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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A young model was either insane, or a calculating, quick-thinking murderer who feigned mental illness when he killed and castrated his lover, a prominent Portuguese journalist, in their New York hotel room last year, a jury heard on Wednesday. No one disputes that Renato Seabra, 22, killed Carlos Castro, 65, in January 2011. Seabra pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to a charge of second degree murder, and his trial reached closing arguments at Manhattan criminal court. ...

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Texas Millionaire Known For His ?Cadillac Ranch? Charged With ...

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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) ? Stanley Marsh 3, the eccentric millionaire artist best known for his ?Cadillac Ranch? art display along an interstate in the Texas Panhandle, was charged Wednesday with 11 felony counts of molesting children.

The 74-year-old turned himself in at a county jail after an arrest warrant was issued, accusing him of molesting two teenagers in 2010. His arrest follows the filing of several lawsuits against him for allegedly paying 10 teens for sex acts.

The charges could go before a grand jury in the next few weeks or soon after the first of the year, special prosecutor Matt Powell said.

?This is the beginning of the process,? Powell said. ?This is what we felt like we needed to do.?

According to criminal complaints filed in Potter County, Marsh had the teens engage in sexual acts, including masturbation and oral sex, on three days in 2010. He was charged with six counts of child sexual assault and five counts of sexual performance by a child.

Marsh?s criminal attorneys, Paul Nugent and Heather Peterson of Houston, denied the charges, saying in a statement that the teens in the civil cases waited until Marsh suffered a massive stroke last year to move forward with a plan ?to become multimillionaires? by signing with a Houston personal injury attorney.

?The investigation into the group?s claims is far from complete,? the attorneys wrote in their statement. ?There should be no premature rush to judgment. Stanley Marsh 3 is not guilty of the group?s allegations, and will fight as vigorously as his declining health permits.?

The six lawsuits claim Marsh paid the boys, ages 15 and 16, for sexual acts. One claimed that Marsh provided him drugs and alcohol, bought him two cars, and paid him at several points during a year in sums of as much as $10,000.

Marsh?s civil attorney, Kelly Utsinger, has denied those allegations. He did not immediately return a call seeking comment on Wednesday?s criminal complaints.

The teens? Houston-based civil attorney, Anthony Buzbee, said two of the teens went to police in late summer before the lawsuits were filed, but two others didn?t speak with investigators until early November ? about the time Marsh?s offices were searched. One teen?s mother sought out a civil attorney when she didn?t hear back from police, according to the lawsuits.

Marsh is probably best known for planting 10 brightly painted Cadillacs nose down along Interstate 40 in the Panhandle in the 1970s. The cars, ranging from a 1948 club coupe to a 1963 sedan and gathered from junkyards, private collectors and used car lots, have since become a pop art landmark.

Visitors through the years have splattered them with graffiti and in 2005 they were coated in pink to honor breast cancer victims, survivors and their families. Marsh also has painted them black and yellow to honor the passing of longtime friends.

An Amarillo native and philanthropist, Marsh and his wife have donated to local art and education causes. After he suffered the massive stroke and a series of smaller ones, his wife was appointed his guardian.

Marsh was indicted on charges of indecency with a child in 1996, but the charges were eventually dismissed. That same year Marsh acknowledged no wrongdoing in a settlement with a youth who claimed Marsh sexually abused him.

In 2001, parties in four lawsuits that alleged imprisonment, sexual misconduct and harassment of teens were settled. Marsh apologized but no other details were made public.

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Notre Dame football recruiting notebook: Florida RB Bryant sets official visit

The Irish coaching staff has continued to look for another offensive playmaker in the 2013 class and this week they've moved closer to a prospect that had previously fallen off the radar. Running back Greg Bryant from American Heritage School in Delray Beach, Fla., proved his growing interest in Notre Dame by scheduling an official visit to the school for Dec. 7. It will be Bryant?s first official visit. 247Sports.com national recruiting writer Steve Wiltfong said Notre Dame had expressed interest in Bryant before he initially committed to Oklahoma, but has since reached back out to the star running back since he decommitted. Most recruiting services didn?t have the Irish in the picture for Bryant, but Wiltfong said Notre Dame?s success this season leaves a lot of things open. ?Nothing surprises me when you?re the No. 1 football team in the country and on top of that you?re also No. 1 in the classroom as well,? Wiltfong said. ?Notre Dame has a lot to sell kids right now. Most kids that they?re going to go after at this point are going to have some sort of interest moving forward.? The 5-11, 196-pound Bryant holds offers from many of the SEC powers including Alabama, Georgia, Florida and South Carolina. 247Sports ranks Bryant as the No. 11 running back, but Rivals.com slates Bryant as the No. 2 running back and the No. 14 player overall in the 2013 class. Wiltfong said Bryant is an all-around running back that plays similar to the way Irish running back Theo Riddick has performed this season. Bryant recently finished his sixth season at the varsity level. ?He has a background playing slot receiver early in his high school career and then became a great running back as he came along,? Wiltfong said. ?He actually played high school football in middle school. He got moved up to the varsity in seventh grade and played slot receiver in seventh and eighth grade and became a running back as a freshman.? Residing in Florida, Bryant?s lead recruiter from Notre Dame is recruiting coordinator Tony Alford. Traction with Bryant could be the result of constant recruiting done by Alford. ?He?s out there working on the recruiting trail. He?s looking at every corner, turning over every rock and trying to find players that fit what Notre Dame wants on and off the football field and Greg Bryant fits that bill,? Wiltfong said. ?He?s a tireless worker and a tireless recruiter. He?s one of the best in the business, no doubt about that.? As for Bryant, Wiltfong sees a running back that?s physically mature enough to compete in college right away.

?He?s physically ready,? Wiltfong said. ?He?ll come into whatever college program he decides on ready to play from a physical standpoint.?

Recruiting travels
The entire Notre Dame coaching staff will be making trips to their recruiting areas across the country this week to check in on committed players and available prospects. Alford started his week checking in on tight end commit Mike Heuerman in Naples, Fla., on Sunday night and linebacker commit Michael Deeb in Plantation, Fla., on Monday. He?ll continue to make stops at schools in the state throughout the week like he did at University School in Fort Lauderdale, where 2014 defensive back Quincy Wilson and 2015 running back Jordan Scarlett attend school.

Cornerbacks coach Kerry Cooks and safeties coach Bob Elliott were in Arizona on Monday visiting committed cornerback Cole Luke and other 2014 prospects in the Phoenix area. Cooks was also scheduled to spend part of the week in Texas with visits to wide receiver commits Corey Robinson (Tuesday) and Torii Hunter Jr. (Thursday).

Tight ends coach Scott Booker visited defensive end Isaac Rochell at his Georgia home on Monday and will spend more time in the Peach State before heading to the Washington, D.C. area later in the week with a visit to cornerback commit Devin Butler scheduled for Friday.

Offensive line coach Harry Hiestand will visit several of his future players throughout the week including John Montelus (Wednesday), Mike McGlinchey (Thursday) and Hunter Bivin (Friday).

On Tuesday, Kelly and offensive coordinator Chuck Martin visited wide receiver commit James Onwualu in Minnesota while defensive line coach Mike Elston and defensive coordinator Bob Diaco travelled to Fort Wayne to visit five-star linebacker commit Jaylon Smith.

Kelly and Martin are expected to visit offensive line commit Steve Elmer in Midland, Mich., on Thursday.

Andrews offered
Kelly wasn?t the only one who stopped by a gym during his recruiting travels. Bob Elliott visited wide receiver/tight end prospect Mark Andrews during a basketball practice at Scottsdale (Ariz.) Desert Mountain on Monday to offer the junior a scholarship.
The 6-6, 225-pound Andrews was named to the Rivals 250 watch list for the 2014 class after catching 81 passes for almost 1,500 yards and 21 touchdowns this past season. The four-star prospect ranks as the No. 10 wide receiver according to 247Sports.com. His offer list includes Oklahoma, Ohio State, Michigan and Arizona.

Andrews teams with junior quarterback Kyle Allen at Desert Mountain who does not have a Notre Dame offer but is considered one of the top pro-style quarterbacks in his class.

Irish TV special planned
With Notre Dame concluding its 2012 regular season with a perfect 12-0 record and the No. 1 BCS ranking, NBC will take a special look back at the Fighting Irish?s magical 2012 season and look ahead to the team?s upcoming appearance in the BCS National Championship on Jan. 7. Undefeated: 2012 Notre Dame Football Season in Review airs on Saturday, December 22 at 2 p.m. ET on NBC.

Hosted by Liam McHugh, Undefeated will feature an in-depth look at Notre Dame?s first undefeated regular season since 1988. It will also preview the BCS National Championship in which the Fighting Irish will look to win a national title for the first time in 24 years, likely against the winner of Saturday?s SEC Championship Game between Alabama and Georgia.

Undefeated will feature a behind-the-scenes look at Notre Dame?s improbable season, and include interviews with head coach Brian Kelly and numerous players. It will also look back at the remarkable career of Heisman Trophy hopeful and team captain linebacker Manti Te?o.

Footage from the Notre Dame Football awards show will also air in Undefeated.

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Yingli's losses mount as prices remain weak

(Reuters) - Chinese solar panel makers Yingli Green Energy Holding Co and JA Solar Holdings Co Ltd joined rivals in saying that they would turn to their domestic market to drive shipment growth in the face of steep U.S. import duties and a slump in panel prices.

Yingli expects shipments to grow rapidly in markets like China in the fourth quarter, while JA Solar said it was making inroads into Australia, Southeast Asia and South America.

JA Solar's third-quarter shipments to China doubled from the preceding quarter. China contributed 28 percent to Yingli's quarterly revenue, compared to 14 percent in the second quarter.

Rival JinkoSolar Holding Co Ltd earlier this month said half of its 2013 revenue would come from China.

China has launched a number of incentive programs to prop its flailing solar industry and in August hiked its 2015 target for solar power capacity by 40 percent to about 21 gigawatts (GW), the third increase in just over a year.

The United States earlier this month approved tariffs on imports from most top Chinese solar equipment manufacturers, including Yingli and JA Solar.

The European Union is looking at imposing similar duties and has launched an investigation into alleged state subsidies for Chinese solar panel manufacturers.

These developments in top market Europe and the United States come at an unfortunate time for Chinese solar companies, whose margins have nearly disappeared due to a sharp fall in prices.

Prices have plunged 75 percent in the last four years on weak demand from Europe and rapid capacity expansion.

BETTING ON POWER PLANTS

Yingli also said it would ship 200 megawatt (MW) of modules to a utility scale project in Imperial County, California, being developed by Centinela Solar Energy LLC.

Solar companies are turning to the more lucrative business of developing large solar power plants that will be powered by their panels, as pure panel manufacturing remains highly unprofitable.

Rivals Trina Solar Ltd and Canadian Solar Inc have also said they are turning their focus to utility-type solar projects.

JA Solar, which consolidated its American Depositary Shares (ADS) last week to avoid delisting from the Nasdaq, said it expects total cell and module shipments to be between 380 megawatt (MW) and 420 MW in the fourth quarter, compared with 418 MW in the third.

The company narrowed its full-year shipment outlook to between 1.55 GW and 1.65 GW, from 1.5 GW to 1.8 GW.

The bleak shipment forecast comes days after rivals Trina Solar and Canadian Solar cut their full-year forecast for solar panel shipments.

Shares of Yingli, valued at about $218 million, closed at $1.43 on Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange. Shares of JA Solar, valued at about $132 million, closed at 65 cents.

Yingli shares have lost nearly two-thirds of their value this year, while those of JA Solar have more than halved.

(Reporting by Swetha Gopinath and Vishal Krishnan Menon in Bangalore; Editing by Maju Samuel)

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My Inspiration to Write a Book - AuthorHouse Author's Digest

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AuthorHouse author Michelle Dubois talks about her debut novel on the AuthorHouse Author?s Digest

AuthorHouse Author?s Digest welcomes AuthorHouse author Michelle Dubois to our ranks of guest bloggers.? Michelle provides some fascinating insights into her writing career; how it started, how she?s getting on and where she?s headed. From creating her title to conjuring her characters for The Pond, Michelle provides detailed insights into her writing process. She also has some advice on how she markets her book.

My Inspiration to Write a Book
By Michelle Dubois

To be honest with you, I never aspired to be a writer.

Never would I have ever thought I could have written a 385 page novel that my readers tell me is one of the best stories they have ever read.

My inspiration to write this story was a dream I had years ago when I was canoeing along in this very beautiful tropical paradise and Garden of Eden.? As I canoed, I came to these very high cliffs on each side of me. As I passed through the cliffs I could see people living inside of them. When I neared the end of the cliffs, people were waiting for me and helped me up to shore. When I got out of my canoe, they took me inside the cliffs where they lived.

The rest of this experience is shared inside of my book.

Creating My Story?s Characters
In order to share this story, I created some strong characters whose role was to get you to this tropical paradise and tell a beautiful story about it. Not only did I create Natowa (who was born Miguel), Marilyn, Michael, Alex, Allen, Quinn, Catharine, Emmanuel, Joseph and Jonathon, but they sprang to life and they wrote the story through a very adventurous and spellbinding journey.

How the Pond became The Pond
The book was named The Pond, for two reasons.

One reason was because there is a mysterious pond that is described in a tropical garden where magical mystery lies, and a secret inside the pond that could change the world.

The second reason is because the pond brings the characters, which are worlds apart, together for a common reason. The reason being is what?s inside the pond.

My AuthorHouse Experience
Okay, so now I wrote this wonderful book, so now what?

Now I have to find someone to publish it.

Being that I didn?t want a publishing company to control how to market my book, I thought that self-publishing was the best opportunity for me. After speaking and researching the services from AuthorHouse, I decided that this was the right publishing company for many reasons.

One of the reasons was that even though I maintain full rights to my book, AuthorHouse had many venues to help me promote my book, including having my book reviewed by Kirkus Indie Review, TV advertising, websites, e-mail marketing campaigns, and one venue that I am definitely going to take advantage of, which is to promote my book to movie producers to be considered for the big screen.

At no cost to me, AuthorHouse, based on my Kirkus Indie Review, submitted my review to be considered for a movie or T.V. show to Meridith Viera Productions. I may have never had this opportunity with another publishing company.

My Future as a Writer
Like my readers, I grew to love the characters in my book and find there is still much room for a continuance of this story to tell. I have started the sequel and I am hoping to launch The Pond II by Christmas.

The other reason I decided to write the sequel is because I find that readers take you much more seriously as a writer when you write a sequel or more than one book of the same genre. If your readers enjoy one of your books, they are much more likely to read another one.

A great way to get readers to follow you is to join discussion groups on websites like Goodreads and Twitter. So my advice to new authors is to always set your book up for a sequel or trilogy.

As for my future as an author, I have grown to love writing and feel it will be a lifelong endeavor for me.

Thank you and I will see you in my dreams!

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Hugo Chavez heading to Cuba for more treatment

In this photo provided by Miraflores Presidential Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks during a cabinet meeting at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Chavez said during a televised Cabinet meeting on Thursday that the first two of the Y-8 planes that Venezuela has bought from China have arrived in the South American country. At right a painting depicting Venezuela?s independence hero Simon Bolivar. (AP Photo/Miraflores Presidential Press Office)

In this photo provided by Miraflores Presidential Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks during a cabinet meeting at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Chavez said during a televised Cabinet meeting on Thursday that the first two of the Y-8 planes that Venezuela has bought from China have arrived in the South American country. At right a painting depicting Venezuela?s independence hero Simon Bolivar. (AP Photo/Miraflores Presidential Press Office)

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ? Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced plans to travel to Cuba as early as Tuesday for more medical treatment after spending much of the past 18 months fighting cancer.

In a written request to the legislature, Chavez said doctors have recommended he "begin special treatment consisting of various sessions of hyperbaric oxygenation" and physical therapy to continue "consolidating the process of strengthening health."

The request did not provide more details about the treatment or Chavez's condition and was promptly approved by allied lawmakers at a special session in the city of Maracay. National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello read the request on television.

It said Chavez would travel to Cuba as soon as Tuesday. It did not say how long he will stay, though it said he would be back by Jan. 10, when he is being sworn in for a fourth term. Venezuelan law requires presidents to receive legislative approval before leaving the country for extended periods.

The treatment that Chavez is to undergo generally involves breathing pure oxygen while in a pressurized, sealed chamber. Its value is well-established for treating burns, carbon monoxide poisoning and some other medical conditions, and to aid wound healing and help repair bone and tissue damaged by radiation treatments.

However, the American Cancer Society says there is no evidence the treatment can cure cancer.

Hyperbaric oxygen treatment is employed by doctors in Cuba for the rehabilitation of patients with chronic illnesses, said Jesus Pena, a Venezuelan internist with a private practice in Caracas. But Pena said the announcement after a period of silence about Chavez's condition raises suspicions about the reasons behind the treatment.

Opposition lawmaker Alfonso Marquina expressed concern about what he said seems to be a "veiled or deliberate attempt to continue creating uncertainty."

Marquina told The Associated Press in a phone interview that if Chavez is traveling to Cuba for normal medical treatment as his request says, "the correct thing to do would be for a much more precise medical report to be given, and to not continue on with this sort of permanent uncertainty."

The 58-year-old president first underwent cancer treatment in Cuba in June 2011 and suffered a relapse in February. He has since said he's recovered from the pelvic cancer and won re-election in October.

Throughout his previous chemotherapy and radiation treatments, Chavez kept many details of his illness secret, including the type of cancer and the precise location of the tumors.

Chavez last appeared publicly during a televised meeting on Nov. 15, prompting some critics to publicly wonder where he went after his election win.

Opposition newspaper editor Teodoro Petkoff published an editorial in the daily Tal Cual on Tuesday before Chavez's announcement, criticizing the president's long absence.

Under the headline "The invisible man," Petkoff said: "The health of those who govern can't be a secret."

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AP Chief Medical Writer Marilynn Marchione in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, contributed to this report.

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