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Romney, Gingrich proceed carefully in GOP showdown

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- The once-bursting 2012 Republican presidential field is narrowing to a choice between former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

Republican voters have one month before casting the first votes to winnow it to one.

Romney and Gingrich offer striking contrasts in personality, government experience and campaign organization. Gingrich has scant infrastructure in the early voting states. Romney has maintained an organization since his 2008 campaign, especially in New Hampshire.

Both candidates were campaigning on Saturday, Romney in New Hampshire and Gingrich in New York. Neither offered few criticisms of each other. Romney seems content for now to let other rivals such as Ron Paul aim the sharpest barbs at Gingrich, while Gingrich focused more on his vision to bring the U.S. in line with his vision.

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Bachmann: Former Cain backers moving her way (AP)

WASHINGTON ? GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann says many people who had supported Herman Cain in the race are getting behind her candidacy.

With Cain now out of the race, Bachmann says Republican voters see her as the tea party candidate and the "most consistent conservative" in the contest.

The Minnesota congresswoman tells CNN's "State of the Union" that Cain's supporters considered him as an outsider and that her conservative positions are most reflective of his.

Cain abandoned his White House bid on Saturday under the weight of sexual misconduct allegations.

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Samsung BD-D5500

The Samsung BD-D5500 Blu-ray player is the scaled-back version of the Editors' Choice BD-D5700 ($199.99, 4 stars). The two are very similar, but at $159.99 (direct), the BD-D5500 adds 3D support at the expense of integrated Wi-Fi and performance. You do get a nice selection of Web apps and services, and the player handles Blu-ray discs well, but mediocre DVD-upconversion performance and slower speeds hold it back. If you want a good Blu-ray player but don't want to spend much, consider the Editors' Choice?Panasonic DMP-BDT110 ($134.99, 4 stars), which is less expensive and faster than the BD-D5500.

Design
When unplugged, the 1.5-by-16.9-by-8.3-inch (HWD), 3.8-pound player's front panel has no distinguishing markings or buttons save for a silver Samsung logo on the left side and a covered USB port to the right. When plugged in but not turned on, it only shows a touch-sensitive power symbol next to the disc tray. When you power the player up, however, it comes to life and lights up an LED information display and touch-sensitive Stop, Play/Pause, Menu, and Eject buttons. The back panel holds an HDMI output, another USB port, component and composite video outputs, an optical audio output, and an Ethernet port.

The remote is an 8.5-inch-long slab with large, flat buttons in a logical layout. The playback buttons glow in the dark, but the remote is otherwise unlit. Volume and Channel rockers are located at the bottom of the remote, above that, but below the navigation pad, are dedicated Netflix and Smart Hub buttons that offer instant access to the BD-D5500's streaming media services.

Samsung offers dozens of online services and apps through its Smart Hub, including Netflix, Hulu Plus, Vudu, YouTube, and Pandora. The most commonly used media services are free (or paid through the services' individual accounts), but a handful of apps and services are "premium," and can cost a few dollars to download or access content, like the Mobiscope webcam browser or Bejeweled 2, both available for $4.99.

Performance
The BD-D5500 was sluggish in our lab tests, especially with startup times. The player took an average of 22.4 seconds to boot up, much longer than many Blu-ray players, like the BD-D5500's bigger brother, the Editors' Choice Samsung BD-D5700 ($199.99, 4 stars). It loads non-BD-Live discs in just 13.4 seconds. For standard Blu-ray discs, it took an average of 18.8 seconds to get to the disclaimer screen. For BD-Live Blu-ray discs, the player began loading online content in an average of 29 seconds, and started playing video in an average of 1 minute, 3.6 seconds. For a faster experience, the Editors' Choice Panasonic DMP-BDT110 starts up in just 2.4 seconds, and loads BD-Live discs in an average of 53.2 seconds. Also, the even-less-expensive Sony BDP-S380 ($109.99, 3.5 stars) starts up in 3.3 seconds and loads BD-Live discs in just 43.6 seconds.

We test Blu-ray players using the HQV benchmark Blu-ray, and in our trials, the BD-D5500 fared quite well, despite some minor film issues. 30 frames-per-second (fps) video looked fine, with few artifacts or motion problems. The player showed some judder with 24 fps film footage, however, especially with horizontal movement. This is a typical problem for Blu-ray players, though, and won't likely seriously impact playback.

The BD-D5500 played Blu-ray discs well. In 2D, the Blu-ray release of The Big Lebowski looked clear and smooth, but there was notable choppiness with the horizontally flying pin in the Gutterball sequence. The IMAX Under the Sea 3D Blu-ray looked good, and the player showed the 3D content with no issues. DVD upconversion was decent but unimpressive, with the player doing little to reduce the noise (or, granted, the nearly 30-year-old film grain) in Scarface. The BD-D5700 offers much-better upconversion, not to mention faster start-up times and built-in Wi-fi, but you won't get 3D support.

Samsung's BD-D5500 isn't a bad Blu-ray player, but it's a bit sluggish for the $160 price. If you're a Samsung fan and you can live without 3D support, go for the $200 version of the player, the BD-D5700. Even better, the Editors' Choice 3D-ready Panasonic DMP-BDT110 is both faster and less expensive.?

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Merkel: Financial crisis solution to 'take years' (AP)

BERLIN ? German Chancellor Angela Merkel flatly rejected any quick-fix ideas to try to resolve the European financial crisis, telling lawmakers Friday that treaty changes and stricter controls were the only path forward ? and that the process could take years.

Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy are pushing for a reorganization of existing European Union regulations, which they is needed to prevent the eurozone from breaking apart.

In laying out to the lower house of Parliament plans she will take to a Dec. 9 EU summit in Brussels, Merkel insisted the 17 nations who use the euro currency need to take measures to restore market confidence. She added that eurozone financial regulations had been violated too frequently.

"The German government has made it clear that the European crisis will not be solved in one fell swoop..." she said. "It's a process, and this process will take years."

She reiterated her objection to so-called eurobonds, telling Parliament that jointly backed government debt across the eurozone is no solution.

The discussion about eurobonds "does not contribute to the resolution of the crisis," she said. Instead, she said, the eurozone needs a new "stability union" with stronger fiscal controls and debt regulations.

The German leader said her goal, together with Sarkozy's, is to change European treaties "to avoid a splitting of the eurozone and non-eurozone members," through a strengthening of EU institutions.

Sarkozy called Thursday for "refounding and rethinking the organization of Europe."

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Associated Press Writers David Rising and Kirsten Grieshaber contributed to this report.

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Color for Facebook iPhone app hands-on

Color failed to live up to the massive level of hype that surrounded its launch, as CEO and Lala-cofounder Bill Nguyen will be the first to tell you. So, naturally, the company went into hiding, only to relaunch as something different entirely. The fruits of that hibernation are finally starting to surface, in the form of Color for Facebook, which is now in closed beta. As its title suggests, the app is heavily reliant on Zuckerberg's social network, playing on the site's "like" feature with a gesture of its own: the "visit." As the company puts it, "the status update needs an update."

The visit is a short video clip. You broadcast a 30-second, soundless live stream from your phone that your Facebook friends watch, like and comment on. This isn't UStream here, of course: it's just a way of sharing a small slice of your daily life -- something interesting or even mundane, a way to connect with friends when a pithy status update or blurrycam still won't cut it. At least, that's Color's elevator pitch this go' round. We managed to get a sneak peek at the app, and while we're still playing with it, we do have some early impressions. So is the second time the charm for Color? Meet us past the break to find out.

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Arsenic In Apple Juice: FDA Considers Tightening Restrictions

WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration is considering tightening restrictions for the levels of arsenic allowed in apple juice after consumer groups pushed the agency to crack down on the contaminant.

Studies show that apple juice has generally low levels of arsenic, and the government says it is safe to drink. But consumer advocates say the FDA is allowing too much of the chemical ? which is sometimes natural, sometimes man made ? into apple juices favored by thirsty kids.

There is little consensus on whether these low levels could eventually be harmful, especially to children. Michael Taylor, FDA's deputy commissioner for foods, said Wednesday the agency has already stepped up testing and research on arsenic in apple and other juices and is seriously considering lowering the FDA's so-called "level of concern" for the contaminant.

"We continue to think that apple juice is generally safe based on the fact that the vast majority of samples are very low," Taylor said. "But we want to minimize these exposures as much as we possibly can."

Arsenic is naturally present in water, air, food and soil in the two forms ? organic and inorganic. According to the FDA, organic arsenic passes through the body quickly and is essentially harmless. Inorganic arsenic ? the type found in pesticides ? can be toxic and may pose a cancer risk if consumed at high levels or over a long period.

The FDA uses 23 parts per billion as a guide to judge whether apple juice is contaminated. The agency has the authority to seize apple juice that exceeds those levels, though it has never done so.

Consumer groups say the FDA's level is too high and isn't enforced with enough urgency. Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports, released a study on Wednesday calling for the levels to be as low as 3 parts per billion. The Environmental Protection Agency has set levels for drinking water ? it's consumed at much greater quantities than apple juice ? at 10 parts per billion.

The Consumer Reports study showed that nine of 88 samples of apple juice taken from grocery stores had more arsenic than the EPA's standard for drinking water. But none of the samples exceeded the FDA's standards for inorganic, or man-made, arsenic.

Urvashi Rangan of the Consumers Union says the group has been in talks with the FDA on the issue and is encouraged by the discussion. Another advocacy group, Food and Water Watch, has lobbied the agency on the issue, and Dr. Mehmet Oz has highlighted the issue on his nationally syndicated daytime show.

"We look at apple and grape juice as a poster child for arsenic in the food supply in general," Rangan said. "Chronic low-level exposure of carcinogen is something we should be concerned about."

Molly Kile, a professor at Oregon State University who has studied arsenic for a decade, says more research is needed to determine whether arsenic levels in juice are a problem.

"It is unclear at this point whether or not the arsenic found in apple juice is safe or unsafe," she said. "And really the question is what do these low levels exposure of arsenic mean in terms of health and children's health?"

So what is the parent of a juice-drinking toddler to do?

All of the experts ? including the government and the consumer advocates ? agree that drinking small amounts of apple juice isn't harmful. The concern is over the effects of drinking large amounts of juice over long periods of time. Parents with a real concern about arsenic should try to diversify the brands of juice they buy in case one brand tends to have more chemical exposure, Consumers Union says.

Another point of agreement is that children under 6 shouldn't be drinking much juice anyway because it's high in calories. Health experts say children under 6 shouldn't drink any more than 6 ounces of juice a day ? about the size of a juice box. Infants under 6 months shouldn't drink any juice at all.

Gail Charnley of the Juice Products Association says the industry regularly tests arsenic levels and will follow the FDA's lead.

"Of course parents have concerns but they should know that the juice producers are committed to safety," she said. "Producers have children who drink juice too."

Oz has said he would still serve juice to his own children, though he strongly believes the government isn't doing enough.

"The absolute safest level for arsenic in your food is zero," he said Wednesday while acknowledging "that is impossible to achieve."

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