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REUTERS World News, Jun 08, 2012

Schilling video game company declares bankruptcy
Reuters
By Ros Krasny and Jonathan Stempel | BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The video game company owned by former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling filed bankruptcy papers on Thursday, less than two years after it won a $75 million loan guarantee from Rhode ...
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Insight: Intel's plans for virtual TV come into focus
Reuters
By Yinka Adegoke and Noel Randewich | NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel is counting on facial-recognition technology for targeted ads and a team of veteran entertainment dealmakers to win over reluctant media partners for its new virtual ...
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RPT-INSIGHT-Intel's plans for virtual TV come into focus
Reuters
* Facial-recognition to serve up personalized ads * Media heavyweights to work with Intel * Plans call for year-end launch; still no content deals By Yinka Adegoke and Noel Randewich NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO, June 8 (Reuters) - Intel is counting on ...
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Schilling's gaming company declares bankruptcy
London Free Press
(REUTERS/David McNew) BOSTON/NEW YORK - The video game company owned by former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling filed bankruptcy papers on Thursday, less than two years after it won a $75 million loan guarantee from Rhode Island, and federal and ...
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Warmest US spring on record - NOAA
Reuters
* Temperatures 5.2 degrees F above 20th century average * "What we would expect to see in a warming world" * Arctic carbon dioxide tops 400 parts per million By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON, June 7 (Reuters) - So far, 2012 has been the warmest year the ...
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Video site Vevo kicks off "Certified" program with Bieber
Reuters
By Piya Sinha-Roy | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Video hosting site Vevo has created a new seal of approval to reward music artists whose videos cross the 100 million views milestone and will kick off the program with YouTube star Justin Bieber.
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A rare chance for nationalist self-expression at Euro 2012
Globe and Mail
Image for Reuters video about pig predicting Euro soccer outcome. ReutersPortugal's Cristiano Ronaldo gestures during their international friendly soccer match against Turkey at Luz stadium in Lisbon June 2, 2012. Reuters Sixteen European countries, ...
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Globe and Mail
Venus makes last in a lifetime move across face of sun
Reuters
By Irene Klotz | CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The planet Venus made a slow transit across the face of the sun on Tuesday, the last such passing that will be visible from Earth for 105 years. Transits of Venus happen in pairs, eight years apart, ...
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Dutch players hear monkey chants at training
Reuters UK
KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) - Netherlands players heard monkey chants from the crowd at a Euro 2012 training session at Wisla Krakow's stadium this week, a team spokeswoman said on Friday, casting a shadow over what had been a near carnival atmosphere.
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Miley Cyrus engaged to actor Liam Hemsworth
Reuters
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Miley Cyrus, the former Disney Channel child star whose growing pains have been played out in the glare of the world's media, announced her engagement on Wednesday at the age of 19 to "Hunger Games" actor Liam Hemsworth.
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Schilling video game firm declares bankruptcy
Thomson Reuters News & Insight
BOSTON/NEW YORK, June 7 (Reuters) - 38 Studios, the video game company owned by former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, filed bankruptcy papers on T hursday, less than two years after it won a $75 million loan guarantee from Rhode Island, ...
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Warmest US spring on record: NOAA
Reuters
By Deborah Zabarenko | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - So far, 2012 has been the warmest year the United States has ever seen, with the warmest spring and the second-warmest May since record-keeping began in 1895, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
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Al Qaeda leader's wife praises women for Arab Spring
Reuters
| DUBAI (Reuters) - The wife of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri praised Muslim women for their role in the Arab Spring uprisings and said the unrest would soon lead to an "Islamic Spring", according to a rare message posted online on Friday.
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ANALYSIS-In scare for newspapers, digital ad growth stalls
Reuters
(Repeats to widen readership) * Online advertising revenue rose 1 pct in 1st quarter * Fifth straight quarter of declining online ad growth By Jennifer Saba June 7 (Reuters) - As more US newspapers cut back on print to reduce costs and focus on their ...
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Science fiction author Ray Bradbury dead at 91
Reuters
Popularized science fiction, but saw Internet as scam * Truffaut made film of censorship novel "Fahrenheit 451" * Melded futuristic vision and literary skill in 500 works (Adds Obama, Spielberg quotes) By Christine Kearney NEW YORK, June 6 (Reuters) ...
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Wal-Mart sees sales lift from Pay with Cash, search
Reuters
... June 6 (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc is seeing a sales lift from new efforts to get more shoppers buying online while still visiting physical stores, Joel Anderson, chief executive of Walmart.com, the ecommerce arm of the world's largest retailer ...
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Ericsson says 4G mobile networks to cover half the world by 2017
Reuters
| STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Half the world will have access to 4G mobile networks by 2017 providing the high-speed Internet access needed to download videos and play games on smartphones, Ericsson said in a report on the telecoms market on Tuesday.
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RIM discards 16 GB PlayBook tablet
Reuters
| TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd will no longer produce the cheapest version of its poorly selling PlayBook tablet, but it said it remains committed to a tablet computer market it has struggled to break into.
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Worsening Syria war drives civilians from homes
The West Australian
BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) - Many Syrian civilians are fleeing their homes to escape widening fighting between security forces and rebels, the Red Cross said on Friday, while major powers seemed unable to craft an alternative to envoy Kofi Annan's failing ...
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Former Tepco chief to be grilled over Fukushima disaster
msnbc.com
TOKYO — The former president of Fukushima plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co will face questioning for the first time on Friday by a high profile investigative panel seeking to uncover the causes of the world's worst nuclear disaster since ...
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Nintendo pins hopes on holiday-ready "Wii U"
Reuters
* Wii U comes with custom "Super Mario" title * Video content beefed up * System can work with two GamePad controllers By Liana B. Baker and Malathi Nayak LOS ANGELES, June 5 (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd will launch a console with a dedicated "Super ...
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Second-best not good enough for Netherlands at Euro 2012
Globe and Mail
Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo gestures during their international friendly soccer match against Turkey at Luz stadium in Lisbon June 2, 2012. Reuters Image for Reuters video about pig predicting Euro soccer outcome. Reuters “Losing that final is now the...
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Globe and Mail
Worsening Syria war drives civilians from homes
WAMC
By Erika Solomon and Stephanie Nebehay BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) - Many Syrian civilians are fleeing their homes to escape widening fighting between security forces and rebels, the Red Cross said on Friday, while major powers seemed unable to craft an ...
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Screams, tears as Japan fans choose pop group leader
Chicago Tribune
TOKYO (Reuters) - Cheers, tears and screams marked the crowning of a new leader of Japanese girl pop group AKB48, who was chosen by fans in a nationwide "election" that dominated the media for weeks. In a three-hour show broadcast live from Tokyo's ...
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Game over: Schilling's 38 Studios files for bankruptcy
CNET
The video game company's debt -- and games -- may be Rhode Island's problem now, Reutersreports. by Donna Tam The fate of 38 Studios' video games -- and the company's debt -- may now rest in Rhode Island's hands. The video game company run by former ...
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Nintendo pins hopes on "Wii U"
Reuters India
By Liana B. Baker and Malathi Nayak | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS) will launch a console with a dedicated "Super Mario" game title for the first time in 16 years as the struggling Japanese company hopes its new Wii U will score the ...
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Obama campaign TV spot hits Romney as governor ... - Reuters Blogs
By Eric Johnson
“President Obama's policies have failed to get Americans back to work – it's time for a president who has worked in the real world economy and understands how to get this economy moving again.” The tone of the ... The video slammed the shift from Obama's positive tone during his 2008 candidacy versus a more negative approach in 2012 — a move widely criticized by Republicans and some Democrats. ... I'm a Chicago-based reporter for Reuters, the world's largest news service.
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By Stabroek staff
BEIRUT - Peace envoy Kofi Annan said yesterday he was “frustrated and impatient” a week after a massacre in Syria of 108 people shocked the world, and there.
Stabroek News
World News - Clinton highlights importance of oil-rich Arctic
By Reuters
Pool / Reuters. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Stoere (right) talk onboard the Arctic research vessel Helmer Hanssen while touring a fjord off Tromso Saturday. By Reuters. TROMSO ...
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Mitt Romney's inflated fearmongering | The Great ... - Reuters Blogs
By Michael Cohen and Micah Zenko
“I wish I could tell you that the world is a safe place today. It's not.” With these words, delivered at a Memorial Day commemoration last Monday in San Diego, Mitt Romney perpetuated what is perhaps the greatest single myth in American ...
The Great Debate
INSIGHT - Can Occupy Wall Street survive - Reuters India by ...
By eslinekidol
REUTERS – More than eight months after Occupy Wall Street burst onto the global stage, decrying income inequality and coining the phrase We are the 99 percent, the movements survival and continued relevance is far fro... ... New Exact Phrase Matching Behavior Early Findings – Searchengineland.com In a world where lots of search marketers are still reluctant to use broad match type due to its lack of relevance and control, Google has released two features to have more ...
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Counterparties: The data downturn | Felix Salmon - Reuters Blogs
By Ryan McCarthy
Send suggestions, story tips and complaints to Counterparties.Reuters@gmail.com. Economic projections matter, because they are used to make real-world policy. Which is the second piece of badnews surrounding last week's dismal jobs ...
Felix Salmon
World powers push Iran on uranium enrichment - Stabroek News ...
By Stabroek staff
BRUSSELS, (Reuters) - World powers will insist on Iran curbing its production of high-grade uranium at the next round of nuclear talks in Moscow, a senior.
Stabroek News
Betwixt and between: Facebook's act of desperation ... - Reuters Blogs
By John C Abell
It raised eyebrows and kindled a new discussion about privacy and the propriety of inviting youngsters into what the company aspires to make the world's biggest salesroom. But I have a different concern: Soliciting children would be pretty ...
MediaFile
Fighting at Tripoli airport, gunmen surround planes - Stabroek News ...
By Stabroek staff
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Clashes broke out between rival Libyan militias at Tripoli's international airport yesterday after gunmen drove armed pickup trucks onto.
Stabroek News
MORE BAD FACEBOOK NEWS: Users Say The Ads Don't Work ...
By Alexei Oreskovic, Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Four out of five Facebook Inc users have never bought a product or service as a result of advertising or comments on the social network site, a Reuters/Ipsos poll shows, the latest sign that much more needs to be done to turn its 900 ... Facebook's $16 billion IPO, one theworld's largest, made the U.S. company founded by Mark Zuckerberg the first to debut on markets with a capitalization of more than $100 billion. .... More Video From paidContent 2012 ...
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Egyptians threaten more protests after Mubarak verdict | Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptians demonstrated throughout the night in Cairo's ... Untreatable gonorrhoea spreading around world: WHO ... Related Video. Video ... the second such attack in recent days, state news website al-Ahram reported.
www.reuters.com/.../us-egypt-mubarak-trial-idUSBRE851039...
Assad says Houla killings monstrous, crisis will end | Reuters
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad condemned on ... Untreatable gonorrhoea spreading around world: WHO ... Highlights from the annual video game expo. ... Credit:Reuters/Shaam News Network/Handout ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-syria-crisis-idUSBRE84S0P020120603
Queen Elizabeth and crowds brave rain for jubilee armada | Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth joined an armada of 1000 vessels and more than ...Highlights from the annual video game expo. .... Nevertheless, the pageant appeared on news sites around the world and was among the top ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-britain-queen-idUSBRE85101220120...
Darfur rebels attack Sudanese troops | Reuters
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Rebels in Sudan's Darfur region launched an attack on government troops on ... Highlights from the annual video game expo. .... Thomson Reuters is the world's largestinternational multimedia news agency, providing ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-sudan-darfur-idUSBRE8510GN20120...
Mexico police scour highways after PepsiCo truck torched | Reuters
MORELIA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican police on Friday hunted assailants who set ablaze a ... S&P ends near flat; China rate cut offset by Bernanke | Video .... Thomson Reuters is the world's largestinternational multimedia news agency, ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-mexico-violence-pepsi-idUSBRE8501...
World's tallest man stops growing | Video | Reuters.com
Reuters is your online source to news videos online, video news clips, news videos ... Sultan Kosen, the world's tallest man since 2009, has grown another two ...
in.reuters.com/video/.../worlds-tallest-man-stops-growing?...
US targets senior al Qaeda leader, further strains Pakistan ... - Reuters
(Reuters) - A series of drone strikes over the weekend and a confrontation on Monday ... World ». By Mark Hosenball and Michael Georgy. Mon Jun 4, 2012 5 47pm EDT ... in al Qaeda promotional videomessages and once escaped from a U.S.-run .... Thomson Reuters is the world's largestinternational multimedia news ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-usa-pakistan-drones-idUSBRE85313R...
Socialists lead in French expatriate vote | Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - Socialist candidates are leading in seven of the 11 constituencies for French ...Nigeria mourns after airliner crash kills 153 | Video .... Thomson Reuters is the world's largestinternational multimedia news agency, providing ...
uk.reuters.com/.../uk-france-election-parliament-expats-idUKB...
Kosovo Serbs, NATO troops hurt in gun fight | Reuters
ZVECAN, Kosovo (Reuters) - At least three Kosovo Serbs and two NATO soldiers were wounded in a gunfight ... Related Video. Video .... Thomson Reuters is the world's largest internationalmultimedia news agency, providing investing news, ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-kosovo-serbs-idUSBRE8500ZP20120...
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