Nintendo's new portable 3-D gaming system is in a "category of one," said Reggie Fils-Aime, president and chief operating officer of the company's American operation, at an event in New York on Wednesday in which he laid out the details of the product's introduction. But he acknowledged that even the most novel of gaming devices is now pitted against a range of competitors extending far beyond the traditional gaming world. He said that Nintendo saw the device as more than a hand-held gaming console, and stressed the importance of the device's ability to display 3-D video without the need for glasses, and its ability to function as a 3-D camera.
HOUSTON - It is surely too soon to call the Knicks distracted, hopeful or in any way emotionally invested in the concept of Carmelo Anthony. All they knew Wednesday, as they reached the midpoint of a transformational season, is that another transformation could be coming.
TUCSON - Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who survived a gunshot through her head on Jan. 8, is likely to leave a hospital here on Friday and move to the TIRR Memorial Hermann rehabilitation hospital in Houston to continue her recovery, a spokesman for Ms. Giffords said Wednesday.
BAGHDAD - For the second time in two days, Iraqi security forces came under attack by a suicide bomber when an ambulance packed with explosives blew up outside a police headquarters on Wednesday in Diyala Province, north of Baghdad.
FLEMINGTON - Although watering your lawn might be the last thing on your mind this week, the effort to ensure plenty of clean water continues week in and week out, according to Councilman John Gorman, who is the public works commissioner.
Newfound concern about the wellbeing of football players has focused on the tip of a very large iceberg. Parents, schools, and athletes worry that thousands of amateurs each year may be suffering head injuries similar to the ones that make us gasp during NFL games. But there's a worse possibility: The most serious brain injuries at all levels of the sport are going completely undiagnosed and undetected
An explosion in a gas main in northeast Philadelphia spawned a three-alarm fire that left one person dead and five injured and prompted evacuation of several dozen residents.
America's harsh winters cost the nation's economy billions of dollars each year in snow removal equipment, weather damage to streets and vehicles, extra days of school and revenue lost to closed businesses.
Washington (CNN) -- Republicans have put the wheels in motion to try to repeal President Obama's health care reform law. CNN breaks down the issue and the efforts' future.
Republicans have put the wheels in motion to try to repeal President Obama's health care reform law. CNN breaks down the issue and the efforts' future.
Goldman Sachs said Wednesday its earnings fell 53 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010 as it set aside less pay for its staff, although bank employees last year earned more than eight times the average U.S. household income.
Virgin Galactic may be funded by a billionaire from Britain, but the company's new president emphasizes the private space effort's "Made in America" stamp.
Spending lots of free time glued to the TV or computer screen can hurt your heart and shorten your life, no matter how much exercise you get when you're not riding the couch, a new study suggests.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his lawyer arrived at a London court Tuesday for a procedural hearing to determine when his formal extradition hearing will take place.
China took its latest powerful toy, a new stealth fighter jet, out for its first test spin Tuesday, leading U.S. Defense Secretary Gates to wonder whether the flight was scheduled to coincide with his visit.
The South Korean Ministry of Unification confirmed Wednesday that it has reopened communication channels with Pyongyang, North Korea, in the border area of Panmunjom.
At least three people have been shot at a high school in Gardena, California, Lt. Steve Prendergast of the Gardena Police Department said Tuesday. The conditions of the victims, who all appear to be students, are unknown.
The president and prime minister in Tunisia's day-old interim government have left the RCD party - a symbol of the old regime reviled by protesters.
Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi insisted his government had "clean hands", but said the transition needed experienced politicians.
Protesters want the RCD disbanded, and say no members of the old regime should retain power.
Opposition groups view the RCD (Constitutional Democratic Rally) as synonymous with hardline former President Zine al-Abedine Ben Ali, who was forced from power on 14 January.
