'Homefront' Brings Resistance Fighting to Small-Town America
THQ
In an occupied country, ill-equipped rebels face off against a powerful empire and impossible odds. It's a familiar story that could take place anywhere -- 1940s France, 1950s Algeria, 1960s Vietnam...
Bead Recycling Program Gives New Life to Carnival Throws
AP
NEW ORLEANS -- Mardi Gras may be fun, but it isn't exactly green. Excess is the name of the game, and New Orleans delivers. A single rider on a parade float might throw more than 3,000 beads...
Ego, Jealousy, Catnip: Tuna and the Rock Cats Struggle With Success
NEW ORLEANS -- At a certain point, waiting in line to see Tuna and the Rock Cats at the Spellcaster Maritime Ball in the New Orleans Bywater district, it becomes clear that this isn't just another...
Harrison Ford Lends Support to Eco-Friendly Video Game
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Video games aren't the greenest activity out there. Often held up as the epitome of sloth, they have a way of sucking power without producing anything, encouraging sedentary activity and drawing us...
Steve Jobs Rises From Sickbed, Unveils Apple's iPad 2
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Steve Jobs is up and about, and he has a new iPad. After much speculation about whether the tech giant's CEO's health problems would keep him from making it today to the Yerba Buena...
Chicken Chasing: A Cajun Mardi Gras Tradition
David Simpson
Mardi Gras is coming up, and most people probably imagine the New Orleans celebration: parades; floats; purple, gold and green; beads flying everywhere. But out in Cajun country, it's a little...
Kissing Controller Puts the Passion in Video Game
Courtesy Hye Yeon Nam
Nobody ever called the combination of video games and bowling a recipe for love, but a new video game controller might just turn that unlikely combination into romance. That's the idea behind the...
As Mardi Gras Season Begins, Krewe Du Vieux Spills Laughter
Bill Haber, AP
The Mardi Gras parade season is getting under way in New Orleans, and for a region that weathered the massive environmental, political and economic implications of the BP oil spill, a little laughter...
'LA Noire': Video Game With Characters So Real They Can Lie
YouTube
Video games aren't known for their emotional depth. In recent years, games have gotten bigger, the graphics have gotten sharper, stories have gotten fancier and Hollywood actors have begun lending...
Are Record Food Prices Fueling Global Instability?
AFP / Getty Images
Food prices are rising, warns the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, and the implications for global stability could be dire. According to the FAO, the monthly food price index rose...
Nonprofit Helping to Bring Fresh Foods to the Inner City
James Johnson Piett
Walk into any corner store in an inner city and you'll probably see a similar sight: some chips, candy bars, maybe cleaning supplies, lottery tickets, cigarettes and a few other sundries. Romano's...
Is That Barack Obama Selling KFC?
Evan Vucci, AP
At first glance, it would seem that Barack Obama has returned to the passionate "change" rhetoric he deployed in his presidential campaign, except with a curious new focus: fish fillet...
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