Unions flag safety concerns at CP Rail as railway ramps up efficiency efforts

Concerns are being raised that efforts to improve efficiency at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. are contributing to a series of accidents at the railroad in recent months, including two more this week

financialpost.com (27 minutes ago)

Review: FreeSpace 2 sim launches you into space

Even great game franchises fall prey to mergers, acquisitions, and the vagaries of the game business. Such was the fate of FreeSpace 2, a space simulator originally released in 1999 to great critical acclaim, as part of the Descent and FreeSpace franchise. Due to business circumstances, it was the last in the...

pcworld.com (29 minutes ago)

What Halo Fans Want To See In Steven Spielberg TV Show For Xbox One

Halo is a much-loved franchise that leapt from the computer screen to books, comic books, and even a successful web series, Forward Unto Dawn. But now it's going to be a television series, one produced by multi-award-winning (and Forbes-listed billionaire), Steven Spielberg. It's an excellent choice.

forbes.com (34 minutes ago)

Oaklawn Hospice offering grief support group

Oaklawn Hospice of Marshall is sponsoring a seven-week series of programs entitled 'Life After Loss' as part of a free, grief-recovery program for adults grieving the death of loved ones.

battlecreekenquirer.com (34 minutes ago)

Fast 6’s Michelle Rodriguez on Coming Back From the Dead and the Women of the Franchise

With a franchise as long-running as The Fast and the Furious, it’s not unusual to see characters come and go from film to film - unless they’ve been killed off. Michelle Rodriguez’s character, Letty Ortiz, seemingly perished at the end of the series’ fourth installment, but that didn't stop the ...

vulture.com (54 minutes ago)

Gap willing to sign Bangladesh safety accord, if tweaked

(Reuters) - Gap Inc's chairman and CEO said on Tuesday the U.S. retailer was ready to sign a global accord designed to prevent another deadly disaster in Bangladesh's garment industry, provided there were some "very minor accommodations." A series of incidents at factories has focused attention on safety standards...

yahoo.com (55 minutes ago)

Little piggie heads to market

The company behind the Peppa Pig cartoon series is preparing for a possible listing on the FTSE 250 after sales...

thetimes.co.uk (55 minutes ago)

Rangers need to get Brassard going in Game 3

John Tortorella might as well make T-shirts that read "Free Derick Brassard," since that is what the Boston Bruins have not allowed and that is what the Rangers must do in order to win their second-round series.    

nydailynews.com (56 minutes ago)

Tigers, Indians get together for division showdown

Max Scherzer is learning what it means to be a veteran horse of a top-notch Major League pitching staff. Corey Kluber would love to someday wear that mantle. The two hurlers square off in an early American League Central showdown when the Tigers visit the Indians for a two-game series beginning Tuesday.

mlb.com (57 minutes ago)

Oklahoma Grapples With Twisters' Toll

Rescue workers continued the search Tuesday for survivors of a deadly series of tornadoes that tore through Oklahoma a day earlier, killing dozens, injuring hundreds and flattening whole neighborhoods.

wsj.com (1 hour ago)

Sweat-Draining Fabric Will Banish Armpit Stains for Good

Fabrics geared towards athletes are designed to wick sweat away from the body so they don't feel drenched. But the fabric is still wet and weighed down with perspiration. To really feel dry, researchers at UC Davis have developed a fabric with channels that literally drain sweat away. Gross and awesome. The fabric,...

gizmodo.com (1 hour ago)

"The Approximate Present Does Not Approximately Determine The Future"

Chaos Theory turns 50 years old this year, celebrating half a century of flapping butterfly wings in Brazil creating tornadoes in Texas.  That most famous example is especially appropriate, since it was a meteorologist named Edward Lorenz who first outlined why seemingly consistent and knowable systems can still go...

zerohedge.com (1 hour ago)

With the Xbox One, Microsoft’s vision for conquering the living room takes shape

It’s taken a while, but Microsoft’s big plan for conquering consumers’ living rooms is now finally coming together. For years, major tech companies have been obsessed with getting their software and applications onto television screens and have mostly employed a series of set-top boxes that have done little to spark...

yahoo.com (1 hour ago)

Review: 'Fast And Furious 6' Proves 5th Time Was The Charm

In the long run, it may be determined that Fast Five was the Empire Strikes Back of the Fast/Furious franchise.  It has long been argued that the unexpected character-driven quality of Irvin Kirshner's second Star Wars chapter was so thoughtful, meditative, and emotionally potent that it set a bar too high for the...

forbes.com (1 hour ago)

Bruins Expecting Desperate Rangers In Game 3

The Boston Bruins enter Madison Square Garden with a 2-0 series lead over the New York Rangers, but know that can change in a New York minute.

cbslocal.com (1 hour ago)

Steven Spielberg to Produce Live-Action 'Halo' Series

msn.com (1 hour ago)

Netflix Will Air New Ricky Gervais Series in September

msn.com (1 hour ago)

Microsoft unveils Xbox One with Spielberg, Activision tie-up

REDMOND, Washington (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp gave the world a first look at its new Xbox One on Tuesday, announcing that its first gaming console in eight years will come with exclusive video and software content, including a "Halo" series produced by Steven Spielberg.

reuters.com (1 hour ago)

Steven Spielberg to Produce Live-Action 'Halo' TV Series

The popular video game will become a live-action series for Microsoft's new console Xbox One.    

hollywoodreporter.com (1 hour ago)

Steven Spielberg Is Making a Halo TV Show

Steven Spielberg will executive produce a live-action TV series based on the video-game franchise Halo, he announced today at an Xbox event. The show, World of Halo, is for Xbox Live - which means Microsoft is getting into the original programming game, too. On the one hand, hey, anyone would kill ...

vulture.com (1 hour ago)

Microsoft unveils Xbox One with Spielberg, Activision tie-up

REDMOND, Washington (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp gave the world a first look at its new Xbox One on Tuesday, announcing that its first gaming console in eight years will come with exclusive video and software content, including a "Halo" series produced by Steven Spielberg.

orlandosentinel.com (1 hour ago)

Power Wheels Resurrected In Racing League

Power Racing Series revs up DIY competition at the 2013 Bay Area Maker Faire. Continue reading →

discovery.com (1 hour ago)

Robocall: A Conversation with Daft Punk

 



French dance duo and public robot impersonators Daft Punk have recently made a series of documentaries, created a few brief advertisements that far overshadowed the episodes of Saturday Night Live they interrupted, staged an album launch party at a farm show in the Australian outback…oh, and finally finished a new...

time.com (1 hour ago)

Call of Duty: Ghosts detailed for Xbox One, dog included

This week the folks at Microsoft opened the stage at their Xbox One event for “one last thing” after letting the world know that the console would be out later this year. That one last thing was the CEO of Activision Publishing, Eric Hirshberg, introducing the next title in the COD series: Call of Duty: ...

slashgear.com (2 hours ago)

Riot police return to Tehran's streets

After Iran's disputed 2009 presidential election, protesters and riot police filled Tehran, shutting it down for days in a series of demonstrations some called the "green revolution." This time around, with another presidential vote scheduled for June, the Iranian authorities appear to be taking a more proactive...

washingtonpost.com (2 hours ago)

Whitehouse issues apology for Oklahoma tornadoes comment

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI, issued an apology after his weekly "Time to Wake Up," Senate floor speech Monday on climate change raised the ire of conservatives who said he was using the Oklahoma tornado tragedy for his own political agenda. Staff: Sheldon's thoughts & prayers are w/all affected by the tragedy...

providencejournal.com (2 hours ago)

'Next!': the secretive world of casting directors

Up in his office on the sixth floor of the Palace theatre, in the heart of London's theatreland, Stephen Crockett is letting me in on a secretive world. The walls are lined with posters for hit shows he has worked on: from Chicago to almost every Andrew Lloyd Webber musical; from Mamma Mia! to Jerry Springer: The...

guardian.co.uk (2 hours ago)

Jamie Dimon sees off JP Morgan shareholder revolt

Jamie Dimon, the US's most powerful banker, saw off a shareholder revolt Tuesday aimed at splitting his roles as chairman and chief executive of JP Morgan. Only 32% of shareholders voted to take his chairmanship away, in what was the first such vote since the full extent of JP Morgan's "London whale" trading losses...

guardian.co.uk (2 hours ago)

Red Wings Take Game 3 And 2-1 Series Lead Over Blackhawks

Gustav Nyquist and Drew Miller scored 31 seconds apart midway through the second period and Pavel Datsyuk restored a two-goal lead in the third to help the Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 Monday night to take a 2-1 lead in the second round series.

cbslocal.com (2 hours ago)

Xbox One brings Halo Television series with Steven Spielberg

As the Xbox One was revealed by Microsoft this week, so too did Bonnie Ross from 343 Industries take the stage to discuss one of the platform’s mainstays: Halo. As the Xbox One is being pushed as an All In One system for home entertainment, Microsoft is bringing Halo forward as an interactive live-action television ...

slashgear.com (2 hours ago)