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BERLIN, April 29 (Reuters) - Barcelona will try every trick in the book to overturn a 4-0 first-leg deficit against Bayern Munich in their Champions League semi-final return leg on Wednesday, honorary Bayern president Franz Beckenbauer warned on Monday. Bayern crushed the Spaniards last week in a surprisingly one-sided encounter but Beckenbauer, former player, coach and president of Germany's most successful club, warned that Barcelona were not ready to surrender. "Barca will try everything to throw Bayern off balance," he told Bild newspaper. ...

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YouTube now offers more MLB highlights and full archived games

YouTube just keeps adding quality content. Last week it was comedy, and this week it's bulking up on its sporting chops with a Major League Baseball partnership. Always among the most tech-savvy of major sports leagues, MLB has beefed up the offerings on its YouTube channel to include highlights from every game of 2013 (two days after they've occurred), and a vast archive of full games from as far back as 1952. Plus, should you reside outside the US, Canada, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan, you'll get to watch two live games every day during the regular season for free. So, seamheads, head on over to the MLB.com YouTube channel -- your digital field of dreams awaits.

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Bringing major corporations to book for their crimes

Two new books tell the complex, fascinating and sometimes frustrating tale of attempts to hold multinationals to account for environmental and social crimes

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• Just Business: Multinational corporations and human rights by John Gerard Ruggie
• Published by: Norton
• Price: ?14.99

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• Published by: Oxford University Press
• Price: ?22.50

Still no justice, nearly 30 years after the world's worst industrial disaster (Image: Raghu Rai/Magnum)

IT WAS the world's worst industrial accident. More than 3000 people died one winter night in 1984 in the Indian city of Bhopal, poisoned by methyl isocyanate gas belching from an agrochemicals factory owned by US-based Union Carbide. Tens of thousands were disabled. The cause was unambiguous, culpability seemed clear. But how to bring the company to justice?

There was a US parent company, but also an Indian subsidiary. Court cases proliferated in both countries. US judges decreed it was up to the Indian judiciary, but the US government declined to extradite company boss Warren Anderson to face charges there. In the end, the only people convicted were a few lowly Indian managers, who had been given charge of what many said was a defective plant.

The case remains a textbook example of the persistent failure of legal systems to hold multinational corporations to account for their failures. It features in Just Business, John Gerard Ruggie's fascinating account of his journey through the minefield of corporate accountability, on behalf of the UN.

Other examples he discusses include the toxic solvents and child labour used to make fashionable Nike sportswear in the 1990s, and the 60-year battle of the impoverished Ogoni people in Nigeria against Royal Dutch Shell, whose shareholders made billions as the Ogoni forests were poisoned by oil. Then there is Yahoo's widely condemned release of subscriber information to the Chinese authorities, which resulted in a whistle-blowing Chinese journalist receiving a 10-year jail term. Ruggie also points to the existence of child slaves on cocoa farms, recklessly polluting mining companies, and many more corporate villains.

Ruggie found that in each case, there was a failure to manage technology safely, to make proper use of the scientific evidence about toxicity and environmental pollution, or to recognise ethical dilemmas created by new data systems. Those failures were partly due to a global "race to the bottom", as corporations sought to cut costs. In each case, too, national laws seemed incapable of holding the new class of global corporations to account.

Ruggie's task for the UN was not only to try to pin down the issues, but also to find ways to help corporations to recognise that they ultimately had a vested interested in creating and abiding by codes of good citizenship.

Along the way, he devised what are now known as the Ruggie Principles. In essence, these hold that states must protect people against human rights abuses, including environmental abuse, while companies must respect those rights and show due diligence when trading with others, and that those who are harmed must have proper redress.

This is good as far as it goes. But Ruggie recognises that with law mostly constrained by national borders, corporate gunslingers have plenty of places to hide. As jurisprudence falters, public opprobrium may be a more potent weapon. Like capital, it cares little for borders. And while corporations appear strong, their brands ? the crucial interface with their customers ? are uniquely vulnerable to reputational damage. Long before the legal cases over Bhopal, Union Carbide was commercially crippled by the disgust caused by its killing of thousands of Indians. It was eventually bought out by a rival.

These days, to hurry such villains to the gallows, there is a new breed of multinational organisation dedicated to drawing attention to the failings of big corporations. Non-governmental organisations like Global Witness and Greenpeace bring these cases to the court of public opinion.

In Make It a Green Peace!, historian Frank Zelko charts the rise of Greenpeace. It began in the US as a bunch of west-coast hippies who, copies of the I Ching in hand, sailed into nuclear test zones in the Pacific to disrupt whalers. He records its transformation into professional campaigners, using media-savvy PR to wage war on brands they deem responsible for trashing rainforests, releasing toxins or warming the planet.

Early Greenpeace pioneers have written their own entertaining memoirs, but this densely sourced narrative is the definitive independent account, especially of the early years ? and is highly readable. Greenpeace emerges as a kind of green version of the Spanish Inquisition, engaged in crude but effective intimidation of corporate foes. When faced with a media frenzy over their activities, the companies swiftly "find" the road to green salvation.

Of course, the irony is that in the process, Greenpeace, too, has become a brand. It is still tainted, Zelko notes, by some false accusations it made in the 1990s against Shell, when the company ditched a decommissioned oil rig into the Atlantic deeps.

The stakes are high, but the lesson is that when it comes to holding mega-corporations to account, power over global media often trumps national law.

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Lawmakers: Syria chemical weapons could menace U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons could be a greater threat after that nation's president leaves power and could end up targeting Americans at home, lawmakers warned Sunday as they considered a U.S. response that stops short of sending military forces there.

U.S. officials last week declared that the Syrian government probably had used chemical weapons twice in March, newly provocative acts in the 2-year civil war that has killed more than 70,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands more. The U.S. assessment followed similar conclusions from Britain, France, Israel and Qatar ? key allies eager for a more aggressive response to the Syrian conflict.

President Barack Obama has said Syria's likely action ? or the transfer of President Bashar Assad's stockpiles to terrorists ? would cross a "red line" that would compel the United States to act.

Lawmakers sought to remind viewers on Sunday news programs of Obama's declaration while discouraging a U.S. foothold on the ground there.

"The president has laid down the line, and it can't be a dotted line. It can't be anything other than a red line," said House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich. "And more than just Syria, Iran is paying attention to this. North Korea is paying attention to this."

Added Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.: "For America to sit on the sidelines and do nothing is a huge mistake."

Obama has insisted that any use of chemical weapons would change his thinking about the United States' role in Syria but said he didn't have enough information to order aggressive action.

"For the Syrian government to utilize chemical weapons on its people crosses a line that will change my calculus and how the United States approaches these issues," Obama said Friday.

But Rep. Jan Schakowsky, an Illinois Democrat, said Sunday the United States needs to consider those weapons. She said that when Assad leaves power, his opponents could have access to those weapons or they could fall into the hands of U.S. enemies.

"The day after Assad is the day that these chemical weapons could be at risk ... (and) we could be in bigger, even bigger trouble," she said.

Both sides of the civil war already accuse each other of using the chemical weapons.

The deadliest such alleged attack was in the Khan al-Assal village in the Aleppo province in March. The Syrian government called for the United Nations to investigate alleged chemical weapons use by rebels in the attack that killed 31 people.

Syria, however, has not allowed a team of experts into the country because it wants the investigation limited to the single Khan al-Assal incident, while U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged "immediate and unfettered access" for an expanded investigation.

One of Obama's chief antagonists on Syria, Sen. John McCain, R- Ariz., said the United States should go to Syria as part of an international force to safeguard the chemical weapons. But McCain added that he is not advocating sending ground troops to the nation.

"The worst thing the United States could do right now is put boots on the ground on Syria. That would turn the people against us," McCain said.

His friend, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., also said the United States could safeguard the weapons without a ground force. But he cautioned the weapons must be protected for fear that Americans could be targeted. Raising the specter of the lethal bomb at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Graham said the next attack on U.S. soil could employ weapons that were once part of Assad's arsenal.

"Chemical weapons ? enough to kill millions of people ? are going to be compromised and fall into the wrong hands, and the next bomb that goes off in America may not have nails and glass in it," he said.

Rogers and Schakowsky spoke to ABC's "This Week." Chambliss and Graham were interviewed on CBS's "Face the Nation." McCain appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press."

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Louisville beats Wichita State 72-68 in Final Four

Louisville's Luke Hancock (11) Louisville's Peyton Siva (3) and Louisville's Stephan Van Treese (44) react after the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game against Wichita State Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. Louisville won 72-68. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Louisville's Luke Hancock (11) Louisville's Peyton Siva (3) and Louisville's Stephan Van Treese (44) react after the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game against Wichita State Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. Louisville won 72-68. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Wichita State's Ron Baker (31) and Louisville's Luke Hancock move during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. Louisville won 72-68. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Wichita State's Carl Hall (22) and Louisville's Russ Smith vie for the loose ball during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game, Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Louisville's Stephan Van Treese (44) vies for a loose ball against Wichita State's Fred Van Vleet (23) as Louisville's Peyton Siva (3) looks on during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Louisville's Luke Hancock (11) watches play against Wichita State during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

ATLANTA (AP) ? Russ Smith looked at the scoreboard, then at the clock, then over at the bench.

Louisville needed a run, but he had no idea where it was going to come from. The starters were struggling, the fouls were piling up and the only lift injured Kevin Ware could give the top-seeded Cardinals was an emotional one.

"It was like, 'Man,'" Smith said. "I was actually waiting for our run. And it happened. Luke exploded. That was actually what I was waiting for. Then Chane exploded. Then Peyton made a big layup. Then Tim Henderson. It just kept going and going."

And Louisville rode it all the way to the title game.

Luke Hancock scored 20 points off the bench, Henderson sparked a second-half rally with a pair of monster 3s and Louisville reminded everyone it can grind it out, too, advancing to the NCAA title game Saturday night after escaping with a 72-68 victory over Wichita State.

Louisville will play Michigan, which beat Syracuse 61-56 in the other semifinal, for the national championship Monday night. The Cardinals (34-5) have had this game in their sights since losing to Kentucky in last year's Final Four, and they got added motivation after Ware's tibia snapped during last weekend's Midwest Regional final, the bone poking through the skin.

Ware was on his feet when the final buzzer sounded, grinning and throwing his arms into the air.

"We've got to bring our best game," Ware said. "It's the last game of the season. If we lose, everything we've worked for just goes down the drain. That's the last thing we want right now."

Especially after such a close call against the ninth-seeded Shockers (30-9), who nearly pulled off their biggest upset of all.

Wichita State had knocked off No. 1 seed Gonzaga and Ohio State on its way to its first Final Four since 1965, and the Shockers had a 12-point lead on Louisville with 13:35 to play. It was the largest deficit all tournament for the Cardinals, who seemed lost after the emotional week following Ware's gruesome injury.

But Louisville had come back to win five games after trailing by nine points or more already this year, including rallying from a 16-point deficit in the title game at the Big East tournament. Even coach Rick Pitino's horse, Goldencents, had to rally to win the Santa Anita Derby, and a spot in the Kentucky Derby, on Saturday.

This rally trumped them all.

"We just played super hard," said Smith, who led the Cardinals with 21 points. "Nobody wanted to go home."

Henderson, the walk-on who was forced into increased playing time because of Ware's injury, made those back-to-back 3s to spark a 21-8 run. While Hancock and Behanan were knocking down shots, Smith and Peyton Siva were turning up the heat on the Shockers, forcing them into seven turnovers in the final seven minutes after they'd gone more than 26 minutes without one.

The first came when Siva darted in to strip the ball away from Carl Hall. Siva fed Hancock, who drilled a 3 that gave Louisville a 56-55 lead, its first since the end of the first half.

"Down the stretch, we were just loose with the ball, we just didn't take care of it, pretty much," said Wichita State's Malcolm Armstead, who had just 2 points on 1-of-10 shooting. "I can't give you an explanation ? it just happened."

Cleanthony Early would give the Shockers one more lead, converting a three-point play. But Siva scored and then Smith stole the ball and took it in for an easy layup that gave Louisville a 60-58 lead with 4:47 left. Louisville fans erupted, and even Ware was on his feet, throwing up his arms and clapping. The Cardinals extended the lead to 65-60 on a tip-in of a Smith miss and another 3 by Hancock.

Wichita State had one last chance, pulling within 68-66 on Early's tip in with 22 seconds left. But the Shockers were forced to foul, and Smith and Hancock made their free throws to seal the victory.

As the final buzzer sounded, Chane Behanan tossed the ball high into the air and Henderson and Hancock did a flying shoulder bump at midcourt.

"It's just a mix of emotions, of feelings. It hurts to have to lose and be the end of the season," said Early, who led the Shockers with 24 points. "But these guys fought to the end, and we had a great season and keep our heads high and know the grind doesn't stop."

The Cardinals were the overall No. 1 seed in the tournament, and they steamrolled their way through their first four games, winning by an average of almost 22 points. They limited opponents to 59 points and 42 percent shooting while harassing them into almost 18 turnovers a game, setting an NCAA tourney record with 20 steals against North Carolina A&T.

The presence of Ware was supposed to provide even more motivation for Louisville. He urged his teammates to "just go win the game" before being wheeled off the court on a stretcher last weekend. Three days later, he joined the Cardinals as they made the trip to the Final Four in Atlanta, Ware's hometown.

The Cardinals have modified their warm-up T-shirts in Ware's honor ? they now read "Ri5e to the Occasion," with Ware's No. 5 on the back. He had a seat at the end of the bench, his right leg propped up on towels, and every one of the starters went to shake his hand after being introduced.

But whether it was the roller-coaster of the last week, the expectations or just Wichita State, the Cardinals seemed out of sorts much of the night. Wayne Blackshear and Gorgui Dieng went scoreless, and Siva was just 1-of-9.

"There's a reason our starters played poorly, because Wichita State is that good," Pitino said

Wichita State may not have the names or pedigree of a Louisville, Syracuse or Michigan. But what the Shockers lacked in star power they more than made up for in hustle and heart. This, after all, was a team with one player (Carl Hall) who salvaged his career after working in a light bulb factory and two more (Armstead and Ron Baker) who paid their own ways in their first years.

The Shockers barely seemed to notice that vaunted Louisville press until the final minutes of the game. They didn't rush shots, working it around until they got a look they liked ? Louisville was called for more than one foul late in the shot clock, including one on Smith with only a second left ? and they were relentless on the backboards.

And that "play angry" defense? Now the Cardinals have an idea of how their opponents have felt. Wichita State bottled Louisville up inside, never letting Gorgui Dieng be a factor, and the Cardinals were continually forced to put up awkward and bad shots from outside.

"We were kind of waiting to make our run," Hancock said. "Obviously you're a little concerned when you're down by 12 in the second half. We just had to turn up our intensity, maybe gamble a little more."

Louisville was struggling so badly that Ware actually got out of his seat at one point, hobbling over to the Louisville huddle.

"He just wanted to tell us that we needed to pick it up," Siva said. "We know how much it would mean for him to be out there. He just tried to give us whatever we needed, the extra motivation, the extra boost to get over the hump. That's what he did."

The Shockers have had trouble hanging onto leads, and this game was no different. After Henderson's 3s, the Cardinals were off and running, all the way to the last game of the season.

"Coach Pitino kept telling us to go out there and have fun and keep playing and we were going to win. Stop hanging our heads," Siva said.

"That's what we did."

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Iran-6-power nuke talks resume, prospects unclear

ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) ? Iran and six world powers are meeting for a second day in attempts to find common ground over concerns that Tehran's nuclear program might be used to make weapons.

Chances of progress at Saturday's session are unclear, however, after a first round ended with the two sides unable to reduce substantial differences.

The six insist Iran cut back on its highest grade uranium enrichment production and stockpile, fearing Tehran will divert it from making nuclear fuel to form the material used in the core of nuclear warhead.

Iran insists it has a right to enrich but says it has no interest to use the technology to make weapons. It wants more sanctions relief than the six are offering for any concessions on its part.

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Comedian arrested for insulting Egypt?s president

>>> but let us begin with an unusual controversy between the u.s. and egypt involving jon stewart , if you can believe that. foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell explains.

>> they call him the jon stewart of egypt . a comedian who is poking fun at egypt 's new president morsi. he's done guest spots on "the daily show ." but in today's egypt , you can only go so far with satire. perhaps it was the silly hat joke that broke the camel's back. so the government arrested the comedian charging him with insulting the president. no joke.

>> making fun of the president's hats and less than fluent english, that was my entire career for eight years. do you have any idea? that's all i did.

>> but when the u.s. embassy in cairo tweeted a link to stewart's show, he tweeted his anger. it's inappropriate to engage in such negative propaganda they wrote.

>> we've had some glitches with the way the twitter feed has been managed.

>> this is not the first time the u.s. embassy in cairo has stumbled when it comes to twitter diplomacy. getting the message right in 140 characters.

>> a tweet last september 11th led to charges the embassy was apologizing to america's critics. out on bail, he said he's not afraid.

>> they going to put me in jail? stop my show? there's always youtube. close down youtube, you're going to leave the country.

>> reporter: jon stewart 's advice to president morsi, lighten up.

>> i'm going to let you in on a secret. the world's watching. democracy isn't a democracy if it only lasts up until someone makes fun of your hat.

>> reporter: for today, andrea mitchell , nbc news washington.

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TV or reality? Lines blur after death of show star

FILE - This Jan. 2, 2013 file photo shows Shain Gandee, from MTV's "Buckwild" reality series in New York. Gandee was found dead Monday, April 1, in a sport utility vehicle in a ditch along with his uncle and a third, unidentified person, authorities said. Gandee died doing what made him famous: careening through huge mudholes in his SUV, taking chances most others won?t, living free and reckless in front of reality-show TV cameras. His death further blurs the line between entertainment and real life in an age where fame is easier than ever to attain. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision/AP, file)

FILE - This Jan. 2, 2013 file photo shows Shain Gandee, from MTV's "Buckwild" reality series in New York. Gandee was found dead Monday, April 1, in a sport utility vehicle in a ditch along with his uncle and a third, unidentified person, authorities said. Gandee died doing what made him famous: careening through huge mudholes in his SUV, taking chances most others won?t, living free and reckless in front of reality-show TV cameras. His death further blurs the line between entertainment and real life in an age where fame is easier than ever to attain. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision/AP, file)

FILE - This Jan. 2, 2013 file photo shows Shain Gandee, from MTV's "Buckwild" reality series in New York. Gandee was found dead Monday, April 1, in a sport utility vehicle in a ditch along with his uncle and a third, unidentified person, authorities said. Gandee died doing what made him famous: careening through huge mudholes in his SUV, taking chances most others won?t, living free and reckless in front of reality-show TV cameras. His death further blurs the line between entertainment and real life in an age where fame is easier than ever to attain. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision/AP, file)

FILE - In this April 1, 2013 file photo, Friends and neighbors walk up and down the gravel road leading to Shain Gandee?s home in Sissonville, W.Va. Gandee, star of the MTV show ?Buckwild?; his uncle, David Gandee; and Donald Robert Myers were found dead in the family?s Ford Bronco Monday morning. Shain Gandee died doing what made him famous: careening through huge mudholes in his SUV, taking chances most others won?t, living free and reckless in front of reality-show TV cameras. His death further blurs the line between entertainment and real life in an age where fame is easier than ever to attain.(AP Photo/The Charleston Gazette, Chip Ellis, File)

Shain Gandee died doing precisely what made him the star of MTV's "BUCKWILD" reality show: tearing through mudholes in his truck, taking chances most others wouldn't, living free and reckless.

MTV has not said whether cameras were rolling the night Gandee, his uncle and a friend left a bar at 3 a.m. to go "muddin'." But the line between television and real life blurred in one fatal moment when Gandee's vehicle got stuck in a deep mudpit. He and two passengers were found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Was Gandee living for the cameras that night, or for himself? Did his on-camera life, and the rewards it brought him, make him more reckless when the camera lights were off?

And how does the audience fit into this picture, the 3 million weekly viewers who made "BUCKWILD" a hit, plus the many millions more who have made shows from "Jersey Shore" to "Dancing With the Stars" to "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" a living, breathing part of our culture? How has reality TV shaped perceptions of real life ? and of our own lives?

Everywhere you look these days, the lines blur.

Evan Ross Katz is a fan of "BUCKWILD," which followed a group of self-described rednecks' "wild and crazy behavior" in rural West Virginia. Katz watches about a dozen reality shows for his work as a freelance pop culture commentator, and he says Gandee felt more real than other stars.

"I want to believe that was him in real life," Katz says. "Sometimes you just get this impression. I really do believe you can tell when people are being genuine or not on these shows."

"I found him to be strangely genuine, by far the most genuine of the group. Some of them wanted to pour it down your throat, like, 'We're the wildest kids in West Virginia.' I don't think he showed any sort of agenda to prove he lived this different life. I just think he organically did."

Katz, 23, is roughly the same age as the modern reality TV genre, which MTV is credited with launching in 1992 with "The Real World." Like many other viewers, he knows that reality television is carefully shaped by producers looking for storylines and conflicts. He watches ironically, sometimes condescendingly ? "look at their stupid life, they're stupid" ? and takes it all in with a grain of salt.

Yet still he is drawn to the personalities and the dramas, especially the combative women on "The Real Housewives" series.

"I never expected to become invested in them the way I do," Katz says.

"Housewives" fights may affect the way he deals with drama in his own life: "When someone takes a small situation over the top, it's the worst. You feel like you're on one of these shows. But if two of my friends get into a huge fight in front of me, I let it go for a little while before I jump in."

"Is that a byproduct of reality television? Probably," Katz said.

Then there is another byproduct of reality-TV culture: the compulsion, enabled by social media, to broadcast everything about yourself.

Who needs a TV show when you can Instagram that hamburger, YouTube that roller coaster, tweet about the twit who just cut in line? Then comes the feeling of validation from every "like" and click and retweet ? a fulfillment of the basic human need for attention.

Some have a deeper thirst ? for fame. Their every post is one more chance to go viral, to reach the promised land of recognition: television.

"People misbehaving is nothing new," says Tyler Barnett, owner of a public relations company in Beverly Hills and a former cast member on several reality shows.

"What's new is the ability to misbehave to a global audience almost instantly," he says. "This is very encouraging to people to keep doing outrageous things. People can share so easily, it ups the ante on what's considered outrageous."

Barnett has tasted reality fame as a cast member on "Party Monsters Cabo." He found it addicting.

"After being on camera for a month straight, almost 24 hours a day, when I got home I felt very depressed. And I'm not a depressed person," Barnett says. "I had so much attention, and that felt good. When I was pulled out of that situation, it felt very low."

"It's almost like a drug," Barnett continues. "You figure if someone is on a drug, they're higher than life. When you come down, all of a sudden life doesn't seem that exciting."

Daily life can also seem mundane for viewers entertained by escapades like the spectacle of Gandee and friends leaping from a roof into a dump truck full of water.

"You're sitting there at home, watching on TV, thinking, 'Wow, this is so much more exciting than my own life. Let me go out and try this. Maybe I can get on a reality show,'" says Lou Manza, a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College in Pennsylvania.

Of course, the vast majority of viewers would never fill a dump truck with water, let alone leap into it from a rooftop. And it's too simplistic to blame reality TV for the failings of modern society.

"It's important not to dismiss what happened (to Gandee) by pointing fingers at a genre of television that's a giant tent with many different kinds of shows and productions and varying degrees of ethical behavior," says Andy Denhart, who has followed reality television for 12 years as editor of RealityBlurred.com.

"What's important is to continue a conversation about what entertains us, and what are the consequences of our entertainment," he says. "What are the consequences of fame, and what are we learning watching other people's lives?"

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AP National Writer Jesse Washington is reachable at http://twitter.com/jessewashington or jwashington(at)ap.org.

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Connecticut lawmakers set to vote on tough gun measure

By Ebong Udoma

HARTFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - Connecticut state senators debated a bill on Wednesday to regulate guns that supporters describe as one of the toughest in the United States, as both chambers of the state's legislature prepared to vote on the measure later in the day.

The legislation was proposed in the wake of the December school shooting in Newtown that left 20 first-graders and six adults dead. The bill would require background checks for private gun sales and include a ban on the sale high-capacity ammunition clips of the kind used in the Newtown shooting.

"The tragedy in Newtown deserves a powerful response," said Senate President Donald Williams, a Democrat, during debate. He urged his colleagues to support the bill. "This bill contains the first in the nation dangerous weapons registry," he said.

Opponents say the bill infringes the rights to gun ownership protected by the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

"At the end of the day, making it more onerous on law-abiding citizens in our state is not the solution," Senator John Kissel, a Republican, said on Wednesday, drawing applause from gun rights advocates in the gallery.

Under the legislation, owners of existing clips capable of holding 10 or more bullets would be required to register them with the state. Owning an unregistered high-capacity clip would become a felony offense as of January 1.

The shooter in the December attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School used high-capacity clips holding 30 bullets, which allowed him to shoot 154 rounds in less than five minutes.

The House and the Senate are expected to pass the measure. Both chambers are controlled by Democrats, with 99 Democrats and 52 Republicans in the House, and 22 Democrats and 14 Republicans in the Senate.

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy, a Democrat, had pushed for passage of the law and is expected to sign it.

The House, as of late afternoon, had not yet begun its debate.

The measure would also expand the number of weapons covered by Connecticut's assault weapons ban and establishes a $15 million fund to help schools improve security infrastructure.

(Writing by Scott Malone; Editing by Leslie Gevirtz and Leslie Adler)

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