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Building upon a legacy of dance
With the legendary Beryl MacBurnie at its helm, the Little Carib Theatre (LCT), in the early 40s was a vibrant institution where talented and legendary dancers from this country executed their craft to appreciative audiences. The theatre, still the preferred home for a number of practitioners in the arts, has lost for the most part, the core of its foundation - dance. That is about to change ...
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Analysis Cautious optimism greets Xbox One
It's been a dream for Microsoft since 2001: create an entertainment device that dominates the living room. Although they moved one step closer in this conquest with the Xbox 360, it appears the Xbox One ...
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How Microsoft is trying to reinvent the gaming console
Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled its highly-anticipated new gaming system, the Xbox One. The Xbox One is not just the latest iteration in the company's console line. Microsoft is billing the device as an "all-in-one" entertainment system that represents a huge leap foreward in gaming ...
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Xbox One fuses TV and gaming but will not play earlier titles
(50 mins ago) Microsoft staked a claim to the internet age living room, releasing yesterday the new generation Xbox One console touted as a home entertainment hub that goes far beyond games. The beefed-up hardware is powered by software that allows for instant switching between games, television, and internet browsing. Microsoft-owned Skype was also integrated for online group video calls, AFP ...
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Levy to pay for Syd casino regulation
A LEVY will be imposed on Sydney's Star casino to help cover the cost of monitoring and regulating its operations. Taxpayers currently bear much of the cost of maintaining the casino regulatory regime in NSW, Hospitality Minister George Souris says. He has introduced legislation to amend the Casino Control Act 1992 to allow a casino supervisory levy to be imposed on the casino operator to ...
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The Watcher
"The Watcher" is a serial killer thriller that, like "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991), is ultimately about the unusual relationship between a killer and an FBI agent. "The Watcher" attempts to further complicate the scenario by making the relationship into a triangle of sorts by inserting a third character who is close to the investigator and whose life will, therefore, be threatened at some poi ... ...
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Ex-Vikings coach Bud Grant to governor Veto part of Legacy bill
Bud Grant (Pioneer Press file photo: Ben Garvin) Bud Grant says Gov. Mark Dayton knows the right call on $9.3 million in outdoors projects approved by the House and Senate. Veto. The legendary former Vikings coach is leading the charge for outdoors groups and assorted lawmakers urging Dayton to ax two projects: $6.3 million for metro parks and $3 million for boat inspections to combat ...
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Honoring Sally Rides Legacy as Scientist Trailblazer Educational Role Model
President Barack Obama announced he would posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Sally Ride, the first woman in space. NewsHour's science correspondent Miles O'Brien reflects on Ride's legacy and her impact as an educator who encouraged young women to study science, technology, engineering and ...
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Xbox One Enters Changed Gaming Landscape
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Microsofts Mehdi Xbox One Can Do 4K Gaming More Original Content Coming
next-gen gaming console, but there are some questions that remain unanswered, so I sat down with Yusuf Mehdi, Corporate Vice President of Marketing and Strategy, Interactive Entertainment Business, to try to get to the bottom of a few lingering questions and a few of my own. All of the demos we've seen today at the Xbox campus have been on gorgeous flat panel HDTVs running at 1080p, the ...
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House gambling sponsor recuses self because of potential conflict
SPRINGFIELD— - The Illinois House's longtime gambling expansion point man has dropped his sponsorship of a casino bill to avoid a potential conflict of interest. Democratic Rep. Lou Lang of Skokie wrote to the House clerk that he is now affiliated with a law firm that has a client with an "interest that could be impacted by" gambling legislation that has passed the Senate ...
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Nothing will ever completely replace playing the game I love, however I feel like I'm starting a new adventure and I'm genuinely excited about what lies ahead. I'm fortunate to have been given many opportunities throughout my career and now I feel it's my time to give back.
David Beckham
The world's best known footballer was speaking after formally announcing his retirement.
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THE WESTIN, LOS ANGELES AIRPORT
This substantial hotel is easily accessed on Century Boulevarde. Driving in to the entrance area, the hotel main lobby greets ...
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