The Resurrection of Gabby Giffords, the Latest Non-Romney, and Lessons From Penn State

?The Cruel Lesson of Penn State: How what happened in State College forced me to confront my own abuse,? by Mark P. McKenna. The details of the Jerry Sandusky abuse case might have been hard for anyone to stomach, but they were far more nerve-wracking for the author, who was abused as a child in circumstances similar to the Penn State scandal. ?, I no longer think every single day about that terrible winter night. There are still plenty of reminders, to be sure, and there are some things that will never be normal for me. But most days, the wound is insulated by lots of scar tissue. Not this week, though. ?The story hit me at a bad time, during a year that was already very difficult. And the similarities were too hard to ignore.?

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Energy Secretary Stephen Chu to Defend Solyndra Loan to Congress

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Stephen Chu, in advance testimony before a House committee, will defend the program that loaned $535 million to Solyndra, the solar-panel maker that went bankrupt.

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Cubs hire Sveum as new manager (AP)

The Chicago Cubs have hired Dale Sveum as their new manager, hoping the Milwaukee Brewers hitting coach can help turn around the long-suffering franchise. The Cubs said Sveum would be introduced at a news conference Friday at Wrigley Field.

Sveum replaces Mike Quade, who was fired by Theo Epstein, the team's new president of baseball operations. The Cubs finished 71-91 after a disappointing season that extended their infamous championship drought to 103 seasons.

Sveum, who turns 48 next Wednesday, has little experience as a manager, other than an interim stint for the Brewers late in 2008 after Ned Yost was fired.

Sveum had competition for the Cubs job. Rangers pitching coach Mike Maddux, Phillies bench coach Pete Mackanin and Indians bench coach Sandy Alomar Jr. all interviewed face-to-face for the spot. Red Sox bench coach DeMarlo Hale was interviewed over the phone and former Boston manager Terry Francona pulled himself out of contention.

Sveum also interviewed for the Red Sox manager's vacancy and met a second time this week with officials from both the Cubs and Boston.

Sveum -- the name is pronounced swaym -- will take over a team that finished fifth in the NL Central and is saddled with big contracts belonging to Carlos Zambrano and Alfonso Soriano. The Cubs also boast a talented young player in All-Star shortstop Starlin Castro, but have a host of personnel questions to sort through.

The Cubs' new management team comes with a championship pedigree that the new manager knows well: Sveum served as Boston's third base coach in 2004-05, when Epstein was the general manager.

At the time, Sveum was often criticized for an aggressive approach that led to runners being thrown out at the plate. But the coach with the nickname of "Nuts" was part of a championship team and is a believer in the advanced statistical analysis that Chicago's new leadership loves and is counting on to build up the farm system.

"I do my due diligence and video work and prepare as much as anybody," Sveum said before he was hired. "As far as the stats, those are what they are, and we can use them to our advantage. It's a big part of the game now. It's helping us win a lot of ballgames, the stats and the matchups. That's just part of the game now, and you use what you can."

Sveum was a switch-hitting shortstop for the Brewers and had a 25-homer season before his career was slowed after an outfield collision. In 12 seasons with Milwaukee and six other teams, he batted .236 with 69 home runs and 340 RBIs in 862 games. He was drafted by Milwaukee in the first round (25th overall) in 1982.

Sveum did well in his limited run as Milwaukee's manager. After Yost was fired following a 3-11 slide in September, Sveum led the Brewers to their first playoff appearance in 26 years, winning six of seven down the stretch and capturing the wild card on the final day of the regular season.

Milwaukee then decided to hire a more experienced manager in the offseason and went with Ken Macha, who lasted two seasons. Sveum stayed on as the hitting coach and oversaw one of the best offenses in the National League last season. With Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder leading the way, the Brewers hit an NL-high 185 homers and were third with a .261 batting average on their way to the NL Central title -- well ahead of the Cubs.

The past two seasons have bottomed out for Chicago.Lou Piniella abruptly retired in August 2010 and while Quade stepped in and did well, the Cubs didn't respond as well this season.

Zambrano was suspended late in the season after another outburst and is likely gone, even with a year left on his five-year, $91.5 million contract. There is a potential ace in Matt Garza and a promising young arm in Andrew Cashner.

First baseman Carlos Pena, a free agent who hit 28 homers with 80 RBIs and a .225 average, would like to come back. Aramis Ramirez, who hit .306 with 26 homers and 93 RBIs, said he plans to explore the free agent market, though there is a mutual $16 million option on the table. Soriano, who has three years remaining on his deal, batted .244 but did hit 26 homers with 88 RBIs.

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'Immortals' ascends to No. 1 weekend with $32.2M (AP)

LOS ANGELES ? The action adventure "Immortals" claimed the top spot at the weekend box office with $32.2 million, debuting ahead of Adam Sandler's comedy "Jack and Jill," which opened at No. 2 with $25 million.

The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Hollywood.com are:

1. "Immortals," Relativity Media, $32,206,425, 3,112 locations, $10,349 average, $32,206,425, one week.

2. "Jack and Jill," Sony, $25,003,575, 3,438 locations, $7,273 average, $25,003,575, one week.

3. "Puss in Boots," Paramount, $24,726,193, 3,903 locations, $6,335 average, $108,035,359, three weeks.

4. "Tower Heist," Universal, $12,773,765, 3,370 locations, $3,790 average, $43,465,615, two weeks.

5. "J. Edgar," Warner Bros., $11,217,324, 1,910 locations, $5,873 average, $11,315,858, one week.

6. "A Very Harold & Kumar 3-D Christmas," Warner Bros., $5,915,143, 2,875 locations, $2,057 average, $23,237,525, two weeks.

7. "In Time," Fox, $4,081,881, 2,591 locations, $1,575 average, $30,598,618, three weeks.

8. "Paranormal Activity 3," Paramount, $3,611,283, 2,776 locations, $1,301 average, $100,808,835, four weeks.

9. "Footloose," Paramount, $2,726,736, 2,215 locations, $1,231 average, $48,767,514, five weeks.

10. "Real Steel," Disney, $1,864,688, 1,758 locations, $1,061 average, $81,612,804, six weeks.

11. "Moneyball," Sony, $1,066,267, 813 locations, $1,312 average, $71,857,836, eight weeks.

12. "Courageous," Sony, $1,012,220, 905 locations, $1,118 average, $31,565,808, seven weeks.

13. "The Ides of March," Sony, $944,292, 696 locations, $1,357 average, $38,358,318, six weeks.

14. "The Rum Diary," FilmDistrict, $803,456, 947 locations, $848 average, $12,371,440, three weeks.

15. "Dolphin Tale," Warner Bros., $693,294, 705 locations, $983 average, $69,634,072, eight weeks.

16. "Rockstar," Eros International, $612,235, 112 locations, $5,466 average, $612,235, one week.

17. "Anonymous," Sony, $582,527, 482 locations, $1,209 average, $3,753,918, three weeks.

18. "Margin Call," Roadside Attractions, $545,521, 199 locations, $2,741 average, $3,312,204, four weeks.

19. "50/50," Summit, $507,529, 424 locations, $1,197 average, $33,841,644, seven weeks.

20. "Like Crazy," Paramount Vantage, $504,512, 70 locations, $7,207 average, $1,055,778, three weeks.

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Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by Rainbow Media Holdings, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corp.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.

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Lady Gaga And Laurieann Gibson Split: Experts React

'It's shocking and it's not,' one music writer tells MTV News.
By Jocelyn Vena

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After spending nearly her entire career working with Laurieann Gibson, Lady Gaga confirmed Monday (November 14) that she and her creative director had decided to part ways.

It was a move that may have been surprising to Gaga's Little Monsters, considering how closely the two have created some of the Mother Monster's most-memorable visuals, but did the split surprise music-industry observers?

"On the one hand, I get why [they split], because it seems like Laurieann's been doing a lot outside of the Gaga universe," Entertainment Weekly's Kyle Anderson told MTV News, referring to Gibson's starring roles on the BET dance-competition show "Born to Dance" and another dance reality series, E!'s "The Dance Scene." "On the other hand, it's a little bit strange, because Gaga's circle of people is so small, and all those people have been with her since pretty much the duration. She's really, really loyal, so it's a little bit strange to me, because I think she has this circle of people she trusts with her work."

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As a key member of the Haus of Gaga, Gibson was never afraid to share her honest opinion about Gaga's work. Most notably, she spoke out publicly against Gaga's Jo Calderone performance at the VMAs, as well as her Nick Knight-directed "Born This Way" clip.

That unbridled honesty could be behind the Gaga/Gibson split, according to Us Weekly senior music editor Ian Drew.

"It's shocking and it's not," Drew told MTV News. "They were extremely close, and she let Laurieann have an unprecedented amount of control in her camp. Let's face it: Laurieann is very headstrong, never holds back what she thinks, and that tends to rub people the wrong way. I'm not totally surprised; it was only a matter of time.

"Look, I love Laurieann, and as a journalist, she's an interviewer's dream, because you'd catch her and she'd always just say what was going on," he added. "Laurieann would just say it. She would give you that perfect sound bite. She tended to be a little bit loose-lipped. But on the other hand, I can see why that maybe ruffled Gaga's feathers, because Gaga's all about the performance piece and not giving away too much. Laurieann really liked to take credit — not that that was bad, [and] maybe it was due, but maybe Gaga didn't want everyone knowing that. In the end, I do tend to think it was something to do with creative differences."

The big question is how the duo's severed partnership will impact Gaga's future endeavors. Will Little Monsters notice Gibson's absence?

"It always puts a really, really heavy focus on whatever the next project is," Anderson explained. "With stars like these, people become curious to know: 'Well how much do these individual cogs play into what we see in front of us?' These two have been together [for years], so we don't yet know what Gaga is like without her. So we don't know exactly what part of that personality plays into her projects."

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Somebody Ordered Tons of Satellite Photographs of China's Mysterious Structures [Mystery]

There are lots of explanations for the gigantic structures built in China's desert. But the most mysterious thing is invisible: according to a former CIA analyst, there's someone who has ordered tons of satellite photos of this area since 2004. More »

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Italy's new premier Monti rushes to build new govt (AP)

ROME ? Italy's premier-designate Mario Monti began talks on Monday to create a new government of non-political experts tasked with overhauling an ailing economy to keep market fears over the country from threatening the existence of the euro.

Investors initially cheered Monti's appointment, though concern lingered about the sheer amount of work his new government will have to do to restore faith in the country's battered economy and finances.

After losing all confidence in financial markets, Silvio Berlusconi resigned as premier this weekend, as promised, after both houses of Parliament passed emergency austerity and reform measures with unusual speed.

President Giorgio Napolitano tapped Monti on Sunday to create a government capable of implementing economic reforms aimed at reviving stagnant growth to bring down public debt, stuck near 120 percent of GDP.

Improving market confidence in Italy is crucial to the future of the eurozone as the country would be too expensive to rescue. A default on its euro1.9 trillion ($2.6 trillion) in debt would cause massive chaos in financial markets and shake the global economy.

As in Greece, where a new government of technocrats also took over last week, the hope is that administrations of experts not affiliated to parties will be more willing to make the tough but necessary decisions that politicians have so far balked at.

Monti appeared to have the respect of many Italians, eager to see an end to the financial crisis that threatens their own well-being.

"In my opinion he will be better than what we had before, obviously. He seems to me to be a person who is serious, normal and with experience," said Bernardo Albrigo, in the Campo Dei Fiori open-air market in central Rome.

The next six months will be a tough test of the Italian government's ability to restore credibility in its finances ? some euro200 billion ($273 billion) in public debt comes due through the end of April.

On Monday, Italy easily raised euro3 billion ($4.1 billion) in the sale of five-year bonds, though at a higher cost. Investors demanded an interest rate of 6.29 percent for the bonds, the highest level since 1997, compared with 5.32 percent at a similar auction a month ago.

The auction result highlighted how it will take time to bring Italy's borrowing rates significantly lower after spiking last week well above the 7-percent level that eventually forced three other eurozone countries to need bailouts.

On Monday, the yield on Italy's benchmark 10-year bonds fell as low as 6.28 percent before stabilizing around 6.40 percent ? still uncomfortably high for the country. The yield is indicative of the rate the government would pay if it were to tap financial markets to raise cash.

Monti said Sunday that he would act "with a sense of urgency" to identify ministers in the new government but said he would also take the time necessary to secure a strong team. He will be meeting with various political parties throughout the day to garner support for his mission.

"In a moment of particular difficulty for Italy, in a troubled global and European context, the country must win the challenge to redeem itself. Italy needs to return to being an element of strength and not weakness in the European Union, of which we were founders and in which we need to be protagonists," Monti said.

Monti must now draw up a Cabinet, lay out his priorities, and see if he has enough support in Parliament to govern. Rival political parties offered various degrees of support, including one demand from Berlusconi's party ? the largest in Parliament ? that his government last only as long enough as it takes to heal Italy's finances and revive the economy.

The 68-year-old economics professor proved his mettle as European competition commissioner in the 1990s. But he'll have to win a confidence vote in Parliament before he can lead the nation.

Despite his resignation, Berlusconi pledged to continue playing a role in Italian politics.

"Berlusconi made his position very clear when he left on Sunday. He sent a video message to Italy saying that he is not finished," said James Walston, a political analyst at the American University of Rome. "So at the moment he is certainly not retired, he is not the retiring type."

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