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China Web game market to hit $750 million in 3 years: report
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China's Web game market is set to more than double to 5 billion yuan ($750 million) by 2013 as Internet usage expands and major online game companies shift to create more web games, a research firm said on Tuesday.The size of the Chinese Web game market is expected to balloon to 2.28…
Q&A: House's Rocket Scientist 'Apprehensive' on Budget
As a rocket scientist, Democratic Rep. Rush Holt has nowserved the 12th Congressional District of New Jersey for more than a decade. Hehas helped monitor the nuclear programs of such countries as Iraq, Iran, NorthKorea and the former Soviet Union, and has served as assistant director for thePrinceton Plasma Physics Laboratory.Holt recently won his seventh…
Earl threatens Mass. with wind, rain, surf
CHATHAM, Mass. – A weakening but still dangerous Hurricane Earl dumped wind-driven rain on Cape Cod's gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages Friday night, disrupting people's vacations on the unofficial final weekend of the short New England summer.Packing winds of 75 mph, the storm swirled up the Eastern Seaboard after sideswiping North Carolina's Outer Banks, where…
Attorney: JetBlue attendant in NYC flap resigned
NEW YORK – A flight attendant who captured America's attention when he told off a plane full of passengers and then slid down an emergency chute resigned from his job last week and wasn't fired, his lawyer said Sunday.Steven Slater left the job at JetBlue Airways Corp. on Wednesday, after he had been suspended following…
Putting 5 cheapskate accessories to the test
NEW YORK – Companies are unleashing lots of gadgets to help consumers be more frugal, but are they worth the money?As I tested five gadgets, I considered price, whether the item was easy to use and whether it actually supported its claimsAll the gadgets I tested were aesthetically pleasing, but had some design flaws. Some…
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