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Provided by: space.com12012-01-27 23:12:19science / space.com /

Behind the beak of Club Penguin: would you let your child play? SPACE.com SPACE.com Freedom 7 Mercury Capsule, Flown by 1st American in Space, Heads to Boston, D.C.

Club Penguin is no hybrid chocolate bar.

It's a browser MMO about cartoon penguins and their snowy online world of mini-games and igloo decorating. It's a giant; a business boasting 150 million registered accounts and 10 to 15 million active monthly users. And a portion of those pay Something amazing every day. NASA astronaut Alan Shepard flew the Freedom 7 capsule on May 5, 1961.

Provided by: ohgizmo.com21970-01-01 00:00:00technology / ohgizmo.com /: Here's your chance to see the multiplayer mode for Mass Effect 3 in action! This trailer includes details about the races and classes you'll be able to play. Mass Effect 3 will be available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC on March 6. In Mass Effect 3 , players will be thrust into an all-out galactic war to take Earth back and save the entire galaxy, assuming the role of Commander Shepard, a war-torn veteran whoDeliciously Geeky... By David Ponce The best way to travel is light. No checked baggage means less time to get on your plane and less time leaving the airport at your destination. The only drawback is the TSA’s no fluids regulations that make it impossible to bring things like shampoo or shaving cream with you. You can [...]

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Provided by: news.google.com32012-01-27 23:38:11world / news.google.com /

Gov. Brewer's book sales skyrocket following run in with President Obama - The State Column

New York Daily News

Gov. Brewer's book sales skyrocket following run in with President Obama
The State Column
Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer has seen sales of her book “Scorpions For Breakfast” skyrocket following her run in with President Barack Obama Wednesday. The book is currently at number seven on Amazon.com's bestseller's list and has been on ...
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Provided by: news.google.com42012-01-27 23:58:21world / news.google.com /

Fading Gingrich falls behind in polls - Reuters

Sydney Morning Herald

Fading Gingrich falls behind in polls
Reuters
By Jane Sutton | MIAMI (Reuters) - Newt Gingrich struggled to regain momentum in the Republican presidential race on Friday as two new polls showed him falling behind rival Mitt Romney, who was seen as the winner of the final debate before the Florida ...
In Miami, Gingrich and Romney court Hispanic voteMiamiHerald.com
GOP insiders mount effort to trim Gingrich's sails, even if Romney leaves them ...Chicago Tribune
GOP insiders rise up to cut Gingrich down to sizeBoston.com
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Provided by: kotaku.com52012-01-27 23:30:00gaming / kotaku.com /: The cast of Red Dead Redemption are no strangers to rednecks, nor to zombies—Rockstar's wild-west open world game featured plenty of the former in its original incarnation, and added an invasion of the latter added to the game via downloadable content. More »

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Provided by: computerandvideogames.com62012-01-27 23:43:00gaming / computerandvideogames.com /

Dodonpachi Blissful Death is iOS gaming heavenA shooter that makes Gears of War look like Cooking Mama.
Put down those pansy FPS games. This is a REAL shooter. Dodonpachi Blissful Death is mental bullet hell in all its glory and it's coming to iOS devices to kick your arse.

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Provided by: computerandvideogames.com72012-01-28 00:06:00gaming / computerandvideogames.com /

An actual PSP trailer - Black Panther 2: Yakuza Asura ChapterSega shows there's still life in the first-gen Sony portable.
Vita this, Vita that. Let's not forget the good old PSP that dropped jaws in 2004. It's all gone quiet for Sony's old portable but Sega's not ready to let it go. Sniff.

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Provided by: techcrunch.com82012-01-28 00:05:48web and programming / techcrunch.com /: As just about everyone should know by now, the seeds of what grew into Facebook were planted at Harvard. Might there be a bunch of mini-Zucks lurking in the dorms of Cambridge? If so, a new venture capital firm — the first housed right on the Harvard campus — wants to find them.

Provided by: variety.com92012-01-27 16:06:03entertainment / variety.com /: Film News: Best pic contender is 'rare' exception to Oscar's 3-producer rule

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Provided by: joystiq.com102012-01-28 00:00:00gaming / joystiq.com /

Buckle up, this Dirt Showdown trailer may give you whiplash

If there's one thing we'd have to say the Dirt series has been missing, it's demolition derby -- cars crashing into cars crashing into cars. Another thing: so many pyrotechnics. Dirt Showdown realizes this and offers a taste of both in the latest trailer.

Buckle up, this Dirt Showdown trailer may give you whiplash originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Provided by: newsvine.com112012-01-27 23:58:46buzz / newsvine.com /: Police say a St. Louis woman who allegedly robbed an officer who responded to her call for help was caught when she used his bank card a short time later.

Provided by: newsvine.com122012-01-27 23:54:33buzz / newsvine.com /: Viacom's Philippe Dauman led the list of America's top-paid CEOs in 2010 with an $84.5 million package, but that included stock bonuses for renewing his contract and he got just half as much in 2011.

Provided by: newsvine.com132012-01-28 00:04:40buzz / newsvine.com /: The doctor convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death is asking a judge to release him from jail pending his appeal.

Provided by: newsvine.com142012-01-28 00:05:31buzz / newsvine.com /: Serbia's government has agreed with U.S. Steel to buy back its loss-making plant in the Balkan country for a symbolic $1, with a goal to avoid its closure and the layoff of 5,400 of its workers, the prime minister said Friday.

Provided by: techdirt.com152012-01-28 00:07:08technology / techdirt.com /: We just wrote about Nimblebit's response to Zynga upon discovering Zynga's game that looks a lot like a Nimblebit game. In that post, we noted that even Nimblebit's game was hardly the first such game out there, and now (as pointed out in our comments), someone decided to take the format of Nimblebit's letter, and redo it as a letter to Nimblebit about the other games that inspired Nimblebit's game. The tone is a little snarky -- and to be honest, I never got the feeling from the original that Nimblebit was claiming that it, too, wasn't inspired by others. Still, this really does show the nature of creativity and copying these days. All of these games can (and do) happily co-exist in the marketplace, where they can compete with each other to improve and provide a better consumer experience. And that seems like a good thing. On top of that, for those who are worried about another company copying them, it helps to remember that then you can copy their best ideas right back.... and improve on them. It's through this sort of process that innovation rates increase...

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