Online consoles power surge boosts console gaming popularity
The rise of broadband has lifted console based online play led by Sony PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Xbox Live. By 2008 more than 40 million gamers worldwide expected online console play, with hundreds of thousands already subscribed. Persistent online worlds face growth challenges amid cancellations and ambitious, costly development promises.
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92 year old man helps save would be jumper in Lowell
In Lowell Massachusetts a 92 year old man George Kouloheras helped restrain a distraught jumper with Bob Michalczyk until police arrived. Patrolman Dan Brady planned citizen citations for both savers. Kouloheras once rescued an infant from a fire as a Boy Scout.
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Officials suspect arson behind fires in Kentucky churches
In Paintsville two eastern Kentucky churches suffered weekend fires under arson investigation. Sugar Grove Baptist Church burned fully, then New Bethel Freewill Baptist Church was hit about an hour later. Authorities and fire marshals said possible gas ignition, with tape recorders stolen. The Rev. Joe Scott reported melted microphones from the heat.
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Forest blaze stopped near Big Bear after control burn
In the San Bernardino Mountains a control burn grew into a 350 acre forest fire forcing evacuation of two ski resorts. Firefighters held the blaze by Friday night with about 250 on the lines and expected to extinguish it by Sunday evening. Ten acres lay outside the planned burn boundary. some residents complained they were not notified and questioned the firefighting efforts.
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