Articles Archive for December 2008
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ScrollMotion, a New York mobile app developer, has launched a book reading interface wrapper for the iPhone and iPod Touch and partnered with big names like Simon & Schuster, Random House, Houghton Mifflin and Penguin in order to bring best-selling books like Twilight and The Golden Compass to you.
There are already several e-book readers in the app store, as well as a number of out-of-copyright e-books, but ScrollMotion’s product is unique in that these are stand-alone and newer in-copyright titles and best-selling novels.
Each book is a separate application using ScrollMotion’s …
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After three years, Snowzilla‘s gone.
According to Anchorage Daily News, Municipal officials have put an end to Snowzilla– the16-plus-foot-tall giant snowman Billy Ray Powers built.
Anchorage enforcement officials claim Snowzilla has become a noisy nuisance to Billy Ray’s neighbors and poses safety hazards to admirers.
The popular giant snowman attracted plenty of sightseers–a favorite for photographers and camera crews from Russia and Japan. It was too big to use buttons for its eyes, so Snowzilla gazes over the neighborhood from beer bottles.
A few weeks ago, city code enforcers left three red signs at …
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Dena Riley pleaded guilty Monday in her part in the sexual assault, torture and killing of a woman who was videotaped during brutal sex acts.
Riley’s trial was scheduled to start in April. But she entered a plea agreement with the prosecutor’s office.
According to Fox News, Riley, 42, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, kidnapping, sodomy and sex abuse in the May 2006 attack on Marsha Spicer, who was suffocated during sex. The murder case already sent her former boyfriend, Richard Davis to prison on a death-sentence conviction.
Riley also pleaded guilty to …
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Filipino boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao is headed for a face-off against British brawler Ricky Hatton in a duel that will most likely happen on May 2 at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas’ Thomas and Mack Center.
Pacquiao, the current WBC lightweight champion, will be aiming for a fifth weight crown against Hatton, who holds the IBO junior welterweight belt.
Both boxers and their managements will finalize the details of the fight before Christmas and Hatton will enter training camp on February 1 after his traditional family cruise.
“Manny has been at the top …
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A jury convicted five Muslim immigrants on Monday of plotting to kill U.S. soldiers at Fort Dix, New Jersey, the Associated Press reported.
Jurors at federal district court in Camden deliberated into a sixth day before declaring the men guilty of conspiracy.
The defendants however were acquitted of attempted murder charges but face life in prison for conspiring to kill military personnel.
The foreign-born Muslim immigrants arose suspicions when a clerk at a New Jersey electronics store saw a videotape of men firing rifles and shouting Islamic battle cries. A 15-month investigation ensued. …
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Muntadar al-Zaidi, the infamous Iraqi shoe-thrower will stand trial on December 31, a court official said on Monday.
The TV journalist is charged with “assaulting a foreign head of state visiting Iraq,” said Abdul Satar Birqadr, spokesman for Iraq’s High Judicial Council.
The 28-year-old, hailed as a hero by some in the Arab world, could face a jail term if convicted.
The correspondent threw both of his shoes at George W. Bush while the American president and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki were holding a news conference a week ago during Bush’s unannounced …
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Madonna’s ex-hubby, Guy Ritchie is dating a millionaire!
According to the Telegraph, Jemima Khan and Madonna’s ex were introduced by their hosts, PR mogul Matthew Freud and his wife Elisabeth Murdoch at a private dinner party alongside guests including Lily Allen, Simon Cowell, and Kevin Spacey. Guy’s attempt to woo Jemima was the talk of the night.
Khan is the eldest child of Lady Annabel Vane-Tempest-Stewart and Anglo-French financier James Goldsmith. She was married to Pakistani cricket player Imran Khan, with whom she has two sons. She was last romantically linked to …
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Astro Boy is back! Ok! Not yet! We have to wait until next year.
One of my favorite cartoon character when I was a child is Astro Boy! I was very happy after I learned about his comeback movie! Yes! Astro Boy will come to theaters by October 2009 according to the astroboy movie site. The movie is in CGI, just great and even nostalgic!
Astro Boy is a Japanese manga series and television program first broadcast in Japan from 1963 to 1966.
Astro Boy is the first Japanese television series that embodied …




