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X-Play’s Top Five Golf Games

The Masters Golf tournament goes down this weekend, and tomorrow, a little-known golfer/video game star

Blinded soldier taught to see with his tongue

Thankfully British soldier Craig Lundberg, 24, who was blinded in Iraq three years ago, doesn't have to lick objects and faces to have an idea of where he should be looking. Thanks to some innovative, ground-breaking technology, Lundberg can 'see', albeit sketchily, via some glasses with a video-camera built in and a clever, electrode-stimulating object that sits on his tongue. Sky News explain how the kit works: “The device consists of a high-tech 'lollipop' that rests on Craig's tongue. It converts images from a video camera, that he wears on a pair of glasses, into signals that stimulate electrodes on the lollipop. The

Obama seeks revision of HCR plan’s abortion limits

WASHINGTON — President Obama suggested Monday that he was not comfortable with abortion restrictions inserted into the House version of major health care legislation, and he prodded Congress to revise them. “There needs to be some more work before we get to the point where we’re not changing the status quo” on abortion, Mr.

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Paula Abdul Finally Speaks Out

For years on American Idol , Paula Abdul stood and cried over pretty much any performance. A few weeks ago, though, the wacky singer had to “stand on my principle” when it came to an offer she considered to be unfair.

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Pirate Bay sued by FPM, FIMI

The FIMI (Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana) and the FPM (Federation against Musical Piracy) have declared their intent to sue the founders of the torrent tracker The Pirate Bay , seeking monetary damages of 1 million euros. The move follows the recent lawsuit against the site by the Hollywood studios , the decision of a Netherlands court that the site must be blocked in the region , and the fact that the proposed purchase of the site by Global Gaming Factory seems to be on the brink of failure . The lawsuit will be against the site’s founders, Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij and Gottfrid Svartholm

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