Chrissy Teigen Likes 'Girls,' Miley Feels Positive, Michael Kors Style Tips & More Tweets Of The Week

As is often the case, we learned lots of fun facts about our favorite funny people on Twitter this week. Chrissy Teigen pledged her affection for "Girls" -- and worried her followers might misinterpret her message. Brad Goreski revealed an appreciation for angora. And the Man Repeller wondered about declarations of love in 2013.

Look through the slideshow below to hear from our friends firsthand. Did any of these tweets surprise you? Or are you already accustomed to Tyra's reliance on the runway? Let us know in the comments!

Want more? Be sure to check out HuffPost Style on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest and Instagram at @HuffPostStyle.
--
Do you have a style story idea or tip? Email us at stylesubmissions@huffingtonpost.com. (PR pitches sent to this address will be ignored.)

"; var coords = [-5, -72]; // display fb-bubble FloatingPrompt.embed(this, html, undefined, 'top', {fp_intersects:1, timeout_remove:2000,ignore_arrow: true, width:236, add_xy:coords, class_name: 'clear-overlay'}); });

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/30/tweets-of-the-week_n_2981273.html

kids choice awards 2012 micah true kansas vs ohio state winning mega million numbers bruce weber boston globe google maps 8 bit

How to Survive the Year of the Hack

Fear Factor: Medium. A lot of different levels of hackers use the link-doom method, from those creeps trying to take over unsuspecting women's webcams to the secret unit apparently linked to the People's Liberation Army?in China, which reportedly used very well concealed spear-phishing to get high level people inside various media outlets to download malware and use it for the purposes of international espionage at that drab looking building over there. For the average Twitter user, though, there are various ways to avoid downloading malware, even spear-phishing, which does a very good job at looking legitimate. But basically, don't click things that look fishy (or phishy), don't visit suspect forums, and don't buy suspect things. And make sure your computer's anti-malware program, scripts, and browsers are up to date.

RELATED: Anonymous Knocks Australian Spy Site Offline in Digital Protest

Facebook & Apple and the Trendy 'Watering Hole' Method

What It Looks Like:?This is another, more clandestine way to get people to download malware, and that was likely the type of hack (probably from China) that infiltrated the internal servers at?Facebook, Apple, and possibly Twitter, as the companies reported, like dominoes, in February. This type of hack doesn't target an individual but a website that many individuals visit ? you know, like when the people visit the watering hole. When trying to target Facebook's developers, for example, hackers planted "malicious code injected into the HTML of the site used an exploit in Oracle's Java plug-in," as AllThingsD's Mike Isaac explained.?

Fear Factor: High.?Once you visit an infected site, well, that's pretty much the end of the attack. That's the thing that trips up a lot of people writing about and spreading fears around hacking, and the Facebooks and Twitters of the world are pretty good at protecting their accounts when they get played. But if you're looking for a solution,?a lot of people have suggested that getting rid of Java might help your situation, since a lot of malware exploits that code deployment platform. Then again, it might not really be that easy, since the malware spreads so fast and to such large sites.?

North Korea & Iran and the DDoS Attack?

What It Looks Like:?Denial-of-service attacks have received a lot of attention this week because of the fight between Spamhaus and Cyberbunker, which resulted in the biggest ever DDoS attack ever. These rapid-fire attacks, which infect computers with malware to overwhelm and then shut down websites, were also responsible for the big bank attacks over the last few months, including Thursday's AmEx breach, which likely came from an Iranian hacker group called the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters. That South Korean hack the other day from North Korea?was also likely of the DDoS variety. And denials of service are getting more powerful. The AmEx hack, for example, infected "infected powerful, commercial data centers with sophisticated malware and directed them to simultaneously fire at each bank, giving them the horsepower to inflict a huge attack," as The New York Times's Nicole Perlroth and David Sanger explain.

Fear Factor: Very High.?While some have accused the Times of being sensationalist with its use of "cyber warfare," the DDoS attacks have become more and more powerful, which is cause for concern. There are ways to close certain holes on the web's DNS servers that could ease the flood of relatively tame denial-of-service attacks, but when it comes to national security the U.S. is no match for China's hackers, who are trying to take down some of America's most crucial infrastructure. President Obama acknowledged the threat in his State of the Union address and recently met with major business leaders about cyber attacks. In addition to clandestine efforts to fight back against China's cyber fighters, though, the White House is now looking at something like sanctions: The latest government funding bill would make it harder for Chinese companies to sell tech products to a few federal agencies, according to Politico, although that's only minorly comforting. But Obama has ordered cyber attacks on Iran, after the famous Stuxnet worm targeted U.S. computer infrastructure.

Aaron Swartz, Matthew Keys & Weev and "Unauthorized Access"

What It Looks Like: Nothing like a vague legal term to get the people talking. "Unauthorized access" can blanket pretty much any computer related crime, as federal investigators have made blatantly clear in the high-profile cases of three men facing lots of prison time for not a lot of hacking. In theory, "unauthorized access" means getting into a person or an organization's computer even though you're not supposed to ? even though that's pretty much the point of hacking. But the term has been used very differently in accusing each of the three men: Swartz literally went inside an MIT server room?and assigned himself IP addresses, Keys gave up some access to the content management system of the Los Angeles Times website, and it's not even clear what Weev accessed without authority. Many, many people, from inside the hacking community and out, have accused the government of using the "unauthorized access" charge to prove a point.

Fear Factor: Low. The scary part is how vague the definition of a not scary hacking act has become. Authorities and bigger organizations and businesses tend to fear these kinds of attacks more than individuals, because it's usually the individuals (or Anonymous) use the highly illegal tactics to make often mundane points of their own.?

...and Physical Cable Hacks

What It Looks Like: Forget cyber hacks, people are still hacking actual Internet cable lines! In an attempt to take an entire continent offline, three scuba diving hackers have now gone straight to the source and literally cut the chords in Egypt.?

Fear Factor: Medium. It's definitely the most effective way to take out an entire country or continent's Internet. But, it's pretty conspicuous and not very precise. You've got to be a pretty smart underwater hacker to be an effective one.

There are certainly other types of "hacks" out there, but this should help clarify things the next time you're facing three frightening headlines about technology in one newspaper. China isn't coming after your Netflix account. But you should still probably?dump that stupid password,?beef up your email and computer security, and avoid the MIT server room. And the North Koreans. Those guys are up to no good.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/survive-hack-175828144.html

bby zimmerman website miami marlins marlins marlins facebook buys instagram kevin systrom

Burke leads UM rally over Kansas, 87-85 in OT

Michigan's Nik Stauskas (11), Trey Burke (3) and Corey Person celebrate after beating Kansas 87-85 in overtime of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Michigan's Nik Stauskas (11), Trey Burke (3) and Corey Person celebrate after beating Kansas 87-85 in overtime of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Michigan's Glenn Robinson III (1) and teammates celebrate after beating Kansas 87-85 in overtime of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Kansas guard Ben McLemore (23) dunks against Michigan during the second half of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Kansas' Ben McLemore shoots over Michigan's Nik Stauskas during the first half of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Kansas' Jeff Withey (5) and Michigan's Trey Burke (3) go after a loose ball during the first half of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ? Trey Burke never doubted he could lead Michigan to its deepest NCAA tournament run since the Fab Five era.

Not after a scoreless first half. Not when the Wolverines trailed top-seeded Kansas by 14 with less than 7 minutes left ? or by 5 with 21 seconds left.

And definitely not when he got the ball in his hands and the seconds draining away.

Burke scored all 23 of his points in the second half and overtime, including a long, tying 3-pointer in the final moments of regulation as Michigan rallied to beat Kansas 87-85 in the South Regional semifinals Friday night.

"We never lost faith out there," Burke said. "We stuck it out together."

Ben McLemore had 20 points to lead the Jayhawks (31-6), who looked to be on their way to a third straight regional final before Michigan's improbable rally. Instead, they became the third No. 1 seed to fall in this tournament, joining Gonzaga and Indiana.

"Well, this will certainly go down as one of the toughest games that obviously we've been a part of and I've been a part of," Kansas coach Bill Self said. "But props to Michigan for making all the plays late."

That's for sure.

The fourth-seeded Wolverines (29-7) were down five when Tim Hardaway Jr. missed a 3-pointer with 35 seconds left, but Glenn Robinson III won a scramble for the ball and hit a reverse layup to force Kansas to win the game at the free throw line.

The Jayhawks couldn't do it. Burke's tying shot ? he pulled up from well beyond the arc just left of the key ? came with 4.2 seconds left after Elijah Johnson missed a free throw and Michigan got the rebound.

Moments earlier, with 21 seconds remaining, Johnson had hit two from the line to keep the Kansas lead at five. Burke had scored on a layup to get Michigan back to within three.

"We never had the mindset that we were going to lose the game," Burke said. "When we were down 14, we knew anything could still happen. It's March, anything can happen."

Michigan went to back-to-back championship games a generation ago with the Fab Five led by Chris Webber, Juwan Howard and Jalen Rose. But the folks in Ann Arbor will be talking for years about the shot by Burke under the huge video board Cowboys Stadium, just down the road from where Howard and Rose played their last game together with Ray Jackson and Jimmy King in a regional final loss to Arkansas in 1994.

The Wolverines will play the Florida-Florida Gulf Coast winner the regional final Sunday.

"Just to be able to get this program back to the Elite Eight, it feels good," Burke said. "But we want to go further."

The lead changed hands five times in overtime ? the first OT game of the tournament ? the last when Mitch McGary, who led Michigan with 25 points and 14 rebounds, hit a short jumper with Johnson in his face to put Michigan ahead 83-82.

The Jayhawks got a stop and had about 9 seconds to tie or win, but a jumbled possession ended with Naadir Tharpe missing a running jumper at the buzzer.

"We played like we were trying to hold onto something instead of just continuing to play," Johnson said.

Burke had eight points in the closing 14-4 run that tied the game, then gave Michigan its first lead since early with another long 3-pointer to make it 79-78 early in overtime. He hit a jumper on the next possession as well. After failing to score in the first 20 minutes, Burke ended his drought by scoring eight straight points early in the second half to momentarily cut the deficit to two.

"In the second half, coach told me to be more aggressive so I looked for my shot more," he said.

But Kansas restored a 10-point lead built on controlling the paint, this time with a 3-pointer and a tomahawk dunk on a breakaway by McLemore and a three-point play from Johnson.

Johnson, who picked up three fouls in just three minutes of playing time in the first half, gave Kansas its biggest lead at 68-54 with a 3-pointer from the corner with just under 7 minutes left.

Travis Releford had 16 points for the Jayhawks, while Jeff Withey had 12 points and eight rebounds.

McLemore didn't score again after going to the bench with his fourth foul with 8 minutes remaining.

"We had chance to seal the game, but we made some bonehead plays late," Releford said.

Kansas pushed out to a 10-point lead early by dominating around the basket. McLemore's first basket was the first outside the paint as the Jayhawks scored 34 of their 40 first-half points from inside while shooting 69 percent.

Withey put Kansas ahead 29-19 with a turnaround shot that had McGary shrugging at a teammate and saying, "I'm trying."

McGary wasn't having nearly as much trouble on the offensive end, leading the Wolverines with 11 points and five rebounds in the first half. He picked up where he left off in the third round against Virginia Commonwealth, when he had season highs of 21 points and 14 rebounds.

Michigan pulled within 40-34 at the half when Nik Stauskas hit a 3-pointer and had chance for a four-point play when McLemore bumped him on the shot. But he missed the free throw.

No matter. In the end, Burke was Fab-u-lous and the Wolverines are one win away from the Final Four.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/347875155d53465d95cec892aeb06419/Article_2013-03-29-NCAA-Michigan-Kansas/id-73b31a84573f4c70a913931fd6d36686

new dark knight rises trailer khloe and lamar oklahoma city thunder sunoco titanic ii babe ruth new jersey nets

Virtual reality, goggles and all, attempts return

FILE - In this March 25, 2009 file photo, Video game enthusiasts attend the Game Developers Conference, in San Francisco. The schedule for the 2013 GDC held March 25-29, illustrates the dramatic changes that have reshaped the gaming industry in recent years, an evolution that's as much about business models as it is about pixels. GDC organizers have added a summit on free-to-play games, planned talks on topics like crowd funding and micro-transactions and coordinated panels with such titles as "Making Money with Mobile Gaming" and "Why Won't FarmVille Go Away?" (AP Photo/Ben Margo, Filet)

FILE - In this March 25, 2009 file photo, Video game enthusiasts attend the Game Developers Conference, in San Francisco. The schedule for the 2013 GDC held March 25-29, illustrates the dramatic changes that have reshaped the gaming industry in recent years, an evolution that's as much about business models as it is about pixels. GDC organizers have added a summit on free-to-play games, planned talks on topics like crowd funding and micro-transactions and coordinated panels with such titles as "Making Money with Mobile Gaming" and "Why Won't FarmVille Go Away?" (AP Photo/Ben Margo, Filet)

FILE - In this March 25, 2009 file photo, Video game enthusiasts attend the Game Developers Conference, in San Francisco. The schedule for the 2013 GDC held March 25-29, illustrates the dramatic changes that have reshaped the gaming industry in recent years, an evolution that's as much about business models as it is about pixels. GDC organizers have added a summit on free-to-play games, planned talks on topics like crowd funding and micro-transactions and coordinated panels with such titles as "Making Money with Mobile Gaming" and "Why Won't FarmVille Go Away?" (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? It's back.

The virtual reality headset, the gizmo that was supposed to seamlessly transport wearers to three-dimensional virtual worlds, has made a remarkable return at this year's Game Developers Conference, an annual gathering of video game makers in San Francisco.

After drumming up hype over the past year and banking $2.4 million from crowdfunding, the Irvine, Calif.-based company Oculus VR captured the conference's attention this week with the Oculus Rift, its VR headset that's more like a pair of ski goggles than those bulky gaming helmets of the 1990s that usually left users with headaches.

"Developers who start working on VR games now are going to be able to do cool things," said Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey. "This is the first time when the technology, software, community and rendering power is all really there."

While VR technology has successfully been employed in recent years for military and medical training purposes, it's been too expensive, clunky or just plain bad for most at-home gamers. Oculus VR's headset is armed with stereoscopic 3-D, low-latency head tracking and a 110-degree field of view, and the company expects it to cost just a few hundred bucks.

A line at the conference snaked around the expo floor with attendees waiting for a chance to plop the glasses on their head and play a few minutes of "Hawken," an upcoming first-person shooter that puts players inside levitating war machines.

Attendance was also at capacity for a Thursday talk called "Virtual Reality: The Holy Grail of Gaming" led by Luckey. When he asked the crowd who'd ordered development prototypes of the technology, dozens of hands shot into the air.

"There's been a lot of promise over several decades with the VR helmet idea, but I think a lot of us feel like Oculus and other devices like it are starting to get it right," said Simon Carless, executive vice president at UBM Tech Game Network, which organizes the Game Developers Conference. "We may have a competitive and interesting-to-use device, which you could strap to your head and have really immersive gaming as a result."

Sony and Microsoft are reportedly working on similar peripherals, as are other companies. Luckey contends that the innovations Nintendo made with its Wii U, Sony is planning with its upcoming PlayStation 4 and Microsoft is likely tinkering with for its successor to the Xbox 360 don't seem like enough.

"We're seeing better graphics and social networks, but those aren't things that are going to fundamentally change the kind of experiences that gamers can have," said Luckey.

A growing list of high-profile game makers have sung the device's praises, including Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, "Minecraft" mastermind Markus Peterson, id Software's John Carmack, "Gears of War" chief Cliff Bleszinski and Valve boss Gabe Newell.

Valve is planning to release a VR version of its first-person shooter "Team Fortress 2" for the Rift, but Luckey is hoping that designers in attendance at this week's conference begin creating games especially for the doodad.

"The doors are already open," noted Luckey. "People are already telling us things they want to do with the Rift that they can't do with traditional games."

Luckey said prototype versions of the technology are being distributed to developers now, and he anticipates releasing a version for consumers by next year.

___

Online:

http://www.oculusvr.com

___

Follow AP Entertainment Writer Derrik J. Lang on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/derrikjlang.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/495d344a0d10421e9baa8ee77029cfbd/Article_2013-03-29-Games-Virtual%20Reality-Oculus/id-a74d4edea71b4a3abda0ca6c1d7055fe

capital gains tim thomas oral roberts les paul fred thompson fred thompson

Today's Woman Review & Giveaway Blog ? Sears Newborn Nesting ...

You are going to have a baby, how exciting! Whether or not this is your first pregnancy, it can be a bit nerve-racking preparing for the arrival. The first year of your baby?s life will be expensive. Sears understands? this as well as the need to be prepared before baby comes, and that?s why they have launched the Newborn Nesting Event.

From March 22 ? April 4, 2013 if you buy $250 (before tax) worth of nursery finds (including cribs, furniture, gliders, and nursery decor/bedding) you?ll receive 15% back on a cash card! Simply go back to Sears Baby?s Room before May 31st to use the card!

All this nesting and nursery talk has me brainstorming what some nursery must haves are. After-all, there are many factors to consider in the creation of the perfect nursery. Traditionally a nursery is a room where your baby will spend a lot of his/her time.

As with all bedrooms, your baby needs a bed to sleep in. Personally, I love the cribs that transition to beds. Not only will you save money, it will also give the young one a sense of familiarity.

One piece of baby specific furniture which is useful is a changing table.You will also need drawers in which to store your baby?s clothes and supplies.

A popular option in the market today is a baby changing table dresser where in the table used for babies to change is attached or installed on a dresser. The nice thing about? the combined change table/ dresser is that it gives parents easy access to items baby needs and? it can later be used in a child?s bedroom.

There are as many nursery themes as there are children?s fairy tales. From? a Peek-A-Boo Jungle? Collection, to Hello Kitty, Lambs and Ivory, Sears makes it simple for your decor theme to flow together.

Lamps and Lighting are a essential element in the nursery decor and a touch of cuteness.

Crib bedding is an essential part of the nursery decor. After-all, the crib is where baby spends a good part of her time.

Mobiles, humidifiers and wall art are other items that you can add to the nursery. When a baby is sick there?s not much we can do to help them, but a cool-mist humidifier is something we can use to provide comfort.

What item can?t you live without in your nursery?

About Sears Canada

Sears Canada is a multichannel retailer with a network that includes 197 corporate stores, 276 hometown dealer stores, 20 home services showrooms, over 1,500 catalogue and online merchandise pick-up locations, 104 Sears Travel offices and a nationwide home maintenance, repair, and installation network. The Company also publishes Canada?s most extensive general merchandise catalogue and offers shopping online at www.sears.ca.

?

On a personal note

This will be my last post I make as a Brand Ambassador for Sears The Baby?s Room. I have enjoyed the last 6 months participating as a brand ambassador. It? has been a lot of fun and a rewarding experience going to Sears shopping for the arrival of my granddaughter. ?I?ve loved sharing with my readers about how amazing the new Baby?s Room at Sears is. I hope that you have enjoyed my posts and you will shop at Sears for all your baby needs. Though my time as a?Brand Ambassador for Sears The Baby?s Room has sadly come to an end it won?t stop me from returning to Sears to shop for my granddaughter or tell? everyone about all the wonderful deals I see in my local Sears flyer.

I would like to extend a very special thank you to Mom Central Canada for choosing me. If you have yet to join Mom Central Canada I highly recommend you sign up.? You?ll get the opportunity to find out about new products and promotions, try the latest products for free, voice your opinion on these products and chat to some wonderful moms or grandmother?s like yourself.

?

Disclosure: I am part of the Sears Canada The Baby?s Room Ambassador program with Mom Central Canada and I receive special perks as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog are my own.

????????????????

If you found this page useful, consider linking to it.
Simply copy and paste the code below into your web site (Ctrl+C to copy)
It will look like this: Sears Newborn Nesting Event

<a href="http://www.todays-woman.net/blog/2013/baby-product-reviews/sears-newborn-nesting-event/">Sears Newborn Nesting Event</a>

????????????????

Source: http://www.todays-woman.net/blog/2013/baby-product-reviews/sears-newborn-nesting-event/

deadmau5 phoebe snow jennifer hudson tribute to whitney houston nicki minaj grammy jason whitlock beach boys tony bennett

Cleaner gas rule would mean higher price at pump

FILE - In this July 10, 2012 file photo, Suzanne Meredith, of Walpole, Mass., gases up her car at a Gulf station in Brookline, Mass. Reducing sulfur in gasoline and tightening emissions standards on cars beginning in 2017, as the Obama administration is proposing, would come with costs as well as rewards. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

FILE - In this July 10, 2012 file photo, Suzanne Meredith, of Walpole, Mass., gases up her car at a Gulf station in Brookline, Mass. Reducing sulfur in gasoline and tightening emissions standards on cars beginning in 2017, as the Obama administration is proposing, would come with costs as well as rewards. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Obama administration's newest anti-pollution plan would ping American drivers where they wince the most: at the gas pump. That makes arguments weighing the cost against the health benefits politically potent.

The proposal to reduce sulfur in gasoline and tighten auto emission standards, released Friday, would raise gasoline prices by less than a penny per gallon, the Environmental Protection Agency says. But the oil industry points to its own study putting the cost between 6 and 9 cents a gallon.

The EPA also said its proposal would add about $130 to the price of new vehicles, beginning in 2025.

The administration says the costs to consumers are worth the payoff: billions of dollars in health benefits from reductions in smog- and soot-forming pollution.

The agency predicts $7 in health benefits for every dollar spent to implement the new rules. The agency must hold public hearings before finalizing the rules. It plans for them to take effect in 2017.

The proposal was praised by environmentalists and health advocates, as well as automakers who say it will help the U.S. catch up with the cleaner fuels used in other nations. California already uses the sulfur standard.

EPA Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe said the proposal is designed to "protect the environment and public health in an affordable and practical way."

Opponents say gasoline prices are stubbornly high already and Americans shouldn't have to pay more. The oil industry, Republicans and some Democrats had urged the EPA to hold off on proposing the tighter regulations.

"With $4 a gallon gas the norm in many parts of the country, we cannot afford policies that knowingly raise gas prices," House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton said Friday. Instead, the Obama administration should work to increase energy supplies by approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada and other projects, said Upton, R-Mich.

Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-Ky., who is chairman of the energy and power subcommittee, called the sulfur rule "another example of an overzealous EPA" and said lawmakers would give it a hard look.

Environmentalists hailed the proposal as potentially the most significant in President Barack Obama's second term.

The so-called Tier 3 standards would reduce sulfur in gasoline by more than 60 percent and reduce nitrogen oxides by 80 percent. It would make it easier for states to comply with health-based standards for the main ingredient in smog and soot. And the regulation would allow automakers to sell the same vehicles in all 50 states.

The Obama administration already has moved to clean up motor vehicles by adopting rules that will double fuel efficiency and putting in place the first standards to reduce the pollution from cars and trucks blamed for global warming.

"Together, these standards represent the largest step in our nation's history toward reducing harmful emissions from the vehicles we drive every day," said Michelle Robinson, director of the clean vehicles program of the Union of Concerned Scientists, an environmental group for scientists.

Robinson said the rules would reduce asthma, respiratory problems and premature death.

"We know of no other air pollution control strategy that can achieve such substantial, cost-effective and immediate emission reductions," said Bill Becker, executive director of the National Association of Clean Air Agencies. Becker said the pollution reduction would be equal to taking 33 million cars off the road.

But the head of American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, Charles Drevna, questioned the motives behind the agency's regulation, since refining companies already have spent $10 billion to reduce sulfur by 90 percent. The additional cuts, while smaller, will cost just as much, Drevna said.

"I haven't seen an EPA rule on fuels that has come out since 1995 that hasn't said it would cost only a penny or two more," Drevna said.

A study commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute estimated that lowering the sulfur in gasoline would add 6 cents to 9 cents a gallon to refiners' manufacturing costs, an increase that likely would be passed on to consumers at the pump. The EPA estimate of less than 1 cent is also an additional manufacturing cost and likely to be passed on.

___

Associated Press writer Connie Cass contributed to this report.

___

Follow Dina Cappiello on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dinacappiello

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/f70471f764144b2fab526d39972d37b3/Article_2013-03-29-EPA-Cleaner%20Gasoline/id-e37c8d169b664df3b6b3861ee769abde

newsweek Tony Scott UFC 151 empire state building Hurricane prince harry hunger games

Thursday Scoop

Thursday Scoop

Thursday Scoop Stupid Celebrities Gossip Stupid Celebrities Gossip News

Source: http://stupidcelebrities.net/2013/03/thursday-scoop-4/

bradley cooper channing tatum Jennifer Aniston naomi watts Oscar Nominations 2013 Beasts of the Southern Wild 2013 Oscars