Nintendo's transparent 3DS XL poses for the camera, makes you wish you had one

We know what you're likely thinking: "I want this. I want it now" -- or, you know, something along those lines. Unfortunately, don't expect this transparent beauty to show up at retail stores when the supersized 3DS launches later next month, as it's nothing but a mere demo unit. The see-through XL was recently used by Nintendo to showcase the handheld's guts during a Q&A session on its website, and while it's currently just an extra-large test dummy, it could potentially be a sign of big things to come. We wouldn't hold our breath, though, so for now you'll have to be satisfied with one of those opaque options you have to choose from.

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Kidnapped Libyan Olympic Committee chief released

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) ? The president of Libya's Olympic Committee was released Sunday a week after unknown gunmen nabbed him from his car in the capital, his brother said.

Salah al-Alam said committee chief Ahmed Nabil al-Taher al-Alam returned home unharmed and was resting. He said it was not clear why his brother was abducted or on what conditions his abductors let him go. He said they are suspected to be a criminal gang, and had interrogated his brother for only 15 minutes during his week of captivity.

Security officials were not immediately available for comment.

The abduction comes amid a wave of score-settling between rival groups in Libya's eight-month civil war that ended with the capture and killing of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in October.

Dozens of former rebel groups now operate independently, often ignoring the nation's weak central authorities.

Since Gadhafi's fall, militias frequently have taken matters into their own hands and rounded up officials with ties to the ousted regime.

Al-Alam served as head of the Libyan Football Association under Gadhafi. He is known to have been friends with Gadhafi's son, Mohammed, who was al-Alam's predecessor as Olympic Committee president.

The sports official was released in the western city of Misrata late Saturday, from where he was transferred to a military base in Tripoli and was handed over to security officials. He returned home early Sunday, the brother said. Al-Alam was abducted in Tripoli and it is not clear where he was held.

Five Libyans have qualified to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics to be held in London. A committee official said the delegation left to London Saturday.

"We're tremendously relieved," International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams said. "We were very concerned. We're very happy it's come to a successful conclusion."

___

AP Sports Writer Stephen Wilson in London contributed to this report.

Associated Press

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Glimmers of growth on Florida's Space Coast after shuttle shutdown

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Shuttles Bar & Grill, a once-popular roadside diner a few miles south of the Kennedy Space Center, is shuttered, and a "For Rent" sign is taped to the window of a bagel shop that used to serve space center workers an early bird breakfast.

But a year after the United States ended NASA's space shuttle program, crippling communities around Cape Canaveral that had grown dependent on government contracts, private spaceflight and other ventures are starting to fill the void.

Titusville, Florida, which bore the brunt of the layoff tsunami following the shuttles' retirement, this month landed Utah-based Rocket Crafters, which plans one day to fly Supersonic passenger space planes around the globe.

"Bit by bit, we're seeing companies that are technical in nature that are taking advantage of the high-tech workforce," said Marcia Gaedcke, president of the Titusville Area Chamber of Commerce.

Rocket Crafters is developing a hybrid fuel rocket engine with a 7,000-mile (11,265-km) range. Its space planes would take off and land horizontally, like conventional airplanes, but travel above the atmosphere in suborbital space.

"The idea is to go from Titusville to anywhere in the world at about one-sixth of the normal aircraft time," said Michael Powell, who oversees the Titusville airport where Rocket Crafters plans to build a manufacturing plant and operations center.

The company expects to hire between 500 and 1,000 employees and is a sign of the times as Kennedy Space Center repositions itself to support a variety of government, commercial and scientific programs after three decades of shuttle operations.

NASA currently employs 8,500 contractors and civil servants at the Kennedy Space Center, which is being revamped for launching the agency's new heavy-lift Space Launch System rocket and Orion space capsule.

The system is intended to fly astronauts to asteroids, the moon and other destinations beyond the International Space Station, which orbits about 240 miles above Earth.

A decade ago, NASA's workforce was nearly twice its current size. But as the shuttle program wound down, about 7,400 contractors were shown the door.

ECONOMIC CRATER

That opened what Sean Snaith, an economist and director of the University of Central Florida's Institute for Economic Competitiveness, described as "a pretty big crater" in the region's economy.

"In the beginning, there were numerous jobs for mechanical engineers, but the problem I'm running into is that they're looking for people who have experience in computer-aided design in 3-D and I don't have that background," said Irwin Minsky, 61, who was laid off by shuttle prime contractor United Space Alliance in April 2011.

Minsky, who holds a master's degree in mechanical engineering, said he had not had any job interviews, but was considering taking classes to update his skills.

Ed Avery, a former launch pad technician and quality inspector, is not waiting any longer. The 51-year-old is recruiting former colleagues to staff work-at-home call centers, a job he says pays between $8.50 and $19 an hour.

That is less than what Avery earned at the space center, but it beats most wages in Titusville and elsewhere in the so-called Space Coast region, where a close association with the U.S. space program is reflected in the 3-2-1 telephone area code.

Brevard Workforce, the county's training and job placement agency, reports that about half of the 5,700 workers it tracks have found jobs, although about 900 had to relocate.

NASA's layoffs coincided with the worst housing crisis to hit central Florida since the shutdown of the Apollo U.S. space program 40 years ago.

But home sales and median prices have been picking up this year, and Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer, which opened its first U.S. assembly plant in Melbourne, Florida, last year, recently announced a 67,000-square-foot (6,225-square-metre) expansion to house an engineering and technology research center.

POLITICAL FALLOUT?

The company expects to add 200 engineers, with average annual salaries of $70,000, beginning this month.

"Because there is so much in the way of aviation and aircraft industry in Brevard County, we're able to select the right kind of people that will work for Embraer. There's a lot of talent in this area," said Phil Krull, Embraer's managing director in Melbourne.

Overall, the county's unemployment rate is 9 percent, down from a peak of 11.7 percent in August 2011, following the shuttle program layoffs, according to Snaith. The national jobless rate is 8.2 percent.

Much of the local backlash for canceling the shuttle program fell on President Barack Obama, even though the decision was made before the Democrat took office in January 2009.

Since space is an integral part of central Florida's economy, that same backlash threatens to hurt Obama in his campaign for re-election on November 6 against Republican rival Mitt Romney.

The so-called I-4 corridor region, spanning the interstate highway that cuts across Florida's midsection, is seen as home to many undecided voters in the battleground state.

"If you're the incumbent when it hits the fan, you take the blame," said Dale Ketcham, a Florida space policy analyst who works with several business development and research agencies.

"The I-4 corridor is the most important piece of political real estate in the country," he said.

(Editing By Tom Brown and Peter Cooney)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/glimmers-growth-floridas-space-coast-shuttle-shutdown-050337659.html

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Earnings Preview: AT&T to report 2Q results

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BREAKING: 14 Dead And Approximately 50 ... - Business Insider

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Details are coming in about a horrific shooting in Aurora, Colorado.

A figure in a gas mask set off tear gas bombs about 15 minutes into a midnight showing of The Dark Knight before opening fire on the crowd watching the movie.

Local Police Chief Dan Oates told reporters at a press conference that 14 people have died and approximately 50 injured in the attack.

He also said the police has a suspect in custody after being apprehended in the parking lot.

"Right now we only know of one gunman, and we have no evidence of additional shooters," Oates said. He said that police remain "concerned" about that, although they have no evidence to support this. In the wake of the attack, police went to other theaters to ensure that this would be an isolated incident.

Oates also said that the shooter made statements about explosives at his apartment. That building has been evacuated as a precaution.

The perpetrator, allegedly dressed in a Dark Knight?costume, began shooting after blinding theater-goers with tear gas in Theater #9.?According to 9 News, victims in Theater #8 were also hit by bullets coming through the wall.?A witness?also told reporters on the scene that the shooter eventually entered other theaters after they had been evacuated, in an attempt to shoot stragglers as those rooms were evacuated.

The theater was not known as a particularly safe theater, according to witnesses interviewed by correspondents at 9 News. However, witnesses have repeatedly speculated that this "feels like" a terrorist attack in TV interviews, however the shooter's motives remain unknown.

Witnesses who were not injured were transported to Gateway High School.

Oates said police will hold another press conference around 11 AM local time.

UPDATE:?News 9 reports that the youngest victim reported by the local children's hospital is a six-year old. It's unclear if there are younger victims at other hospitals or if other victims' records are still being processed. 6 people are being treated at that children's hospital.

UPDATE II:?The suspect's car also had explosives, and reporters on the scene have been told to stay as far as possible from his house and apartment.

UPDATE III:?Willy Geist on MSNBC TV said that the suspect is a 24 year-old white male, citing Police Chief Oates.??NBC News tweets?that President Barack Obama has been notified of the shooting, and reporters on 9 News cited a statement released by the President in their live reports.

UPDATE IV:?The youngest victim identified by 9 News so far is a three-month old who is a patient at "University Hospital."

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You can follow the story by watching 9 News's live coverage and at the Twitter handle #theatershooting.

More to come as this story develops.

Here's that live video feed from 9 News:

We also have a few screenshots of live, aerial shots filmed by local and national news stations:

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TV radio sports schedule for July 21-22, 2012 ? Sports ? Bangor ...

SATURDAY

AUTO RACING

Formula One Grand Prix of Germany, qualifying, 8 a.m., Speed-TV

NASCAR Nationwide Series, STP 300, practice 12:30 & 2 p.m., ESPN2-TV

NASCAR Truck Series, qualifying 4 p.m. (delay), race 8 p.m., Speed-TV

ARCA, Ansell ActivArmr 150, 5 p.m., Speed-TV

IRL, IndyCar, Edmonton Indy, 6:30 p.m., NBCSN-TV

BASEBALL, MAJOR LEAGUE

TORONTO at BOSTON, 7 p.m., NESN-TV; WZON Bangor (620 AM), WDEA Ellsworth (1370 AM), WHOU Houlton (100.1 FM), WQDY Calais (92.7 FM), WSYY Millinocket (1240 AM), WALZ Machias (95.3 FM), WEGP Presque Isle (1390 AM), WFAU Augusta (1280 AM), WKTJ Farmington (99.3 FM), WIGY Madison (97.5 FM) radio

SAN FRANCISCO at PHILADELPHIA, 3:30 p.m., WFVX-TV

ATLANTA at WASHINGTON, 7 p.m., MLB-TV

CHICAGO CUBS at ST. LOUIS, 7 p.m., MLB-TV

N.Y. YANKEES at OAKLAND, 8:30 p.m. WBAE/WGAN Portland (1400 & 1490 AM) radio

CYCLING

Tour de France, stage 19, 8 p.m., NBCSN-TV

FOOTBALL, HIGH SCHOOL

Lobster Bowl, 3:30 p.m., Internet: MBRRadio. com

GOLF

British Open, 7 a.m., ESPN-TV

PGA, True South Classic, 3 p.m., The Golf Channel-TV

USGA, U.S. Girls? Junior Amateur Championship, 6 p.m., The Golf Channel-TV

MOTORCYCLE RACING

AMA Motocross, 11 p.m., NBCSN-TV

TENNIS

ATP, BB&T Atlanta Open, 7 p.m., ESPN2-TV

WTA, Mercury Insurance Open, 11 p.m., ESPN2-TV

SUNDAY

AUTO RACING

NASCAR Nationwide Series, STP 300, qualifying, 11:30 a.m., ESPN2-TV; race 3 p.m., ESPN-TV; WNZS Veazie (1340 AM) radio

Formula One, Grand Prix of Germany, noon, WFVX-TV

IRL, Indy Lights, 12:30 & 2 p.m., NBCSN-TV; WZAN Portland (970 AM) radio

American Le Mans Series, Grand Prix of Mosport, 1 p.m., ESPN2-TV

NHRA, Mile-High Nationals, 7 p.m., ESPN2-TV

BASEBALL, MAJOR LEAGUE

TORONTO at BOSTON, 1:30 p.m., NESN-TV; WZON Bangor (620 AM), WDEA Ellsworth (1370 AM), WHOU Houlton (100.1 FM), WQDY Calais (92.7 FM), WSYY Millinocket (1240 AM), WALZ Machias (95.3 FM), WEGP Presque Isle (1390 AM), WFAU Augusta (1280 AM), WKTJ Farmington (99.3 FM), WIGY Madison (97.5 FM) radio

L.A. DODGERS at N.Y. METS, 1 p.m., TBS-TV

CHICAGO CUBS at ST. LOUIS, 2 p.m., WGN-TV

N.Y. YANKEES at OAKLAND, 7 p.m. WBAE/WGAN Portland (1400 & 1490 AM) radio

TEXAS at L.A. ANGELS, 8 p.m., ESPN-TV

BASKETBALL, MEN

U.S. vs. ARGENTINA, midnight (delay), ESPN2-TV

CYCLING

Tour de France, final stage, 8 a.m., NBCSN-TV; 1 p.m., NBC-TV

GOLF

British Open, 7 a.m., ESPN-TV

PGA, True South Classic, 3 p.m., The Golf Channel-TV

MOTORCYCLE RACING

FIM World Superbike, 4 p.m., Speed-TV

TENNIS

ATP, BB&T Atlanta Open, 3 p.m., ESPN2-TV

WTA, Mercury Insurance Open, 5 p.m., ESPN2-TV

Source: http://bangordailynews.com/2012/07/21/sports/tv-radio-sports-schedule-for-july-21-22-2012/

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Proclaim ABS Personal Injury Case Management Software - Express

?Any PI organisation wanting to survive and thrive must seriously consider adopting Proclaim ABS PI.?
James Maxey, Partner

Express Solicitors is a specialist accident and medical claims practice, dedicated to providing an expert and unrivalled service on a no-win, no-fee basis.

The Challenge
With the introduction of Alternative Business Structures (ABS), Express Solicitors required an integrated solution for nose-to-tail management of personal injury claims. Of key importance were scalability (Express employs over 100 staff and is expanding rapidly) and the ability to manage work processes within claims management, personal injury litigation and medical reporting.


The Solution
Eclipse?s Proclaim ABS PI solution is the market?s only system dedicated to the requirements of ABS-era personal injury organisations. Proclaim ABS PI was implemented across all Express business units, providing a complete solution at every step of the claims process.


The Results
The system allows Express to take a global approach to its cases, regardless of entry point into the business or the type of claim. As Proclaim manages files across FNOL (first notification of loss), medical reporting and litigation, Express staff have access to a centralised dashboard for viewing and tracking otherwise complex and disparate data and timelines

By utilising dedicated Proclaim workflows dependent upon the type and stage of claim, Express is assured of a consistent and quality approach to personal injury caseloads. All administrative chores are automated, freeing up ?value adding? time at every step of the process.

Express has ambitious plans to expand further, following a ?3million investment in early 2012, and sees Proclaim as the perfect partner to facilitate that growth.

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