Adrian Peterson Sorry for the 'Hurt' He Brought to His Son

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Adrian Peterson said today that he wants the public to "understand how sorry I feel about the hurt I have brought to my child."

Peterson, the Minnesota Vikings running back who was benched after being charged with child abuse for allegedly disciplining his son with a switch, made his first public statement on the issue today.

"I am not a perfect son. I am not a perfect husband. I am not a perfect parent, but I am, without a doubt, not a child abuser," he said in a statement released through his agent and that he posted on social media today.

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"I never imagined being in a position where the world is judging my parenting skills or calling me a child abuser because of the discipline I administered to my son," Peterson said.

The incident occurred at his home in Texas this May but was not known publicly until Friday when he was indicted. He allegedly hit his 4-year-old son with a thin branch and the incident was reported by a doctor who was concerned about how much the boy was bleeding.

"I have to live with the fact that when I disciplined my son the way I was disciplined as a child, I caused an injury that I never intended or thought would happen," Peterson said in the statement. "I know that many people disagree with the way I disciplined my child. I also understand after meeting with a psychologist that there are other alternative ways of disciplining a child that may be more appropriate."

Peterson has never spoken publicly about the ways in which he was disciplined as a child, but alluded to having received similar punishments as a child. He said in his statement today, "I have always believed that the way my parents disciplined me has a great deal to do with the success I have enjoyed as a man."

The Vikings benched the star running back for last weeks game but announced today that he will be reinstated this week. His next hearing is on Wednesday and he has not yet entered a plea.

Vikings General Manager Rick Spielman said the team has met with Peterson and his lawyers several times before allowing him to return to the team this week.

"This is a difficult path to navigate... on how a parent disciplines their child," Spielman said. He added, "We believe he deserves to play while the legal process plays out.

Spielman declined to say whether Peterson's actions were child abuse. "We must defer ot the legal system to determine if he went too far, but we cannot make that judgment," he said.

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Kate Middleton Battles Severe Morning Sickness Again In Second Pregnancy

Just like when she was pregnant with Prince George, Kate Middleton is experiencing severe morning sickness with her second pregnancy.The Duchess is currently being treated at Kensington Palace.

Feel better soon, Kate Middleton, 32! Once again, the Duchess of Cambridge is suffering from major morning sickness (hyperemesis gravidarum) in the early stages of her pregnancy. Kate and Prince William, 32, announced they were expecting another royal baby on September 8.

Kate Middleton Pregnant: Battling Severe Morning Sickness

Kate and William made the official announcement that they were expecting September 8, but added that the Duchess was suffering from morning sickness aka hyperemesis gravidarum in her secondpregnancy.

Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to announce that The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting their second child, the statement read. The Queen and members of both families are delighted with the news. As with her first pregnancy, The Duchess is suffering from Hyperemesis Gravidarum. Her Royal Highness will no longer accompany The Duke of Cambridge on their planned engagement in Oxford today. The Duchess of Cambridge is being treated by doctors at Kensington Palace.

Kate has reportedly not reached the 12-week mark of her pregnancy, but was forced to reveal that she was expecting after she started to feel unwell.

When it became apparent that she was no well enough to join the Duke on a joint engagement in Oxford today and that the number of forthcoming engagements could be affected, the Duke and Duchess have taken the difficult decision to be fully open about the pregnancy, a senior royal source told MailOnline.

Kate battled morning sickness when she was pregnant with Prince George, 1. The pain got to be so bad that Kate was hospitalized for several days back in 2012.

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The Duchess has her first solo royal tour in Malta scheduled for later this month, but a source told the outlet that a decision has not been made on whether or not she will still go.

Hyperemesis Gravidarum: What You Need To Know

When Kate was pregnant with little George, an official announcement stated that hyperemesis gravidarum is very acute morning sickness, which requires supplementary hydration and nutrients.

The condition is characterized by severe nausea,vomiting, weight loss, and electrolyte disturbance, according to the American Pregnancy Association. Many expectant moms suffer from morning sickness, buthyperemesis gravidarum is a more severe version of the ailment.

We know Kate is getting the rest and nourishment she needs for her second child. Lets hope she feels better soon!

HollyMoms, are you excited for Kate and William? Will her morning sickness be as bad the second time around? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

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'Worst Case' BP Ruling on Spill Means Billions More in Fines

BP Plc faces billions more in potential penalties after a judge found it acted with gross negligence in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, putting the bulk of the blame on the company for the explosion that caused the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history.

In a turning point after four years of legal wrangling over responsibility, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbiers ruling that the London-based company acted with gross negligence means BP will be exposed to as much as $18 billion in additional government fines and penalties. The decision deals a blow to the companys efforts to expand its drilling program as costs rise and production slips.

BP, which has spent more than $28 billion in response to the accident so far, fell 5.9 percent to 455 pence at the close of trading in London, the most in more than four years.

Related: BP Found Grossly Negligent in 2010 Spill; Fines May Rise

This opens the window for a worst-case scenario to play out, although this will likely drag out for years, said Brian Youngberg, an analyst with Edward Jones & Co. in St. Louis. The legal uncertainty and unrest in Russia are overshadowing the companys operations in a significant way.

Barbier found BPs co-defendants Transocean Ltd. (RIG:US) and Halliburton Co. (HAL:US) less responsible for the accident. The judge did not rule today on how much oil was spilled, a key factor in determining the scope of additional fines. The millions of barrels of crude dumped into the Gulf of Mexico harmed wildlife and fouled hundreds of miles of beaches and coastal wetlands.

BP said it strongly disagrees with the ruling, made against the companys unit, BP Exploration and Production Inc., and would appeal immediately.

Evidence Insufficient

The finding that it was grossly negligent with respect to the accident and that its activities at the Macondo well amounted to willful misconduct is not supported by the evidence at trial, the company said in a statement.

Both Transocean and Halliburton fell less than 1 percent at 2:24 p.m. in New York trading.

BPs conduct was reckless, Barbier wrote in a decision today in New Orleans federal court. Transoceans conduct was negligent. Halliburtons conduct was negligent.

The ruling leaves BP further weakened at a time when the search for crude resources grows riskier and more expensive. Asset sales from Ohio to Pakistan already have shrunk the company as it seeks to pay for the oil spill, which halted deep-water drilling for months and forced explorers to foot the bill for additional safety measures to access oil miles beneath the oceans surface. More disposals are probable.

Takeover Pressure

Once one of the biggest and most powerful oil companies in the world, BP faces years more of uncertainty that will put continued pressure on shares and may open the company to takeover pressure from larger rivals such as Royal Dutch Shell Plc or Exxon Mobil Corp.

Todays ruling defines the scope of the ultimate payouts, which will be determined after a trial scheduled to begin in January 2015 in New Orleans. If Barbier agrees with the governments spill estimate of 4.2 million barrels, the payout could ultimately be as high as $18 billion based on federal guidelines for pollution fines. If he sides with BPs estimate that only 2.45 million barrels spilled, it would reach $10.5 billion.

Barbier has discretion in how the fines are ultimately decided.

During the penalty proceedings, BP will seek to show that its conduct merits a penalty that is less than the applicable maximum after application of the statutory factors, BP said in its statement.

BP also may be subject to unspecified punitive damages from lawsuits. Legal appeals may prolong the outcome for more than a decade -- Exxon paid the final punitive damages from the 1989 Valdez spill off Alaska 20 years after the incident.

Blame Share

Barbier laid 67 percent of responsibility for the deadly disaster squarely on BPs doorstep. The judge found co-defendant Transocean, owner of the drilling rig, was 30 percent responsible. Halliburton, which also worked on the well, was just 3 percent to blame. Earlier this week, Halliburton said it had agreed to settle most of the lawsuits stemming from its role in the spill for $1.1 billion.

BP had lost more than $3 billion in market value this year as the value of its stake in Russian producer OAO Rosneft has plunged on concerns that conflict between Russia and Ukraine could break out into full-scale war.

The federal government has extracted more than a pound of flesh in many cases, such as in the aftermath of the financial crisis, but the extraordinary amounts of those fines havent reversed the damage that was done, said Robert Mittelstaedt, dean emeritus of Arizona State Universitys W.P. Carey School of Business. Its only made them weaker institutions.

Drilling Impact

Equipment failures and questions about lapses in oversight led to an overhaul of federal regulation governing U.S. offshore safety. The agencies controlling deep-water drilling were reorganized, with new rules put in place to strengthen requirements for equipment, inspections and accident response.

New drilling in the deepest waters of the Gulf of Mexico was shut down for almost a year and permitting of new projects slowed under more stringent federal reviews.

Since deep-water drilling in the U.S. resumed in 2011, BP and its peers have returned to the Gulf of Mexico, where the company is seeking to drill deeper and at higher pressures than before. Gulf oil output rose to 1.3 million barrels a day in May, the highest level since 2011, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Asset Sales

Before today, BPs stock had fallen 26 percent since the spill, compared with a 44 percent rise over the same period for Exxon and 34 percent climb for Royal Dutch Shell. Former Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward was ousted and the companys dividend was halted after the spill.

Incoming CEO Robert Dudley embarked on a wide-ranging asset sale campaign to raise money and streamline the company. Sales included oil fields in Alaska, natural gas developments in Vietnam and refineries in Texas and California.

The company has set aside $43 billion to pay for cleanup costs and fines. It has about $28 billion in cash hoarded to pay potential costs, enough to ward off questions about its viability in the short term, said Fadel Gheit, an analyst with Oppenheimer & Co. in New York.

Not only does the company want to get this albatross off their shoulder, they also want to make up for this disaster to shareholders by buying back stock and reducing debt, said Gheit, who rates the shares the equivalent of a buy.

BP Debt

Even before meeting the cost of any pollution fines BP is more indebted than its competitors. The London-based company has a ratio of debt to earnings before interest, tax depreciation, and amortization of 1.67, compared with 0.9 at Royal Dutch Shell, the largest European oil company, and 0.39 at Exxon.

The cost of insuring BP debt against default is the highest among the largest European and U.S. oil producers by market value.

Investors continued wariness can be seen in the income they demand for owning shares. BPs dividend yield of 4.8 percent is higher than Shells 4.6 percent, Chevron Corp.s 3.1 percent and Exxons 2.6 percent.

To contact the reporters on this story: Bradley Olson in Houston at bradleyolson@bloomberg.net; Margaret Cronin Fisk in Detroit at mcfisk@bloomberg.net

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Susan Warren at susanwarren@bloomberg.net; Michael Hytha at mhytha@bloomberg.net Will Kennedy, Robin Saponar

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Joan Rivers 'resting comfortably' in hospital, daughter says

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(CNN) Comedian Joan Rivers is resting comfortably in a New York hospital after apparently suffering cardiac and respiratory arrest during a procedure at a medical clinic Thursday.

Her daughter, Melissa Rivers, issued a statement Thursday night after arriving at the hospital following a flight from Los Angeles.

I want to thank everyone for the overwhelming love and support for my mother. She is resting comfortably and is with our family. We ask that you continue to keep her in your thoughts and prayers, she said.

A law enforcement official told CNN that Rivers stopped breathing during throat surgery. Rivers, 81, was taken by ambulance in critical condition to Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.

The clinic address given by a New York Fire Department spokesman is a building that houses an endoscopy clinic where doctors perform minor procedures on patients. The clinic is a mile away from the hospital.

This morning, Joan Rivers was taken to the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, where she is being attended to, hospital spokesman Sid Dinsay said in a statement. Her family wants to thank everybody for their outpouring of love and support. We will provide an update on her condition as it becomes available.

Rivers had been scheduled to perform her comedy act at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey, Friday night.

Michael Lucas, who was in the audience for Rivers show at New Yorks Beechman Theater Wednesday night, told CNN that she joked about death.

She said, You know Im 81 years old, and I could drop dead at any moment and you would be so lucky because you will have a story to tell your friends for the rest of your life,' Lucas said. Then she mimicked people talking about what it was like to see her drop dead on stage.

Rivers was in fine form, he said. There was no sign (Wednesday) night that she was declining. Her show was over an hour long and she never stumbled or even paused to catch her breath.

In 2013, Rivers allowed cameras to record a health scare for her and her daughters reality show, Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?

Rivers said on the show that doctors found a spot on an X-ray after she had a persistent cough.

Were just not going to be sad about this, Rivers said during the episode. Were gonna do jokes and be up until we know. Thats how I deal with things. Im not just gonna sit around the next couple of days and go crazy.

Rivers has been open about her health issues. She was diagnosed with osteoporosis in 2002 after a fall down some stairs left her with broken bones, and she became an advocate for screenings for women.

She also admitted to not being as healthy as she could be.

I try not to be, but Im a terrible eater, she said. I wish I could say I eat super-healthy, but I dont. I love junk food it should be its own food group so I help my bones with supplements and medicine.

CNNs Tony Marco, Lisa Respers France and Doug Ganley contributed to this report.

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Shake It Off! Taylor Swift bares her midriff in sparkling fringed crop top and ...

By Christine Rendon for MailOnline

Published: 02:27 EST, 25 August 2014 | Updated: 07:28 EST, 25 August 2014

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Taylor Swift captivated the MTV Video Music Awards audience with an energetic performance of her latest summer single, Shake It Off.

Clad in a sparkling two-piece dress that revealed her midriff, the 24-year-old hit-maker showed off her slim physique - and stamina - as she danced about the stage with her army of back-up dancers.

Introduced by her 17-year-old friend Lorde, Taylor's movement-heavy performance began with the singer lying upon the floor of the stage beside her tuxedo-clad dancers.

Shake it off! Taylor Swift was lifted into the air by two back-up dancers as she performed her latest single Shake It Off in a sparkling dress at the MTV Video Music Awards in Inglewood on Sunday

Microphone in hand, Taylor strutted about the circular stage just before two dancers lifted her high into the air and upon the shoulders.

After touching down onto the ground in her silver heels, Taylor joined several other female back-up singers, who were all clad in an outfit much like the country star.

The Love Song singer's dance moves were put on full display as she happily shook her pert derriere to the tune of the track.

Sky high: The Red singer stole the spotlight as she sung in the arms of her back-up dancers

Impressive: A back-up dancer jumped into the air while his fellow dancers prepared to catch him

Not afraid of heights: The back-up dancer didn't seem fazed as he was lifted into the air

In the moment: Swift closed her eyes as she performed for the ecstatic audience

Later, the Red hit-maker danced and sang atop a giant 1989 display.

With numerous back-up dancers waiting for her to jump into their arms at the bottom of the display, Taylor peered down at them with an incredulous expression.

The singer breathlessly remarked: 'No. One second... I don't care if it's the VMA's, I'm not jumping off there.

All together now: The back-up singers lifted their arms up into the sky like Taylor

Toned and trim: The singer's slim figure was put on full display thanks to her sparkling dress

All eyes on her: The dancers all surrounded Taylor as she shook her hips to the tune

Show stopper: The 24-year-old raised her arm up into the air, her toned legs on full display

'There's all kinds of people getting bit by snakes. Dangerous,' the statuesque singer finished as she ran downstairs to meet her dancers at the base of the stage.

Upon resuming the song, Taylor joined her back-up dancers at the center of the stage, where she tossed her hair after completing her energetic performance.

When Taylor wasn't on stage dancing, the singer seemed to be having just as much fun in the audience with gal pal Lorde.

Didn't take the plunge: Rather than jump off the 1989 display, Taylor playfully decided to meet her back-up dancers at the bottom by walking to them

Dazzling: Taylor's performance ended as she ran towards the center of the stage

Dancing in the seats: Taylor couldn't resist but move to the music beside gal pal Lorde and a friend

Laughter: The trio sure seemed to be having quite the riot as they clapped

Alongside a friend, the singers were seen playfully dancing in their seats.

Meanwhile, Taylor Swift squeezed in a moment to pose beside fellow hit-makers Jennifer Lopez, Demi Lovato, and Jessie J.

Jennifer looked incredible while clad in a silver, chain-inspired frock, while Demi covered up in a sultry red dress.

Jessie J opted for a bold look, and teamed her black maxi skirt with a somewhat sheer beaded crop top.

Enthused: Taylor looked to be laughing alongside Lorde, while their friend clenched her fists

Good friends: The hit-maker posed alongside her friend Lorde, who was the recipient of Best Rock Video

Sizzling: As usual, Jennifer Lopez looked incredible as she bared her toned physique in a chain-inspired ensemble

Red hot: Demi Lovato showed off her figure in a clingy crimson dress, and matched the frock with a coat of nail polish and lipstick

Daring: Jessie J caught the eye in a bold and somewhat sheer crop top

2014 MTV VMA WINNERS

Big winner: Miley Cyrus walked away with the prestigious Video Of The Year gong

Video Of The YearMiley Cyrus: Wrecking Ball

Best Hip-Hop VideoDrake ft. Majid Jordan: Hold On (Were Going Home)

Best Male VideoEd Sheeran ft. Pharrell Williams: Sing

Best Female VideoKaty Perry ft. Juicy J: Dark Horse

Best Pop VideoAriana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea: Problem

Best Rock VideoLorde: Royals

Artist to WatchFifth Harmony: Miss Movin On

Best CollaborationBeyonc ft. Jay Z: Drunk In Love

Top title: Busty Katy Perry was grinning with glee after receiving her Best Female trophy

MTV Clubland AwardZedd ft. Hayley Williams: Stay the Night

Best Video With A Social MessageBeyonc: Pretty Hurts

Best CinematographyBeyonc: Pretty Hurts

Best EditingEminem: Rap God

Best ChoreographySia: Chandelier

Best DirectionDJ Snake & Lil Jon: Turn Down For What

Best Art DirectionArcade Fire: Reflektor

Best Visual EffectsOK Go: The Writings On The Wall

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