Archive for November, 2011

Star Trek Sequel to Return in 3-D on May 17, 2013

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The studio’s rebooted sci-fi franchise will continue in 3D. Paramount has plotted a course for May 17, 2013, for its next Star Trek sequel, which it plans to shoot in 3D. The release date slots the sci-fi franchise into a very busy tentpole-filled May 2013, coming right after Marvel/Disney’s Iron Man 3 and Warner Bros.’ [...]

Texans’ Matt Leinart to Have Surgery on Fractured Collarbone

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Matt Leinart’s return to the NFL lasted less than a half, and coach Gary Kubiak says the Texans will sign another quarterback this week. Leinart will be placed on injured reserve after fracturing his left collarbone in the second quarter of Houston’s 20-13 win in Jacksonville on Sunday. The left-handed Leinart was making his first [...]

200-Pound 8-Year-Old Boy Taken Away from Family Renews Custody Debate

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The case of an 8-year-old Cleveland Heights boy taken from his family because he weighs more than 200 pounds has renewed a debate on whether parents should lose custody if a child is severely obese. The boy was removed from his family and was placed in foster care in October after county case workers said [...]

Making Thanksgiving Memories that Matter

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I love Thanksgiving, as my one-size-bigger-each-year elastic waistband pants seem to attest. Of course, when I was young I could devour the annual Thanksgiving feast without concern, as calories avoided me like the proverbial plague. Then I hit middle-age and I had to start working progressively harder at getting rid of those extra pounds, particularly [...]

White House Shooter Declared Fit to Stand Trial

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A man charged with attempting to assassinate US President Barack Obama by firing an assault rifle at the White House has been declared fit to stand trial, but the government Monday called for more tests and a full competency hearing. Oscar Ortega-Hernandez, 21, who allegedly called Obama the “devil” and the “anti-Christ,” appeared briefly in [...]

Acer Will Launch NFC Enabled Liquid Express In UK

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Acer is soon to launch a wide range of handsets though the maker has never been the most impressive devices. Now it has been said that the range will be coming with a new addition in the form of the Liquid Express that will bestow it at least one benefit over its competitors by offering NFC connectivity. The handset [...]

Apple Sets iOS 5.1 To The Developers

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Apple Inc. has started to seed its IOS 5.1 to the concerned developers. The new build is currently available for iphone 4S, iphone 4, iphone 3GS, ipad 2, ipad and the 3rd and 4th generation ipod touch devices. The IOS 5.1 apparently is under construction for launch in the upcoming New Year event bringing additions to Siri voice [...]

MF Global Trustee Seeks To Pay Out $2.1 Billion More

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The trustee liquidating MF Global Holdings Ltd’s broker-dealer unit asked a federal bankruptcy judge to authorize the distribution of another $2.1 billion to former commodities customers, roughly doubling the total payout to $4.1 billion. James Giddens, the trustee for MF Global Inc, said the increased payout should restore at least two-thirds of U.S. segregated customer [...]

Fite Shavell closes on exclusive Old Marsh Golf Club home

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Fite Shavell & Associates closed the sale of a five-bedroom, 6½-bath home in Old Marsh Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens for $2.65 million, one of the highest prices paid for a home in the exclusive neighborhood since March 2009. It was under contract 72 days after listed and initially was priced at $2.95 million.The [...]

American College Students Detained in Egypt Welcomed Back Home

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Three American college students detained for several days in Cairo as deadly protests swept Egypt have flown home to freedom, one describing an ordeal so terrifying he wasn’t sure he would survive. “I was not sure I was going to live,” 19-year-old Georgetown University student Derrik Sweeney told The Associated Press by telephone moments after [...]

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