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This is the archive for 19 December 2006

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

By Jenna Garard, Courier Staff Writer

Most students taking American Sign Language at Logan took a walking field trip to both Searles and Guy Emanuele Elementary schools, to perform various holiday songs in Sign Language Thursday.

By Sandy Bauers and Don Sapatkin
The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)

PHILADELPHIA — A Swedish astronaut kept a Frisbee in the air for 20 seconds Friday, claiming the new world record for "Maximum Time Aloft".

Only thing is, it was floating in zero gravity, aboard the International Space Station. And the astronaut, Christer Fuglesang, kept it from bumping into anything — or going out of range of the camera in a feed to Earth — by blowing on it.


Christer Fuglesang NASA photo
By Kristina Peterson
Palo Alto Daily News (MCT)

PALO ALTO, Calif. — A local invention could fulfill the dreams of every ecologically-minded paralegal.

Scientists at Xerox research centers in Palo Alto and Toronto, Canada, recently announced that they have developed preliminary technology to print pages on which text disappears after 16 hours.

By Victor Godinez
The Dallas Morning News (MCT)

Let's face it, while the Wii and PS3 are neat machines, not every gamer will be lucky enough to get one of those consoles before the holidays are over. With that in mind, here's a look at some of the coolest games currently available for a whole host of platforms. In cases where I haven't actually had a chance to play some of these games, I've included titles getting positive word of mouth.


One lucky Logan student who obtained a Wii brought it to school on Friday. Michele Morimoto/ Courier Photo

By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)

DUNGEON SIEGE: THRONE OF AGONY
For: PSP
From: SuperVillain Studios/Gas Powered Games/2K Games
ESRB Rating: Teen


The worst thing about "Dungeon Siege: Throne of Agony?" Why, it's its timing. "Throne" arrives on the PSP smack in the middle of the holiday rush, seemingly yet another victim of the tidal wave of more familiar non-PC game hits that drowns gamers annually.