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My computer shuts down completely upon watching certain video. For example, the earlier posted Tom Cotton speech. When I clicked onto it, I was able to watch essentially the introduction, then, BLANK. The thing just shuts off. FR, or stuff like my library account, or the weather forecasts, etc, are fine. But the minute I switch to a video format, or try to watch a CD...blank. It suddenly shuts down completely. Is it my system, or is there a fix that I'm unaware of? I know there are many knowledgeable herein. Thank you all in advance.

San Francisco Supervisor Chris Daly -- who escaped censure less than two months ago for conduct some of his colleagues considered verbally abusive -- lost his temper again Tuesday, causing board President Aaron Peskin to recess the supervisors' meeting and reviving talk of a code of conduct for board members. The latest incident followed a legislative defeat for Daly when the board voted 7-4 to reject a $100,000 aid package for tsunami victims -- a vote that prompted the District 6 supervisor to engage one of his colleagues in an increasingly profane exchange of insults. Daly said later that he...