Suit to stop Dish Network’s ‘Hopper’ gets mixed reviews from electronics industry

Source: The Hill

The Dish Network device has drawn the ire of broadcasters because of a feature that allows consumers to fast-forward over commercials. While many DVRs allow consumers to skip ahead 30 seconds at a time, and while any DVR wi ...
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The Fast and the Furious: De Pere mans cars are scheduled to be crushed

Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette

A De Pere man has avoided a possible prison sentence by agreeing to the destruction of his two rare Japanese muscle cars, one of which appeared in the movie "The Fast and the Furious." Authorities seized Justin Ben ...
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Amusement parks ride wave of expansion

Source: Boston Herald

ORLANDO, Fla. — The first phases of a reimagined Fantasyland at Florida’s Walt Disney World, a Disneyland attraction in California based on the “Cars” movies, and Universal Studios Hollywood’s new Transformers ride top the list of new attractions at t ...
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Disney hopes Cars Land boosts California Adventure

Source: Orlando Sentinel

For more than a decade, Disney California Adventure Park has been putt-putting along in the slow lane, trailing its neighbor Disneyland in the race for big attendance numbers. A new 12-acre expansion called Cars Land, set to be unv ...
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'Transformers' roll out in ride

Source: Lansing State Journal

Saturday may have had a soggy start, but that didn't keep Lansing families from turning out for the...- 8:46 pm Eighteen years ago, the Greater Lansing Convention ...
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Disneyland announces plans to raise ticket prices by up to 30 per cent.

Source: The Telegraph

Day passes to the California amusement park will increase by nearly 10 per to $87 (£56), while premium annual tickets will rise by almost a third to $649 (£414). Experts said Disney was counting on an upturn in the US ...
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Behind the Video: Chris Brown – ‘Sweet Love’

Source: Rap-Up.com

You’ve seen Chris Brown’s oh-so-seductive video for “Sweet Love,” now see all the hard work that went into making it. The R ...
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Scotty McCreery Returning To American Idol Recap

Source: antiMUSIC

. On Tuesday Scotty McCreery Returning To American Idol was a top story. Here is the recap: American Idol champ Scotty McCreery will return to the show tonight and Wednesday for the Season 11 finale. . On Tuesday, he will sing " ...
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‘Transformers’ roll out in Universal Studios ride

Source: The Times and Democrat

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Which ’bots are in, and which are out? That’s the question the special-effects gurus at Universal Studios and Industrial Light and Magic, as well as “Transformers” director Michael Bay, first asked themselves five years ...
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