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Walt Disney Imagineers Drive Innovation Through Video Game Technology - Forbes


Walt Disney Imagineers Drive Innovation Through Video Game Technology
Forbes
He teamed up with Monkey Island co-lead Larry Ahern to create Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, an interactive role-playing card collecting game experience that uses motion sensor technology to tell an original animated tale ...

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BBC suspends technology officer after Digital Media Initiative failure - The Guardian


The Guardian

BBC suspends technology officer after Digital Media Initiative failure
The Guardian
John Linwood, the BBC's chief technology officer who was responsible for the running of the project, has temporarily been replaced by BBC News head of technology Peter Coles. Linwood was appointed in 2009 from Yahoo and had formerly worked at ...
BBC suspends technology boss over 'wasted' £100mTelegraph.co.uk
BBC Suspends Technology Chief as £100m Digital Project is CancelledIBTimes.co.uk
BBC technology chief suspended over £100m failed digital projectComputerworldUK
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NASA Statement on Space Technology Meetings in Europe - NASA


NASA Statement on Space Technology Meetings in Europe
NASA
WASHINGTON -- The following is a statement from NASA's associate administrator for space technology, Michael Gazarik, about his meetings this week in Europe to discuss potential cooperation on development of space technologies that will enable NASA's ...

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Does Technology Offer Anyone a Big Break in Entertainment Industry? - PBS NewsHour (blog)


Does Technology Offer Anyone a Big Break in Entertainment Industry?
PBS NewsHour (blog)
Changes in technology have opened up new opportunities in the entertainment industry, offering platforms for the most scrappy or eclectic of musicians, filmmakers and other creative artists. That's the argument of a new book, "The End of Big: How the ...

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Going for the travel deal of the century — CURT YEOMANS - News-Daily.com


Going for the travel deal of the century — CURT YEOMANS
News-Daily.com
Airlines often offer special deals on their web sites, but many of the deals offered on them this week required travel reservations to be made by Thursday. Considering this column is published on Friday, mentioning the deals offered by the airlines ...

Travel deals galore - Hindustan Times


Travel deals galore
Hindustan Times
This is the best time to book your holiday. Intense competition and the economic slowdown have combined with normal discounts to throw up great deals for tourists. “The slowdown has impacted the hospitality industry just as it has other industries ...

Las Vegas deal: Free weddings for military members and vets - Los Angeles Times


Las Vegas deal: Free weddings for military members and vets
Los Angeles Times
For couples hoping to get hitched in Las Vegas, the offer for free weddings on Memorial Day (Monday) could prove to be the deal of a lifetime. Victoria's Wedding Chapel is offering free marriage ceremonies, with roses included, for active-duty service ...

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Trips, tips & deals - Chicago Tribune


Trips, tips & deals
Chicago Tribune
Travel deals south of the border look muy, muy bueno — just in time for summer vacation season. Savings of as much as 60 percent are showing up in deals at Mexico beach regions, including Riviera Maya, Los Cabos, Cancun, Puerto Vallarta and Cozumel.

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‘Heavy but grateful heart’ on Memorial Day
Fri, 24 May 2013 18:55:25 +0000

Remembering Our Fallen Soldiers This Memorial DayFriends and family remember those who gave all to serve their nation.


Report: Fallen bridge had earlier gouges, impact damage
Sat, 25 May 2013 00:59:45 +0000

Workers walk past the collapsed portion of the Interstate 5 bridge at the Skagit River Friday, May 24, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash. A truck carrying an oversize load struck the four-lane bridge on the major thoroughfare between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the Skagit River below Thursday evening. All three occupants suffered only minor injuries. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)Officials in Washington state performed a special inspection six months ago on the Interstate 5 bridge that collapsed because there were indications it had been struck by a different vehicle.


Paula Broadwell regrets affair with ex-CIA director Patraeus
Fri, 24 May 2013 22:45:26 +0000

Petraeus' former mistress breaks silenceThe biographer whose extramarital affair with then-CIA director David Petraeus triggered his resignation says she regrets the relationship and the harm and grief it caused her family.


Cleveland women can adopt alleged captor's dogs
Fri, 24 May 2013 19:05:27 +0000

Cleveland Women Can Decide If They Want Alleged Captor's DogsAriel Castro's Three Dogs Are in Foster Care Until the Women Make a Decision


Search scaled back for abducted Iowa teenage girl
Fri, 24 May 2013 23:42:16 +0000

FILE - This file photo provided by The Iowa Department of Public Safety shows Kathlynn Shepard, 15. Michael J. Klunder, who police believe abducted 15-year-old Kathlynn Shepard and her 12-year-old friend Monday, May 20, 2013, as they walked home from school, committed suicide after the younger girl escaped, but Kathlynn is still missing. (AP Photo/Iowa Department of Public Safety)Kathlynn Shepard was taken from a rural school bus stop this week.


Ariz. Sheriff Arpaio loses racial profiling suit
Fri, 24 May 2013 23:26:54 +0000

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio watches as actor Steven Seagal addresses the media about a simulated school shooting in Fountain HillsA judge ruled the lawman violated rights of Latinos in a crackdown on illegal immigration.


Country moves against restaurants holding wild bears
Fri, 24 May 2013 23:25:31 +0000

Police officers and experts from Four Paws carry brown bear Arina away from zoo in PrizrenKosovo's campaign is a response to concerns over dwindling numbers of the species.


Four girls killed in a civil rights-era church bombing honored
Fri, 24 May 2013 19:52:41 +0000

Obama signs a bill designating the Congressional Gold Medal commemorating lives of four young girls killed in 1963 bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church bombing of Birmingham, Alabama, in WashingtonThe president signs a law giving the highest civilian honor to the victims of the 1963 attack.


Illinois judge charged with heroin, gun possession
Fri, 24 May 2013 20:09:45 +0000

This October 2010 photo shows St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael Cook during his swearing in ceremony in Belleville, Ill. Cook is under federal investigation after a former prosecutor and colleague, Joe Christ, who was found dead at Cook's cabin in rural Pike County, Ill. in March 2013 succumbed to a cocaine overdose. Cook as booted from his docket of hundreds of cases Thursday, May 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Belleville News-Democrat, Derik Holtmann)Michael Cook, wearing cutoffs and a "Bad is my middle name" T-shirt, pleads not guilty.


Obama to visit Oklahoma, tour Jersey Shore
Fri, 24 May 2013 20:34:29 +0000

A battered sign stands outside the wreckage of Plaza Towers Elementary School, where seven children were killed earlier in the week when a tornado hit Moore, Okla., Thursday, May 23, 2013. Cleanup continues three days after a huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb, flattening a wide swath of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)The president will visit the tornado-ravaged area this weekend; then head to N.J. on Tuesday.


Ky. uranium plant closes; 1,000 jobs lost
Fri, 24 May 2013 23:11:23 +0000

The operator of a Cold War-era plant in western Kentucky that supplies enriched uranium to nuclear power plants said Friday it planned to cease production after federal energy officials decided to end ...

Lawsuit alleging ex-QB Favre sent racy texts settled
Fri, 24 May 2013 22:27:21 +0000

NYC lawsuit alleging Favre sent racy texts settledA lawsuit filed by two massage therapists who sued retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre over claims he sent racy text messages has been settled, a lawyer for the women said Friday.


Return to Salvation Mountain
Mon, 20 May 2013 09:22:50 +0000

Return to Salvation MountainLeonard Knight lived alone in the California desert for twenty-eight years, building a mountain to share his message: "Love God, love Jesus, and love the people." When his health failed, his friends rallied to save his life. He recently returned to the mountain to see how a new generation of caretakers have preserved his life's work. Learn more about Salvation Mountain at salvationmountain.org


Toronto mayor denies crack cocaine allegations
Fri, 24 May 2013 23:44:01 +0000

FILE - In this Thursday, May 23, 2013 file photo, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford leaves city hall in Toronto. Ford denies that he smokes crack cocaine and says he is not an addict after a video purported to show him using the drug. Ford did not say whether he has ever used the drug. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young, File)Rob Ford said he is not an addict after a video purported to show him using the drug.


Jersey shore opens for summer fun
Fri, 24 May 2013 15:20:19 +0000

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, right, talks to Carla Pilla, of Seaside Heights, N.J., while Robert Hilton, left, executive director of the Jersey Shore Convention and Visitor's Bureau, holds a sign, Friday, May 24, 2013, in Seaside Heights, N.J. Christie cut a ribbon to symbolically reopen the state's shore for the summer season, seven months after being devastated by Superstorm Sandy. Several beach communities have annual beach ribbon cuttings, announcing they are back in business. But this year's ceremonies are more poignant seven months after a storm that did an estimated $37 billion of damage in the state. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)Gov. Chris Christie and the cast of MTV's "Jersey Shore" welcome tourists back.


Train engineer noted 'unusual condition' before Connecticut wreck
Fri, 24 May 2013 19:34:47 +0000

New Video From Commuter Train DerailmentA joint bar, used to hold two sections of rail together, was repaired last month.


Sexual assaults threaten military, Obama says
Fri, 24 May 2013 15:16:22 +0000

A member of the 2013 graduating class of the United States Naval Academy peeks over the shoulder of a fellow graduates to listen to President Barack Obama during the commencement ceremony at the Academy in Annapolis, Md., Friday, May 24, 2013. The president urged new graduates to exhibit honor and courage in tackling incidents of sexual assault as they assume leadership positions in the military. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)President Barack Obama on Friday warned that sexual assault in the military amounts to a national security threat as he enlisted graduating Navy ensigns and Marine second lieutenants at the U.S. Naval Academy in a campaign to stamp it out. “Those who commit sexual assault are not only committing a crime, they threaten the trust [...]


UK-bound Pakistan plane diverted, two men arrested
Fri, 24 May 2013 19:28:22 +0000

Passengers disembark from Pakistan International Airlines flight PK709 bound for Manchester from Lahore, Pakistan, after it was diverted to Stansted Airport, north of London, England, Friday May 24, 2013. The passenger plane was diverted following an incident on board, and two men were arrested on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after an RAF Typhoon jet was scrambled to escort the passenger plane traveling from Pakistan to the UK, police said. (AP Photo / Chris Radburn, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVESBritain scrambled fighter jets, but the incident does not appear to be terror-related.


After 'catastrophic misfire,' police issue warning on plastic gun
Fri, 24 May 2013 15:48:51 +0000

3-D printed gun test fired: Did it work?The DIY 3-D gun isn't ready for prime time, according to Australian authorities.


Stockholm police call for help as riots worsen
Fri, 24 May 2013 15:04:26 +0000

A bystander checks the debris around a row of burnt cars in the suburb of Rinkeby after youths rioted in several different suburbs around StockholmYouths set cars and a school ablaze in Sweden's worst riots in years.


Western IQs drop 14 points over last century, researchers say
Fri, 24 May 2013 18:06:34 +0000

A new study from researchers in Europe claims that the average IQ in Western nations dropped by a staggering 14.1 points over the past century. "We tested the hypothesis that the Victorians were cleverer than modern populations using high-quality instruments, namely measures of simple visual reaction time in a meta-analytic study," the researchers wrote in [...]

Storm chasers catch Okla. twister as it forms
Fri, 24 May 2013 17:30:06 +0000

Tornado footageViewers can see what the EF5 tornado looked like from the ground as it gains strength.


Oversized load caused I-5 bridge collapse in Washington
Fri, 24 May 2013 15:15:05 +0000

In this photo provided by Francisco Rodriguez, a man is seen sitting atop a car that fell into the Skagit River after the collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge there minutes earlier Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash. (AP Photo/Francisco Rodriguez)A tractor-trailer hit an upper part of the span across the Skagit River.


Taliban attack U.N. compound in Kabul
Fri, 24 May 2013 17:49:59 +0000

Children run away after an explosion in KabulThere were at least four blasts interspersed by heavy shooting.


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HERO'S MEMORIAL DAY: Oldest Vet to Spend Day in Home He Built After WWII

Holder's Media Snoop Crossing Line?

While Attorney General Eric Holder is taking heat for Justice Department's seizure of reporter records, US attorney Ronald Machen Jr., left, who is overseeing those investigations, is himself starting to face complaints that he's gone too far in pursuing leaks.DOJ Acknowledges Holder on Board With Warrant for Fox Reporter's EmailsRoger Ailes Letter to Fox News EmployeesSTIREWALT: Holder, Heal ThyselfKARL ROVE: Did Holder Mislead Congress About Targeting Reporters Like Rosen?

'SAYS IT ALL':Obama Hosts Illegal Immigrants, Snubs Union

HEADED FOR AUCTION?Detroit Museum's Art May Be Sold to Cover City Debts

Republicans blast Obama over call to repeal 9/11 law on military force- OPINION: Obama thinks we won War on Terror

State Department official who pushed to change Benghazi storyline up for promotion

Obama speaks at Naval Academy graduation

5 climbers missing, feared dead on mountain in Nepal

Toronto mayor says he doesn't smoke crack cocaine

2 arrested after incident on plane from Pakistan to UK

Officials: Bridge collapse caused by truck hitting span

UK launches inquiry into MI5 tracking of terrorists

Man accused of killing 5 in Illinois takes stand

Consultant takes blame after Weiner campaign site shows Pittsburgh skyline, not NYC's

IRS official who refused to testify, resign signed Tea Party letters in 2012- Report: 70 percent of adoption credit claims audited

Arias' testimony didn't help her, jury foreman says

Pregnant woman dies, gives birth, comes back to life

Paula Broadwell apologizes for Petraeus affair

Kids, teachers from devastated Okla. school reunite

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Cars In Skagit River After Bridge Collapses
Fri, 24 May 2013 15:47:24 +0000

Police are investigating whether a large truck hit the bridge causing it to collapse, throwing people and vehicles into the water.

Arrest Warrant For 'Dead' Rapper Tim Dog
Fri, 24 May 2013 15:51:03 +0000

There is no proof of death for rapper wanted over unpaid money owed to woman he met on a dating website.

Jodi Arias: Jury Fails To Agree On Sentence
Fri, 24 May 2013 07:31:31 +0000

A new panel of jurors will be tasked with deciding convicted killer Jodi Arias' fate in a retrial of the case's penalty phase.

US Boy Scouts Vote To Admit Gay Youths
Fri, 24 May 2013 10:19:15 +0000

The organisation reverses a long-standing ban on gay boys, but will not allow gay and lesbian adults to serve as Scout leaders.

Amanda Bynes In Court Over Marijuana And Bong
Fri, 24 May 2013 20:27:45 +0000

The actress is charged with endangerment and possessing marijuana after she allegedly threw a bong out of her apartment window.

Tornado: 'Miracle' Baby Born Amid Devastation
Fri, 24 May 2013 12:23:38 +0000

For one Oklahoma woman due to give birth at any moment on Monday, hospital staff in Moore really delivered.

Superman Comic Set To Net Family Small Fortune
Fri, 24 May 2013 19:39:35 +0000

A father-of-four is celebrating after finding a rare Superman comic worth more than 10 times what he paid for his house.

Trayvon Martin: Gun And Drug Texts Released
Fri, 24 May 2013 10:44:53 +0000

The defence team of accused killer George Zimmerman argues the new images and messages show a fuller picture of the Florida teen.

Guantanamo Policies Must Change, Says Obama
Fri, 24 May 2013 07:52:59 +0000

The President is defining his foreign policy agenda and justifying use of unmanned drone strikes in the evolving war on terror.

Czech Murders: Kevin Dahlgren Detained In US
Fri, 24 May 2013 10:15:28 +0000

The 20-year-old is picked up back in the US after Czech police found four bodies at a family home in Brno.

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