Duran Duran cancel the remaining dates on their UK tour after singer Simon Le Bon is told to rest his voice while his laryngeal problems are treated.

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A court in Honduras drops the remaining corruption charges against ex-President Manuel Zelaya, clearing the way for his return from exile.

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People who study online life are familiar with the One Percent Rule . It says that if 100 people gather at a given site, about 10 percent will contribute anything at all, even a comment at a blog post, and less than one percent will become deeply engaged as a regular contributor. The rest will just use the service. There are two ways to come at that finding. One is to sneer at utopian projections like “everyone’s an author now.” And the One Percent Rule does, in fact, crash those illusions. It’s a double espresso of digital realism. Wakes you up fast. A different way to think about it is to do a little math. Today, nytimes.com draws in the neighborhood of 18 million unique visitors per month. They tend to be educated, informed, curious about the world. According to the One Percent Rule, about 180,000 of them would become serious contributors — if given a proper chance. As the Times tries to make its way in the new economy of news, it has no choice but to think about how to tap into that massive group, which is many times larger than the entire American press corps. Think of it this way: If the number one asset the Times has is its brand and reputation, and number two is the talent and experience of its professional staff, the third most important asset is, in fact, the knowledge and sophistication of its users and especially the 180,000, the one percent.  But how to get some of that knowledge flowing in, so as to make from it high quality editorial goods for the remaining 99 percent? This is a strategic puzzle for the New York Times . I believe they’re aware of it. Now in that puzzle, the single best place to turn for how something like that can be done is Wikipedia, which still calls itself “the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.” “Anyone can” doesn’t mean “everyone will.” Almost everyone won’t. But even then something great and powerful can be built. That’s what Wikpedia teaches us about organizing people online.

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Jay Rosen on Wikipedia’s 10th Anniversary

Colorado’s creative community bands together with a temporary retail space Taking a cue from the commercial world, a Colorado organization recently jumped on the pop-up bandwagon again with YesPleaseMore , a temporary store featuring locally-crafted goods from more than 70 Colorado-based artists and designers. The retail project is part of a three-pronged initiative to provide an economic development platform that gives credence and support to a recent report that the state’s creative industry is its fifth largest economic producer. (An unsurprising fact since Colorado ranks fifth nationally for it’s high concentration of artists.) The resulting shop offers a massive variety of made-in-Colorado products, including furniture, skis, jewelry, stationery, art prints and larger installation pieces. Founders Brian Corrigan and Samuel Schimek give 70% of the profits back to the original designers and artists, while the remaining 30% benefits YesPleaseMore’s ongoing development efforts, including a free work space for networking opportunities in an environment conducive to its participants’ working needs, as well as starter grants for creative entrepreneurs . Every three months, three local applicants whose projects earn the most public votes will receive $500 dollars in funding. Visit the shop, located at the Denver Pavilions , through the end of February.

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YesPleaseMore Pop Up Store

Artist-designed canvas totes offer a fun and colorful alternative to the boring shopping bag Today Threadless launches ten selected designs printed on Baggu Duck bags . With adjustable straps, snap closures and interior pockets, these canvas bags are large enough to carry groceries and strong enough to safely transport books or a a laptop computer. Designs by Ross Zietz include a rainbow umbrella, a swan music note and his “Infinity MPG” white bicycle. On the bag designed by Andy Gonsalves a dove flashes the peace sign. Ilia Ovechkin’s fuscia “Vampire Orthodontics” design boasts a white toothy grin with pointy fangs sporting silver wires and brackets. Tang Yau Hoong’s “Untitled: Impossible” challenges the viewer optically with connected white lines on navy blue for an Atari-like graphic. Made from 100% recycled cotton canvas, the $25 totes will be available for a limited time from Threadless . See the remaining six totes in the gallery below.

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Threadless and Baggu

If the remaining alternate juror — who passed a romantic note to a court officer — were to be dismissed, the possibilities for a mistrial in the Connecticut trial would be heightened.

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Alternate Juror’s Note Complicates Death-Penalty Case

A powerful drill could reach 33 trapped miners Saturday, but rescuers face difficult engineering and medical decisions in the remaining days of the unprecedented effort.

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Batsman Ian Bell is drafted into the England squad for the remaining two one-day internationals with Pakistan.

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England add Bell to one-day squad