Ray Rice runs Ravens over Browns 24-10

Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice (27) breaks free for a 30-yard run against the Cleveland Browns in the first quarter of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, in Cleveland. Trailing the play are Browns defensive tackle Phillip Taylor (98), linebacker Chris Gocong (51) and Ravens guard Marshal Yanda (73). (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice (27) breaks free for a 30-yard run against the Cleveland Browns in the first quarter of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, in Cleveland. Trailing the play are Browns defensive tackle Phillip Taylor (98), linebacker Chris Gocong (51) and Ravens guard Marshal Yanda (73). (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, center, celebrates a touchdown against the Cleveland Browns with tight end Dennis Pitta (88) and fullback Vonta Leach (44) in the second quarter of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice (27) runs through the tackle of Cleveland Browns cornerback Sheldon Brown (24) for a touchdown in the second quarter of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Torrey Smith (82) runs for a 32-yard gain as Cleveland Browns cornerback Joe Haden (23) makes the tackle in the third quarter of an NFL football game in the rain on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

Baltimore Ravens cornerback Jimmy Smith (22) intercepts a pass intended for Cleveland Browns wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi (11) in the second quarter of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

CLEVELAND (AP) ? As Ray Lewis watched from the sideline, Baltimore's other Ray ran roughshod over the Browns.

Ray Rice rushed for a career-high 204 yards, breaking loose on a game-changing 67-yarder in the third quarter, and the Ravens kept pace with Pittsburgh atop the AFC North by pounding Cleveland 24-10 on Sunday.

Rice and Ricky Williams had short touchdown runs and Lardarius Webb returned a punt 68 yards for a TD for the Ravens (9-3), who toyed with the Browns (4-8). Baltimore racked up 290 yards rushing, and were in such control that quarterback Joe Flacco took a knee three times to run out the final two minutes.

The Ravens turned to Rice on a blustery, misting day, when Flacco had trouble throwing and kicker Billy Cundiff missed a pair of field-goal attempts.

Cleveland lost for the fifth time in six games, and the banged-up Browns have just three days to prepare for the Steelers.

One play after Cleveland closed within 10-3, Rice broke the Browns' backs with his long run.

Taking the handoff from Flacco at his own 27, Rice swept left, found a seam and cut back to the middle of the field. He was able to pull away from a bunch of pursuing Browns near midfield before being pushed out of bounds at Cleveland's 5. From there, Williams carried twice, bowling in from the 1 to put the Ravens ahead 17-3.

For the third straight week, the Ravens were without Lewis, their motivational leader and star linebacker who has been slowed by a nagging toe injury. But the 5-foot-8, 212-pound Rice, who has become one of the NFL's best all-around backs, carried the load and made sure Baltimore didn't miss a beat.

The Ravens hadn't played since Thanksgiving and were out of sync at times. However, they were finally able to beat a weaker opponent following a quality win. Three times this season, they had stubbed their toe on the road following victories but despite two botched field goals, and a fumble that gave the Browns great field position, the Ravens pushed toward the playoffs.

The Browns have major problems.

Quarterback Colt McCoy finished just 17 of 35 for 192 yards and a TD. But he fell to 0-7 in his career against division opponents, and did little to convince Browns management that he should be their QB of the future. He's got four games left this season to make a favorable impression, assuming he's healthy enough to play.

McCoy injured his right knee early, came back after missing one play and took several hard shots in the second half.

After throwing a short pass in the first quarter, McCoy was hit by Ravens defensive end Arthur Jones as he backpedaled. At first, McCoy, whose white No. 12 jersey was smeared with grass stains and dirt, appeared to be seriously injured. He fell back to the turf, was treated by trainers and limped to the sideline. Backup Seneca Wallace came in for one play, but McCoy returned the next time Cleveland got the ball.

The Ravens thoroughly dominated the Browns in the first half, but led only 10-0 at the break after Cundiff missed field-goal attempts of 34 and 41 yards.

Baltimore had the ball for 18:49 and racked up 158 rushing yards on 28 carries in the opening 30 minutes. At halftime, the Ravens had 260 total yards to 93 for Cleveland. Amazingly, it was still a game at the break.

Following Cundiff's second miss to the right, Cleveland had a chance to run out the clock and escape to the locker room trailing just 7-0. But McCoy was intercepted by Jimmy Smith, who returned it to the Browns 15. The Ravens, who inexplicably stopped giving the ball to Rice in the final minutes of the first half, had to settle for Cundiff's 21-yard field goal with 13 seconds left.

Somehow, the Browns managed to hang around and cut it to 10-3 in the third on Phil Dawson's 21-yard field goal.

Flacco was stripped by Browns rookie defensive end Jabaal Sheard and Cleveland recovered. McCoy connected with a wide-open Peyton Hillis for 52 yards to the Baltimore 5. But the Browns couldn't score a TD as tight end Evan Moore let a pass from McCoy sail through his hands in the back of the end zone.

The missed opportunity was magnified moments later when Rice ran wild.

The Ravens rode Rice for their first score, taking a 7-0 lead in the second quarter on his 6-yard run. He darted through the line and found his way to the end zone, capping a 61-yard drive in which he carried seven times for 48.

Associated Press

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Can Mozilla survive without Google? (Digital Trends)

Mozilla?s Firefox browser occupies a unique place in the industry. Developed as an alternative to Microsoft?s market-dominating Internet Explorer, Mozilla is the only major Web browser on the planet that isn?t a commercial operation. Firefox aims to answer to actual Web users, rather than cow-tow to corporate goals and pursue every opportunity to capture users and (of course) make profits. And Mozilla has succeeded: the company has been operating for years and steadily eroded Microsoft?s share of the browser market to become Internet Explorer?s leading competitor.

However, just because Mozilla is a non-profit doesn?t mean all that work happens for free. It still has to pay for office space, connectivity, servers, hosting, employee salaries and benefits, plus all the other costs of a software development operation: computers, software, licensing, and (probably) the odd Nerf gun. Mozilla gets support from contributors, but the bulk of the company?s revenue comes from partnerships with search providers, which pay Mozilla the equivalent of referral fees every time someone comes to their search service through a Mozilla browser. Mozilla?s biggest source of revenue is Google, which is set up as the default search on most Firefox installations.

However, Google is also the developer of one of Firefox?s biggest competitors: Chrome. And Mozilla?s search partnership agreement with Google expired in November.

There has not yet been any formal statement from either organization about the agreement?s future, but the situation leaves one to wonder: Can Mozilla survive without Google? And does Google need Mozilla?

Mozilla?s finances

Mozilla isn?t exactly hurting for money. According to the company?s 2010 audited financial statement (PDF) the organization pulled in just over $123 million during 2010, a revenue increase of over 18 percent from 2009. However, of that $123 million in income, more than $121 million came from ?royalties,? which is the category that would encompass partnerships with search-engine companies. That?s more than 98 percent of Mozilla?s annual revenue for the year, meaning its search partnerships are essentially the lifeline of the outfit.

How much of that money was from Google? Mozilla isn?t saying, but some estimates put it around 85 percent, or over $100 million. Mozilla is quick to point out it has search agreements with a number of companies other than Google, including Bing, Yahoo, Amazon, eBay, Yandex, and ?others,? but Mozilla hasn?t broken out royalties received from individual search partnerships since 2008. Back then, its partnership with Google accounted for 88 percent of its royalty income. It?s safe to believe that proportion has changed a bit: Not only has Mozilla expanded out into new partnerships and platforms, but Microsoft?s Bing search engine wasn?t a blip on the horizon back in 2008. Now Bing is roughly even with Yahoo for a distant second place in search market share (and powering Yahoo behind the scenes), has its own partnership with Mozilla. Getting still cozier with Bing, Mozilla just launched Firefox with Bing that makes Bing the default search engine for both Firefox?s search field and so-called ?Awesome Bar.?

However, it?s safe to say that revenue from searches Mozilla brings to Google still accounts for the bulk of Mozilla?s revenue. Although Google?s deal with Mozilla has expired, Firefox downloads still have Google set as the default browser and reports say negotiations between Mozilla and Google are currently underway. It?s probably safe to assume the two will reach some sort of agreement soon.

But can Mozilla survive on a revised search agreement with Google?

Mozilla without Google

Mozilla could get along for a while without a search deal from Google. According to Mozilla?s 2010 tax filings (PDF) the organization had over $27 million in cash and investments and about $3.3 million in expenses; the organization?s consolidated financial statement claims over $105 million in investment assets. Although the situation is complicated, Mozilla could probably coast along for a few years on its existing assets if its search deal with Google were to dry up overnight.

That?s especially true considering Mozilla?s income would not drop to zero if Google went away. Mozilla still has its other search partners (like Yahoo and Bing), and could presumably wring more revenue from them if it offered to make one of them the default search provider for Firefox. And Mozilla hasn?t been letting efforts to solicit contributions slide: It has to receive at least 10 percent of its funding from public support to file as a publicly supported charity. In 2010, that proportion was a healthy 14.71 percent, accounting for $1.3 million from over 5,500 people. That?s a 500 percent increase from 2009, showing Mozilla is getting serious about raising revenue from public support rather than relying exclusively on search partnerships.

But the bottom line is that losing its search deal with Google would cause Mozilla to scramble to find new sources of revenue. The degree to which that would impact Mozilla?s development plans is unclear: The organization claims its software development and fundraising processes are separated. That means programmers wouldn?t be pulled out of code repositories to stand on street corners holding tin cups. But it?s hard to attract (and retain) solid software talent without financing. Over time, revenue shortages would have a negative impact on Mozilla development.

Google without Mozilla

Another way of looking at Mozilla?s situation is to ask: Does Google still need Mozilla? When Google and Mozilla entered into their first search arrangement five years ago, Internet Explorer was by far the market-dominant Web browser, and (of course) has always shipped with Microsoft?s search services set up as the default. Google?s interest in a search deal with Mozilla was to put Google services front and center in Firefox: as Firefox expanded its marketshare, it took Google services along with it.

However, things have changed since five years ago. Internet Explorer is still the world?s most popular browser by marketshare, but Google?s own Chrome is gaining fast: According to Irish tracking firm StatCounter, Chrome has already surpassed Firefox to become the second most-popular browser worldwide. StatCounter has Internet Explorer accounting for 40.63 percent of the global market; Chrome accounts for 25.69 percent and Firefox is at 25.23 percent.

Not all metrics firm agree with StatCounter: Net Applications has Chrome with a 18.18 percent share of the market in November, with Firefox accounting for a 22.14 percent share. However, if current trends hold, Chrome will overtake Firefox in Net Applications? analysis of the market by mid-2012.

Chrome is important in this equation because it ships with Google?s search services configured as the default. Back when Google made its search deal with Mozilla, it couldn?t compete with Internet Explorer with a browser of its own that had Google services set up as a default. Now it can.

Another arrow in Google?s quiver is that it can count on many Firefox users sticking with Google services even if Google were to abandon the search deal with Mozilla. After all, in the last five years Google has significantly expanded the suite of Web services it offers. Very few serious Internet users are completely independent of services like Gmail, Google Docs, YouTube ? heck, a few even use Google Plus. Google also now has years of experience convincing Internet Explorer users to switch away from Microsoft services to Google; it can apply the same techniques to Firefox.

Nonetheless, the worldwide expansion of the Internet means Mozilla is bringing more searchers to Google than ever before, and it?s reasonably certain Google doesn?t want to see those users driven to Bing. Now that Google has the number two (or number three) browser, those searchers from Firefox may not be as valuable to Google as they were five years ago, but they?re almost certainly worth something.

Firefox?s future

Mozilla?s search provider brouhaha has served to highlight the current dilemma of Firefox as a desktop browser. Mozilla has seen some success with its recent rapid-release development cycle, which so far has seen the company roll through Firefox 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 in 2011 alone. The release strategy has been touted as a way to get major changes to the browser out the door sooner, including performance and memory usage improvements as well as new features like tab groups, location support, the ability to opt out of Web tracking, improved add-on management, and more.

However, users have generally been underwhelmed and confused by the flurry of releases, especially since few bring high-profile new features that seem immediately useful. Instead, Firefox?s release schedule brings many users disruption and annoyance ? and let?s not forget enterprise users who don?t want to be put in a position of having to test and certify new browser releases every six weeks. While Mozilla is trying to move die-hards off old versions of Firefox 3.6 ? the last old-school release ? it also left many people behind who can?t upgrade. For instance, while Firefox will run on Windows XP, it doesn?t run on anything older than Mac OS X 10.5, leaving users of older Macs out in the cold.

Firefox also faces another challenge in that it?s a desktop app? and a lot of the Web browsing world is moving off desktop and notebook computers. Firefox has been working on mobile versions of its browser, but so far it isn?t even a blip on the mobile browsing radar. According to Net Applications, Apple?s Safari browser is over 55 percent of the mobile browsing market, with Opera Mini as its nearest competitor at 20.09 percent and the Android browser coming in with a 16.36 percent share. Firefox and Mozilla browsers total up to less than 0.04 percent. So far, Firefox hasn?t shown any convincing strategy to move forward into the mobile world ? and, ultimately, that may mean fewer people give Firefox much consideration on the desktop.

This article was originally posted on Digital Trends

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No. 8 Oregon beats UCLA 49-31 for Pac-12 title (AP)

EUGENE, Ore. ? LaMichael James ran for 219 yards and three touchdowns and No. 8 Oregon beat UCLA 49-31 in the inaugural Pac-12 championship game Friday night for the Ducks' third straight conference title and a berth in the Rose Bowl.

Rick Neuheisel tipped his hat to the UCLA fans in his last game as coach. The former Bruins quarterback was fired this week after four seasons with his alma mater.

While the Bruins (6-7) played with passion for their outgoing coach and kept it closer than many thought they would, it was not enough to overcome the Ducks (11-2), who head to a BCS bowl for the third straight season.

Darron Thomas threw for 219 yards and three touchdowns, becoming Oregon's career leader with 63 TD passes.

James became the first rusher in Pac-12 history with three straight 1,500-yard seasons. He moved into a tie with USC's LenDale White (2003-05) for second on the league's career rushing TD list with 52.

Afterward, James and fellow running back Kenjon Barner danced, while other Ducks held roses clenched in their teeth. Fans swarmed the players as fireworks exploded above Autzen Stadium and confetti rained down.

"These guys go play," coach Chip Kelly said. "They're fearless competitors."

Neuheisel, fired following last weekend's 50-0 loss to No. 9 Southern California, hugged quarterback Kevin Prince as time ran out.

"Well, we weren't good enough, but it wasn't because we didn't have enough heart," he said.

Neuheisel's dismissal was part of a wave of coaching moves in the conference. Around the time he was fired, Arizona State let go of Dennis Erickson. Washington State parted ways with Paul Wulff, then quickly hired former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach a day later.

"They can take my job," Neuheisel said, gesturing to the locker room, "but they can't take those boys away from me."

Oregon will play the winner of the first Big 10 championship game Saturday between No. 11 Michigan State and No. 15 Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 2. The bowl pairings will be formally announced on Sunday.

The heavily favored Ducks scored on their first series when James ran 30 yards for a touchdown. James went into the game as the nation's top running back with an average of 142.7 yards per game.

UCLA tied it when linebacker Patrick Larimore intercepted Thomas and ran 35 yards for a touchdown. Neuheisel pumped his fist in celebration.

Thomas scored on a 10-yard keeper and then found true freshman tight end Colt Lyerla alone in the end zone with a 7-yard scoring pass to make it 21-7.

UCLA narrowed it with Prince's flea-flicker to Nelson Rosario for a 37-yard touchdown.

Oregon was stung early in the game when dynamic true freshman De'Anthony Thomas fumbled after a hit by Tevin McDonald. Shaken up on the play, the versatile running back who earlier this week was named the Pac-12's co-freshman of the year on offense did not return.

James added a 3-yard touchdown run to make it 28-14 before Darron Thomas connected with Daryle Hawkins for a 25-yard TD reception.

UCLA's Tyler Gonzalez kicked a 44-yard field goal to make it 37-17 at halftime.

Prince scored on a 1-yard run early in the third quarter to pull UCLA closer to the Ducks, but James answered with a 5-yard TD dash to make it 42-24.

A Heisman Trophy finalist last season as a sophomore, James fell out of the running for the most part this season because he missed two games with a dislocated right elbow.

There has been speculation that James may skip his senior season at Oregon to go to the NFL. After the game, fans on the field chanted "One More Year!"

"Just being with my teammates, I cherish that," he said. "I don't think about `one more year.' I just think about today."

David Paulson caught a 22-yard touchdown pass midway through the third, which put Darron Thomas in front of Danny O'Neil (1991-94) for most passing TDs at Oregon.

Rosario pulled down a one-handed, 19-yard touchdown pass from Prince with less than two minutes to play. Prince completed 13 of 26 passes for 164 yards and two touchdowns.

The addition of Colorado and Utah to the Pac-12 paved the way for a league championship game this season. In previous years, the team with the best conference record claimed the title.

While No. 9 USC (10-2, 7-2) finished atop the Pac-12 South, the Trojans are ineligible to play in the postseason because of NCAA sanctions, which put UCLA in the title game.

This week, the NCAA ruled that the Bruins could accept a bowl invitation even if they lost Friday. Because of Neuheisel's dismissal, offensive coordinator Mike Johnson will take over if UCLA is selected.

The Bruins have reached just one bowl game in the past three seasons. Athletic director Dan Guerrero said he wants to reward the Bruins' 18 seniors by going to a bowl even while the program is in upheaval.

Oregon went to the 2010 Rose Bowl in its first season under Kelly, losing to Ohio State. Last season the Ducks went to the BCS championship, where they fell to Auburn.

Oregon had appeared to be in the running for another shot at the national championship game before losing 38-35 to USC at Autzen Stadium on Nov. 19.

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Establishing a texas holdem Budget as well as Attaining a texas holdem Bonus

Posted On Saturday, December 3rd, 2011 By admin

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Raiders McClain at scene of fight, report of shots

BC-FBN--Raiders-McClain, 5th Ld-Writethru,742Raiders' McClain arrested on Ala assault chargesAP Photo ALDEC201, ALDM202, ALDM203Eds: Updates with attorney's comment. Adds AP Photos.

DECATUR, Ala. (AP) ? Oakland Raiders linebacker Rolando McClain was arrested Thursday on misdemeanor assault, firearms and other charges after police said he fired a gun during a fight in his Alabama hometown.

McClain, 22, held a gun beside a man's head during an altercation and the man begged him not to shoot, according to a statement released by Lt. John Crouch of the Decatur Police Department.

McClain, an All American at Alabama during his junior year, moved the gun but fired a round beside the man's ear, according to the statement. No one was shot, but police said a man who was injured in the altercation drove himself to a hospital, where he was treated and released.

McClain was released on $2,000 bond. He faces charges of assault, menacing, reckless endangerment and firing a gun inside the city limits. Another man identified as Jerradius Willingham, 23, was charged with assault and released after posting a $500 bond.

McClain's attorney Billy C. Burney II said the linebacker denies he fired a gun and said he was not involved in the fight.

"Mr. McClain asserts his innocence," Burney said in a statement. "We are confident that Mr. McClain will be cleared of all charges."

The Raiders had no comment.

McClain's agent, Pat Dye Jr., did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment

Raiders coach Hue Jackson said McClain was in Alabama for the funeral of his grandfather. Speaking before the arrest, he said McClain would play Sunday at Miami "as far as I know."

"I can tell you we understand and know exactly what's going on, and we feel very comfortable with our information and we don't have any further comment at this time," Jackson said.

McClain is the Raiders' second-leading tackler this season after joining the team as the eighth overall pick in 2010. Although he struggled as a rookie, the 6-foot-3-inch, 255-pounder had developed into a centerpiece of Oakland's defense this season despite being slowed by a sore left ankle.

Earlier this year McClain, the 2009 Butkus Award winner at Alabama, reported someone in Decatur shooting at his vehicle. There wasn't any indication whether the two incidents were related.

Police said the victim, whose name was not released, suffered injuries to his head and face during a fight with Willingham. He was bleeding when officers talked to him.

"The victim told officers that following the fight, he crawled to his car," the police statement said. "He said that when he reached his car, Rolando McClain produced a pistol and aimed it at him. He said that while he was still on the ground, McClain walked over to him and put the gun to his head."

Police said the victim told officers "he begged McClain not to shoot him and that McClain took the gun away from his head, held it next to his ear and fired it."

McClain was facing legal problems in Alabama before his arrest.

A University of Alabama student sued McClain in November 2010 claiming the former Crimson Tide star hit him with a car and assaulted him in 2008. Stanford Matthew Mangham filed suit in circuit court in Morgan County, where Decatur is located.

Mangham claims McClain intentionally hit him twice at an intersection on Nov. 13, 2008 and then slung Mangham to the ground, causing permanent injuries. He is seeking $75,000 plus punitive damages.

McClain's attorneys filed documents in court denying the student's claims.

That case is set for trial June 5.

McClain's ankle injury forced him to miss the Raiders' 38-24 loss to Denver on Nov. 6 when the Broncos ran for 299 yards, 118 from quarterback Tim Tebow. McClain reinjured his ankle on the first play of the second half in last week's 25-20 win over Chicago but came back later to finish the game.

Since McClain's return, Oakland has won three straight to take a one-game lead in the AFC West heading into Sunday's game at Miami.

Raiders veteran running back Rock Cartwright said he intends to talk to McClain about his situation whenever the linebacker returns to the team.

"All you can do is tell them things, try to give them help, but if they don't want to be helped, then they won't be helped," Cartwright said. "Once he gets back, I'll try to put a bug in his ear and see what's going on."

McClain signed a $40 million, five-year contract that included $23 million in guarantees with the Raiders on July 28, 2010.

Associated Press

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Donald Trump as Debate Moderator Not as Crazy as it Sounds (ContributorNetwork)

COMMENTARY | Fox News' Greta Van Susteran interviewed Donald Trump, the flamboyant real estate mogul and TV personality. Trump announced that he would be moderating a Republican candidates' debate sponsored by Newsmax on Dec. 27.

The debate would take place in Des Moines, Iowa, a week before the Iowa Caucuses, would be sponsored by Newsmax, and would be broadcast on the Ion Network.

The odor of reality show and Trump staring balefully at some candidate and telling him, "You're fired!" for giving a wrong answer has already caused former Utah Gov. and ambassador to China Jon Huntsman to give it a pass. But the idea of a nonjournalist moderating a presidential debate is not as crazy as it sounds.

Trump is a national figure, with experience on TV, and with a proven interest in the issues. Let's face it, who would one want to see interrogating potential presidents of the United States, some journalistic drone from MSNBC or CNN with his liberal bias or "The Donald?"

One suspects that more people will tune into an interrogation conducted by the host of "The Apprentice" than by Bob Shieffer or Brian Williams, with all due respect to those fine pillars of the journalistic community. This will give the candidates a far wider audience to get their messages across than the standard news organization sponsored debate that people will more likely tune out of than not.

Trump has already promised some outside the box questioning, including things like relations between the United States and the OPEC countries, China, and India. The candidates have already answered questions about the standard subjects of health care, the economy, and terrorism ad infinitum and ad nauseum.

If the idea of a debate moderated by a non journalist catches on, then perhaps others could be set up along those lines.

For example, what about a debate moderated by men who have already held the job of president of the United States? George W. Bush and Bill Clinton have already worked together on disaster relief projects. Bush and Clinton have a perspective on being president that very few living people have indeed. Seeing those two tag teaming the people who propose to do the jobs they already held would be exciting and likely illuminating.

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Democrats to pursue protections for voting rights (AP)

WASHINGTON ? Democrats say they are planning an unprecedented effort to protect voting rights in the 2012 election after several states passed voter identification laws and restrictions on early voting and same day registration.

Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz says the party will oppose obstacles "essentially designed to rig an election when Republicans can't win these elections on the merits."

Party officials say they will try to overturn some of the measures, educate voters on the types of documents needed to vote in the states and pursue lawsuits if necessary.

Voter ID laws have passed this year in states like Wisconsin, Tennessee and Rhode Island. Efforts to restrict early voting have been approved in Florida, Ohio and Wisconsin.

Supporters of the laws say they are necessary to eliminate voter fraud.

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