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ATLANTA (AP) ? Atlanta police say the rapper Slim Dunkin was gunned down Friday evening in a city music studio as he prepared to record a video.
Police Maj. Keith Meadows said the performer, whose real name is Mario Hamilton, was fatally shot in the chest after getting into an argument with another individual.
"It appears the victim was scheduled to do a photo shoot," Meadows told The Associated Press. "Before the video shoot took place, it appears the victim and suspect got involved in a verbal altercation. We don't know what that altercation was about."
"The suspect produced a weapon, discharged that handgun one time, striking the victim in the chest," Meadows said.
The performer was transported to Grady Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Meadows said police have not been able to identify the shooter. He said 13 to 20 people were in the small office-type building at the time of the shooting, which took place around 5:30 p.m., but they were in different places.
"We've questioned a number of witnesses inside the recording studio at this time." Meadows said.
Police have not recovered the handgun that was used.
"Right now we're just trying to....identify who may have seen what, really just trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together," he said. "It seems everybody witnessed something very different. We're just trying to go back and make sense of everything."
Meadows said the victim was in his early 20s and resided in the Atlanta area.
Many fans were posting messages late Friday night on the rapper's Facebook page.
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By Linda Carroll , msnbc.com contributor
Companies that focus on results rather than face time in the office may end up with healthier employees, a new study shows.
When management is more flexible about how and when a job gets done, workers get more sleep and exercise, have the time to make doctors? appointments and are less likely to come to work sick, according to the study, which was published in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
By putting the focus on the end product?? whether that is a report or customer satisfaction?? the company allows people to make their own schedules, explained the study?s lead author Phyllis Moen, a professor of sociology and McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair at the University of Minnesota. That lowers stress and allows people to better take care of their health, she added.
Moen and her colleagues stumbled on a unique opportunity when they learned that electronics retailer Best Buy was about to switch to a new work structure at its corporate headquarters. And because the company was going to make the switch one department at a time, the researchers would be able to compare workers from the same company?? some working under the old structure and some under the new. It was, Moen said, a ?natural experiment.?
The new structure was something called ROWE, or Results Only Work Environment.
To see what impact ROWE would have on employee health, Moen and her colleagues asked employees from a department that was about to switch over to ROWE to fill out a series of questionnaires that looked at everything from hours of sleep to whether employees went to the doctor when sick.
The researchers also asked another group of employees?? from a department that wasn?t yet slated to change ? to fill out the same questionnaires.
Six months later, Moen and her colleagues came back and questioned both groups again.?
They found that employees from the department that had switched to ROWE were getting an hour more sleep each night compared to six months earlier. These workers were also finding more time to exercise and go to the doctor when they were sick. They were also far less likely to show up at work when they came down with a cold or flu.
The group from the department that had maintained status quo showed no such changes in health behaviors.
?Before ROWE, people said they would drag themselves to work no matter what their temperature was,? Moen said. ?And they wouldn?t see the doctor. That?s because in [a standard work environment] it?s so important that we be seen as working hard that we don?t even have time to get to the doctor. And that has become a badge of honor.?
So, is this the wave of the future?
Moen thinks it is.
?To be competitive in the global economy employees are going to have to work smarter?? and often do the jobs of two or three people,? she explained. ?We have to give them greater control over their time so they can get everything done?? so they can keep all the balls in the air without dropping them.?
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Minnesota Wild's goalie Niklas Backstrom, right, of Finland, stops the puck off the skate of Chicago Black Hawks' Andrew Brunette, center, as Wild's Clayton Stoner defends during the first period of an NHL hockey game on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Tom Olmscheid)
Minnesota Wild's goalie Niklas Backstrom, right, of Finland, stops the puck off the skate of Chicago Black Hawks' Andrew Brunette, center, as Wild's Clayton Stoner defends during the first period of an NHL hockey game on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Tom Olmscheid)
Minnesota Wild's Cal Clutterbuck, right, checks Chicago Black Hawks' Niklas Hjalmarsson, left, of Sweden, during the first period of an NHL hockey game on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Tom Olmscheid)
Minnesota Wild's Marco Scandella, left, and Chicago Blackhawks' Marian Hossa, right, of the Czech Republic, battle for the puck in front of Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom, center, of Finland, as the Blackhawks' Jonathan Toews, center back, looks for a rebound during the second period of an NHL hockey game on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Tom Olmscheid)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) ? The last time Minnesota had an NHL team, Chicago topped the list of opponents fans wanted to watch ? and cheer against.
The Wild have long replaced the North Stars, but now that the Blackhawks will join them in a new eight-team conference next season, a ferocious rivalry could be revived. Their tense meeting on Wednesday night was quite the warmup.
Patrick Kane's goal in the second round of a shootout clinched Chicago's fifth straight victory on the road, 4-3 over Minnesota in a matchup of the top two teams in the Western Conference.
"It's definitely a team we have to keep on our radar," said Jonathan Toews, who also scored in the shootout after giving Chicago a lead with a goal in the third period that Mikko Koivu matched a few minutes later for Minnesota.
The Wild lead the NHL with 44 points. The Blackhawks, who are 7-1-1 in their last nine games, have 42.
"I think we don't like that team that we played tonight, and I think that they probably don't like us," Wild coach Mike Yeo said before referring to another future conference opponent in the Winnipeg Jets, who beat them 2-1 on Tuesday. "And I also think that we probably don't like the team that we played the night before."
Marian Hossa and Michael Frolik gave the Blackhawks a 2-0 edge with second-period goals 89 seconds apart, but Kyle Brodziak and Matt Cullen answered for the Wild a few minutes later to tie the game.
After a frenetic overtime period, with plenty of prime opportunities for each side during the 4-on-4 portion of the game, the stage was set for the shootout. Blackhawks goalie Ray Emery denied Cullen's snap shot, and Dany Heatley lost the puck on his try for the Wild.
With the score by Toews already on the board, Kane raced toward goalie Niklas Backstrom, slowed to almost a dead stop and made a slick right-left move to get Backstrom to commit to his backhand. Kane then slammed the puck into the open net with a wrist shot.
"It was awesome. It was sick," Toews said.
Emery laughed and shook his head.
"He went four or five different directions. It was a pretty spectacular ending," the goalie said.
Toews made a slick move of his own to skate out from behind the net past defenseman Mike Lundin, put a move on his partner, Nick Schultz, to square himself with the net and zip a shot past Backstrom's stick to give the Blackhawks the lead back with 13:06 left. Koivu's shot from the slot slipped past Emery, though, to make it 3-all with 5:04 remaining.
"Just the way it's going to be. The NHL's so tight these days, you've got to be ready for it," Kane said.
The Wild went 17 minutes into the game without a shot and still trailed 21-12 at the second intermission, but they kept Emery busy down the stretch.
"Nice game. It gets on the line, and he gets bigger," Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said.
The crowd was announced at 19,254, the largest of the season at Xcel Energy Center and the sixth-biggest regular-season gathering in the Wild's 11-year history. Fans really got into the game when Brad Staubitz took down Daniel Carcillo in a mid-ice fight early in the second period.
They booed loudly when Cullen fell down on a short-handed breakaway when his and Duncan Keith's skates collided without a call. They howled again when Cullen was whistled for unsportsmanlike conduct.
The Wild killed the first penalty, but not the second one. Hossa scored while falling forward after snatching a puck in front of the crease. Frolik, the fourth-line right wing, added to the lead after a slick drop pass by rookie Marcus Kruger.
"You could tell the emotional level definitely got raised on the bench after that. We felt like we started to take control of the game," Brodziak said.
Brodziak got his team-high 11th goal ? the Blackhawks wanted an icing call they didn't get right before it ? with a wrist shot. Cullen then scored on a 2-on-1, ending his 12-game goal drought. He was too sick to play at Winnipeg, which ended Minnesota's seven-game winning streak.
The Wild are having trouble staying healthy. Left wing Guillaume Latendresse returned from a 15-game absence because of a concussion and scored against Winnipeg, but he didn't play after the first period in this game and Yeo said he had post-concussion symptoms. Right wing Pierre-Marc Bouchard was missing after sustaining a face-first hit into the boards against the Jets that left him bleeding badly from his nose.
Yeo, though, was pleased with his team's effort in the second half of back-to-back games.
"You can kind of deflate, and I think that's what we did a lot of times last year," right wing Cal Clutterbuck said. "But we kind of regroup. It seems like it just takes one play for us, even if it's not a goal. We get fired up and away we go."
NOTES: Former Wild LW Andrew Brunette was shown on the scoreboard on the Blackhawks bench during a break in the first-period action. After acknowledgment by the public address announcer, the crowd gave him a loud ovation, and he responded with a wave and a smirk and a deep breath after he sat down. ... Brodziak has six goals in his last eight games. ... Hossa has four goals in his last five games.
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Film and television nominees for the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards, announced Thursday in Beverly Hills, Calif.:
MOTION PICTURES
? Picture, Drama: "The Descendants," "The Help," "Hugo," "The Ides of March," "Moneyball," "War Horse."
? Picture, Musical or Comedy: "50/50," "The Artist," "Bridesmaids," "Midnight in Paris," "My Week with Marilyn."
? Actor, Drama: George Clooney, "The Descendants"; Leonard DiCaprio, "J. Edgar"; Michael Fassbender, "Shame"; Ryan Gosling, "The Ides of March"; Brad Pitt, "Moneyball."
? Actress, Drama: Glenn Close, "Albert Nobbs"; Viola Davis, "The Help"; Rooney Mara, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"; Meryl Streep, "The Iron Lady"; Tilda Swinton, "We Need to Talk About Kevin."
? Director: Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"; George Clooney, "The Ides of March"; Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"; Alexander Payne, "The Descendants"; Martin Scorsese, "Hugo."
? Actor, Musical or Comedy: Jean Dujardin, "The Artist"; Brendan Gleeson, "The Guard"; Joseph Gordon-Levitt, "50/50"; Ryan Gosling, "Crazy, Stupid, Love"; Owen Wilson, "Midnight in Paris."
Story: Clooney, Gosling land multiple Globes nominations? Actress, Musical or Comedy: Jodie Foster, "Carnage"; Charlize Theron, "Young Adult"; Kristen Wiig, "Bridesmaids"; Michelle Williams, "My Week with Marilyn"; Kate Winslet, "Carnage."
? Supporting Actor: Kenneth Branagh, "My Week with Marilyn"; Albert Brooks, "Drive"; Jonah Hill, "Moneyball"; Viggo Mortensen, "A Dangerous Method"; Christopher Plummer, "Beginners."
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? Supporting Actress: Berenice Bejo, "The Artist"; Jessica Chastain, "The Help"; Janet McTeer, "Albert Nobbs"; Octavia Spencer, "The Help"; Shailene Woodley, "The Descendants."
? Foreign Language: "The Flowers of War," "In the Land of Blood and Honey," "The Kid with a Bike," "A Separation," "The Skin I Live In."
? Animated Film: "The Adventures of Tintin," "Arthur Christmas," "Cars 2," "Puss in Boots," "Rango."
? Screenplay: Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"; George Clooney, Grand Heslov, Beau Willimon, "The Ides of March"; Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"; Alexander Payne, Nat Faxwon, Jim Rash, "The Descendants"; Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, "Moneyball."
? Original Score: Ludovic Bource, "The Artist"; Abel Korzeniowski, "W.E."; Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"; Howard Shore, "Hugo"; John Williams, "War Horse."
? Original Song: "Hello Hello" (music by Elton John, lyrics by Bernie Taupin), "Gnomeo & Juliet"; "The Keeper" (music and lyrics by Chris Cornell), "Machine Gun Preacher"; "Lay Your Head Down" (music by Brian Byrne, lyrics by Glenn Close), "Albert Nobbs"; "The Living Proof" (music by Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman, Harvey Mason Jr., lyrics by Mary J. Blige, Harvey Mason Jr., Damon Thomas), "The Help"; "Masterpiece" (music and lyrics by Madonna, Julie Frost, Jimmy Harry), "W.E."
TELEVISION
? Series, Drama: "American Horror Story," FX; "Boardwalk Empire," HBO; "Boss," Starz; "Game of Thrones," HBO; "Homeland," Showtime.
? Actor, Drama: Steve Buscemi, "Boardwalk Empire"; Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad"; Kelsey Grammer, "Boss"; Jeremy Irons, "The Borgias"; Damian Lewis, "Homeland."
? Actress, Drama: Claire Danes, "Homeland"; Mireille Enos, "The Killing"; Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife"; Madeleine Stowe, "Revenge"; Callie Thorne, "Necessary Roughness."
? Series, Musical or Comedy: "Enlightened," HBO; "Episodes," Showtime; "Glee," Fox; "Modern Family," ABC; "New Girl," Fox.
? Actress, Musical or Comedy: Laura Dern, "Enlightened"; Zooey Deschanel, "New Girl"; Tina Fey, "30 Rock"; Laura Linney, "The Big C"; Amy Poehler, "Parks and Recreation."
? Actor, Musical or Comedy: Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"; David Duchovny, "Californication"; Johnny Galecki, "The Big Bang Theory"; Thomas Jane, "Hung"; Matt LeBlanc, "Episodes."
? Miniseries or Movie: "Cinema Verite," HBO; "Downton Abbey (Masterpiece)," PBS; "The Hour," BBC America; "Mildred Pierce," HBO; "Too Big to Fail," HBO.
? Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Romola Garai, "The Hour"; Diane Lane, "Cinema Verite"; Elizabeth McGovern, "Downton Abbey (Masterpiece)," Emily Watson, "Appropriate Adult"; Kate Winslet, "Mildred Pierce."
? Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Hugh Bonneville, "Downton Abbey (Masterpiece)"; Idris Elba, "Luther"; William Hurt, "Too Big to Fail"; Bill Nighy, "Page Eight (Masterpiece)"; Dominic West, "The Hour."
? Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Jessica Lange, "American Horror Story"; Kelly Macdonald, "Boardwalk Empire; Maggie Smith, "Downton Abbey (Masterpiece)"; Sofia Vergara, "Modern Family"; Evan Rachel Wood, "Mildred Pierce."
? Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Peter Dinklage, "Game of Thrones"; Paul Giamatti, "Too Big to Fail"; Guy Pierce, "Mildred Pierce"; Tim Robbins, "Cinema Verite"; Eric Stonestreet, "Modern Family."
PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED
? Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award: Morgan Freeman.
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Gingrich represents a much more serious challenge to Romney than Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, or Rick Perry ever did. When other candidates challenged Romney, his advisers could say that he still held the two trump cards. He was the candidate voters thought could handle economic issues?their No. 1 concern?and he was the candidate they considered most likely to beat Barack Obama. Not so much anymore. When asked which candidate can better turn around the economy, Gingrich wins 22 percent of the support and Romney 20 percent. The electability question is less clear, but still not a clean win for Romney. In the Des Moines Register poll, when people were asked which candidate was more electable, Romney got 38 percent to Gingrich?s weak 22 percent.? But in the Marist poll, 38 percent of those whose key concern was beating President Obama picked Gingrich, compared with 25 percent who supported Romney. (UPDATE: The latest Washington Post poll in Iowa shows Gingrich beating Romney on the question of which candidate can beat president Obama and which one they trust to handle the problems facing the economy.)
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) ? A Russian tanker with icebreaking capability will make an emergency fuel delivery to Nome, Alaska, after a massive winter storm turned back a barge carrying the city's last regularly scheduled fuel delivery.
The Sitnasuak Native Corporation said it had signed a contract to have a vessel owned by the Russian company RIMSCO deliver 1.5 million gallons of fuel to Nome by year's end.
The operation, if successful, will allow Nome residents to avoid a serious fuel shortage later this winter resulting from the missed barge delivery, said Jason Evans, Sitnasuak's chairman.
Nome, a city of about 3,600, lacks outside road access and depends on ships and aircraft for supplies. Fuel prices are already high -- averaging about $5.40 for a gallon of gasoline -- but a shortage later in the winter could have added several dollars to that per-gallon price.
Sitnasuak, which owns one of two local Nome fuel distribution companies, had missed the year's final scheduled barge delivery of fuel.
A barge carrying 1.6 million gallons of gasoline, diesel fuel and heating fuel failed to reach the port of Nome because of bad weather and sea-ice chunks blown into the harbor by hurricane-force winds in a storm last month that was considered the strongest in western Alaska since 1974.
With the barge delivery canceled, Sitnasuak had been considering flying in fuel later in the year, an expensive option. Delivery by the Russian vessel is more expensive than the traditional barging method, but is substantially less than flying in fuel, Evans said.
Sitnasuak said its contract is with Vitus Marine LLC, an Alaska shipper that came up with the idea of using a RIMSCO ice-breaking fuel vessel, Evans said.
"We were reaching out to everyone and anyone that had any sort of possible scenario to get fuel to Nome," Evans said.
If successful, it will be the first marine delivery of petroleum products to western Alaska conducted in winter, Sitnasuak said.
The RIMSCO ship, called the Renda, will carry fuel from Inchon, South Korea, to Nome, Evans said. It is expected to take 20 to 25 days for the ship to make the journey from the port at Vladivostok to Inchon and then on to Nome, Evans said.
The U.S. Coast Guard has pledged to help the Renda make the voyage and will use the icebreaking cutter Healy to help clear a path for the tanker if necessary, Evans said.
The fact that a Russian ship will be delivering Korean fuel to oil-rich Alaska "does have some irony to it, Evans said. "But certainly we live in a global economy nowadays."
Sitnasuak is owned by 2,400 Inupiat Eskimos who live in Nome or have family ties to the area.
(Editing by Dan Whitcomb and Cynthia Johnston)
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