Betty Ford, wife of former President Gerald Ford and the founder of the Betty Ford Center for substance abuse and addiction, has died at age 93. (July 8)
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enlarge Credit: Starz Torchwood on Starz I’m a big fan of Doctor Who , Torchwood and Russell T. Davies, the man who brought back The Doctor and his spin off series Torchwood to the BBC. Now he’s partnered up with Starz and brought Captain Jack Harkness and Gwen Cooper to America starting tonight. “Torchwood,” premiering July 8, stars John Barrowman (“Torchwood”, “Desperate Housewives”) as Captain Jack Harkness, Eve Myles (“Torchwood”, “Little Dorrit”) as Gwen Cooper, Mekhi Phifer (“ER”, “Lie to Me”) as Rex Matheson and Bill Pullman ( While You Were Sleeping, Independence Day ) as Oswald Danes. The last time we saw them it was in a five episode mini-series called Children of Earth , which was excellent and a big hit for BBC America . You can watch them all on Netflix Instawatch. Anyway, I have a friend that told me this new story arc gets very interesting as the show develops, but it’s ten episodes long so I imagine it’ll take a little longer to develop. Detroit News: And the fourth season is anything but boring. This time around, the planet is in chaos and no one is dying. While eternal life seems like a cool concept, it’s not. People keep aging and keep feeling pain, and hospitals and cities are overcrowded and running out of resources. I haven’t seen it yet, but I’m hoping for the best. Enjoy.
Continue reading …Rupert Murdoch, who yesterday shut down the 168-year-old News of the World , faces the worst PR crisis of his six-decade career, reports the Washington Post . So far, the scandal is threatening to derail Murdoch’s $12 billion bid for British Sky Broadcasting. It could even force Murdoch to testify before the…
Continue reading …Three kids in Colorado saw Fourth of July fireworks in a whole different light. A bartender at a Chili’s restaurant accidentally served tequila to the children—ages 8, 6, and 1—before they went to a fireworks display, reports Huffington Post . Their mother ordered them a fruit smoothie to share,…
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The abstract drawing, worth $275,000, was recovered undamaged after just two days on the lam. And it may have been the description of a man wearing “loafers sans socks” that brought the thief to justice. After 30-year-old Mark Lugo from New Jersey was caught on a restaurant surveillance camera sporting Toms cloth shoes – and,
Continue reading …Michele Bachmann isn’t going to make a big deal about the comment from a Tim Pawlenty aide that her “sex appeal” is helping on the campaign trail. “Well, listen, I’m 55 years old. I’ve given birth to five kids and I’ve raised 23 foster kids, so that sounds like good…
Continue reading …Turtle Beach Xbox Chat Adapter gets the hands-on treatment, admirably untethers talkative gamers
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Back at E3, Turtle Beach unveiled its wire-ridding Xbox 360 Bluetooth Chat Adapter bundled with its XP500 headset (a re-badged PX5 ), but there were no accounts of how the dongle performed. That’s now changed thanks to Joystiq , who’ve gotten their lucky mitts on one of ten prototypes. Spoiler: they’re really enjoying the little guy. Voice quality was reported as being “excellent” and the device easily paired with headsets. There’s no annoying charging cable required either as the XBA juices off the controller, but only time will tell how that impacts battery life. The big quirk critics found was that its single button, which operates as a muting / pairing and on / off switch, was oft-engaged accidentally — obviously not ideal for newb trash-talking. Sure, it’s not totally seamless like Tritton’s official digs, but Xbox aficionados should certainly be stoked about soon having options to ditch those chat cables for good. Turtle Beach Xbox Chat Adapter gets the hands-on treatment, admirably untethers talkative gamers originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Polar bears have as much claim to Irish descent as any St. Patrick’s day marcher, according to a DNA study of ancient bear bones. All polar bears alive today have the maternal DNA of the extinct Irish brown bear, the researchers found, suggesting that the two species interbred during the…
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STS-135 Space Shuttle Launch 7-8-2011 NASA WEATHER SATELITE IMAGES Saturn anomality 2008 PeterPiemel says: STS-135 Space Shuttle Launch: http://t.co/L6sRerd (via @NASA )
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