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Ballston Avenue Hollywood Video closing its doorsThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 4:16AMSARATOGA SPRINGS — The Hollywood Video store on Ballston Avenue is telling customers it will soon close its doors.
'Console killer' launches in JuneThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 3:42AMA gaming service that aims to kill off the traditional gaming console will begin streaming games over the net in June this year.
Program aims to improve Kingston — one block at a time (video)Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 2:07AMKINGSTON — A campaign to saturate individual city blocks with police, building inspectors and other officials is expected to start this month on Elmendorf Street.
VIDEO: Family claims foul play: Believe grudge led to house fireThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 12:50AMELYRIA — Yolanda Panter and her daughter, Mary Panter, said they are devastated by the fire that devoured their 114 Highland Court home early Tuesday morning. Both women said they believe someone who holds a grudge against them started the fire to get them out of the neighborhood.
Apple Beware: Dell (With A Little Help From Amazon and Google) is Taking on iTunesWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 9:00PMThe formidable triumvirate of Amazon, Dell, and Google is apparently poised to give iTunes the first serious run for its money just as the iPad is about to take Apple’s downloadable media megastore where no computer has gone before.
Oscar: The fountain of revenueMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 1:11PMAn Oscar nod can work wonders for a film that has slumped at the box office and for last night’s low-budget Best Picture winner “The Hurt Locker” the timing couldn’t be better, experts say.
Oscar: The fountain of revenueMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 1:11PMAn Oscar nod can work wonders for a film that has slumped at the box office and for last night’s low-budget Best Picture winner “The Hurt Locker” the timing couldn’t be better, experts say.
Newbies mix with industry giants at ski trade showMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 12:06PMWhile ski and snowboard makers showed off their latest models at SnowSports Industries America's annual Snow Show in Denver this year, inventors with big ideas were trying to get retailers to bite.
Newbies mix with industry giants at ski trade showMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 12:06PMWhile ski and snowboard makers showed off their latest models at SnowSports Industries America's annual Snow Show in Denver this year, inventors with big ideas were trying to get retailers to bite.
Friends With Benefits: Loose Lips Daily - City Desk - Washington City PaperMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 11:09AMMorning all. The new cronies get the front-page treatment in Sunday's WaPo , in a story by Nikita Stewart and Paul Schwartzman focusing on the 'good fortune' of Mayor Adrian M. Fenty 's most controversial allies.
Friends With Benefits: Loose Lips Daily - City Desk - Washington City PaperMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 11:09AMMorning all. The new cronies get the front-page treatment in Sunday's WaPo , in a story by Nikita Stewart and Paul Schwartzman focusing on the 'good fortune' of Mayor Adrian M. Fenty 's most controversial allies.
Dearborn Towers for sale (with video)Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:23AMDEARBORN -- City officials say they’re ready to put Dearborn Towers on the market after receiving the last of three appraisals for the Florida property earlier this year.
Dearborn Towers for sale (with video)Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:23AMDEARBORN -- City officials say they’re ready to put Dearborn Towers on the market after receiving the last of three appraisals for the Florida property earlier this year.
NinjaMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:26AMSkip It THE PROGRAM One doesn't pop a movie titled simply, "Ninja" in their DVD player expecting high art. Ninjas were a popular b-movie staple in the 80s, becoming synonymous with the leading name in b-movies, The Canon Group. The most memorable entries in the ninja genre either featured Sho Kosugi or Michael Dudikoff, whose ninja films are remembered for far different reasons than the formers ...
NinjaMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:26AMSkip It THE PROGRAM One doesn't pop a movie titled simply, "Ninja" in their DVD player expecting high art. Ninjas were a popular b-movie staple in the 80s, becoming synonymous with the leading name in b-movies, The Canon Group. The most memorable entries in the ninja genre either featured Sho Kosugi or Michael Dudikoff, whose ninja films are remembered for far different reasons than the formers ...
Goshen inspections would target vacant propertiesSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 11:32AMGOSHEN, Ind. (AP) — Vacant properties would have to be habitable under a proposal to toughen interior home inspections in Goshen.
Video Americain closing rental operationSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 7:45AMVideo Americain, a Newark institution frequented by film buffs and even filmmakers, is closing its rental operation on March 14th after operating for 22 years.
Video Americain closing rental operationSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 7:39AMVideo Americain, a Newark institution frequented by film buffs and even filmmakers, is closing its rental operation on March 14th after operating for 22 years.
Show's overSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 6:21AMROYAL OAK — With Hollywood Video closing, pedestrians might find it easier to come upon a film crew on downtown streets than a storefront with movie rentals.
Show's overSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 6:05AMROYAL OAK — With Hollywood Video closing, pedestrians might find it easier to come upon a film crew on downtown streets than a storefront with movie rentals.
Why lose face over public worksSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 3:17AMPHUKET: Thailand has a long history of public works projects that are fully completed and ready to serve the people, but then stand idle while the various forces involved squabble over division of the...
Why lose face over public worksSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 3:16AMPHUKET: Thailand has a long history of public works projects that are fully completed and ready to serve the people, but then stand idle while the various forces involved squabble over division of the...
Congress pushes to attract foreign visitorsSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 2:20AMWith millions of foreign tourists shying away from the United States, the U.S. Senate voted 78-18 last week for legislation that will set up a nonprofit corporation for travel promotion. The corporation will work to assure potential visitors that they will be welcomed, help them with paperwork and inform them of the many American places of interest outside the usual tourist destinations.
Congress pushes to attract foreign visitorsSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 2:15AMWith millions of foreign tourists shying away from the United States, the U.S. Senate voted 78-18 last week for legislation that will set up a nonprofit corporation for travel promotion. The corporation will work to assure potential visitors that they will be welcomed, help them with paperwork and inform them of the many American places of interest outside the usual tourist destinations.
Butte libraries to begin first-run DVD rentalsSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 2:15AMOROVILLE -- In about three weeks, six new video rental outlets will be coming to Butte County, and all of them will be renting first-run movies for a dollar a day.
Butte libraries to begin first-run DVD rentalsSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 2:10AMOROVILLE -- In about three weeks, six new video rental outlets will be coming to Butte County, and all of them will be renting first-run movies for a dollar a day.
Ready for April PremiereSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 2:06AMTiVo Inc., the pioneer of the digital video recorder, hopes its new DVRs coming out this spring will keep the company relevant in an age when broadcast and broadband will be combined in TVs.
Ready for April PremiereSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 2:02AMTiVo Inc., the pioneer of the digital video recorder, hopes its new DVRs coming out this spring will keep the company relevant in an age when broadcast and broadband will be combined in TVs.
Remember TiVo? It's pushing hard to remain relevantSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:03AMThe company hopes to regain the cachet that made its name synonymous with TV recording — a verb that has faded in use with the rise of generic recorders that cable TV companies make available to their subscribers.
Should home video kiosks be regulated?Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:00AMThe Home Video industry, including video rental stores, has been in existence since 1978. Since its beginning, the issue of children accessing inappropriate movies and video games has been an issue. One of the tools adopted by the video industry to help address this issue was the rating system, which is also used by movie theaters. As video games became more popular and far more advanced, a game ...
Should home video kiosks be regulated?Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:00AMThe Home Video industry, including video rental stores, has been in existence since 1978. Since its beginning, the issue of children accessing inappropriate movies and video games has been an issue. One of the tools adopted by the video industry to help address this issue was the rating system, which is also used by movie theaters. As video games became more popular and far more advanced, a game ...
No on kiosk issue: Such regulation is a waste of time and taxpayer moneySunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:00AMVanderburgh County Prosecutor Stan Levco is a disgrace. His statement that he looks into every complaint is disingenuous at best. Indiana law forbids the sale of cold Diet Coke in a liquor store (IC 7.1-3-10-5), but it is unlikely he would waste taxpayers' money investigating such a complaint.Similarly, investigating DVD kiosks because they dispense R and PG-13-rated movies is an utter waste of ...
No on kiosk issue: Such regulation is a waste of time and taxpayer moneySunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:00AMVanderburgh County Prosecutor Stan Levco is a disgrace. His statement that he looks into every complaint is disingenuous at best. Indiana law forbids the sale of cold Diet Coke in a liquor store (IC 7.1-3-10-5), but it is unlikely he would waste taxpayers' money investigating such a complaint.Similarly, investigating DVD kiosks because they dispense R and PG-13-rated movies is an utter waste of ...
Remember TiVo? It's pushing hard to remain relevantSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 11:59PMThe company hopes to regain the cachet that made its name synonymous with TV recording — a verb that has faded in use with the rise of generic recorders that cable TV companies make available to their subscribers.
Sites not near Interstate 40 rock slide in Haywood County get SBA loansSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 11:44PMWAYNESVILLE — David Day would be looking at a 45-minute trip down Interstate 40 should he drive from his Asheville video game arcade to where a rock slide shut down the highway near the Tennessee line.
Sites not near Interstate 40 rock slide in Haywood County get SBA loansSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 11:38PMWAYNESVILLE — David Day would be looking at a 45-minute trip down Interstate 40 should he drive from his Asheville video game arcade to where a rock slide shut down the highway near the Tennessee line.
TiVo hopes high-tech DVR will record big salesWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 8:32PMTiVo Inc., the pioneer of the digital video recorder, hopes its new DVRs coming out this spring will keep the company relevant in an age when broadcast and broadband will be combined in TVs.
The invisible exposed - Independent activist Mark Horvath comes to Anchorage to meet our homelessWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 8:11PM“I’m still financially challenged; I’m still close to homelessness myself,” Mark Horvath says, just a couple of hours after he’s met with Mayor Dan Sullivan and broadcast his interview live on the internet. Horvath works at a nonprofit in Los Angeles as a case manager, but, he says, he still has to choose between paying the bills and buying food, so he eats at the shelter.
Family files $5M suit in fatal Baltimore bike accidentWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 7:35PMThe family of a Baltimore man who was killed last summer when his bicycle collided with a large truck filed a $5 million suit Wednesday against the alleged hit-and-run driver and contractor Potts & Callahan Inc. John R. Yates, a 67-year-old retired youth counselor, was cycling south on Maryland Avenue just north of I-83 when [...]
Man accused of killing 4 forged documents: girlfriendWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 7:30PMThe former girlfriend of Charles Kembo, who is accused of killing four people and stealing their identities, testified at his trial Wednesday she agreed to pose as his missing wife because he told her it would make it easier to operate his business.
Man accused of killing 4 forged documents, girlfriend testifiesWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 7:04PMThe former girlfriend of a man accused of killing four people and stealing their identities says she agreed to pose as his missing wife because he told her it would make it easier to operate his business.
'Citizen' repeats atop video chartsWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 5:30PMEven with five new moderately successful features debuting on DVD and Blu-ray Disc, Anchor Bay's "Law Abiding Citizen" held firm on the top of all three national home video charts for the week ending Feb. 28.