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Suicide car bomber kills at least 27 Iraqi pilgrims
Hadi Mizban / AP
Victims of Thursday's car-bombing in Iraq were returned from the Shiite festival of Arbaeen, which is shown in Karbala.
By NBC News wire services
Updated at 1:30 p.m. ET -- A car-bomb explosion tore through a crowd of Shiite pilgrims returning home Thursday from a religious commemoration, killing at least 27 and reinforcing fears of renewed sectarian violence, according to Iraqi officials.
The blast erupted late in the afternoon in the town of Musayyib, about 40 miles south of the Iraqi capital. It targeted worshipers returning from the Shiite holy city of Karbala following the climax of the religious commemoration known as Arbaeen.
Children were among the 20 people confirmed killed, according to a police official. At least 60 people were wounded.
The bomb went off in the middle of a gathering of pilgrims changing buses coming from Karbala on their way to other destinations in the country, according to police.
Wave of attacks kills more than 100 in Iraq
"The explosion shook the whole block and smashed the windows of my house," said teacher Ibrahim Mohammed, who lives nearby. "I ran to the scene of the explosion only to find charred bodies and burning cars. There were women screaming and searching for their missing children."
Ali Sabaar, a pilgrim who said he witnessed the explosion, also described a horrific scene.
"I was getting a sandwich when a very strong explosion rocked the place and the blast threw me away," he said. "When I regained my senses and stood up, I saw dozens of bodies. Many cars were set on fire. I just left the place and didn't even participate in the evacuation of the victims."
A deadly car bombing in Baghdad in December was part of a recent wave of violence in Iraq had killed at least 26 people across the country by late in the month. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
A hospital official confirmed the casualty toll. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information to reporters.
Thursday marked the height of Arbaeen, when hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims converged on Karbala to mark the passing of 40 days after the anniversary of the seventh century martyrdom of the revered Shiite saint Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.
Shiite pilgrims are one of the favorite targets for Sunni insurgents during Shiite religious events.
Bus blast kills more than 30 during Eid holiday
Iraqi authorities typically tighten security in Karbala and along routes used by pilgrims, but security forces acknowledge they are unable to prevent all attacks.
As in previous years, the pilgrims practiced the ritual of self-flagellation on the streets, hoisted Shiite religious flags on trees and lamp posts and served food from tents pitched on street corners.
Zaid Mohammed, a 21-year old student, said he walked to Karbala from a nearby city to show his deep respect for Imam Hussein.
"All the people came here to show their gratitude and appreciation for the sacrifices made by Imam Hussein while fighting injustice," he said. "We have decided to confront all the security risks that we might face on our way to Karbala."
State television earlier Thursday aired video of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki walking among the pilgrims.
Arbaeen has been a frequent target for militants since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein, who banned Shiite festivals.
At least 70 killed during religious festival
The latest violence followed nearly two week of protests against Maliki by thousands of people from the minority Sunni community in the western province of Anbar.
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
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You Can't See It, But You'll Be A Different Person In 10 Years
No matter how old people are, they seem to believe that who they are today is essentially who they'll be tomorrow.
That's according to fresh research that suggests that people generally fail to appreciate how much their personality and values will change in the years ahead ? even though they recognize that they have changed in the past.
Daniel Gilbert, a psychology researcher at Harvard University who did this study with two colleagues, says that he's no exception to this rule.
"I have this deep sense that although I will physically age ? I'll have even less hair than I do and probably a few more pounds ? that by and large the core of me, my identity, my values, my personality, my deepest preferences, are not going to change from here on out," says Gilbert, who is 55 years old.
He realized that this feeling was kind of odd, given that he knows he's changed in the past. He wondered if this feeling was an illusion, and if it was one that other people shared: "Is it really the case that we all think that development is a process that's brought us to this particular moment in time, but now we're pretty much done?"
Gilbert says that he and his colleagues wanted to investigate this idea, but first they had to figure out how. The most straightforward way would be to ask people to predict how much they'd change in the next decade, then wait around to see if they were right. "The problem with that is, it takes 10 years," says Gilbert.
So the researchers took a much quicker approach. They got over 19,000 people to take some surveys. There were questions about their personality traits, their core values, and preferences. Some people were asked to look back on how they changed over the last 10 years. Others were asked to predict how they thought they would change in the next decade.
Then the scientists crunched the data. "We're able to determine whether, for example, 40-year-olds looking backwards remember changing more than 30-year-olds looking forwards predict that they will change," Gilbert explains.
They found that people underestimated how much they will change in the future. People just didn't recognize how much their seemingly essential selves would shift and grow.
And this was true whether they were in their teen years or middle-aged.
"Life is a process of growing and changing, and what our results suggest is that growth and change really never stops," says Gilbert, "despite the fact that at every age from 18 to 68, we think it's pretty much come to a close."
Personality changes do take place faster when people are younger, says Gilbert, so "a person who says I've changed more in the past decade than I expect to change in the future is not wrong."
But that doesn't mean they fully understand what's still to come. "Their estimates of how much they'll change in the future are under-estimates," says Gilbert. "They are going to change more than they realize. Change does slow. It just doesn't slow as much as we think it will."
The studies, reported in the journal Science, impressed Nicholas Epley, a psychology researcher at the University of Chicago. "I think the finding that comes out of it is a really fundamentally interesting one, and in some ways, a really ironic one as well," says Epley.
He says everyone seemed to remember change in the past just fine. "What was bad, though, was what they predicted for the future," says Epley.
He notes that if you want to know what your next 10 years will be like, it's probably good to look at what your past 10 years were like ? even though we seem not to want to do that.
Gilbert says he doesn't yet know why people have what he and his colleagues call the "end of history illusion."
One possibility is that it's just really, really hard to imagine a different, future version of yourself. Or maybe people just like themselves the way they are now, and don't like the idea of some unknown change to come.
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2013 Smart Guide: More people than ever 'mentally ill'
Read more: "2013 Smart Guide: 10 ideas that will shape the year"
Mental illness could strike more of us in 2013 than ever before. But don't blame the strain of modern living: changes to diagnostic guidelines mean unprecedented numbers of people could be taking psychoactive drugs.
In May, the American Psychiatric Association will publish the latest edition of its diagnostic manual, known as DSM-5. Changes to the text approved in December mean, for example, that some people grieving after a bereavement could soon be diagnosed with depression. And Asperger's syndrome is to be subsumed into autism spectrum disorder.
That change is likely to decrease the number of children diagnosed with some form of autism, because not all those who might have been diagnosed with Asperger's would meet autism criteria. But overall, critics fear an expansion of the boundaries of mental illness. "The phrase I use is the 'sickening of society'," says Frank Farley of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, one of the organisers of a petition that tried unsuccessfully to open DSM-5 up to wider scientific review.
Some 20 per cent of US citizens have experienced a diagnosable mental illness in the past year. How this figure will now change is unclear - for the most part the implications for rates of diagnosis haven't been studied.
Allen Frances of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, led the last DSM revision in 1994 and has been a fierce critic of DSM-5. He fears drug companies will scent a marketing opportunity. Already, he says, "antipsychotics are being giving out like candy".
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Cold weather, hot fights: The top five bouts of January
Michael Chandler vs. Rick Hawn on Jan. 17: Bellator's move to Spike TV is starting with a bang. Lightweight champion Chandler will defend his belt for the first time (his bout with Akihiro Gono was a non-title bout.) He'll have to face Hawn, an Olympian in judo who won his last three fights with two knockouts and a decision.
Pat Curran vs. Patricio Freire on Jan. 17: On the same night, Curran will put his featherweight title against Freire, a frightening striker who has been waiting for Curran since May.
Vitor Belfort vs. Michael Bisping on January 19: The UFC on FX card will be headlined by a fight that could decide Anderson Silva's next challenger. Even without title implications hanging over it, Belfort taking on Bisping in Brazil is just a fun fight.
Donald Cerrone vs. Anthony Pettis on January 26: Fighters don't have to dislike each other for a good fight to happen, but it does make it a whole lot of fun. Pettis and Cerrone have been jawing at each other for months, and they finally get to settle their score at the UFC's next Fox card. Bonus: They're both thrilling strikers who seem incapable of boring fights.
Demetrious Johnson vs. John Dodson on January 26: For the main event of UFC on Fox 6, Johnson will get his first chance to defend the UFC's flyweight belt. It will be speed vs. speed in the cage, which is both fun and exhausting to watch.
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Best Android apps to keep 2013 resolutions
We survived the Mayan Apocalypse and the fiscal cliff. I couldn?t dream up a more optimistic way to kick off 2013. It?s an opportunity to hit the reset button, pondering goals for the next 12 months and determining the best way to maintain them. I find that starting small is the best way forward when it comes to life-altering resolutions, and mobile technology makes get them going. Your Android device is always by your side, acting as a second brain to track your behavior and keep you in check. Here?s some top notch Android apps to jumpstart 2013.
Looking for inspiration? Springpad?s got your back. This productivity app has published a series of resolution-ready notebooks for National Organization Month, appropriately honored in January. Whether you?re looking to get fit, save money, re-organize the kitchen or plan a road-trip to SXSW, Springpad?s featured notebooks compile everything you need, including checklists, to-do lists, timelines, recipes, workout images and videos, events, products and more. Springpad?s partnered with some well known celebrities and brands, like chef and Hollywood trainer Jesse Brune, to create these comprehensive notebooks. Accessible on your Android device, these notebooks serve as templates for you to use or customize, all designed specifically for New Year?s resolutions.
Congress may have reached an agreement at the 11th hour, but the threat of the fiscal cliff has put us all in the mindset to save. One of the easiest ways to put more money in your pocket is to cut spending, and that?s where coupons come in handy. Grocery IQ, an app from Coupons.com, offers local deals as well as an option to track loyalty cards at various retailers, saving time and money without the newspaper clippings. This useful Android app has the added benefit of crafting grocery lists as well. Create and customize as many as you like, with features for scanning products, attaching coupons, shopping by store aisle and more.
While the Grocery IQ app is one specific way to save money, the Mint.com Personal Finance ?app will keep your broader financial goals on task. From this single app you can monitor and manage your bank, credit and investment accounts, set fiscal goals and watch your budget. Where you spend money is perhaps the most telling of our personal habits, and Mint.com provides detailed charts and graphs on how your habits affect your financial outcome. Curb your behavior with data, the most important asset we have in maintaining new year?s resolutions for an entire 12 months.
Need more thrilling motivation? Try the Zombies, Run! training app and find your nearest 5k fright.
Since you?re saving all this money at the grocery store, keep the savings rolling by cooking in more often. It can be time consuming, but Real Simple?s pared down the process for you busy bees. The Android app comes with 850 dinner recipes that take 40 minutes or less to prepare. But what makes this a true Real Simple app is the bevy of tools that help you accomplish the 40-minute mad dash to the dinner table. There?s interactive grocery lists, how-to videos, step-by-step instructions and kitchen timers to help you manage it all. Another app for quick dinner inspiration is Jamie Oliver?s 20 Minute Meals app.
Another home energy monitoring app is Nest, which lets you control your thermostat remotely with your Android device.
Another easy way to give back is with Instead, a micro-donation app that lets you sacrifice the cost of a cafe coffee or other consumer-driven actions for a good cause.
Download the Appolicious Android app
Source: http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/13096-best-android-apps-to-keep-2013-resolutions
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