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Microsoft Unveils New Xbox One Game Console
REDMOND, WASHINGTON Microsoft Corp gave the world the first look at its new game console on Tuesday, hoping the Xbox One will attract existing video game fans while also becoming a hub for living room entertainment. The third-generation Microsoft console, coming eight years after the Xbox 360, was unveiled by games unit chief Don Mattrick at an event at the software company's campus ...
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Oklahoma tornado kills 91 toll to rise
At least 91 people were killed, 20 of them children, as a massive tornado ripped through parts of Oklahoma City and its suburbs in the US, flattening homes and businesses and severely damaging a hospital and two elementary schools. Emergency crews and volunteers worked through the early morning hours Tuesday in a frantic search for survivors of the tornado which appeared to have wrought the ...
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Peter Andre hunting for two pads
Singer Peter Andre is hunting for two houses - one for his work and the other for his children. "I've decided to buy two new homes - a flat in London and then a house with lots of land between where I live now and Brighton," femalefirst.co.uk quoted him as saying. "The reason for this is that I'd like somewhere to spend time with the kids out in the country, within easy reach of their school," ...
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Massive tornado jolts Oklahoma City in US
A gigantic tornado Monday ripped through a suburb of Oklahoma City in the US , destroying a school, sparking fires and flattening homes across whole neighbourhoods. The twister struck about 4.00 p.m. (local time) Monday in Moore city, a suburb of about 55,000 people just south of Oklahoma City in the Oklahoma state. Rescuers were searching for survivors as scores of primary school children ...
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Choupette Instagrams The Glamorous Jet-Set Lifestyle of Karl Lagerfeld’s Pampered Cat in Pictures
we first heard about Karl Lagerfeld's gorgeous blue-eyed diva of a Siamese cat, Choupette, who--with two personal maids, an iPad, and access to a private car, private jet, and unlimited Chanel--leads a more glamorous existence than many of us ever will. We have been tracking her rise in popularity--watching as she earned herself ...
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Movie Review
Return to Horror High [DVD]
You have to give credit to Bill Froehlichs Return to Horror High for its sheer ambition, even if it never really comes together. Made in 1987, at the teetering peak of the 1980s cycle of teen horror movies, Return to Horror High is not, as its title might s ... ...
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Amazon plans greenhouse-style headquarters
SEATTLE, Washington (AFP) - US online giant Amazon has unveiled plans for a futuristic greenhouse style headquarters "where employees can work and socialize in a more natural, park-like setting."The Internet company revealed photos and sketches this week of the plan to be submitted to Seattle city officials, becoming the latest of the technology heavyweights to unveil a bold new ...
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Xbox One moves Microsoft closer to living room hub
The next-generation gaming console from the software giant is about much more than gaming. It should help Microsoft realize its vision of being at the center of consumer ...
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X-Box to transform 21st century living room
MICROSOFT redefined the games console war today with the launch of the Xbox One as a single device designed to control all of your ...
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Mom squawks as 4 falcon chicks living on New York-New Jersey bridge are banded
Wildlife biologist Chris Nadareski, of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, examines one of four peregrine falcons he banded, at a nest at the east tower of the George Washington Bridge, over the Hudson River, in New York, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The chicks hatched three weeks ago on a girder six feet below the bridge's lower level. Their parents are among 20 pairs of ...
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Homeowners Is your house epic
Anthony is holding a contest to draw in prospective "epic" homes. Winners will score a meeting with Anthony, a design consultation, a professional photo shoot, and a shot at appearing in the book. So what makes a home epic? "Epic to me is something special, unique, something different, something you don't always see," Anthony said. The home doesn't have to be ...
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Nothing will ever completely replace playing the game I love, however I feel like I'm starting a new adventure and I'm genuinely excited about what lies ahead. I'm fortunate to have been given many opportunities throughout my career and now I feel it's my time to give back.
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The world's best known footballer was speaking after formally announcing his retirement.
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The Westin Resort & Spa, Whistler, Canada
After getting off the Greyhound bus I trudged through the Whistler Village to the bottom of Whistler Mountain, and there ...
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