5 Great (And Free) <b>Games</b> Youre Not Playing Now

The growth of casual gaming has spawned an unprecedented variety, and quality, of free web-based games. And as the development quality gets ever higher, it attracts more talent, bigger budgets, and more ambitious scopes. …

Marketing: Sex, Lies, and Video <b>Games</b>: Deception in Virtual <b>…</b>

It's not just people interested in narrative design and the brain-rotting potential of games who are investing in some serious academic research: marketing companies are starting to take a hard look at how people present themselves …

A Portal To All Serious <b>Games</b> With A Public Health Message

The games currently available via the Portal include the just released nationwide The Pod Game object of my recent post Serious Games Helping Us To Work Sensitively in Times of Crisis and also Play2Train: Serious Games For Emergency …

Design <b>Games</b>! Beat Cancer!

Basically, Cancer Research are running a competition to design an Alternate Reality Game which will be used to raise awareness and funds for the charity. The best idea will recieve 1300 to develop the game, while being mentored along …

Content here, content there

So heres an interesting twist on the question of whether content matters in video games. According to the NY Times (sign up required) churches are using the video game Halo as a recruiting tool, depite its violent themes. …

101 Free Bridal Shower <b>Games</b>: More Free Bridal Shower <b>Games</b> For You…

Free Bridal Shower Games Numbers 12 and 13 are here!!! Blackout and Gimme Your Clothespin!!

Gas-price rise puzzles drivers, energy officials (San Jose Mercury News)

Gas prices climbed above $3 a gallon in California on Friday, at a time of year when motorists usually find relief at the pump.

Unusual kidnapping puzzles police (Contra Costa Times)

By Karl Fischer STAFF WRITER Someone kidnapped a Mexican immigrant from the streets of Richmond last week and demanded money from a relative in exchange for his safe return, police say.

Undercover: Operation Wintersun Review [PC] (GameSpot)

Spy-story noir meets ridiculous adventure-game puzzles in this misguided tale of Nazis and nukes.

This fall's non-fiction: In the school of thinking (FAZ.NET)

How do we use our mind to get our life in shape? An overview in English on this fall's non-fiction for the international guests of the Frankfurt Book Fair. By Christian Geyer. FAZ.NET - Homepage | Politik | Gesellschaft | Wirtschaft | Finanzmarkt | Sport | Feuilleton | Reise | Wissen | Auto | Computer

Play to win (The Star Online)

Come November, Sudoku enthusiasts in Malaysia will be able vie for the title of Malaysias No.1 Sudoku Player at the MSIG Samurai Sudoku Showdown.

Obituaries, Oct. 3 (Redlands Daily Facts)

Eugene J. Kovalcik, a longtime resident of the Redlands area who retired from Lockheed, died Sept. 25 in Loma Linda of age-related causes. He was 90. He was born July 23, 1917, in Chicago, to John and Mary Kovalcik and was the oldest of six children.

Craig Venter: cracking the code to life (Guardian Unlimited)

When Craig Venter announced that he was going to unravel the human genome, it sparked one of the most bitterly contested races in the history of science. Here, in an extract from his new memoir, he describes the acrimonious sprint to the finish.

News breifs: Adult handicap program activities set (Eaton Rapids Community News)

The Lansing State Journal's Online Edition

Gas-price rise puzzles drivers, energy officials (San Jose Mercury News)

Gas prices climbed above $3 a gallon in California on Friday, at a time of year when motorists usually find relief at the pump.

Unusual kidnapping puzzles police (Contra Costa Times)

By Karl Fischer STAFF WRITER Someone kidnapped a Mexican immigrant from the streets of Richmond last week and demanded money from a relative in exchange for his safe return, police say.

Undercover: Operation Wintersun Review [PC] (GameSpot)

Spy-story noir meets ridiculous adventure-game puzzles in this misguided tale of Nazis and nukes.

This fall's non-fiction: In the school of thinking (FAZ.NET)

How do we use our mind to get our life in shape? An overview in English on this fall's non-fiction for the international guests of the Frankfurt Book Fair. By Christian Geyer. FAZ.NET - Homepage | Politik | Gesellschaft | Wirtschaft | Finanzmarkt | Sport | Feuilleton | Reise | Wissen | Auto | Computer

President's veto of health care bill for children puzzles providers (Inside Bay Area)

One-year-old Amani LaShon Cook's father and mother each have jobs. However, his father's job is part time and doesn't come with health insurance. His mother's job includes health insurance, but the employee share of the premium got too costly and she had to drop it.

Arts News (The Morning Call)

ARTS FORUM

El Informador moving from monthly to weekly (The Champaign News-Gazette)

CHAMPAIGN Come Wednesday, readers of El Informador can get copies of the Spanish-language newspaper weekly, rather than monthly. The newspaper, which started five years ago as a student project on the University of Illinois campus, has been adopted by The News-Gazette and converted to a weekly paper.

Marketplace Notes (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

WEST CHESTER TWP. - Four local investors have launched www.spittinimages online.com, an Internet store that sells personalized bobbleheads of men, women and children. The site allows you to submit a digital photograph to have a bobblehead created in your image and theme, such as a sports figure or ballerina, says Steve Berger, one of the investors. He says bobbleheads of a couple sitting on a …

Thrift stores thriving (Antelope Valley Press)

This story appeared in the Antelope Valley Press on Sunday, October 7, 2007. Walk in any one of the area's nonprofit thrift stores for the bargains and walk out knowing less fortunate people are benefitting at the same time.

Made in U.S. A. label doesn't come on very many toys (The Tennessean)

After recent high-profile recalls of some Barbie, Polly Pocket and Thomas & Friends products, you've vowed not to buy Chinese-made toys this Christmas.

Gas-price rise puzzles drivers, energy officials (San Jose Mercury News)

Gas prices climbed above $3 a gallon in California on Friday, at a time of year when motorists usually find relief at the pump.

Unusual kidnapping puzzles police (Contra Costa Times)

By Karl Fischer STAFF WRITER Someone kidnapped a Mexican immigrant from the streets of Richmond last week and demanded money from a relative in exchange for his safe return, police say.

Undercover: Operation Wintersun Review [PC] (GameSpot)

Spy-story noir meets ridiculous adventure-game puzzles in this misguided tale of Nazis and nukes.

This fall's non-fiction: In the school of thinking (FAZ.NET)

How do we use our mind to get our life in shape? An overview in English on this fall's non-fiction for the international guests of the Frankfurt Book Fair. By Christian Geyer. FAZ.NET - Homepage | Politik | Gesellschaft | Wirtschaft | Finanzmarkt | Sport | Feuilleton | Reise | Wissen | Auto | Computer

President's veto of health care bill for children puzzles providers (Inside Bay Area)

One-year-old Amani LaShon Cook's father and mother each have jobs. However, his father's job is part time and doesn't come with health insurance. His mother's job includes health insurance, but the employee share of the premium got too costly and she had to drop it.

El Informador moving from monthly to weekly (The Champaign News-Gazette)

CHAMPAIGN Come Wednesday, readers of El Informador can get copies of the Spanish-language newspaper weekly, rather than monthly. The newspaper, which started five years ago as a student project on the University of Illinois campus, has been adopted by The News-Gazette and converted to a weekly paper.

5 Great (And Free) <b>Games</b> Youre Not Playing Now

The growth of casual gaming has spawned an unprecedented variety, and quality, of free web-based games. And as the development quality gets ever higher, it attracts more talent, bigger budgets, and more ambitious scopes. …

Inside Job: Getting Real about Kids and <b>Games</b>

The first thing that I must say before starting is that "it's the parent's responsibility" does not mean that they have to play games. It's meaning is that parent's should teach their children not to shoot, set-a-blaze, or otherwise …

Sunday Minor League Update

However, TOO MANY games in the minor leagues and you're a future construction worker. Sounds harsh, because it is. Don't kid yourself, for every AHL winger age 21 there are thousands of kids who washed out in midget hockey who would …

Ten <b>Games</b> That Cost The Mets The Season

Now all I can think about are those games they could have won, they would have won, they SHOULD have won! To lose by one game is worse than losing by twelve. We cant help but dwell on what could have been, if only …

Design <b>Games</b>! Beat Cancer!

Basically, Cancer Research are running a competition to design an Alternate Reality Game which will be used to raise awareness and funds for the charity. The best idea will recieve 1300 to develop the game, while being mentored along …

Nintendo-Inspired China PMP (Not Surprisingly) Does <b>Games</b>

Shenzhen Mymedias PMP-Game King resembles Nintendos Game Boy Micro. Quite appropriate, considering that it supports 8-bit FC/NES, and Game Boy/Game Boy Color games. It also handles MPEG-4 and AVI videos at 25fps, 220176-pixel …

Gas-price rise puzzles drivers, energy officials (San Jose Mercury News)

Gas prices climbed above $3 a gallon in California on Friday, at a time of year when motorists usually find relief at the pump.

Unusual kidnapping puzzles police (Contra Costa Times)

By Karl Fischer STAFF WRITER Someone kidnapped a Mexican immigrant from the streets of Richmond last week and demanded money from a relative in exchange for his safe return, police say.

Undercover: Operation Wintersun Review [PC] (GameSpot)

Spy-story noir meets ridiculous adventure-game puzzles in this misguided tale of Nazis and nukes.

President's veto of health care bill for children puzzles providers (Inside Bay Area)

One-year-old Amani LaShon Cook's father and mother each have jobs. However, his father's job is part time and doesn't come with health insurance. His mother's job includes health insurance, but the employee share of the premium got too costly and she had to drop it.

Leaf peepers descend on NH (New Hampshire Union Leader)

Fall colors are exploding and tourists coming to the Granite State in droves for the spectacular show.

'She was my sunshine' (The Post and Courier)

The wail sounded like a child. On the steps of the church at the funeral for her daughter, Shaveta McGill broke down. "Ta'Mya Shal'Kecia," she cried, "Oh, my baby!" The family around her held her up. "Say a prayer," someone told her. "Say a prayer."

Crossword puzzles got Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones together (ANI via Yahoo! India News)

London, Oct 2 (ANI): Actor Michael Douglas has revealed that the secret behind his attraction towards Catherine Zeta-Jones was their common interest- crossword puzzles. The Oscar-winning actor said that he and Zeta-Jones share a lot of things in common like a birthday, playing golf and crossword puzzles. 'We share the same birthday. We both like golf. We both like to do the crossword …

Friends of the Library Book Sale (The Ithaca Journal)

This fall's book sale at the Friends of the Library's 509 Esty Street site may be its biggest ever. Before the final tally was made, it was clear the hordes of books, videos, CDs, puzzles, games, comics and more would total more than 350,000.

Senior citizens' schedule (Herald Standard)

SENIOR CENTER - 137 N. Beeson Blvd., Uniontown; phone 724-439-5910. Meals on Wheels - The Uniontown Center is in need of volunteers to deliver homebound meals to the elderly shut-ins, one hour, one day a week. Call 724-437-6050, ext. 243.

Rep. Lantos' call for sanctions and diplomacy puzzles L.A. Iranians (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)

Tom Lantos, chair of the House Foreign Relations Committee, made headlines last April when he reiterated his desire to travel to Iran for informal talks with Iranian officials.

Gas-price rise puzzles drivers, energy officials (San Jose Mercury News)

Gas prices climbed above $3 a gallon in California on Friday, at a time of year when motorists usually find relief at the pump.

Unusual kidnapping puzzles police (Contra Costa Times)

By Karl Fischer STAFF WRITER Someone kidnapped a Mexican immigrant from the streets of Richmond last week and demanded money from a relative in exchange for his safe return, police say.

Undercover: Operation Wintersun Review [PC] (GameSpot)

Spy-story noir meets ridiculous adventure-game puzzles in this misguided tale of Nazis and nukes.

President's veto of health care bill for children puzzles providers (Inside Bay Area)

One-year-old Amani LaShon Cook's father and mother each have jobs. However, his father's job is part time and doesn't come with health insurance. His mother's job includes health insurance, but the employee share of the premium got too costly and she had to drop it.

Leaf peepers descend on NH (New Hampshire Union Leader)

Fall colors are exploding and tourists coming to the Granite State in droves for the spectacular show.

'She was my sunshine' (The Post and Courier)

The wail sounded like a child. On the steps of the church at the funeral for her daughter, Shaveta McGill broke down. "Ta'Mya Shal'Kecia," she cried, "Oh, my baby!" The family around her held her up. "Say a prayer," someone told her. "Say a prayer."