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Latest NewsAn Early Look At <em>Civilization V</em>c0mpliant writes "IGN and Gamespot have each released a preview of the recently announced and eagerly awaited Civilization V. Apart from the obvious new hexagon shape of tiles and improved graphics, the articles go on to outline some of the major changes in the game, such as updated AI, new 'flavors' to world leaders and a potentially game-changing, one unit per tile system. No more will the stack of doom come to your city's doorsteps. Some features which will not be returning are religion and espionage. The removal of these two have sparked a frenzy of discussion on fan-related forums."
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Historic IEEE 802 Group Looks Back and ForwardAn anonymous reader writes "The IEEE MAN/LAN Standards Committee — better known as the people who brought us Ethernet, WiFi, and Bluetooth — is celebrating its 30th anniversary next week. This article has interviews with the original committee chairman and other veteran members, and reveals some of the inside situation. It also looks at some of the upcoming 802.x standards including one that sends data by modulating visible light."
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Senate passes jobless aid, business tax breaksWASHINGTON—One is a former Democratic freshman little known outside his Corning-Olean-Pittsford, N.
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Female WWII aviators honored with gold medalWASHINGTON—Toyota's massive recalls are bringing new scrutiny to the government's auto safety agency, prompting Congress to look at how federal safety officials have lived up to their mission of protecting motorists.
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Microsoft Shows Full 3D XNA Games On Windows Phonesuraj.sun writes "Microsoft has shown off XNA games running on Windows Phone; full 3D is a go. From Engadget: 'Microsoft just showed us a pair of 3D games running on its ASUS Windows Phone prototype and built with its brand new XNA Game Studio 4.0 9. The two titles are The Harvest, a good looking touch-controlled dungeon crawler with destructible environments, being developed by Luma Arcade; and Battle Punks. Microsoft spoke to the ease of its Direct3D development platform, which was built by the same folks responsible for the first-gen Xbox. What we saw of The Harvest was built in "two or three weeks," mostly from scratch, and folks who've already built games for XNA in VisualStudio shouldn't have much trouble with a port from the sound of things: "very, very easy," said Microsoft. Right now developers can do their testing in Windows, but there should be a Windows Phone 7 Series emulator out for devs eventually."
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UCF balance beats SMU, 69-53, in Conference USATULSA, Okla. -- Three players scored in double figures for UCF as the Knights defeated SMU 69-53 in the first round of the Conference USA tournament Wednesday night.
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House bans misleading census mailingsWASHINGTON—The House passed legislation Wednesday that would ban misleading mailings designed to appear they're from the Census Bureau, following criticism that Republican groups were sending fundraising letters using the census name.
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Obama renews backing of earthquake-stricken HaitiWASHINGTON—President Barack Obama on Wednesday renewed America's commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling visiting President Rene Preval he knows the crisis has not passed.
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The Future of Wind Power May Be UndergroundHugh Pickens writes "When the wind is blowing, it is usually the cheapest peaking power available. However utilities need consistent always-on power from large, cheap coal and nuclear power plants that are the backbone of the electric grid. Wired reports that operators are looking at Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) using abandoned mines and sandstones of the Midwest to store compressed-air. This converts the intermittent motions of the air into a steady power source by using it to run air compressors to pump air into an underground cave where it's stored under pressure. The first CAES plant in the United States actually went online in McIntosh, Alabama in 1991 where engineers created a geological pocket 900 feet long and up to 238 feet wide in a dome by pumping water into it to dissolve the rock salt. When the (briny) water was pumped back out, the salt resealed itself and they had an air-tight container."
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Detectan en 2008 a lavador de BeltránLas cuentas de José Luis Laddaga, presunto operador financiero del cártel colombiano del Norte del Valle, fueron congeladas desde 2008 por la PGR.
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Acusan en Segob acoso a mujeresTrabajadores de Segob perciben como grave la discriminación de género en la dependencia; además, sólo denuncian tres de 10 víctimas de acoso sexual.
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Urge FCH a cesar la confrontaciónEl Presidente Felipe Calderón dijo que la política no debe llevar a la parálisis y a la confrontación derivada de la pugna PRI y PAN por el acuerdo.
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Negocian senadores regreso del EjércitoLos priistas en el Senado negocian un decreto que fija al Ejército un plazo de 18 meses para retornar a sus cuarteles y dejar la lucha anticrimen.
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Indaga la SFP a CompranetLa SFP inició una indagatoria contra Abraham Sotelo, ex funcionario del área de gobierno digital e informática durante el sexenio de Vicente Fox.
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Conforman PRD, PT y Convergencia alianza en TlaxcalaLa senadora con licencia Minerva Hernández Ramos se perfila como la abanderada de la coalición.
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Vence DC United 3-2 al Santos Laguna en duelo amistosoFrancisco Torres y Carlos Darwin Quintero marcaron por los Guerreros, quienes vinieron de atrás, pero no lograron mantener la paridad.
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Abre Conapred queja contra diputado que calificó alianza de “casi gay”El legislador priísta Oscar Levín Coppel, afirmó que la coalición electoral entre PAN, PRD y PT era pervertida.
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Census campaign targets tech-savvy Hispanic youthLOS ANGELES—Groups pushing for robust Hispanic participation in the 2010 census announced a new campaign Thursday that aims to reach the hard-to-count demographic through its smart-phone-toting youngsters.
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Pelosi says Dems near deal on health care billST. CHARLES, Mo.—Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues despite persistent Republican efforts to knock them off stride.
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Witherspoon: First lady is DC's top fashionistaWASHINGTON—Actress Reese Witherspoon says her "Legally Blonde" character Elle Woods has been ousted as the most stylish woman to come to the nation's capital by first lady Michelle Obama.
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