Helicopters rescue Europeans stranded by snow (AP)

BELGRADE, Serbia ? Rescue helicopters evacuated dozens of people from snow-blocked villages in Serbia and Bosnia and air-lifted in emergency food and medicine as a severe cold spell kept Eastern Europe in its icy grip.

The death toll from the cold rose to 83 on Wednesday and emergency crews worked overtime as temperatures sank to minus 32.5 C (minus 26.5 F) in some areas.

Parts of the Black Sea froze near the Romanian coastline and the rare snow fell on Croatian islands in the Adriatic Sea. In Bulgaria, 16 towns recorded their lowest temperatures since records started 100 years ago as four more people were reported dead from hypothermia.

In central Serbia, choppers pulled out 12 people, including nine who went to a funeral but then could not get back over icy, snow-choked roads. Two more people froze to death in the snow and two others are missing, bringing that nation's death toll to five.

"The situation is dramatic, the snow is up to five meters (16 1/2 feet) high in some areas, you can only see rooftops," said Dr. Milorad Dramacanin, who participated in the helicopter evacuations.

One of the evacuees was an elderly woman who had fallen into a coma. She survived after being airlifted to a hospital.

Two helicopters were also used Wednesday to rescue people and supply remote villages in northern Bosnia.

"We are trying to get through to several small villages, with each just a few elderly residents," said Bosnian rescue official Milimir Doder. "All together some 200-300 people are cut off. We are supplying them for the second day with food and medication."

In the small Bosnian hamlet of Han Kran on Mt. Romanija, villagers waited for a helicopter at a flat spot which they cleared of snow to allow it to land.

"We are barely coping. I live on my own ? it is a real struggle," said Radenka Jeftovic, an elderly woman wrapped in woolen scarfs and hugging a food package she received.

Goran Milat, a younger resident, complained that "the minuses are killing us."

"We are thankful for this help," he said. "But, the snow did what it did and we are blocked here until spring."

Some Bosnian villages have had no electricity for days and crews were working around-the-clock trying to fix power lines.

"The snow is about two meters high (6 feet) and we have cleared off paths that look more like tunnels," Doder said. "It is going well but if there is more snow coming, then the situation may get critical."

Ukraine alone reported 43 deaths, mostly of homeless people. The country's Emergency Situations Ministry said 28 people had been found dead on the streets, eight died in hospitals and seven in their homes. Over 720 others were hospitalized with hypothermia and frostbite.

Ukraine's 1+1 channel broadcast footage of a man being treated for frostbite in his toes, which had turned completely black.

Authorities have deployed over 1,730 heating shelters across the country, handing out hot tea, coffee, boiled potatoes and pork fat ? a traditional Ukrainian dish ? to the homeless. Hospitals were told not to discharge homeless patients even if their treatment was finished to protect them from the cold.

Prime Minister Mykola Azarov urged Ukrainians to stay vigilant, dress warmly and help each other in the face of the severe weather.

"I call on citizens, enterprises, organizations not to be indifferent, to support and protect those people who cannot help themselves in this difficult time," Azarov said in a statement Wednesday. "We are one people."

His comments after some experts suggested Ukraine's high death toll was linked to authorities' unwillingness and incompetence in dealing with the homeless.

Pavlo Rozenko, an expert on social policy with the Kiev-based Razumkov Center, said Ukrainian authorities often suffer from the Soviet legacy of viewing the homeless as alcoholics, drug addicts and do-nothings who need to be punished instead of helped.

"The country doesn't know yet how to take care of its homeless," Rozenko said.

In Romania, temperatures plunged to minus 32.5 C (minus 26.5), and six homeless people died in the past 24 hours of hypothermia, the health ministry reported. Hundreds of other people were sent to shelters to protect them from the extreme cold.

Five people died of hypothermia in the last day in Poland, bringing its toll up to 20 since Friday.

Several schools across Hungary suspended classes, including one in the east that said it could not afford the high heating bills. The airport in Montenegro's capital Podgorica was closed down for all flights late Wednesday because of heavy snowfall.

In Russia, temperatures fell to minus 21 C (minus 6 F) in Moscow but only one person was reported to have died of the cold.

Despite the freezing temperatures, Gyorgy Schirilla, a 50-year-old sportsman, said he would go ahead with his annual swim on Saturday with no protective gear cross the Danube River ? a distance of 500 meters (yards) ? in the northern Hungarian city of Vac.

"I'm not afraid of the challenge," Schirilla said. "This will be my 15th crossing. Two years ago ... I had to fend off ice floes weighing several tons."

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Maria Danilova from Ukraine, Alison Mutler from Romania, Aida Cerkez from Bosnia, Monika Scislowska from Poland, Pablo Gorondi from Hungary, Veselin Toskhov from Bulgaria and Jovana Gec from Serbia contributed to this report.

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Conn. chief at center of abuse scandal retires (AP)

EAST HAVEN, Conn. ? The chief of a police department roiled by a Latino abuse scandal announced his retirement Monday, ending a 14-year tenure marked by several episodes of friction with minorities in this shoreline Connecticut suburb.

Leonard Gallo, chief of the East Haven Police Department, has been reproached by federal civil rights investigators for creating a hostile environment for witnesses, and his lawyer said he could face charges in the same probe that led to last week's arrests of four officers.

Gallo, 64, had been suspended as police chief in April 2010 after the FBI launched the criminal investigation, but he was reinstated to the post in November after his friend Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr. took office. That decision has been called into question by officials including Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.

"Knowing what we know now, and really in some senses knowing what we knew before ... one could reasonably question why he was reinstated," Malloy said.

Maturo praised Gallo as a devoted public servant.

"His decision to retire at this time is a selfless act, designed to assist in the healing process," Maturo said.

The four officers, who are all on paid administrative leave, are accused of waging a campaign against Latino residents that included beatings, false arrests and harassment of those who threatened to report misconduct. They were arrested Jan. 24 by the FBI and face charges including deprivation of rights and obstruction of justice; all of them have pleaded not guilty.

Maturo is also facing heavy criticism for saying last week that he "might have tacos" as a way to do something for the Latino community in the wake of the arrests. He later apologized for the remark.

Frederick Brow, chairman of the town's police commission, said he believes Gallo should not be allowed to retire. The commission is preparing to vote Tuesday night on whether to recommend to the mayor that Gallo be fired.

He estimated that in retirement, Gallo would receive a severance lump sum of $130,000 to $150,000, plus an annual pension of $27,000 to $28,000. Brow said Gallo should not be rewarded for his conduct.

If the commission voted to recommend that Gallo be fired and Maturo agreed to fire him, Gallo would still get the pension but lose the severance pay, Brow said.

An investigation by the U.S. Justice Department's civil rights division, which was separate from the criminal probe, noted concerns in a December report that Gallo had helped created a hostile environment for people who cooperated with federal investigators. It said Gallo had warned staff that the Justice Department had agreed to provide him with the names of individuals who cooperated with the investigation, even though that was not the case.

The federal indictment refers to a co-conspirator, later identified as Gallo by his lawyer and others, accusing him of blocking efforts by the police commission to investigate misconduct. Gallo's attorney, Jon Einhorn, has denied the accusations of conspiracy.

Einhorn said that Gallo is retiring because he does not want to be a distraction for the town, and that his departure is not an admission of guilt. He said Gallo is the target of a lawsuit and could face charges in the criminal probe. He said his client will be vindicated.

Racial tension was already an issue in East Haven when Gallo became chief in 1998, after retiring from New Haven police.

The New Haven chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People sued East Haven in 1993, claiming it discriminated against minorities in its hiring practices for town jobs. A federal judge ruled in 1998 that the town unintentionally discriminated against minorities and ordered local officials to keep records of all job applications and appointments, test scores and interview reports.

A year before Gallo took office, a white police officer, Robert Flodquist, shot a black man to death after a car chase. Authorities say Malik Jones tried to run down Flodquist before the officer shot him. State and federal officials ruled the shooting justified, but Jones' mother sued the town and won a $900,000 jury award that the town is now appealing.

Gallo later drew protests from the NAACP and other activists when he promoted Flodquist to sergeant from officer in 2001.

Gallo said at the time that Flodquist deserved the promotion and that it was time to move on.

"We have experienced a regrettable incident that has affected many people's lives and the community at large," Gallo said then. "But it is my personal opinion that it's time for the healing process to take place and make a move toward the future."

Flodquist went on to become the department's spokesman.

Maturo was mayor from 1997 to 2007 and was re-elected in the fall. After taking office in November, he reinstated Gallo, saying at the time that he did not believe the abuse allegations were true. The previous mayor, April Capone Almon, placed Gallo on administrative leave in April 2010.

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Japan's industrial output rebounds 4 percent (AP)

TOKYO ? Japan's industrial production rebounded 4 percent in December from November and household spending increased for a second month, suggesting the still-weak economy is gaining some steam after last year's tsunami disaster and flooding in Thailand that disrupted manufacturers' supply chains.

Output of automobiles, cell phones and semiconductors drove the gains last month after production fell 2.7 percent in November. Manufacturers project further production increases in January and February, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Tuesday.

But Japan's unemployment rate edged up to 4.6 percent and Junko Nishioka, economist at RBS Japan Securities, cautioned that the economic outlook was "mixed."

While she was heartened by the 0.5 percent uptick in family spending, Nishioka said prospects for Japan's vital manufacturing sector remained tentative amid weak export demand.

"The pace of recovery will be slow," she said. "So far, we're seeing some recovery in the auto sector and electronic components, but still it's still not enough to compensate for the gap recorded after the March disaster and the Thai flooding."

The factory data showed that shipments grew 4.5 percent and inventories fell 2.9 percent, both healthy indicators. Broadly speaking, production was led by strength in the electronics, automobile and general machinery sectors, the report showed.

Looking ahead, manufacturers predicted that industrial output would rise 2.5 percent in January and another 1.2 percent in February, according to a METI survey.

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A look at economic developments around the globe (AP)

A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Tuesday:

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LONDON ? Unemployment across the 17 countries that use the euro ended 2011 at a record high 10 percent, official figures showed, a day after EU leaders acknowledged that they would have to boost economic growth with the same urgency they showed in combating their national debt.

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BERLIN ? The unemployment rate in Germany, Europe's largest economy, edged back over 7 percent in January as winter weather began to weigh on industries such as construction, the Federal Labor Agency reported.

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ATHENS, Greece ? Greece has all but concluded a crucial deal to write off half of its privately held debt and is now working on new austerity measures needed to secure continued bailout loans, Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos said.

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WARSAW, Poland ? Government officials say that Poland does not intend to adopt the euro as its currency in 2015 but should meet the main financial criteria for admission to the eurozone then.

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LONDON ? European stocks rose on hopes that governments were making progress in their fight to contain the debt crisis, but Wall Street dropped due to soft U.S. economic data.

The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares closed 0.2 percent higher while Germany's DAX rose 0.2 percent. The CAC-40 in France ended 1 percent higher.

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TOKYO ? Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index rose 0.1 percent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 1.1 percent and Seoul's Kospi was up 0.8 percent. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index was up 0.3 percent.

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TOKYO ? Japan's industrial production rebounded 4 percent in December from November and household spending increased, suggesting the still-weak economy is gaining some steam after last year's tsunami disaster and flooding in Thailand that disrupted manufacturers' supply chains.

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Candy Land movie lands at Sony with Adam Sandler (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES, Jan 31 (TheWrap.com) ? Adam Sandler is ready to visit "Candy Land" for Sony.

The actor is in final talks with Sony and Hasbro to star in and have his Happy Madison Productions produce a movie based on the board game.

The project had been set up at Universal, with Kevin Lima attached to direct and "Kung Fu Panda" writers Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger to write the script.

Lima remains on the movie, but Sandler and Robert Smigel are in talks to write it.

Universal has been ditching its Hasbro movies lately.

On Monday, Relativity Media said it, rather than Universal, would be making "Stretch Armstrong." And in 2011, Universal paid Hasbro $5 million to get out of its agreement to make "Ouija." In 2010, the studio scrapped plans for a screen remake of the popular board game "Clue."

Universal's "Battleship," starring Liam Neeson and Taylor Kitsch, is scheduled to be released on May 18.

In a statement, Columbia Pictures President Doug Belgrad called "Candy Land" more than just a game -- "it is a brand that children, parents and grandparents know and love." He said that it offers a larger than life part for Sandler.

Candy Land, created in 1949, is a game for young children. In it, players make their way through the Peppermint Forest, the Gum Drop Mountains and the Lollypop Woods. As they do, they encounter Princess Frostine, Lord Licorice, Mr. Mint and King Candy.

Hasbro's president and CEO, Brian Goldner, is producing, along with the company's senior VP and managing director of motion pictures, Bennett Schneir, and Happy Madison Productions.

(Editing By Zorianna Kit)

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Spielberg's The River hits UK iTunes 24-hours after US TV debut, will it curb piracy of the show? (Digital Trends)

The River ABC PosterPiracy has been in the news a lot recently, thanks to extensive coverage of both the SOPA and PIPA bills, and the ongoing saga of Megaupload.com.

Neither unpopular bills or the closing down of services also used for legitimate means are the solution to the problem though, so what is? While a complete solution may not even exist, there are steps that can be taken to cut down on the effects of piracy, provided someone is willing to put in the work.

While many automatically think piracy means films, television shows are just as popular, especially those US series that take an age to make it out of the country. Take Dexter for example. Season six has finished its first run on Showtime, but isn?t expected to play until spring 2012 in the UK. With season five recently released there on DVD, not everyone will be willing to wait.

The River

Someone at ABC has been thinking though, as it has been announced that its new show The River will be making its UK debut just 24-hours after it plays in the USA. But instead of playing on network television, it will be available for download through iTunes.

The River, a creepy drama that sounds like the oft-banned 80s gorefest Cannibal Holocaust, hasn?t been picked up by a UK network, and given its high-profile team ? Steven Spielberg and Paranormal Activity creator Oren Peli are both involved ? it would be a prime candidate for pirates.

Simultaneous release schedules are nothing new, but despite being championed by many as a way to decrease piracy, still aren?t widely employed. The last high profile TV show, also by ABC, that abandoned a staggered release was Lost, when its finale broadcast simultaneously around the world.

Pricing for The River is reasonable too, as iTunes will be charging ?2.49/$2.99 for an HD episode and ?12.99/$20.99 for an HD season pass. Considering a Blu-ray season of Dexter costs upwards of ?30 on release, this is very competitive.

A Divided Industry

There are outspoken advocates and enemies of the simultaneous release. The chief operating officer of Paramount Studios considers the system a big problem, arguing that it only makes higher quality pirated versions available sooner, while film critic Mark Kermode says it offers people the film they want, in the format they want, when they want to watch it.

Apple has recently made a bold move to try and revolutionize the text book, so how about they use their considerable influence to push studios, networks and distributors to offer more of their products across more iTunes stores at the same time. After all, it would be of financial benefit to all concerned, and ultimately, isn?t that what the piracy argument boils down to?

The River premieres on ABC on February 7 and hits iTunes February 8.

This article was originally posted on Digital Trends

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Gadgets Week in Review: Take Flight

1534Here’s a selection of stories from the past week on TechCrunch Gadgets: App-maker Moonbot Gets An Oscar Nomination Kickstarter: eye3, An Affordable Aerial Photography Drone Secret Windows 8 Weapon: Kinect Built Into Your Laptop Twitter Changes The ?Contours? Of Censorship With Country-By-Country Blocking A Really Nice Flying Ornithopter Video For Your Friday Enjoyment

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Economy more worrying than Mideast for Florida Jews (Reuters)

AVENTURA, Florida (Reuters) ? Newt Gingrich describes the Palestinians as an invented people and seeks covert action against Iran, while Mitt Romney accuses President Barack Obama of throwing Israel under a bus.

But the Republican presidential candidates' tough talk on the Middle East in Florida before Tuesday's primary is doing little to sway the state's large Jewish population from its longstanding support for the Democrats.

If anything, it's Republican arguments on the U.S. economy - not Israel - that might win more favor with Jewish voters here come the general election in November.

"There has been, particularly among younger voters, a small shift toward the Republican Party in general," said Terri Susan Fine, a political scientist at the University of Central Florida in Orlando.

She said there was some concern about Israel, but the larger reason was because some Jews see the Republican Party as more friendly to business.

"Economic conservativism is what is shifting their focus toward the Republican Party," she said. "Younger Jewish voters are very secure in Israel's stability."

Rabbi David Kaye of Congregation Ohev Shalom, a conservative temple north of Orlando, said members of his congregation were more concerned with economic issues in a state hard-hit by the housing crisis and one of the nation's highest unemployment rates.

"We still see that there's a lot of folks hurting," he said.

Jewish voters are also generally more liberal on social issues than the Republican candidates.

President Barack Obama received almost eight out of every 10 votes cast by Jewish voters in 2008. That overwhelming support among Florida's 640,000-member Jewish community, half of whom are over 65, was a key component in his narrow 3 percentage point victory in the swing state.

Jewish voters historically have been concerned with social justice and older voters especially have deep ties to the Democratic Party and labor movement going back to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's presidency during the 1930s and earlier.

"It's part of our being - we are our brother's keeper," said Sydelle Sher, 79, of Delray Beach, a retired schoolteacher.

IRAN TENSIONS

But Sher, who attended a Gingrich rally last week, described herself as a fiscal conservative worried about the direction the country is going in under Obama.

"I fear the European-style socialism trend," she said, although she added that Israel policy is very important in her decision.

With tensions in the Middle East rising over Iran's nuclear ambitions, some Jewish Republicans wonder if the United States will stick by Israel.

Gloria Winton, 75, had harsh words for Obama on Israel as she headed into Mo's Bagels and Deli, near her home in Aventura, Florida. "I never thought before that Israel couldn't trust the United States. Now, I don't think that they can trust us," she said.

But she said she was leaning toward Romney, not Gingrich, because of Romney's more moderate tone. "I think (Gingrich is) very smart but I don't know if the independent voter would accept him," she said.

As they fight for their party's nomination, Romney and Gingrich have often seemed to compete over who can take the strongest pro-Israel line.

Gingrich, a former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, drew 700 people to a rally on Friday sponsored by a Jewish Republican group, and both he and Romney count pro-Israel businessmen among their financial supporters.

Gingrich dismisses the Palestinians as an "invented people," and promises he would move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv as soon as he takes office.

Despite years of U.S.-led negotiations toward a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Romney insists the Palestinians are not interested in living in their own nation alongside Israel, saying they want to destroy the Jewish state.

The former Massachusetts governor says Obama "threw Israel under the bus" for suggesting negotiations start with borders as they were before the 1967 Middle East war.

Democrats insist that Obama is not hostile to Israel, and call the Republicans' campaign a misleading and desperate attempt to make headway with an overwhelmingly Democratic voter bloc.

"Our ironclad commitment - and I meant ironclad - to Israel's security has meant the closest military cooperation between our two countries in history," Obama said in his State of the Union address on Tuesday.

Jewish voters typically account for 6-8 percent of turnout in Florida elections, and a lower percentage in Republican-only contests like Tuesday's primary, but they can make a difference if the vote is close.

Ira Sheskin, who runs the University of Miami's Jewish Demography Project, said statements like Gingrich's denial of the Palestinians' national identity could alienate the many Jewish voters whose main goal is Middle East peace.

"It was really not good for Gingrich to say that," Sheskin said. "Because if he becomes president, you want him to act as an honest broker in the Middle East. You don't do that if you've told one of the sides that they are an invented people."

"You won't advance the cause of peace."

(Additional reporting by Ros Krasny in Delray Beach; Editing by Alistair Bell and Doina Chiacu)

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Bucks keep Lakers' road woes going with 100-89 win

Los Angeles Lakers' Pau Gasol (16) and the Milwaukee Bucks' Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (12) fight for the rebound during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching)

Los Angeles Lakers' Pau Gasol (16) and the Milwaukee Bucks' Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (12) fight for the rebound during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching)

Los Angeles Lakers' Pau Gasol, left, and Matt Barnes (9) fight for the ball with the Milwaukee Bucks' Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (12) during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching)

Los Angeles Lakers' Pau Gasol (16) reacts to a foul against the Milwaukee Bucks during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching)

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(AP) ? (AP) ? Drew Gooden scored 23 points and the undermanned Milwaukee Bucks made sure the Lakers' road struggles continued, beating Los Angeles 100-89 on Saturday night.

Kobe Bryant scored 27 for the Lakers, who are 1-7 on the road this season.

Ersan Ilyasova and Mike Dunleavy added 15 points each for the Bucks, who managed to beat the Lakers without two of their best players.

Already scrambling to compensate for the long-term absence of injured center Andrew Bogut, the Bucks found themselves without guard/forward Stephen Jackson on Saturday because of an NBA suspension.

Bryant made six free throws to break Jerry West's franchise record for free throws made. Coming into Saturday's game, Bryant needed three makes to tie West's mark of 7,160.

Bryant also came closer to becoming the Lakers' career leader in field goals made. He was 10 of 21 from the floor Saturday, leaving him three short of the 13 field goals he needed to tie Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's franchise record of 9,935 field goals made.

Even without Bogut and Jackson, the Bucks were in control most of the way. Ilyasova hit a jumper at the horn to end the third quarter, and the Bucks took an 80-73 lead into the fourth.

The Bucks led 85-76 after an inside score from Ilyasova with just under eight minutes left, but Bryant scored five straight points to cut the lead to four.

But Luc Richard Mbah a Moute hit a jumper, then Gooden scored on a turnaround hook shot and hit a pair of free throws to run the lead back to 91-81.

Andrew Bynum scored inside, but Dunleavy hit a long jumper to give the Bucks a 93-83 lead with just over two minutes left.

After Bryant made a pair of free throws, Dunleavy drilled a 3-pointer to put the game away with 1:24 left.

The Bucks managed the beat the Lakers without Jackson, whose suspension was announced a few hours before the game.

The NBA suspended Jackson one game for verbal abuse of a game official and failure to leave the court in a timely manner at the end of the Bucks' 107-100 loss at Chicago on Friday night.

It's another rough moment for Jackson, who was benched by coach Scott Skiles in the Bucks' Jan. 20 game at the New York Knicks.

Bogut, meanwhile, fractured his left ankle in Wednesday's game at Houston and is expected to miss eight to 12 weeks ? a crushing blow for Milwaukee.

Without Bogut, the undersized Bucks faced a tough test from the Lakers' pair of 7-footers: Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum.

But they held their ground on defense early on, taking a 51-43 lead at halftime. The Bucks forced the Lakers into 10 turnovers in the first half, and limited Gasol to six points on 3 for 10 shooting.

Gasol finished the game with 12 points and 15 rebounds, but was 6 for 18 from the floor.

Lakers rookie guard Andrew Goudelock scored 13 points despite being hospitalized for dehydration overnight. Goudelock was coming off his best performance of the year, having scored a career-high 14 points against the Clippers on Wednesday.

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GOP Gangs Up on Gingrich to Protect Party, Public (ContributorNetwork)

Former Senator Bob Dole is the latest member of the GOP to say Newt Gingrich should not be the party's nominee. Nominating Gingrich would have disastrous down-ballot effects for other federal, state and local GOP candidates, Dole told the National Review. He noted Gingrich didn't work well with others, pointing out that hardly anyone who served with Gingrich endorsed him.

An increasing number of Republicans describe Gingrich as something akin to political plague, the National Review said. Here's what some prominent Republicans have to say about Newt Gingrich's candidacy:

* Speaker Gingrich set into motion the largest explosion of earmarks in the history of Congress. I was there, I saw the earmarks explode, I saw the corruption that it bred, and I saw the incredible waste of taxpayer dollars." -- Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., 2008 GOP presidential nominee.

* "When you have a president of the United States, you have to have somebody that you believe in, somebody that has integrity. Poor ethics has no place in the White House. If you have a person of questionable integrity, it's very difficult to be a good leader, almost impossible." -- Dan Quayle, former vice president.

* " I'm not inclined to be a supporter of Newt Gingrich's having served under him for four years and experienced personally his leadership ? I found it lacking often times." -- Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.

* "He's not really a conservative. ... He'll tell you what you want to hear. ? When he was speaker, he was erratic, undisciplined." -- Tom DeLay, former House majority WHIP.

* "I'm not his biggest advocate." -- George H.W. Bush, former president

* "Tom Coburn, Susan Molinari. Mickey Edwards, all these folks that were part of his inner circle who watched him on a daily basis said, 'Enough is enough. This man is not stable.'" -- John Sununu, former White House chief of staff

* "Nobody wants to be on the ballot with Newt Gingrich." -- Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah

* "He has to know he can't win unless he's totally delusional." -- Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., chair of the House Homeland Security Committee.

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