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No matter how many millions of dollars are spent, no matter how many months and sometimes years are spent … when the latest and supposedly greatest video games land on store shelves these days, I frequently find myself struggling to summon the kind of frothy-mouthed enthusiasm that the marketing campaigns pushing these games assure me I’m supposed to feel.
A woman whose leg was badly injured after a steam pipe exploded in midtown Manhattan last summer sued a utility for $10 million on Thursday, claiming it was responsible for her injuries.
A small clump of sealant probably caused a steam-pipe explosion last summer that blew a crater near Grand Central Terminal, according to the utility that runs New York's underground steam system.
The fading pink nail polish on Margo Kane's right toes is more than three months old. It marks the time she has lingered in the hospital — longer than anybody else injured in the July 18 steam-pipe explosion that left her foot hanging by a sliver of skin and muscle. She has endured depression, repeated surgeries and unrelenting pain, and may yet lose her foot.
An 83-year-old steam pipe that exploded beneath a Manhattan intersection over the summer, terrifying New Yorkers and seriously burning two people, may have burst because of a defect in its iron skin, according to an engineering firm hired by the blast victims.
Philippines Volcano Eruption Likely SoonPhilippine authorities on Sunday raised the alert status of the country's most active volcano to level 4 and established an extended danger zone around it, saying an eruption is imminent. More Articles
Sultry Water-World Found Circling the Star GJ 1214Astronomers said Wednesday that they had discovered a planet composed mostly of water. More Articles
Online Retailer Refuses To Sell Modern Warfare 2Major online retailer Direct2Drive have announced today that the year's biggest game - Modern Warfare 2 - won't be made available on their PC digital delivery service. Why? Because of rival platform Steam, of course!
Steam train collision injures 52 More than 50 people were injured, four seriously, when two narrow-gauge steam trains collided in Radebeul, Saxony, on Saturday evening.
Valve Dreams Of Team Fortress 2 MovieValve Software's fans have long had a basic demand: make great games.
Cancer Possible When You Bathe in Chlorine How aware are we, and what can we do? This may seem like a strange question, but how much do we really know about the effects of bathing in water with chlorine added by our municipalities?
Alaska's Mount Redoubt Erupts Four TimesAlaska's Mt. Redoubt volcano erupted late Monday and early Tuesday in "four large explosions," sending an ash plume an estimated 9 miles into the air, the Alaska Volcano Observatory reported. More Articles
Undersea Volcano: Exploding Thru Ocean SurfaceScientists sailed Thursday to inspect an undersea volcano that has been erupting for days near Tonga -- shooting smoke, steam and ash thousands of feet into the sky above the South Pacific ocean. More Articles
If you think back on it, there are many decisions that were made in our pasts that we would all like to scream "do over" – particularly when we see those yellowish Polaroid's.
The Return of Steam to Britain's RailsYes Ladies and Gents, the first mainline steam locomotive to have been built in over five decades has made her maiden voyage.
Not just hot air: British Steam Car in the running to break speed recordA British Steam Car is a step closer to breaking the longest held speed record after completing a number of successful runs.
Utilities putting new energy into geothermal sources - Los Angeles TimesReporting from Reno -- Not far from the blinking casinos of this gambler's paradise lies what could be called the Biggest Little Power Plant in the World.
Britain's first steam train in 50 years takes a trip down memory laneMaybe, just maybe, he will want to drive something like this when he grows up. For this awe-struck little boy, the gleaming leviathan pulling out of York station on Tuesday night may as well have been a fire-breathing dragon.
Tornado takes to the tracks.Railway history was made today when the first steam locomotive to be built in Britain in almost half a century took to the tracks. Enthusiasts painstakingly assembled the Tornado, based on a design that vanished from the network in the 1960s, over the course of 18 years.
Peggy the Three-legged dog loves steam trains.A three-legged dog with a passion for locomotives has become a regular attraction on board a steam train. Despite losing a leg in a car accident Peggy the Jack Russell often walks six miles (9.7 km) from her home in Rhewl, Denbighshire, to Berwen station.
Special video tour of U.K.'s New steam locomotive.The first steam engine built to run on the UK mainline for almost 50 years has made a successful trial run. Robert Hall takes a tour of the train in Darlington, and talks to driver Graham Bunker.
The Holy Grail of Railroading.Two old Railway Locomotives have been discovered under the sea at Long Branch, New Jersey.
Boiler fired up on first full-size British steam locomotive for 50 yearsThe first new steam locomotive in Britain for almost half a century is chugging into action in Darlington. The Peppercorn Class A1 Pacific 60163 Tornado, a replica of the last passenger steam locomotives, was built by the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust at its site in the town.
Daisetsuzan (Big Snow Mountain), JapanFire and water collide in Daisetsuzan.
Opinion: Who's Afraid Of GameStop?Shamefully, almost everyone in the industry seems to be afraid of retail. I spoke with a number of people at the DICE Summit a while back, and while some agreed that digital downloads are making headway, nobody sees it replacing retail.
Ubisoft Bringing Games To Steam, Only In North AmericaThe next publisher to leap upon the Steam train is Ubisoft, with over forty of their games onto Valve's download platform. This includes classics like Far Cry, various Clancy titles, the Heroes of Might & Magic series, and IL-2 Sturmovik.
212 The Extra Degree MovieMac Anderson's films are great! You can go to www.simpletruths.com and see more for yourself!
Epic Gets SteamedWe can add Epic Games to the list, as the developer announced (with the help of Valve) that its catalog has come to Steam.
Atari Drops Metric Ton of Games on to SteamValve announced earlier today that Atari is the latest in the long line of publishers to jump in bed with Steam. The games are already available for download, so check out the full list of titles after the break to see if there's anything of interest to you.
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