Obama buys first video game campaign ads

Barack Obama' during the final presidential debate. placing the first presidential campaign ads in online video games. campaign spokesman said on Wednesday. traditional campaign advertising. voter information and find a polling location. McCain, 72, among younger voters. and NBC. for president in 1992. Nielsen Media Research. potential voters. Xbox 360 consoles go online...

Beijing organisers say Games will help China reform

Beijing Games organisers raced to the International Olympic Committee's defence on Thursday amid a barrage of questions over protests, reporting curbs and human rights, saying the Games will help China open up and reform. The IOC has been under constant criticism ever since awarding the Games to the Chinese capital in 2001 over Beijing's rights record, media restrictions and its foreign policies.

Hills are alive with the sound of money

What are these? From The Sound of Music, through Oklahoma and the King and I, to South Pacific, songs from the pair's timeless musicals have become standards but a parade of potential new owners believe there is an untapped fortune to be made from licensing the music for films, video games and TV ads.

4-H TV Makes Impact at State Fair

4-H TV is a program from the Iowa 4-H Technology Team that films events and then posts the video online, on the teams vlog (video log). The students worked throughout the entirety of the Iowa State Fair, presenting new and exciting projects to inspire interest in 4-H.

Fire at Video Store Kills 15 in Japan

TOKYO A fire believed to be arson swept through an x-rated video store in Osaka early Wednesday, killing 15 men, most as they slept in small private cubicles doubling as cheap overnight accommodations, the authorities said. The police arrested a 46-year-old man who they said deliberately set fire to newspapers in a cubicle just before 3 a.m.

London mulls new concept for 2012 ceremonies

The opening and closing ceremonies of the 2012 Olympic Games should involve all of London, not just the main stadium in Stratford in the east of the capital, Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell said on Saturday. Olympic Games are traditionally opened and closed at a single venue as happened earlier this month in Beijing...

Dalai Lama fears Chinese push in Tibet after Games

French parliamentarians who met the Dalai Lama on Wednesday quoted him as saying there was a risk China would accelerate the settlement of one million Han Chinese in Tibet immediately after the Olympic Games. Spokesmen for the Tibetan spiritual leader who were at the private meeting could not be reached to confirm the comments, which were reported to Reuters by four pro-Tibet legislators.

More than Halfway Through the Games, a Rarity for Beijing: A Breath of Fresh Air

Follow the schedules of your favorite sports, day by day and event by event. Times journalists and special contributors explore the Olympics in Beijing and on the Web from every angle the politics, the culture and the competition. BEIJING Days before the opening ceremony, the Olympic Games seemed beset with problems, none potentially more worrisome than air quality.

Kansas Professor in Trouble for Mooning Incident

Fort Hays State University debate coach William Shanahan is shown on the video in a profane, in-your-face argument with his counterpart from the University of Pittsburgh during a debate in March at Emory University in Atlanta. Things got out of control when two judges gave the team low scores, school officials said. The video shows Shanahan jumping up and down and ranting about the loss.

Up to 25,000 British illegal downloaders sued for Â£300 as games developers turn to courts

Expensive: A scene from the disputed Lord of the Rings computer game Computer game firms have declared war on illegal downloads demanding money from thousands of users suspected of file sharing. Top games developers, including those behind The Lord of the Rings, are serving notices on 25,000 people across the UK telling them to pay 300 to settle out of court.

Journalists shot at in Georgia

Mary Dejevsky: Russia the bad guys? Who are the West trying to kid? What are these? being shot at in Georgia. forces had taken place. assailants. The video is said to have been filmed on 10 August.

Binmen barricaded by angry neighbours after refusing to pick up backlog of rubbish

Here's what readers have had to say so far. Why not add your thoughts below? This is great news.. at last the Brits are getting fed up....they can only push us so far. and then all hell lets loose.. Well lets hope this is the start of telling these people that we are sick and tired of there petty games. Actions speak louder than words. Congratulations to Birks Rd. residents.

Kennedy speech electrifies Democratic convention

Speculation had grown steadily that Senator Kennedy, diagnosed in the spring with a malignant brain tumour, might be in the hall to watch the video by film-maker Ken Burns. There was even word that possibly, just possibly, he would say a few words. What are these? materialised. kindest gift anyone could have given him. it. January, Barack Obama.

Grace, modesty and national pride - what these Olympic heroes can teach the oiks of football

Only China, with more than 20 times the population, and America, which has five times as many inhabitants, are ahead of us. We will probably slip a few places before the Games are over, but they have been a striking success for this country by which I mean the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Sprinting success: The men's sprint team - Jamie Staff...

Video: Californian military families speak out against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

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