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Infant Boy Is First New Zealand’s Earthquake Victim Laid to Rest

A 5-month-old boy was the first victim of New Zealand’s earthquake laid to rest. Officials said the death toll from last week’s devastating ground shaking in Christchurch has climbed to 148 but more people are still missing. Christchurch has begun burying its dead with the funeral of the youngest confirmed victim of Tuesday’s earthquake held [...]

Men’s Basketball: No. 19 North Carolina vs Maryland (Video)

The North Carolina Tar Heels defeated the Maryland Terrapins 87-76 on Sunday. 2 weeks ago, it didn’t look as if anyone could catch Duke for first place in the ACC regular season standings. Not only did No. 19 North Carolina do it Sunday night, thanks to a 87-76 victory over Maryland, but the Tar Heels [...]

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Nicolas Sarkozy Names Juppe Foreign Minister to Stem Critics of Mideast Response (Video)

The axe looks increasingly likely to fall on France’s embattled foreign minister, with claims she will not be in the job beyond this weekend. Michele Alliot-Marie is in trouble over a series of gaffes during the uprising in Tunisia. She and her partner, also a minister, holidayed there as deadly protests were raging. Her family [...]

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MARIO SPORTS MIX for Nintendo Wii (Video)

MARIO SPORTS MIX for Wii review, DODGEBALL! Mario Sports Mix by Square Enix and Nintendo contains four sports games in one collection, but don’t confuse it with a crappy collection of 3rd party Wii minigames! Mario Sports Mix is fun, well made and totally playable with 1-4 players. Mario Sports Mix on Nintendo Wii has [...]

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Melissa Leo Drops the F-bomb on Oscar Speech (Video)

Melissa Leo apologizes for swearing during her acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars, where screen legend Kirk Douglas turned on his charm as he presented her with the Academy award. What a mother. Hell-to-pay-if-you-cross-her fierce and with more fire in her belly than either of her sons, or certainly that is the [...]

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Cameras Catch Young Javan Rhinos

Baby Javan rhinos captured on a camera-trap image have conservation scientists hopeful for the recovery of the endangered species. “The fact that these animals are still breeding is a good sign,” says wildlife expert Barney Long of the World Wildlife Fund in Washington, D.C. “We know how to conserve rhinos,” he says, pointing to the [...]

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Killzone 3 by Sony

Killzone 3 is the fourth release overall in the PlayStation 3 exclusive first-person shooter franchise, and contains the first integration of the PlayStation Move system into its gameplay. In it players continue the fight by a futuristic special ops team against the seemingly unstoppable Helghast Empire. Along the way players will learn more than ever [...]

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Amazon Kindle 3G is coming to an AT&T store, starting March 6

Kindle is coming to an AT&T store near you,  AT&T announced that, starting March 6, it will carry Amazon’s Kindle reader in its retail stores nationwide. Timing is interesting, given iPad 2′s imminent launch and Apple App Store subscription changes that could compel Amazon to curtail or even stop distribution of Kindle software for iOS [...]

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Anne Hathaway and James Franco opened the Awards Ceremony (Video)

Oscar Hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway opened the Awards Ceremony with a series of spoofs on this year’s best picture nominees. Take a look their hilarious acts. This year’s Oscar ceremony was underwhelming in myriad respects. One of them was fashion. This year’s crop of gowns failed to produce even one buzzy fashion trend. [...]

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UAE Plane Crash, 4 Americans Killed

4 Americans were killed when a small plane crashed at Al Ain’s airport in the United Arab Emirates shortly after takeoff. The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) of the UAE said the plane crashed shortly after takeoff Sunday evening, killing 4. “Shortly after liftoff, the aircraft veered to the left and crashed on Taxiway Kilo,” [...]

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