Panel advises against prostate cancer test
In a move sure to unleash heated debate, a prominent U.S. government advisory panel is recommending that men of all ages no longer be screened for prostate cancer by undergoing the PSA blood test. Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, Yesterday, 5:56am
U.S. Senate approves tougher Iran sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate unanimously approved on Monday a package of new economic sanctions on Iran's oil sector just days ahead of a meeting in Baghdad between major world powers and Tehran. The sanctions add to a raft of punitive measures by the United States and the European Union aimed at shrinking Iran's oil revenues to force it to halt a nuclear program the West suspects is being used to build an atomic bomb. Iran has said its nuclear program is for civilian purposes. ... Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, Yesterday, 4:39am
'Fiscal cliff' could derail U.S. recovery: OECD
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A sharp fiscal contraction next year could derail the U.S. economic recovery, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warned on Tuesday as it urged the government to move only gradually to tighten its budget. A wave of U.S. spending cuts and tax hikes - dubbed the "fiscal cliff" - are set to take effect in January unless politicians agree on ways to delay at least some of them. Bush-era tax cuts and jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed are both set to expire. In addition, $1. ... Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, Yesterday, 4:35am
Private rocket blasts off on historic trip
A private space capsule called Dragon soared into the predawn sky Tuesday, riding a pillar of flame like its beastly namesake on a history-making trip to the International Space Station. Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, Yesterday, 3:51am
Arrest made in case of missing California teen
A man has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of Northern California teenager Sierra LaMar, who vanished over two months ago. Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, Yesterday, 3:42am
5.8 quake rocks Bulgaria, no casualties
A 5.8-magnitude quake struck Bulgaria early Tuesday, triggering panic among sleepy residents who ran into the streets in their pyjamas, and some minor damage, but no casualties were reported. Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, Yesterday, 3:32am
Small plane crashes in Calif. neighborhood
A single-engine plane crashed into a Southern California neighborhood Monday night, slicing through power lines but avoiding homes, authorities said. Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, Yesterday, 2:04am
Indian passenger train rams freight train; 15 die
A passenger train rammed into a freight train before dawn Tuesday in southern India, killing at least 15 people in the collision and fire, officials said. Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, Yesterday, 2:00am
Harry Potter fans abandon pet owls after series ends
Hundreds of fans who adopted pet owls after seeing or reading about them in Harry Potter lore are now releasing them into the wild — or, apparently, anywhere in the United Kingdom. Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, Yesterday, 1:40am
World's tallest tower, the Tokyo Skytree, opens
The world's tallest tower and Japan's biggest new landmark, the Tokyo Skytree, opened to the public on Tuesday. Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, Yesterday, 1:21am
Pollution-hunting robot fish take to the sea
Robot "fish" developed by European scientists to improve pollution monitoring moved from the lab to the sea in a test at the northern Spanish port of Gijon on Tuesday. Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, Yesterday, 1:01am
Everest weekend death toll hits 4
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, Yesterday, 12:52am
Poll: Obama, Romney both fall short on economy
Americans are nearly twice as likely to say they're doing worse than better under the Obama presidency, but Mitt Romney hasn't made the case he'd be an improvement, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll. Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, Yesterday, 12:01am
Man survives 180-foot plunge over Niagara Falls
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, May 21, 8:56pm
Police say duo botches Las Vegas casino heist
A hapless bandit lost his wig, sunglasses and $115,000 worth of casino chips when security wrestled him to the floor during a botched weekend heist at a posh Vegas Strip resort, authorities said Monday. Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, May 21, 8:03pm
Obama: U.S. can’t wait for Afghanistan to be 'perfect'
President Obama acknowledged "risks" in his decision to withdraw U.S. combat forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2014 but said war-weary Americans can't wait for that strife-torn country to be "perfect." Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, May 21, 7:40pm
Colombia Secret Service prostitution scandal spreads to DEA
The Drug Enforcement Administration announced that at least three of its agents are under investigation for allegedly hiring prostitutes in Cartagena. Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, May 21, 6:49pm
Obama: Bain attacks 'not a distraction'
Targeting Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital "is what this campaign is going to be about," he says. Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, May 21, 6:35pm
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery launching in Japan
Japanese version to be out near end of June; special remix album to also be out featuring music from Castlevania and Silent Hill 2 composers. Read more...
Gamespot Recent Updates [All Games], May 21, 6:21pm
'El Loco' arrested in Mexico beheadings of 49
Authorities have arrested an alleged Zetas drug cartel leader nicknamed "El Loco," AKA the Fool or the Crazy One, on charges that he dumped 49 headless bodies on a highway outside Monterrey, Mexico. Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, May 21, 5:35pm
Landmark deal will end the Afghan War for the West
NATO leaders sealed a landmark agreement on Monday to hand control of Afghanistan over to its own security forces by the middle of next year, putting the Western alliance on an "irreversible" path out of an unpopular, decade-long war. Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, May 21, 5:29pm
Why ex-Rutgers student got 30-day sentence in spycam case
A former Rutgers University student was sentenced to serve 30 days in jail in a case of webcam spying that drew national attention to issues of online privacy, suicide, and anti-gay bullying. Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, May 21, 5:20pm
Daniels on VP call: ‘I would disconnect the phone’
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels delivered his most forceful rejection of the vice presidential post yet, saying he would "disconnect the phone" if he found out that Romney was considering him for the job. Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, May 21, 4:34pm
‘Big Bain Backfire’: Cory Booker stars in new Romney ad
The Mitt Romney campaign didn't waste any time to latch onto Newark Mayor Cory Booker's criticism of the Obama campaign's "nauseating" attack on Romney's Bain Capital record. Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, May 21, 4:20pm
GOP blasts lavish million-dollar judicial conference in Hawaii
In a scolding letter, two Republican senators blasted the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for holding a lavish tax-payer funded judicial conference scheduled for this August in Maui, Hawaii, that “reads more like a vacation than a business trip.” “We are concerned that using the... Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, May 21, 4:09pm
Photos: Satellies snap stunning images of eclipse from space
This image, taken by the sun-watching Hinode satellite, was taken two minutes after the start of the annular solar eclipse on May 20, 2012. Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, May 21, 4:01pm
Obama and Pakistani leader chat, despite testy relations
President Barack Obama spoke briefly Monday with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on the sidelines of a NATO summit as the uneasy allies looked to drain the poison from their wounded relations. Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, May 21, 3:53pm
'Good news' that Afghans are still thwarting 'insider plots'?
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, May 21, 3:48pm
Is Congress dumbing down its discourse?
Are members of Congress dumbing down their discourse? The Sunlight Foundation determined that Congress is talking at nearly a full grade level below the level at which members spoke seven years ago, according to its study of the Congressional Record—the official record of members' proceedings and speech. Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, May 21, 3:21pm
Say what? The odyssey of Kraft's new name
The sarcasm was palpable in the one-word headline that appeared in The New York Post on the day after Kraft Foods revealed that it planned to name its new global snack business "Mondelez," an interpretation of a mash-up of the Latin words for "world" and "delicious." But that wasn't the only dig. Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, May 21, 3:20pm
Woman with flesh-eating disease able to breathe on her own
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, May 21, 3:06pm
The Facebook sell-off: Will shares recover?
Shares of Facebook (FB) fell as low as $33 today, more than 13% below the offering price on Friday. Ironically the same shareholders who were assumed to be buyers of the stock at any price are now ditching FB at a steep discount. Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, May 21, 2:43pm
UT Austin apologizes for 'egregious’ commencement typo
The University of Texas at Austin's public affairs assistant dean has issued an apology after a commencement listing for the program's forthcoming graduates contained a typo citing the Lyndon B. Johnson School of 'Pubic' Affairs. Even the best writers, reporters and editors fall prey to the occasional typo. And it's probably bad karma to revel [...] Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, May 21, 2:36pm
‘I ♥ NY’ artist arrested for planting 'bombs’ in Brooklyn
An artist who installed illuminated plastic shopping bags emblazoned with the "I ♥ NY" logo on lampposts in Brooklyn was arrested over the weekend, charged with "planting false bombs" and ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation. Takeshi Miyakawa, the 50-year-old Tokyo-born artist, was arrested at 2 a.m. in Brooklyn while he was hanging one of [...] Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, May 21, 2:09pm
Warlock: Master of the Arcane Review
Warlock: Master of the Arcane's emphasis on combat makes it feel fresh in the 4X strategy genre. It just needed some fine-tuning to be truly great. Read more...
Gamespot Recent Updates [All Games], May 21, 2:07pm
Video Review - Warlock: Master of the Arcane
Explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate through Warlock: Master of the Arcane, in this video review. Read more...
Gamespot Recent Updates [All Games], May 21, 2:07pm
Mortal Kombat 20th Anniversary Retrospective
We track down the cast and creators of the original Mortal Kombat and take a look at the story behind the video game phenomenon. Read more...
Gamespot Recent Updates [All Games], May 21, 2:03pm
The Definitive Shooter - Far Cry 3 Interview
Lead Writer Jeffrey Yohalem talks about creating a story which revolves around the game's central mechanic, relates to the player on a psychological level, and lets you experience what it means to shoot a gun. Read more...
Gamespot Recent Updates [All Games], May 21, 1:15pm
Four tons of marijuana found floating off Southern Calif. coast
Four tons of marijuana in large bales were found bobbing off the Southern California coast, and authorities are still trying to determine where it came from. Harbor patrol agents began receiving tips about "suspicious bales" 13 miles offshore near Dana Point, in Orange County around noon on May 20, according to a report from CBS [...] Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, May 21, 1:08pm
Florida Democrats ding Marco Rubio with a song
Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio delivered a red meat speech to the South Carolina Republican Party in Columbia on Saturday, calling President Barack Obama the most "divisive figure in modern American history." In response, Florida Democrats wrote a song mocking him for his connections with Sen. Jim DeMint, who was in attendance at the dinner. [...] Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, May 21, 1:05pm
DMC: Devil May Cry arrives January 15
Capcom nails down release date for Xbox 360 and PS3 editions of Ninja Theory-developed entry in action franchise; PC version to follow later in 2013. Read more...
Gamespot Recent Updates [All Games], May 21, 12:53pm
Ex-Rutgers student gets 30 days in spycam case
A New Jersey judge sentenced a former Rutgers student to 30 days in jail for using a webcam to spy on his roommate kissing another man.... Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, May 21, 12:37pm
NHL 13 Screens
3 new shots posted. Read more...
Gamespot Recent Updates [All Games], May 21, 12:30pm
Path of Exile Screens
3 new shots posted. Read more...
Gamespot Recent Updates [All Games], May 21, 12:18pm
Ron Paul continues racking up the delegate wins
When Ron Paul's campaign stated last week that Mitt Romney's delegate lead was insurmountable, Paul's staff insisted they would continue competing for delegates and cited Minnesota as their next target. This past weekend, Paul accomplished that goal, winning 12 of 13 delegates at the state GOP convention. Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, May 21, 12:12pm
Bungie-Activision contract calls for Destiny in 2013
Developer's contract with Activision calls for timed exclusivity of MMO-style first game on Xbox 360 and Xbox 720; Marathon revamp mentioned. Read more...
Gamespot Recent Updates [All Games], May 21, 12:12pm
Maestia: Rise of Keledus Screens
7 new shots posted. Read more...
Gamespot Recent Updates [All Games], May 21, 12:12pm
Notre Dame suing over birth-control mandate
On Monday, the University of Notre Dame filed suit against the Obama administration over its rule that all employers must offer contraception without a copay in their insurance plans. Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, May 21, 12:08pm
Interactive: Find out if taking out that student loan was worth it
As estimates of the total student loan debt exceed $800 billion and default rates approach 9 percent, some commentators are beginning to wonder whether an expensive education is really worth it, at least from a financial perspective. The combination of skyrocketing tuition and a dismal job market creates an environment where many are struggling to pay off hefty loans. Read more...
Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games, May 21, 12:02pm
Dungeon Gate Screens
8 new shots posted. Read more...
Gamespot Recent Updates [All Games], May 21, 10:54am