International Airport shortly after takeoff after an engine failed and there was a report of smoke in the cargo hold.

Airport operations specialist Patrick Sharrow says the United Airlines CRJ700 plane, which can carry up to 70 people, landed safely at 6:28 a.m. EST. Wednesday after being in the air for about 10 minutes. No one was reported injured.

Airport Director of Operations Richard Varney said he believed the plane was bound for Chicago.

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BEIRUT?? Arab League monitors gathered accounts about the Syrian government's crackdown on dissent in the central city of Homs Wednesday as fresh violence flared just dozens of miles away. Activists said troops opened fire on thousands of unarmed protesters, killing at least six.

Though President Bashar Assad's regime has made concessions to the observers, including the release of nearly 800 prisoners, the military was pressing ahead with a campaign to put down mostly peaceful protests.

In the two days since the Arab monitors arrived, activists said troops have killed at least 39 people, including the six shot in the central city of Hama on Wednesday.

On Thursday, the monitors are expected to visit Hama, Idlib and Daraa ? all centers of the uprising.

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The continued bloodshed ? and comments by an Arab League official praising Syria's cooperation ? have fueled concerns by the Syrian opposition that the Arab mission is a farce and a distraction from the ongoing killings.

Arab League: 'Nothing frightening' in Syria hotspot

The opposition suspects Assad is only trying to buy time and forestall more international sanctions and condemnation.

"This mission has absolutely no mandate, no authority, no teeth," said Ausama Monajed, a member of the Syrian National Council, the main opposition group. "The regime does not feel obliged to even bring down the number of casualties a day."

The 60 monitors ? the first Syria has allowed in during the nine-month uprising ? are supposed to be ensuring the regime is complying with terms of a plan to end a crackdown the U.N. says has killed more than 5,000 people since March.

The plan, which Syria agreed to on Dec. 19, demands that the regime remove its security forces and heavy weapons from cities, start talks with the opposition and allow human rights workers and journalists into the country. It also calls for the release of all political prisoners.

On Wednesday, the government released 755 prisoners following a report by Human Rights Watch accusing authorities of hiding hundreds of detainees from the monitors. It was the second concession in two days.

The army on Monday pulled some of its troops back from the central city of Homs after bombarding it for days and killing scores of people. Monitors who were allowed into the city were met by tens of thousands of protesters who called for Assad's execution.

Images obtained by The Associated Press from the city in the days leading up to the monitors' visit show army defectors inside a bombed-out building, firing machine guns through gaping holes in a wall.

In another, a huge crowd fills the street for a nighttime rally behind a giant banner of the uprising's revolutionary flag. A row of women wear the flags and a large sign overhead reads: "All the doors are closed except your door, God."

There are also photos of wounded civilians lying on a floor in pools of blood, and being treated with crude medical equipment. Another shows an alleyway with blood smeared on a wall and pooled on the ground.

At a Dec. 21 protest, a banner reads: "To the Arab League: Your initiative cannot protect us from death." Young girls with headbands that read "Leave!" and sashes calling for the "execution of Bashar" protest under banners with "Freedom and Dignity."

The images show the intensity of the opposition against Assad's regime, which brought on the offensive against Homs that began on Friday and lasted until monitors arrived Tuesday to start their one-month mission with a visit to the city.

Several from the team of 12 stayed in Homs overnight and they continued to work there Wednesday. There was no word on whether other teams went to different cities.

According to officials and activists, the monitors went to several districts of Homs, including trouble spots in Baba Amr, Bab Sbaa and Inshaat.

The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.

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(Reuters) ? The Stuxnet virus that last year damaged Iran's nuclear program was likely one of at least five cyber weapons developed on a single platform whose roots trace back to 2007, according to new research from Russian computer security firm Kaspersky Lab.

Security experts widely believe that the United States and Israel were behind Stuxnet, though the two nations have officially declined to comment on the matter.

A Pentagon spokesman on Wednesday declined comment on Kaspersky's research, which did not address who was behind Stuxnet.

Stuxnet has already been linked to another virus, the Duqu data-stealing trojan, but Kaspersky's research suggests the cyber weapons program that targeted Iran may be far more sophisticated than previously known.

Kaspersky's director of global research & analysis, Costin Raiu, told Reuters on Wednesday that his team has gathered evidence that shows the same platform that was used to build Stuxnet and Duqu was also used to create at least three other pieces of malware.

Raiu said the platform is comprised of a group of compatible software modules designed to fit together, each with different functions. Its developers can build new cyber weapons by simply adding and removing modules.

"It's like a Lego set. You can assemble the components into anything: a robot or a house or a tank," he said.

Kaspersky named the platform "Tilded" because many of the files in Duqu and Stuxnet have names beginning with the tilde symbol "~" and the letter "d."

Researchers with Kaspersky have not found any new types of malware built on the Tilded platform, Raiu said, but they are fairly certain that they exist because shared components of Stuxnet and Duqu appear to be searching for their kin.

When a machine becomes infected with Duqu or Stuxnet, the shared components on the platform search for two unique registry keys on the PC linked to Duqu and Stuxnet that are then used to load the main piece of malware onto the computer, he said.

Kaspersky recently discovered new shared components that search for at least three other unique registry keys, which suggests that the developers of Stuxnet and Duqu also built at least three other pieces of malware using the same platform, he added.

Those modules handle tasks including delivering the malware to a PC, installing it, communicating with its operators, stealing data and replicating itself.

Makers of anti-virus software including Kaspersky, U.S. firm Symantec Corp and Japan's Trend Micro Inc have already incorporated technology into their products to protect computers from getting infected with Stuxnet and Duqu.

Yet it would be relatively easy for the developers of those highly sophisticated viruses to create other weapons that can evade detection by those anti-virus programs by the modules in the Tilded platform, he said.

Kaspersky believes that Tilded traces back to at least 2007 because specific code installed by Duqu was compiled from a device running a Windows operating system on August 31, 2007.

(Reporting By Jim Finkle; Editing by Phil Berlowitz)

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2ND LEAD: Christians flee north as Nigeria mourns church bomb victims Eds: Adds Muslim leader's condemnation

ABUJA, Dec 27, 2011 (dpa - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Christians living in Nigeria's violence-prone northern towns were fleeing for the south Tuesday, amid fears of further attacks from the radical Islamist group Boko Haram.

At least 40 people were killed on Christmas day bombings of several churches, in attacks claimed by Islamist group Boko Haram.

Witnesses told dpa that the places witnessing the most movement were Kaduna, Maiduguri and Postiskum.

"The central motor park here is full; a lot of people are fleeing Maiduguri and Yobe," said Maiduguri motor park tout Mohammed Bolori.

"These people are mostly southerners who are afraid of more attacks, even though Christmas is over. Those who travelled (during the holidays) are not coming back en masse to these towns," Bolori said.

Many northern businesses are run by migrants from the south. "They run the show in our markets and without their business our economy is nothing," he said.

In the capital Abuja, relatives and friends of those killed in Nigeria's Christmas Day church blasts have been holding memorial services for those killed in the attacks.

Services were held Monday and Tuesday at the St Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, a town about 20 kilometres west of the capital Abuja, where at least 35 people were killed as Christmas services were ending.

Nigerian television reported that the explosion was caused by a car bomb that destroyed much of the church building and killed churchgoers as they poured out of the service.

Boko Haram claimed responsibility for Sunday's attacks, which also targeted the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Church in the central Jos region, injuring several people and killing a policemen.

Two more attacks hit the volatile north-east, killing four people. One of the attacks was on a church in Gadaka, in Yobe state.

Monday's special mass was presided over by bishops who read passages from Pope Benedict XVI's Christmas address.

Among those in attendance was a 13-year-old girl who lost both her parents and all her siblings in the attack, newspaper The Nation reported.

Nancy Maduka's parents had allowed her to stay home and do her hair on Christmas morning, the newspaper said. Maduka later found the charred bodies of her parents and sisters in their car outside the church.

A mass burial was being considered for the victims, according to a morgue assistant at Abuja's National Teaching Hospital.

"A lot of families who came here could not recognise the victims. Most of the bodies are burnt beyond recognition ... a mass burial is being considered," assistant John Duniya told dpa.

Survivor Matthew Enebeli lost his pregnant wife in the Madalla blast.

"We were married for 10 years without a child. God blessed me and the devil has cut short my joy," Enebeli said.

He said his wife, who suffered from hypertension, had died from shock.

With many injured survivors undergoing treatment, a blood donation drive was underway. National Blood Transfusion Agency spokesperson Jane Ogbuio said turnout had been low, however.

Africa's religious and political leaders have been speaking out in the wake of the attacks.

On Tuesday the current Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, called the explosions "dastardly."

The sultan is widely regarded as the spiritual leader of Nigerian Muslims.

He met with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and other traditional leaders to discuss promoting inter-faith peace.

South African President Jacob Zuma, who promised to work closely with Nigeria to promote peace during a recent visit there, released a statement expressing condolences "to families of the deceased and the injured, during this difficult time of mourning and sadness."

In the run-up to Christmas, Boko Haram had issued statements in which they threatened to disrupt holiday celebrations.

The group had vowed to seek revenge for the deaths of 59 of its members in a gun battle last Thursday with security forces in the town of Damaturu.

Police had stepped up a security drive, raiding suspected bomb factories and making key arrests in the weeks before the festival.

Last Christmas, dozens were killed in attacks on Christians, while Muslims have also died in violence during Islamic celebrations.

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Former "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" actress Janet Hubert recently lashed out Will Smith (seen above in a 1996 photo from the show).

By Ree Hines

Watch out, Will. Aunt Viv is mad!

If anyone was holding out hope that the original cast of 1990s TV hit "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" might one day reunite, despite the fact that former lead Will Smith is strictly A-list nowadays, it's time to give up the dream. According to actress Janet Hubert, who played family matriarch Vivian Banks, there's no way it could ever happen.

Hubert has sworn off sharing any screen ? big or small ? with Smith again.

"There will never be a reunion ... as I will never do anything with an a--hole like Will Smith," Hubert recently told TMZ.

Yikes! Why the bad blood? Well, it seems Hubert still blames Smith for her early ouster from "Fresh Prince" in 1993, three years into the show's run.

"He is still an egomaniac and has not grown up," she explained after a recent off-screen?reunion of some other cast members?sparked new rumors of a "Fresh Prince" return. "This constant reunion thing will never ever happen in my lifetime unless there is an apology, which he doesn't know the word."

For his part, Smith has long denied having anything to do with Hubert's departure from the sitcom.

"That wasn?t me," he told Ebony magazine in a 1996 interview. "Janet (Hubert) was an incredible actress. She brought so much spirit and fun and warmth to 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.' She made that set a home. She was really special. Of course, there was pain in her not returning to the show and all that, but then there was the thing that she thought it was me. That kind of irritated me a little bit, but people will make their own beds, and they are going to have to sleep in them. I didn?t have anything to do with it. She just never believed that. I think the show suffered with the loss of Janet."

Who do you believe in the not-so-fresh "Fresh Prince" battle? Are you disappointed that a reunion won't happen? Share your thoughts on our Facebook page.

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The evidence showing that most individual investors significantly underperform the market is compelling. A study done by Dalbar, a leading financial services market research firm, found that, during the 20 years from 1991 through 2010, the average stock fund investor earned returns of only 3.83% per year, while the S&P 500 returned 9.14%.

The ramifications of this study are startling. It?s very easy to capture the returns of the market. All you have to do is purchase index funds that track the returns you are seeking to replicate. You will pay low transaction fees, but your returns should be pretty much in line with the indexes.

There is overwhelming support for buying a globally diversified portfolio of low management fee index funds in an asset allocation suitable for you. It is summarized in my new book, which is co-branded with Mint.com, The Smartest Money Book You?ll Ever Read. Yet, most investors stubbornly ignore this research and persist in stock picking, market timing and trying to find the next ?hot? mutual fund manager, often with the encouragement of their broker or investment advisor. The results of pursuing these flawed strategies are predictable, as indicated in the Dalbar study, chasing returns and trying to predict the random moves of the stock market are disastrous strategies for investors.

In an article in the New York Times, David Swensen, the chief investment officer at Yale University and author of Unconventional Success: A Fundamental Approach to Personal Investment, noted that, ?For decades, investors suffered below-market returns even as mutual fund management company owners enjoyed market-beating results. Profits trumped the duty to serve investors.?

The financial media plays an insidious role in misleading investors. It is largely premised on the purported ability of stock market pundits to make sense of random events and predict the future. At year-end, these pundits make their predictions for the following year. They give us their views on where the Dow is headed or pick stocks that are likely to outperform. Sometimes they are right but often, they are wrong. There is no way to tell into which category their current predictions will fall.

The question is: Why do so many investors repeat the same mistakes year after year? Is it collective cognitive dissonance? Is the enticement of hundreds of millions of dollars of advertising by the securities industry too powerful to resist? Is there an irresistible desire by some investors to engage in socially acceptable gambling?

While all of these factors may play a role, it turns out that your brain may be the biggest barrier preventing you from becoming a successful investor. Consider this:

You Seek Order When None Exists

Daniel Kahneman is an Israeli-born psychologist and winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in economic sciences and he is best-known for his work in behavioral economics, which attempts to explain how investors make decisions. In a thoughtful article adapted from his book, Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman reached this insightful conclusion: ?We are prone to think that the world is more regular and predictable than it really is, because our memory automatically and continuously maintains a story about what is going on, and because the rules of memory tend to make that story as coherent as possible and to suppress alternatives.?

The stock market is random and unpredictable and efforts to seek order and direction are likely to undermine your returns.

You Confuse Luck with Skill

When stock gurus get it right, they attribute their accurate predictions to skill. Their success is most likely due to luck, as indicated in studies by well-credentialed authors. The subtle difference between luck and skill is lost on many investors, who are quick to anoint the next investment guru. Kahneman?s study (reported in the same article) led him to his conclusion: ?The results [of the performance of wealth advisers over an eight year period] resembled what you would expect from a dice-rolling contest, not a game of skill.?

Your Level of Confidence is Not Reality-Based

According to a recent blog?by David B. Armstrong in USNews.com., 80% of the drivers surveyed in Sweden thought they were better than average drivers. Most investors probably feel the same way. The Dalbar and other studies demonstrate that most investors are below average, if you consider ?average? as the ability to capture the returns of the market. This level of overconfidence leads to poor investing decisions which are not based on peer-reviewed research.

Your Emotions Overcome Your Logic

Most investors find the ?agony of defeat? (losing money) more intense than the ?thrill of victory? (making money). Armstrong notes that this reaction to losses causes emotions to overtake logic, resulting in bad investing decisions.

You Can?t Resist the Thrill of the Hunt

According to Meir Statman, a professor of finance at Santa Clara University and an expert in behavioral finance, many investors enjoy the competitive element involved in to trying to ?win.? They pursue efforts to obtain outsized gains with their investments even though, in Statman?s view, ?Individual investors should treat the market as unbeatable and realize that when they try to beat it, because it is inefficient, they are likely to injure themselves, rather than gain at the expense of another.?

The next time you are confronted with an investing decision, remember that you may be influenced more by the involuntary reaction of your brain than the solid research which should be your guide.

Do you have a question you?d like to have answered by Dan Solin? Join us on the Mint.com Facebok page on January 11th for a LIVE?reader Q&A session with Dan. In the meantime, you can submit your questions to editor@mint.com

Dan Solin is a Senior Vice-President of Index Funds Advisors (ifa.com).? He is the author of the New York Times best sellers The Smartest Investment Book You?ll Ever Read, The Smartest 401(k) Book You?ll Ever Read, The Smartest Retirement Book You?ll Ever Read and The Smartest Portfolio You?ll Ever Own.? His new book, The Smartest Money Book You?ll Ever Read, will be released January 3, 2012. You can buy the book at several retailers and in various formats, including: Amazon,?Barnes & Noble,?Nook and ?iBooks.

The views set forth in this blog are the opinions of the author alone and may not represent the views of any firm or entity with whom he is affiliated. The data, information, and content on this blog are for information, education, and non-commercial purposes only. Returns from index funds do not represent the performance of any investment advisory firm. The information on this blog does not involve the rendering of personalized investment advice and is limited to the dissemination of opinions on investing. No reader should construe these opinions as an offer of advisory services. Readers who require investment advice should retain the services of a competent investment professional. The information on this blog is not an offer to buy or sell, or a solicitation of any offer to buy or sell any securities or class of securities mentioned herein. Furthermore, the information on this blog should not be construed as an offer of advisory services. Please note that the author does not recommend specific securities nor is he responsible for comments made by persons posting on this blog.

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ANGUILLA, Miss. (AP) ? A Christmas stakeout in Sharkey County led to the arrest of three men wanted in a slaying in Texas.

Sheriff Lindsey Adams tells the Vicksburg Post (http://bit.ly/sU3ORH) that the three men were arrested without incident about 11 p.m. Christmas.

They are being held in the Issaquena County jail for Texas authorities. Adams says they had waived extradition.

Adams says the security system of a stolen vehicle led authorities to the Anguilla home of a relative of two of the men.

Adams says the three were warned in the Dec. 20 robbery and shooting death of 21-year-old Trevor Matthew Kronbach at his Lewisville, Texas, home.

Adams said his deputies, Anguilla police and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation participated in the stakeout. He said at 11 p.m. officers tossed flash grenade into the house and arrested the three in a bedroom.

Those arrested were Tyron Negal Jenkins, 41; Julius Kal Smith, 35; and George Walker Jr., 33.

Lewisville police Capt. Kevin Deaver told the newspaper that the three men are believed to be from Lawrence, Kan.

Deaver said a fourth suspect was arrested shortly after the slaying at a local motel. He said Markell Oneil Hardy, 26, is charged with capital murder and is being held in the Denton County Jail pending the posting of a $250,000 bond.

Jenkins, Smith and Walker will also be charged with capital murder when they are returned to Texas, said Deaver.

"It was basically a robbery gone bad," Deaver said.

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There is a "very strange" bout of cancer affecting several South American leaders, and the U.S. may be responsible, at least according to Hugo Ch?vez. The Venezuelan president believes that his least favorite government to the north is using cancer as a political weapon. "It's very difficult to explain, even with the law of probabilities, what has been happening to some of us in Latin America," he said in a speech to the military. "Would it be so strange that they've invented technology to spread cancer and we won't know about it for 50 years?" Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and her predecessor, Luiz In?cio Lula da Silva, as well as Paraguay's Fernando Lugo and, most recently, Argentine President Cristina Fern?ndez de Kirchner have all been diagnosed with cancer. Ch?vez himself has an undisclosed type of cancer and has called for a regional summit of his fellow leaders who are currently suffering from or have battled cancer.

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Since its first branch opened in Beverly Hills in 1985, California Pizza Kitchen has built its reputation on offbeat, extravagant pizza combinations like the California club pizza (first baked with smoked bacon, chicken and mozzarella and then topped with tomatoes and chilled lettuce tossed in mayonnaise (NT$380), and the pear and Gorgonzola (the two main ingredients come alongside mozzarella, caramelized onions and mixed salad, NT$420). The chain?s first Taiwan store is located in the food court of Vieshow Cinema (????) in Xinyi District. The sit-down restaurant opened earlier this month and has been racking up good business so far. On a recent Wednesday evening, we arrived around 7:30pm but had to wait half an hour for a table.

California Pizza Kitchen is also known for a rotating selection of indulgent appetizers. The current roster at the Taipei location includes calorie bombs like pork rib quesadillas (NT$320) and karaage crispy chicken (NT$210), or Japanese-style fried chicken served with a citrus-soy dipping sauce. There are a few healthier options, such as the Greek plate, or hummus and Greek salad served with pizza bread (NT$250).

We ordered smoked salmon deviled eggs (NT$300), which were served with toasted triangles of pita bread. California Pizza Kitchen?s take on the classic American finger food featured yolk mixed with dill paste and stuffed back into hard-boiled egg white halves, topped with smoked salmon, cucumber, tomato and parsley. It tasted much lighter than traditional deviled eggs, which are usually made with dollops of mayo. Despite the slice of salty smoked salmon layered on top of each egg, however, the dish was somewhat bland and could have done with a heavy sprinkling of paprika.

California Pizza Kitchen

Address: Vieshow Cinemas Taipei Xinyi (????????), 2F, 20 Songshou Rd, Taipei City (??????20?2?)

Telephone: (02) 2722-8383

Open: Daily from 11am to midnight

Average meal: Most pizzas and other entrees range in price from NT$300 to NT$600

Details: Chinese and English menu, credit cards accepted

My companion ordered the Milan pizza (NT$420), which is smothered in three types of cheeses (Edam, mozzarella and Parmesan) and topped with spicy and sweet Italian sausage, sauteed mushrooms, caramelized onion and fresh herbs. The meat was delicious, but we were surprised by the sweetness of the crust. The pizza?s many toppings disguised its flaky, buttery texture until we got to the edge of each slice. Once we noticed it, however, it became distracting.

My serving of California kung pao spaghetti (NT320) was much more successful. Tossed in red chili paste with plenty of garlic, peanuts and crispy scallions, the pasta was very piquant. Toppings of chicken or shrimp are available for an extra charge.

With its pastry-dough-like taste, California Pizza Kitchen?s crust pairs well with sweet toppings ? and, indeed, there are several dessert pizzas available, including the pearl tapioca milk tea pizza (NT$280). Topped with pearl tapioca, large multi-colored mochi (or glutinous rice) balls and lashings of tea-flavored cream, the dessert pizza looked unappetizing but tasted surprisingly good. Strawberry slices added an unexpected pop of tartness and the crispy dough was a good textural complement to all the chewy toppings. The pearl tapioca milk tea pizza is best shared between at least two people. Other sweet options include the red wine apple cinnamon pizza (NT$250) and the banana chocolate and marshmallow pizza (NT$250), which appeared to be a popular choice among other diners.

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BEIRUT?? After days of punishing assaults, Syria's army began withdrawing tanks from the restive city of Homs on Tuesday just as a team of Arab League observers was on its way to the central city, according to activists and an Arab official.

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Opposition activist Mohammed Saleh said the heavy bombardment of Homs stopped Tuesday morning and tanks were seen pulling out of the streets. Another Homs-based activist said he saw armored vehicles leaving early Tuesday on a highway leading to the city of Palmyra to the east. He asked that his name not be made public for fear of retribution.

For days, military forces had pounded Homs with artillery despite agreeing to an Arab League plan to stop the bloodshed. The Arab monitoring mission is meant to ensure the government complies with the deal to halt the nine-month crackdown on dissent.

Opponents of President Bashar Assad, however, doubt that the Arab League can budge the autocratic leader at the head of one of the Middle East's most repressive regimes.

The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters 20,000 protesters gathered in Homs early Tuesday ahead of the scheduled tour of the city by Arab League peace monitors.

Video: Thousands reported dead in Syria crackdown (on this page)

It said the activists were gathering in Khalidiya, one of the four parts of Homs where there has been heavy bloodshed as armed rebels fight security forces using tanks.

Elsewhere, several men from an "armed terrorist group" trying to cross from the Turkish border into Syria were shot dead, the state news agency said.

"Special forces were able to kill and wound several gunmen and seized some weapons, ammunitions, army uniforms, communication tools and fake identity cards," SANA said, but it did not give a specific casualty count.

SANA also reported that a "terrorist group" had attacked a gas pipeline near Homs but there were no further details immediately available.

Syria's top opposition leader Burhan Ghalioun called Sunday for the League to bring the U.N. Security Council into the effort . The U.N. says more than 5,000 people have been killed since March in the political violence.

In Cairo, an official at the Arab League's operations room said the Sudanese head of the mission to Syria, Gen. Mohamed Ahmed Mustafa al-Dabi, was leading a team of at least 12 observers on their way to Homs Tuesday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to journalists, gave no further details.

'Yesterday was terrible'
The observers began their visit by meeting the governor of Homs, Syria's Dunia television channel said. According to opposition activists at least 34 people were killed in the city on Monday as tanks fired at targets among apartment blocks.

"Today is calm, unlike pervious days," Saleh said on Tuesday. "The shelling went on for days, but yesterday was terrible."

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights cited reports from opposition activists in Homs saying at least 11 tanks had left a district they attacked on Monday, and that other tanks were being hidden.

Homs, Syria's third-largest city, has a population of 800,000 and is at the epicenter of the revolt against Assad, located about 100 miles north of the capital, Damascus. Many Syrians refer to Homs as the "capital of the revolution."

Video: Bloody crackdown continues in Syria (on this page)

Parts of Homs are defended by the Free Syrian Army, made up of defectors from the regular armed forces, who say they have tried to protect civilians.

The Arab League plan agreed to by Assad last week requires the government to remove its security forces and heavy weapons from city streets, start talks with opposition leaders and allow human rights workers and journalists into the country. Before Tuesday's redeployment of at least some tanks, there had been no sign that Assad was implementing any of the terms, much less letting up on his brutal crackdown.

Assad's opponents fear that the monitors ? who arrived in the country on Monday after weeks of negotiations with Arab states ? will be used as a cloak of respectability for a government that will hide the extent of violence.

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The teams will use government transport, according to Dabi. But that arrangement likely to fuel charges by the anti-Assad opposition that the monitoring mission will be impeded and hoodwinked from the outset.

Dr Mousab Azzawi, chief co-ordinator of Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told msnbc.com: "We do not believe the monitors will be able to change anything.

"They are not free to see what they want, they cannot move anywhere without giving the government two hours' notice. They are essentially guests of the government they are supposed to be checking on."

Arab League delegates insist the mission will nevertheless maintain the "element of surprise" and be able to go wherever it chooses with no notice.

The monitoring mission launch marks the first international intervention on the ground in Syria since the start of the popular revolt inspired by Arab pro-democracy uprisings that have toppled several dictators this year.

Assad says he is fighting Islamist terrorism directed from abroad and that some 2,000 people have been killed, mainly soldiers and police.

The Associated Press, Reuters and msnbc.com's Alastair Jamieson contributed to this report.

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