Barnes & Noble.com Announces Top Toys, Games & Puzzles Picks (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK—-This holiday season, Barnes & Noble.com , a wholly owned subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, Inc. , the worlds largest bookseller, has an extensive collection of educational toys, games and puzzles for everyone on your holiday list.
Holiday Angels (CBS 6 Richmond)
WHAT TO GIVE: All kinds of non-food gifts are acceptable such as smoke detectors with batteries, large-print books or word-find puzzles, toiletries, socks, hats and household goods, or a financial gift above at the Donate Now button.
Itching puzzles experts (Miami Herald)
Scientists are baffled by one of humankind's most annoying problems — itching — an almost universal misery for which there is, as yet, no adequate explanation or treatment.
Apple Shines Spotlight on Third-party IPhone Apps (PC World)
Third-party applications for the iPhone and iPod touch have increasingly become part of Apple's promotional push on behalf of…
King Features Syndicate Launches Digital Comics Platform to Help Online Newspapers Create New Revenue Streams and … (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK—-King Features Syndicate, the worlds premier distributor of comics, columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles and games to newspapers worldwide, is launching Comics Kingdom, a first-of-its-kind digital platform that provides a revenue-driving business service to help local news Web site publishers foster user engagement and attract marketers.
Crasnick: Starting 9 (ESPN)
From Jim Edmonds to Ken Griffey Jr. to Frank Thomas, Starting 9 looks at older, accomplished position players who might play in 2009 or decide to call an end to their careers.
Fayette County (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Modeling talent The following students at Images Model and Talent Agency placed in the International Modeling and Talent Association convention in New York City: . Nate Jones, 24, of Lexington was named third runner-up to Male Actor of the Year and finalist for Male Model of the Year. . Will Charles, 8, of Lancaster was named fourth runner-up to Male Child Actor of the Year.
Apple shines spotlight on third-party iPhone apps (Macworld)
Apple on Wednesday hosted a press briefing, in which it let six iPhone app developers show off their current and forthcoming software products for the holiday season.
Game: 'Scene It: Box Office Smash' (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
The "Scene It" movie trivia franchise is back, delivering more fun, family-friendly movie trivia in video game form … and just in time for holidays.
Dragon Ball: Origins (DS) (CNET)
Over the past couple of decades, the Dragon Ball anime franchise has seen dozens of game adaptations, each tackling the same stories in different ways. The Dragon Ball Z series has seen most of the love with a plethora of fighting games on nearly every system.