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Review: Nintendo Wii U blows up dual-screen gaming

Review: Nintendo Wii U blows up dual-screen gaming
By LOU KESTENAssociated Press When Nintendo first broached the idea of multiple-screen video games in 2004, many critics were skeptical that players could focus on two images at once. Yet the handheld DS, blending one touch-sensitive screen with a slightly larger video display, became a runaway

Review: Nintendo Wii U blows up dual-screen gaming

Review: Nintendo Wii U blows up dual-screen gaming
By LOU KESTENAssociated Press When Nintendo first broached the idea of multiple-screen video games in 2004, many critics were skeptical that players could focus on two images at once. Yet the handheld DS, blending one touch-sensitive screen with a slightly larger video display, became a runaway

Fire out at Gulf oil rig; 4 hurt, 2 may be missing

Fire out at Gulf oil rig; 4 hurt, 2 may be missing
VENICE, La. (AP) - An oil rig explosion off the coast of Louisiana sent four people to hospital Friday and two others were believed to be missing, Coast Guard officials said. Coast Guard spokesman Drake Foret said the fire was out in the meantime. Four people were taken to West Jefferson Medical

Nintendo seeks to shake up gaming again with Wii U

Nintendo seeks to shake up gaming again with Wii U
By DERRIK J. LANGAP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - It can scan zombies, replace a TV remote, open a window into virtual worlds and shoot ninja stars across a living room. It's the Wii U GamePad, the 10-by-5-inch touchscreen controller for the successor to the Wii out Sunday, and if

Abandoned boy meets Texas fireman who saved him

Abandoned boy meets Texas fireman who saved him
By ANGELA K. BROWNAssociated Press ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - When fourth-grader Koregan Quintanilla was talking with his classmates about where they wanted to go more than anyplace else in the world, his answer wasn't an amusement park, sporting event or kids restaurant. It was "his" fire

Israel expands air assault on rockets in Gaza

Israel expands air assault on rockets in Gaza
By AMY TEIBEL and IBRAHIM BARZAKAssociated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel expanded its fierce air assault on rocket operations in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Saturday, striking security compounds, smuggling tunnels and a three-story apartment building after an unprecedented rocket

10 Things to Know for Friday

10 Things to Know for Friday
By The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about Friday: 1. ALONG GAZA FRONTIER, SIGNS OF A COMING GROUND ATTACK Israel responds to Palestinian airstrikes by moving troops and heavy weapons toward Gaza. 2. HORRIFIC CRASH AT

Lucille Bliss, voice of Smurfette, dies at 96

Lucille Bliss, voice of Smurfette, dies at 96
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Lucille Bliss, voice of Smurfette, dies at 96

Lucille Bliss, voice of Smurfette, dies at 96
By Sadie Gennis,

BP agrees to pay $4.5B; 3 employees charged

BP agrees to pay $4.5B; 3 employees charged
By MICHAEL KUNZELMANAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A day of reckoning arrived for BP on Thursday as the oil giant agreed to plead guilty to a raft of charges in the deadly Gulf of Mexico spill and pay a record $4.5 billion, including the biggest criminal fine in U.S. history. Three BP