‘Wreck-It Ralph’ celebrates video-game nostalgia

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (AP) — In Disney’s “Wreck-It Ralph” opening Friday, the title character is the bad guy from a fictional 1980s video game. Despite faithfully doing his job well for 30 years, he gets no respect at work, so he escapes through the wires of Litwak’s Family Fun Center searching for another game where he might...

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Kardashian boosts “X Factor” ratings, but wins few fans

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Khloe Kardashian‘s first outing as the new co-host of “The X Factor” helped boost the show’s audience by 30 percent, yet the reality star got mixed reviews for a nipple-baring debut that made headlines – but many TV critics found awkward.Kardashian, 28, best known for starring with socialite...

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Mass. firm tied to closed pharmacy issues recall

affiliate marketing BOSTON (AP) — A company with the same founders as the specialty pharmacy linked to deadly meningitis outbreak says it’s recalling all its products.In a statement Wednesday, Ameridose said the voluntary recall comes after FDA officials told the company it must improve its sterility testing. The Westborough company...

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Panasonic Feels Pain of Chinese Backlash

affiliate marketing Those islands in the East China Sea at the center of the dispute between Japan and China are uninhabited, but we’re told they’re still worth fighting over because they might have valuable oil and gas nearby. Let’s hope so. That might at least provide some consolation to Japanese employees, executives, and shareholders...

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Clinton calls for overhaul of Syrian opposition

affiliate marketing ZAGREB (Reuters) – The United States called on Wednesday for an overhaul of Syria‘s opposition leadership, saying it was time to move beyond the Syrian National Council and bring in those “in the front lines fighting and dying”.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, signaling a more active stance by Washington in attempts...

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RIM starts carrier testing on BlackBerry 10 devices

affiliate marketing TORONTO (Reuters) – Research In Motion has started carrier testing of its new line of BlackBerry 10 devices ahead of the launch of the devices in the first quarter of 2013, the company said on Wednesday.“In the last week, BlackBerry 10 achieved lab entry with more than 50 carriers, a key step in our preparedness for...

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Nic Cage starrer, Christian best-seller “Left Behind,” tops Arclight’s AFM lineup

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – On the eve of the AFM, Arclight Films has taken on international sales duties for the film adaptation of the Christian-themed best-seller, “Left Behind,” a representative for the film told TheWrap on Tuesday.The film, which will star Nicolas Cage and will be directed by Vic Armstrong, is...

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Three more deaths from meningitis outbreak linked to injections

affiliate marketing (Reuters) – Three more patients have died after contracting fungal meningitis from potentially tainted steroid injections supplied by a Massachusetts company, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday, bringing the death toll from the outbreak to 28 nationwide.Two of the new deaths were in...

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Hurricane Sandy: Live Storm Reports

affiliate marketing Storm-Surge Damage May Not Be Covered by Some Insurance2:30 p.m., Oct. 30, 2012 — As storm-battered homeowners, business owners, and government officials survey Sandy’s damage, the question for many is what the repair price tag will be. The storm’s assault may cause as much as $ 20 billion in losses, but...

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Hurricane’s death toll rises to 65 in Caribbean

affiliate marketing PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — As Americans braced Sunday for Hurricane Sandy, Haiti was still suffering.Officials raised the storm-related death toll across the Caribbean to 65, with 51 of those coming in Haiti, which was pelted by three days of constant rains that ended only on Friday. affiliate...

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