Facebook porn: Malware warning over video
The latest threat to users involves a fake Flash Player update which pops up during a preview of a pornographic video.
Once you click on the link to update your video player, malware (the name given to malicious software), downloads onto your computer.
This Trojan horse software gives the creator of the malware remote access to your computer.
They can then download viruses onto your computer.
Security researcher Mohammad Faghani alerted users to the threat in a post on the Full Disclosure blog, which flags up network vulnerabilities.
"The Trojan tags the infected user's friends with an enticing post," he explained.
Faghani warned that the malware then tags up to 20 friends of the victim in the malicious post, thus leading to a larger number of those who could be affected.
He believes it could "infect more than 110,000 users in two days".
Faghani also said the malware was able to hijack keyboard and mouse movement.
In response, Facebook said it was aware of the problem and was working to block it.
In a statement issued to security news website Threatpost, a Facebook spokesperson said: "We use a number of automated systems to identify potentially harmful links and stop them from spreading.
"In this case, we're aware of these malware varieties, which are typically hosted as browser extensions and distributed using links on social media sites.
"We are blocking links to these scams, offering cleanup options, and pursuing additional measures to ensure that people continue to have a safe experience on Facebook."
Last week, a hacker group called Lizard Squad had hinted it was responsible for the Facebook, Instagram and Tinder going down.
Facebook denied it was hacked, saying the access issues were "not the result of a third party attack".
Sony Pictures hack causes co-chair Amy Pascal to quit
Sony Pictures' Amy Pascal has stepped down as co-chair of Sony's movie studio following a debilitating cyber attack that revealed her private emails.
Ms Pascal will start a production company that will launch in May 2015.
She has already apologised for certain revelations that came as a result of the leaked emails.
Last month, Sony condemned the "vicious" attack, which led it to suspend the release of the film 'The Interview'.
"I have spent almost my entire professional life at Sony Pictures and I am energized to be starting this new chapter based at the company I call home," said Ms Pascal in a statement.
She added that her transition to a production role had been discussed "for some time".
As part of the agreement, Sony will fund her production company for at least the next four years, and it will retain distribution rights.
Sony did not immediately name a successor to Ms Pascal, leaving Michael Lynton as the sole head of one of Hollywood's biggest production studios.
Ms Pascal was one of the highest profile Sony names whose emails were leaked as part of the hack.
She reportedly commented on the viewing habits of President Barack Obama in a derogatory manner in an email to producer Scott Rudin.
Ms Pascal and Mr Rudin both subsequently apologised for the emails, with Ms Pascal saying in a statement at the time: "The content of my emails to Scott were insensitive and inappropriate but are not an accurate reflection of who I am.
"Although this was a private communication that was stolen, I accept full responsibility for what I wrote and apologize to everyone who was offended."
New T&T Attorney General under query
Forty-eight hours after Garvin Nicholas was appointed this country’s new attorney general, a matter has been referred to the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) for investigation, involving him.
The issue is he may have attempted to practise as an attorney, even though he was not yet called to the local Bar.
Lawyers familiar with the issue are calling on LATT to probe whether due diligence was conducted before Nicholas was appointed AG to replace Anand Ramlogan.
The incident occurred in 2001 when Nicholas was on a six-month pupilage at Trinity Chambers, Edward Street, Port of Spain, when he was cautioned in writing about breaching the Legal Profession Act (LPA) by Desmond Allum SC (now deceased), who was head of Trinity Chambers at the time, after it was discovered he printed call cards representing himself as an attorney-at-law, admitted to practise in Trinidad and Tobago.
A copy of the letter penned by Allum was sent to LATT late yesterday.
Nicholas’ curriculum vitae (CV) states he was awarded a barrister-at-law degree in 2001 and was a door tenant at 3PB Chambers in the United Kingdom. The CV states he was called to the local Bar in 2002.
However, at the time Nicholas was undergoing his pupilage (2001), he had no permission to practise at the local Bar or distribute call cards to solicit business for law.
Allum had also frowned upon a matter where it was alleged Nicholas was requesting a percentage of fees from work he had referred to attorneys while at the chambers.
Excerpts of a letter from Allum written to Nicholas and obtained by the Express reads: “I refer to the meeting held with you in the presence of attorney Gregory Delzin, in the course of which during the meeting, I expressed concern over the printing of call cards which, when taken at face value, could be construed as calling yourself a practicing member of Trinity Chambers. You will recall that you were reminded that it is a breach of the LPA to hold yourself out as being entitled to practise law without having been admitted to practise, in accordance with the provisions of the LPA.
“During the course of the meeting, you protested vehemently that you had never ever held yourself out
to members of the public about being admitted to practise but, on the contrary, you had been referring work to members of chambers. It has come to my attention that whilst there is an element of truth in your assertions, such work had been referred on the basis that you were entitled to a percentage of the fee charged by the attorney to whom the work was referred. This points to an even graver act of professional misconduct.”
Specifying to whom Nicholas was to report to while completing his pupilage, Allum further stated: “It is only upon successful completion of your pupilage by the standard required by our chambers as satisfactory that I will find myself being able to issue the certificate required under the LPA. The above is of course predicated upon there being no further violations of the LPA.”
Following the meeting, the Express learned Nicholas tendered his resignation on November 7, 2001.
His letter read: “I will like to thank you and the members of chambers for allowing me to spend the last three months with you. I thank you for all the support and advice given to me over the period. It is my belief that my career goals will be realised more readily in a changed environment.”
Contacted by the Express Wednesday by e-mail and told investigations revealed in 2001, he (Nicholas) resigned from Trinity Chambers while on training after it was discovered he issued call cards to people indicating he was a barrister from Wales – Inner Temple in England, he replied: “I underwent training at Trinity Chambers with Desmond Allum SC, that is correct. I resigned after the issue of my call card was raised, not because of the call card per se but because I felt some personalities were being petty and I didn’t want to be there as a result.
“I was a barrister of England and Wales and a member of the Inner Temple, however, as I had not yet been called to the local Bar, it was felt that I should not state same on my card, which when pointed out to me.
I accepted and complied. I left on very amicable terms with Desmond Allum SC, who remained my friend until passing. I then completed my in-service training with Robin Montano.”
Asked if he was told about the other issue involving a request by him to get a percentage of fees from
attorneys at Trinity Chambers, Nicholas said: “You are asking me about a matter that took place some 14 years ago. To the best of my memory, there was a meeting held to discuss allegations that were unfounded. Mr Allum reduced the meeting into writing and I continued to be a pupil. Having felt betrayed by false allegations, I decided to continue my pupilage elsewhere. That is what I recall.”
When the Express contacted Trinity Chambers on the matter yesterday, all enquiries were referred to LATT.
The Express asked LATT president Seenath Jairam if he had received the file sent to him on the matter involving Nicholas. He said: “I have not yet received it. I know you all have sources, but I am now leaving to go over to the LATT. I will know when I arrive there, but my phone will be off because we will be in a meeting.”
Source-Trinidad Express
Argentine president's tweet on Chinese accent ridiculed
Many twitter users in Argentina and China have ridiculed Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner for poking fun at how the Chinese speak.
During a visit to China, Ms Fernandez made reference to how some Chinese struggle to pronounce the letter "r".
Tweeting in Spanish, she wondered whether those at an event about trade were there for "lice" and "petloleum".
Her supporters said it was a light-hearted joke, but others disagreed.
"Cristina Fernandez's lack of judgement and respect is incredible," wrote @FaundezLafarga. "She goes to China looking for (economic) agreements and she makes fun of their accents."
Financial Times' journalist @GuyChazan wrote: "Faux pas in China. Really, this sort of joke went out of fashion in the 70s."
President Fernandez suggested that the Chinese struggled to pronounce "rice", "petroleum" and "Campora", the Spanish name given to the youth wing of her political party.
"More than 1,000 participants at the event... Are they all from the Campola and in it only for the lice and petloleum?" she tweeted.
It was a play on a domestic political joke: her critics accuse her supporters of attending party events only so they can get a free sandwich and a soft drink.
Leaders in new diplomatic push for peace in Ukraine
Diplomatic efforts are under way to end renewed fighting in eastern Ukraine.
French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have arrived in the capital Kiev to present a new peace initiative.
US Secretary of State John Kerry, who is also in Kiev, said the US wanted a diplomatic solution, but would not close its eyes to Russian aggression.
Fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels has killed more than 5,000 people since last April.
Ukraine and the West have accused Russia of arming rebels in eastern Ukraine and sending regular troops across the border.
Russia denies direct involvement but says some Russian volunteers are fighting alongside the rebels.
Speaking at a joint news conference with Mr Kerry, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said: "We need to get peace. But we will never consider anything that undermines territorial integrity... of Ukraine."
Mr Kerry said the US was committing an additional $16.5m (£11m) in aid to support Ukrainians affected by the conflict in the east.
He accused Russia of violating Ukraine's sovereignty, saying that Russia had been acting with "impunity", crossing the Ukrainian border "at will with weapons, with personnel, with the instruments of death".
"The only way that it ends is through diplomacy. We have no illusions that there is a 'military solution'... we are choosing a peaceful solution through diplomacy - but you cannot have a one-sided peace," Mr Kerry said.
However, he added that Mr Obama was "reviewing all options", including the possibility of providing "defensive weapons" to Ukraine, due to the dangerous escalation in violence.
The US is currently only providing "non-lethal" assistance.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said any decision by the US to supply weapons to Ukraine would "inflict colossal damage to Russian-American relations".
Several senior Western officials have also expressed concern at the prospect of US arms being sent to Ukraine.
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier likened the option to "throwing more weapons on the bonfire", while Nato commander Philip Breedlove said governments must take into account that the move "could trigger a more strident reaction from Russia".
Source-BBC
TCI celebrates this Historic Day for the Hon. Dr. Rosita Butterfield
In an unparalleled ceremony which has the entire nation buzzing, the former speaker of the House of Assembly for the Turks and Caicos from 1991-1993 will be laid to rest following a State Funeral set to begin promptly at 10am this morning at the Down Town Ball Park.
It has been a long journey home for Dr. Rosie, who died on January 10th, 2015 at Doctor’s Hospital in The Bahamas due to complications from a series of heart attacks. Close friends told us she was singing Gospel songs just days before; that Dr. Rosita who had been hospitalized for quite some time was, as they put it, ‘ready’. Today we will see just how ready family and friends are to say goodbye to the Matriarch of the Butterfield Clan.
A regal send off from The Bahamas, a Parliamentary sized welcomed in Grand Turk, three days of lying in state between the Capital and Providenciales, a memorial service last night and today an historic happening; the country’s first modern day State Funeral where it appears no holds have been barred.
Magnetic Media told RTC News that when they visited the site late yesterday, we learned there is seating capacity for likely 5,000 people; around half of them will be under tents or on the actual field, the remainder will take the stands. There are areas designated as special for the Nurses Association; Dr. Rosita was a career nurse delivering some 103 babies and earning scores of awards over the years for her prowess in the medical field. There is a special section for high ranking Civil Servants and for Civic Organizations and Invited Guests.
Dr. Rosita’s grandson, CEO of Royelle Communications, Courtney Robinson gave us a site tour and explained there are tents for media interviews, early arriving guests including the elderly and very comfortable seating for the family which will fill the tent, set up at the heart of the service.
Current and Former Members of Parliament have designated spots and seating will be managed by a team of ushers and protocol officers. The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force will escort the body of Hon. Dr. Rosita Butterfield from Faith Tabernacle Center this morning; taking it to the Ball Park for the State Funeral. Yesterday, we caught them in practice where we learned as many as 70 members of the Force are likely to participate in the procession to and fro.
Today, all Public Sector workers have the day off; this means among other things, government schools are closed.
Officiating the Service will be Rev. Emmanuel Rigby, Rev. Julia Williams and Bishop VG Clarke. Organist is Craig Archibold; with singing and music by the reunited Turks and Caicos Mass Choir and the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force Band; and Corey’s Funeral Chapel is directing the State Funeral.
The Governor, HE Peter Beckingham and Leader of the Opposition, Sharlene Robinson will both read scripture. The Obituary of the late Dr. Rosita Butterfield, a founding member of the now governing Progressive National Party will be read by current party leader and Premier, Hon Dr Rufus Ewing. A Reflection on the Life and Times of the CEO of Butterfield Gold Group of Companies will come from Speaker of the House, Hon Robert Hall with the Eulogy by Bishop VG Clarke and Prayer for the Family by Father Bernard Been.
The interment Service will take place at the grounds of Faith Tabernacle, where a brand new Butterfield Mausoleum is expected to be completed. The work on the mausoleum was commissioned by Dr. Rosie’s husband: Hon. Dr. Albray Butterfield Sr. about ten days ago.
At the site there will be the National Anthem, Fanfare of Trumpets, Gun Salute and Flag Ceremony. Rev. Emanuel Rigby will commit her body with the final hymn being: “I will meet you in the Morning”.
Hon. Dr. Rosita Butterfield leaves behind her husband, four children, 16 grandchildren, three great grandchildren, a sister and brother and scores of nieces and nephews, close friends and loved ones. She is a pioneer in Parliament as the first woman elected to serve for her home settlement of Kew in North Caicos.
Dr. Rosie, as she is affectionately called has sworn in Governors, welcomed royalty with an address to HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; hosted country leaders including the late Sir Lynden Pindling of The Bahamas and was in 1992 bestowed the honor of Member of the British Empire, MBE, by Queen Elizabeth II.
This lady has preached God’s word, taught school curricula, chaired board meetings, paid off debt, supplied scholarships and added to the infrastructure of communities. As with any life, she has fostered true friendships and made some people quite mad with her decisions over time.
With her passing, a lot of wide ranging emotions and feelings and opinions have emerged; and MM has found an overarching view of Rosie Beatrice Missick Butterfield from Kew, North Caicos is that she was and is a nation builder, worthy of a grand farewell.… perhaps, even the status of a National Hero.
Dr. Rosita Beatrice Missick Butterfield, MBE was 78 years old when she died.
Source-MM
Obama sends record US$4t budget to Congress
President of the United States Barack Obama sent Congress a record US$4 trillion budget Monday that would boost taxes on higher-income Americans and corporations, pushing past tight federal spending caps to fund an ambitious public works programme and provide middle-class tax relief.
Obama's budget, which will set off months of wrangling in Congress, proposes spending US$4 trillion - US$3.999 trillion before rounding - in the 2016 budget year that begins October 1. That's a 6.4 per cent increase over estimated spending this year, projecting that the deficit will decline to US$474 billion.
In a lengthy run-up to Monday's budget release, the Obama administration highlighted a number of its proposals, including US$320 billion in increased taxes on the wealthy and corporations that would be used to pay for expanded middle class tax breaks.
The budget documents reveal that all the tax increases will total US$2 trillion, including a number of proposals Obama has made before to limit deductions the wealthy can take to reduce their tax bill.
Wealthy people would only be able to take tax deductions at the 28 per cent rate even if their income is taxed at 39.6 per cent and would also see an increase in their maximum capital gains rate to 28 per cent instead of 20 per cent.
A couple earning up to US$120,000 a year would qualify for a new "second earner" tax credit of up to US$500 as well as a maximum US$3,000 childcare credit for two children, triple the current credit of US$1,000.
Not all of Obama's tax hikes would hit the wealthy. His budget also proposes to raise US$95 billion over the next decade by hiking the tax on cigarettes from the current US$1.01 per pack to US$1.95.
Obama's spending plan would ease tight budget constraints imposed on the military and domestic programmes back in 2011 when lawmakers were responding to the public outcry over deficits that were then topping US$1 trillion a year.
Obama's budget calls these caps, known as sequestration, "mindless austerity". The elimination of the budget caps will boost spending by US$74 billion - divided between the military and domestic programmes - in 2016 and would result in a spending increase over the remaining six years the caps were to have been in place of US$362 billion.
In a budget agreement reached in late 2013, the budget caps were eased, but not eliminated for 2014 and 2015, but are due to go back in force in 2016.
President of the United States Barack Obama sent Congress a record US$4 trillion budget Monday that would boost taxes on higher-income Americans and corporations, pushing past tight federal spending caps to fund an ambitious public works programme and provide middle-class tax relief.
Obama's budget, which will set off months of wrangling in Congress, proposes spending US$4 trillion - US$3.999 trillion before rounding - in the 2016 budget year that begins October 1. That's a 6.4 per cent increase over estimated spending this year, projecting that the deficit will decline to US$474 billion.
In a lengthy run-up to Monday's budget release, the Obama administration highlighted a number of its proposals, including US$320 billion in increased taxes on the wealthy and corporations that would be used to pay for expanded middle class tax breaks.
The budget documents reveal that all the tax increases will total US$2 trillion, including a number of proposals Obama has made before to limit deductions the wealthy can take to reduce their tax bill.
Wealthy people would only be able to take tax deductions at the 28 per cent rate even if their income is taxed at 39.6 per cent and would also see an increase in their maximum capital gains rate to 28 per cent instead of 20 per cent.
A couple earning up to US$120,000 a year would qualify for a new "second earner" tax credit of up to US$500 as well as a maximum US$3,000 childcare credit for two children, triple the current credit of US$1,000.
Not all of Obama's tax hikes would hit the wealthy. His budget also proposes to raise US$95 billion over the next decade by hiking the tax on cigarettes from the current US$1.01 per pack to US$1.95.
Obama's spending plan would ease tight budget constraints imposed on the military and domestic programmes back in 2011 when lawmakers were responding to the public outcry over deficits that were then topping US$1 trillion a year.
Obama's budget calls these caps, known as sequestration, "mindless austerity". The elimination of the budget caps will boost spending by US$74 billion - divided between the military and domestic programmes - in 2016 and would result in a spending increase over the remaining six years the caps were to have been in place of US$362 billion.
In a budget agreement reached in late 2013, the budget caps were eased, but not eliminated for 2014 and 2015, but are due to go back in force in 2016.
STRENGTHENING THE MIDDLE CLASS
The administration said the budget represented a strategy to strengthen the middle class and help "hard-working families get ahead in a time of relentless economic and technological change".
"This country's better off than it was four years ago, but what we also know is that wages and incomes for middle class families are just now ticking up," Obama said in an interview broadcast on Monday's 'Today Show' on NBC. "They haven't been keeping pace over the last 30 years compared to, you know, corporate profits and what's happening to folks in the very top."
Republicans, however, accused the president of seeking to revert to tax-and-spend policies that will harm the economy while failing to do anything about the budget's biggest problem - soaring spending on government benefit programmes.
Obama's budget projects a deficit of US$583 billion in 2015, up significantly from last year's US$485 billion imbalance. Obama's budget plan never reaches balance over the next decade and projects the deficit would rise to US$687 billion in 2025.
The administration contends that various spending cuts and tax increases would trim the deficits by US$1.8 trillion over the next decade, leaving the red ink at manageable levels.
Obama's budget emphasises the same themes as his State of the Union address last month when he challenged Congress to work with him on narrowing the income gap between the very wealthy and everyone else.
Obama's six-year US$478 billion public works programme would provide upgrades for the nation's highways, bridges, and transit systems in an effort to tap into bipartisan support for spending on badly needed repairs.
Half of that money would come from a one-time mandatory tax on profits that US companies have amassed overseas that would be set at 14 per cent.
The budget also called for a US$60 billion programme for free community college for an estimated nine million students if all states participate. And it proposes expanding childcare to more than 1.1 million additional children under the age of 4 by 2025 and seeks to implement universal pre-school.
Obama also wants to require estates to pay capital gains taxes on securities at the time they are inherited. He also is trying to impose a 0.07 per cent fee on the roughly 100 US financial companies with assets of more than US$50 billion.
Source- AP
EU tax probe widened to Belgium
The European Commission has widened its corporate tax probe to include Belgium's rules on so-called "excess profit".
It is the latest European Union member state to have its tax regime put under the spotlight.
The Commission is investigating whether the tax regimes of certain EU nations amounts to state aid.
It said Belgium often made tax deals with firms that moved "a substantial part of their business" to the country.
US corporations, including Apple, Starbucks and Amazon have also been caught up in the investigation for what the Commissions calls their "aggressive tax planning" strategies.
Under European Union (EU) state aid rules member states are not allowed to grant companies selective tax advantages that distort competition.
But the Commission said that, on the face of it, Belgium's excess profits tax regime did just that.
Commissioner Margrethe Vestager in charge of competition policy said: "The Belgian 'excess profit' tax system appears to grant substantial tax reductions only to certain multinational companies that would not be available to stand-alone companies.
"If our concerns are confirmed, this generalised scheme would be a serious distortion of competition unduly benefitting a selected number of multinationals. As part of our efforts to ensure that all companies pay their fair share of tax, we have to investigate this further."
The Commission said Belgium's tax arrangements meant as much as 90% of the profits a multinational corporation made in the country could be deducted from the its corporation tax bill, although more typically, the tax break applied was 50%.
The Commission added the Belgian tax regime, as it stood, appeared to imply those profits would not exist were the subsidiary not part of a multinational group, benefitting from the shared resources that go with being part of a large corporation, such as a global human resources department or IT system.
In order for the deductions to be applied, a company needed to reach an agreement with the Belgian government first.
The Commission has been investigating the tax regimes of certain member states since June 2013 and widened the investigation to include all member states at the end of last year.
Eight months ago the Commission launched formal investigations into the tax paid by Apple in Ireland, Starbucks in the Netherlands and Fiat Finance in Luxembourg.
It launched a further investigation into Amazon's tax dealings in Luxembourg in October.
The investigations into Luxembourg's tax regime led to calls for European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to be investigated over allegations he encouraged tax avoidance when he was prime minister of the country.
Mr Juncker has denied the claims.
Real Madrid star 'worth at least £300m'
Cristiano Ronaldo would sell for £300m if Real Madrid decided to let him leave tomorrow, the Portuguese superstar's agent has told BBC Sport.
Jorge Mendes said the 29-year-old forward was the "best player ever" and the "best sportsman ever".
Mendes added: "You can't compare him with anybody else."
Ronaldo was voted the world's best player for a third time last month, beating Barcelona rival Lionel Messi to the prestigious award.
Asked how much he was worth, Mendes said: "Cristano Ronaldo? One billion. His buyout clause one billion, so it is one billion.
"If, for any reason, the club decide to sell him tomorrow for 300 million, someone will pay."
However, Mendes insisted his countryman, who cost Real Madrid a world record fee of £80m in 2009, would stay at the Bernabeu, despite his "love" for supporters of former club Manchester United.
"He will not leave Real Madrid," Mendes told BBC sports editor Dan Roan.
Mendes, who is reported to have brokered more than £1bn worth of transfers, has been described as the most powerful figure in the game.
"People have the wrong idea about agents," said Mendes.
"Being an agent means many different things. I'm someone normal, I'm working hard every single day. I have ambitions, determination and being honest, doing the right things... this is most important."
He described football as the "most important sport in the world" and defended the wages players now command, saying they "deserve the maximum possible".
Mendes compared working with his players on contracts as "like a family".
"It is like when you talk with your son, with your family... always to try to find the best way to support them," he said.
Mendes also described the ban on third-party ownership of players as "illegal" and "catastrophic" for clubs.
"Fifa and Uefa are not the police," he said. "I think that's it's very important to establish rules, the right rules, but not to stop it."
Mendes, a former DJ and nightclub owner, also represents Jose Mourinho, Luiz Felipe Scolari, Radamel Falcao, Angel Di Maria, James Rodriguez, David De Gea, Victor Valdes and Diego Costa.
Source-BBC Sports
Super Bowl attracts record 114.4m viewers on NBC
An estimated average of 114.4 million people watched Sunday's Super Bowl on NBC, according to initial figures.
The game set a new record for the most-watched event in US television, beating last year's audience of 112.2 million.
Viewing peaked at 120.8 million during the last quarter, which saw the New England Patriots beat the Seattle Seahawks 28-24.
Some 118.5 million watched Katy Perry's half-time show - three million more than last year's show with Bruno Mars.
Ratings compiler Nielsen said the 12-minute performance - which also featured Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliot - attracted the biggest half-time audience since 1991.
NBC, which broadcast the game, said the actual audience was likely to have been higher because official ratings did not count people watching in locations such as sports bars.
An additional 600,000 viewers watched the game with Spanish-language announcers on NBC's Universo cable network.
NBC Sports also offered a live stream to computers and tablets - attracting an average 800,000 people, according to Adobe Analytics.
After the game, an estimated 26.5 million people kept their TVs on NBC to watch an episode of James Spader's crime drama The Blacklist, making it the most-watched scripted programme on the network in more than a decade.
Next year's Super Bowl will be played in Santa Clara, California, and will be broadcast by CBS.