Donald Duck ensnares Spiderman

Delaware Sports Betting Dealt Legal Blow
Court Limits State Betting to NFL Parlays, Says Single-game Bets Violate Federal Law
Donald Duck ensnares Spiderman
The Walt Disney Corporation has paid $4 billion to buy MarvelEntertainment, meaning that Spiderman will waltz with Minnie Mouse, andCaptain America will be on nodding terms with Bambi.

Video: "Thriller" In Mexico City

Video: "Thriller" In Mexico City
Thousands gathered in Mexico City and may have broken the record for most people dancing to "Thriller" simultaneously, on what would have been Michael Jackson's 51st birthday.
Reading Backward Is The Trick

Each answer starts with a clue for a six-letter word. If you drop the first letter and read the remaining letters backward, you'll get a five-letter word that answers a second clue.

Video: Patrick Kennedy on His Dad

Video: Patrick Kennedy on His Dad
Congressman Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., delivers an impassioned and personal story about his father, the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, at his dad's funeral.

Big Screen Evolves To Compete With Small

Big Screen Evolves To Compete With Small
Big Screen Vs. Small: Cinemas Get A Remake To Compete For Growing Ranks Of Online Video Fans
'Heroes' tops illegal download list
Visits to torrent sites have doubled over the last year, with TV drama Heroes the most popular illegal download, according to research firm Big Champagne.

Microsoft hits 'sweet spot' with new Xbox 360 prices

Rod And Patti Blagojevich To Guest On 'The View'
Rod And Patti Blagojevich Set For Joint Guest Appearance On ABC's `The View' Next Month
Microsoft hits 'sweet spot' with new Xbox 360 prices
As predicted, Microsoft has lowered the price point of its Xbox 360 Elite console by $100 to $299.99. The Redmond-based company also slashed its Xbox 360 Pro console by $50 to $249.99.

Bear Climbs Ladder To Escape Colorado Skate Park

Bear Climbs Ladder To Escape Colorado Skate Park
Bear Climbs Ladder To Escape After Getting Stuck In Colorado Skate Park
Video makers to earn with YouTube
From now on, everyone can get paid for their fifteen minutes of fame.

Web trackers know more about you than you think

The Who's Pete Townshend At Work On New Musical
Talkin' Bout His Generation: Who Guitarist Pete Townshend Plans New Stage Musical About Aging
Web trackers know more about you than you think
Social networking sites are routinely making specific personal information on their users available to tracking sites, according to a report.

Realnetworks proposes iTunes alternative

Bus Bombings Kill At Least 11 In Iraq
Bombs Attached to Two Buses in Dual Attacks; 11 More Wounded
Realnetworks proposes iTunes alternative
Realnetworks is hoping to get its Rhapsody on-demand streaming music application made available for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Video: Welcome To Cougar Town

Video: Welcome To Cougar Town
Faith Sallie offers commentary on the double standard against women, known as "cougars," who date younger men.
Scramble The Word To Get One Like The Other

From two given four-letter words, rearrange the letters of one of them to get a synonym of the other. For example, given "each" and "pain," the answer is "ache," because "ache" is an anagram of "each," and it means "pain."

Blizzard showcases Cataclysm at BlizzCon '09

Obama: Honesty Needed in Health Debate
President Uses Saturday Address to Accuse Opponents of Making "Phony Claims"
Blizzard showcases Cataclysm at BlizzCon '09
Blizzard Entertainment kicked off BlizzCon 2009 by showcasing its third World of Warcraft expansion. Cataclysmwhich introduces two new playable racesis expected to bring 'sweeping changes' to Azeroth.

Making Sense Of The Blackwater Connection

Making Sense Of The Blackwater Connection
Jeremy Scahill: Why The U.S. Contracted Mercenaries To Do Our Dirty Work
Nintendo claims credit for Apple DS simulator ban
Nintendo has claimed credit for Apple's removal of a DS simulator from its iPhone app store. The company also warned potential offenders that it would 'vigorously' protect itself against all forms of copyright infringement.

Amazon limits pre-order sales of 120GB PS3

Mickey Rourke: Sport Helped Me Pick Myself Up
Mickey Rourke Blames Himself For Career Brake But Sport Helped Him To Come Back
Amazon limits pre-order sales of 120GB PS3
Amazon has limited pre-order sales of the 120GB Playstation 3 to one unit per household. The online retailer explained that it had experienced overwhelming demand for the slimmed down console.

Rome Says Muti To Lead Its Opera House

Rome Says Muti To Lead Its Opera House
Rome Says Maestro Muti Agrees To Lead City's Opera House
Microsoft Fable promises tyranny, poverty and injustice
Microsoft has announced Fable III at gamescom in Germany. The new game will be available on the Xbox 360 in time for Christmas.
Adults Put The 'Bee' In Orthography

Spelling bees are not just for kids, as more and more spelling bees for adults sprout up across the country. A bar in Brooklyn, New York, has been hosting one for about five years. That bee attracts people just looking for fun and those who really know their stuff.

EA preps Bad Company 2 for winter deployment

Mexico's VW Workers Declare Strike For Higher Pay
Mexico's Volkswagen Workers Declare Strike, Rejecting 1 Percent Salary Increase Offer
EA preps Bad Company 2 for winter deployment
Electronic Arts (EA) confirmed that Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will be deployed on March 2, 2010. EA studio DICE boasted that the title will deliver a level of destruction, vehicular warfare, squad play and open world environments "never before experienced" in a modern warfare action game.

Video: Notebook: Heart Transplant

Video: Notebook: Heart Transplant
The longest surviving heart transplant patient, Tony Huesman, died at the age of 51 from cancer. Katie Couric comments the inspirational story of the man who got 31 years out of his donated heart.
Gamers aren't all teenage geeks
The average age of adult computer game players in the US is 35, belying the image of gamers as spotty teenagers.
Top Pinball Players Prepare For Championship Finals

The world's top pinball players squared off Sunday in Pittsburgh in the finals of the Professional Amateur Pinball Association. Keith Elwin went into the day's competition as the reigning champion, and talked to host Guy Raz as he geared up for the finals.

Learning Vietnam's Lessons In Afghanistan

Learning Vietnam's Lessons In Afghanistan
Former Lawmakers Lee Hamilton and Chuck Hagel Weigh In On War In Afghanistan
Oh My, A Relaxing Game

This puzzle involves meditation. Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase that starts with the initials "O-M." For example: protection for the hand while cooking? Answer: oven mitt.

Microsoft claims victory as game sales plummet

Video: Health Care Family Feud
The ongoing healthcare debate is stirring up questions. Many can ask, is it really about healthcare? Brad Woodhouse, and his brother Dallas Woodhouse and Mike Allen speak with Erica Hill.
Microsoft claims victory as game sales plummet
A recent report published by NPD indicates that video game sales plummeted a whopping 29 per in July. Microsoftwhich remains unfazed by the alarming statisticsclaims the Xbox 360 was the console industry's "sole bright spot" in 2009.
Round Two Of Our Fiction-Writing Contest Is Open!

Our contest has a simple premise: Listeners send in original short stories that can be read in three minutes or less. We'll post a favorite story weekly at NPR.org and The New Yorker's James Wood will pick our winner to read on-air.

At Town Halls, Blue Dogs Face Skeptics

At Town Halls, Blue Dogs Face Skeptics
Democrats in Conservative Districts get Earful From Constituents; Some Seniors Just Want to Have Lunch
Chipset helps blind people control their TV
Britain's Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has developed the world’s first ‘talking’ technology for televisions.

Video: Loaded: Roughing It

Video: Loaded: Roughing It
Sony is expected to standardize e-book formats, Google's home page and Reader get more social networking features, and how to survive a camping trip...with Wi-Fi of course!
Capcom resurrects classic titles for the PS3 and PSP
Capcom has confirmed plans to resurrect a number of classic titles for the PS3 and PSP, including Mega Man Powered, Dino Crisis, Resident Evil 2 and Street Flighter Alpha 3 Max.

U.S. Soccer Team Seeks First Win in Mexico

U.S. Soccer Team Seeks First Win in Mexico
Americans are 0-22-1 South of the Border, but Since 1990 Have Lost Only 8 of 29 Games Overall with Mexico
Xbox 360 the 'most active console' amongst US gamers
Nielsen has proclaimed the Xbox 360 to be the 'most active console' amongst US gamers. Although the PS2 and 360 are currently 'neck and neck' in terms of minutes played per month, a six-month trend indicates that the Xbox 360 has taken the lead with the highest active users.
Which Irritating Menu Phrases Would You Ban?

The dining staff at the Chicago Tribune got fed up with reading cliches on menus. How many items could possibly be "grilled to perfection?" How many restaurants could have "world famous" dishes? Phil Vettel, the Tribune's dining critic, has nine phrases he'd like banned.

Ozzy Osbourne at Blizzcon and for $40 on your PC

Stallworth Free to Train Outside Home
Browns Wide Receiver Serving Manslaughter Sentence Can See Coach
Ozzy Osbourne at Blizzcon and for $40 on your PC
Bliizard today announced today that Ozzy Osbourne will be performing at theupcoming Blizzcon conference. If you are not among the 20,000 whoalready have tickets you can watch the event and Ozzy’s concert on yourPC or TV for $40.

Pachter: Console price cuts 'imminent'

Video: 'Buried In The Archives,' The Original Town-Hall Battle
Washington Unplugged examines a report from 1989 in which Former Illinois Congressman Dan Rostenkowski is booed and even chased at a town-hall event in our new series, 'Buried In The Archives.'
Pachter: Console price cuts 'imminent'
Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has predicted the 'imminent' implementation of console price cuts. According to Pachter, manufacturers made a strategic error by maintaining current price points for 'too long.'

Mass WWII Grave Brings Poles, Germans Together

Mass WWII Grave Brings Poles, Germans Together
Old Grievances Aside, Poles And Germans Rebury Some 2,000 WWII Victims Found In Mass Grave

Facebook jealously rears its ugly head

Abbey Road Mobbed On Photo's 40th Anniv.
Hundreds of Fans Cram Site of Iconic Snapshot Featured on Cover of Historic Beatles Album
Facebook jealously rears its ugly head
A team of Canadian researchers has published a study analyzing Facebook's alleged role in creating an atmosphere of jealousy and suspicion between romantically involved individuals.

Logitech retools key gaming peripherals

Panel: Dodd, Conrad Didn't Break Rules
Ethics Committee Finds No Evidence Senators Got Sweetheart Mortgage Deals
Logitech retools key gaming peripherals
Logitech has introduced a retooled gaming mouse capable of reaching a maximum hand speed of 165 inches per second (ips) and a top acceleration force of 30 gs. The device features an "on-the-fly" adjustable-dpi that facilitates pixel-precise targeting (200 dpi) and lightning-fast maneuvers up to 5700 dpi.

New Jersey: Garden State? Or Armpit Of America?

Victoria Beckham Will Be Guest Judge On `Idol'
Victoria Beckham To Appear As Guest Judge On `American Idol'
OMG! Twitter falls in a heap
A coordinated denial of service attack has taken down trendy micro-blogging service twitter.
New Jersey: Garden State? Or Armpit Of America?

The debate continues over the most apt title for the third state admitted to the Union. Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me host and New Jersey native Peter Sagal tries to put the dispute to rest once and for all.

Electronic Arts jumps on motion-based bandwagon

President And First Lady Make Best Dressed List
Obamas Make Vanity Fair Best-dressed List; Angelina Jolie Doesn't Make Cut, Brad Pitt Remains
Electronic Arts jumps on motion-based bandwagon
Electronic Arts (EA) has pledged to support the next generation of motion-based gaming devices, including Microsoft's Natal and Sony's new controller. EA's focus on casual gaming could help the corporation reverse aserious decline in revenue, which plummeted 20 percent year-over-yearduring the first fiscal quarter.

Kayaking To A Different View Of The Rio Grande

Video: Early Backstage: The Joans'
Adam "The Audience Guy" caught up with comedienne Joan Rivers and her entourage of drag doppelgangers.
Rumor: Sony prepping PS3 Slim for August 18 launch
Sony is reportedly preparing to launch a new version of its Playstation 3 console. According to RTL Info, the "PS3 Slim" will be unveiled in Germany on August 18 before the official opening of the Gamescom expo.
Kayaking To A Different View Of The Rio Grande

The Rio Grande is far more than a border between the United States and Mexico, and it's more than a barrier to illegal immigrants and drug smugglers. To one man who lives in the borderlands, the river is a kayaker's paradise.

Video: Early Backstage: Debbye's Animals
Debbye Tuner Bell chatted with Adam "The Audience Guy" about Guinea pigs and her past animal adventures.
Pizza So Good, He Broke The Oven

"In order to properly bake a Neapolitan-style pizza, the most important aspect is heat — hot heat," Jeff Varasano says. Conventional kitchen ovens don't get hot enough, but Varasano found an expensive solution.

Larry Summers: Tax Increases Possible

Larry Summers: Tax Increases Possible
But, Says Chief Economic Advisor, Obama Won't Pursue Policies That Burden Middle Class Families

Carmack: Rage framerate 'lags' on Playstation 3

Malaysian Police Crush Massive Protest
Hundreds Arrested; As Many as 20,000 Demonstrated Against Law Allowing Detention Without Trial
Carmack: Rage framerate 'lags' on Playstation 3
John Carmack has confirmed that the PS3 version of Rage runs at 'just 20-30 FPS' compared to 60 FPS on the PC. Carmackthe founder of id softwareexplained that the rasteriser was just a 'little bit' slower on the PS3.
Comedy Writing: How To Be Funny

When it comes to writing comedy, every syllable counts. Host Scott Simon talks to Mike Sacks, author of And Here's the Kicker: Conversations With 21 Top Humor Writers On Their Craft, and writer and director Harold Ramis about the art of being funny.