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Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog Turns 15, Still Playing Strong

NEW YORK – Video game publisher Sega went looking for a new friend for the upcoming version of its popular “Sonic The Hedgehog” game and found a metaphor for its role in the $30 billion games business. Sonic’s new friend Silver fights villains by using mind-powers to throw objects at …

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Corporate Restructuring, Job Cutting Begins at NBC News, Telemundo

NEW YORK – NBC News has begun carrying out layoffs that it said last month were coming as part of a corporate restructuring, affecting mostly off-camera workers on “Dateline NBC,” “Today” and “NBC Nightly News.” The only on-camera employees who have been laid off so far are “Dateline NBC” correspondents …

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Israeli Troops Kill 7 Hamas Militants in Fourth Day of Offensive Against Palestinian Rocket Squads

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Israeli troops killed seven Hamas militants, including a top rocketmaker, and two other Palestinians, including a girl, died Saturday, the fourth day of an Israeli offensive against Palestinian rocket squads in and around the northern Gaza border town of Beit Hanoun. A municipal official said …

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