Diablo III Auction House Delayed

By News Staff | Friday, May 18th, 2012 at 3:46:GMT+5 The Diablo III auction house – a real-money transaction feature from Blizzard has been hit with a delay, confirmed the developer. It’s no secret that the launch of this game was hit with a number of post-release hurdles that came in the form of server issues and other dilemmas. Apologizing for these problems, Blizzard has announced that auction house will not be seen going live as per the scheduled date ...

This Week’s PS Store Update Outs The House of The Dead 4

By News Staff | Thursday, April 19th, 2012 at 3:25:GMT+5 Gamers waiting to get their hands dirty by slaying zombies in the PS Move-supported The House of the Dead 4 will finally be able to do so, as the game has been released through this week’s PS Store update. Stardrone Extreme and Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention are the two new PS Vita offerings launched this week. According to a post on the official PlayStation blog, enhanced graphics, coop play ...

Boehner endorses Romney for president

By Frank Thorp and Michael O’Brien House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) ended his neutrality in the GOP presidential primary and formally endorsed Mitt Romney on Tuesday. The top Republican on Capitol Hill told reporters that he was “proud” to support Romney now that it has become clear that the former Massachusetts governor would be the Republican nominee. “It’s clear now that Mitt Romney is going to be our nominee,” Boehner stated at a press conference. “I think Mitt Romney has ...

Lawmaker kicked off House floor during Trayvon Martin tribute

Rep. Bobby Rush, D-lll., donned a hoodie during a speech on the House floor deploring the killing of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, receiving a reprimand for violating rules on wearing hats in the House chamber. Msnbc’s Thomas Roberts reports. In a dramatic moment on the House floor this morning, Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) was asked to leave the chamber after taking off his suit jacket and revealing that he was wearing a hoodie during a speech in tribute to ...

The House of the Dead 4 to Hit PSN Next Month

By News Staff | Thursday, March 15th, 2012 at 4:47:GMT+5 The House of the Dead 4 has already been released on Arcades, but now the title is all set to haunt the PS3 systems as it will be launched by Sega through PSN in April. This rail shooter will feature PS Move support, and will also come equipped with bonus PSN exclusive content. The game involves a easy mission which requires players to step into the shoes of AMS Agents ...

Stopping Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions

Beginning Nov. 4, 1979 , dozens of U.S. diplomats were held hostage by Iranian Islamic revolutionaries for 444 days while America’s feckless president, Jimmy Carter, fretted in the White House. Running for the presidency against Carter the next year, Ronald Reagan made it crystal clear that the Iranians would pay a very stiff price for continuing their criminal behavior. On Jan. 20, 1981, in the hour that Reagan was sworn into office, Iran released the hostages. The Iranians well understood ...

Barack Obama sings duet with BB King at White House blues concert

The President delighted guests at the White House with another impromptu singing performance. This time it was a duet with Blues legend BB King at the ‘In Performace at the White House’ event. It took some effort from King’s fellow musician Buddy Guy to persuade President Obama to partake in a reprisal of ‘Sweet Home Chicago’ but he was soon singing a few bars from the classic hit about his home city. It is not the first time crowds have ...

House speaker states payroll tax bill will not add jobs

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, discusses the payroll tax deal saying she is unhappy with the current compromise and is unsure whether or not she will support it. A compromise bill extending a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed should be enacted, but it’s not going to help the economy very much, House Speaker John Boehner stated Thursday. Boehner, R-Ohio, made the remarks hours after bipartisan congressional bargainers announced agreement on legislation extending those provisions through ...

House leaders praise emerging payroll tax cut deal

Congressional leaders of both parties praised an emerging deal Wednesday to extend a payroll tax cut and extra jobless benefits through 2012, but cautioned that bargainers still had to nail down final details. The rare, bipartisan consensus reflected a desire by both parties to put the long-running drama over the issue to rest and a shared sense that their tentative agreement was probably the ideal deal they could get. The pact came together after House Republicans conceded that the roughly ...

House passes congressional insider trading ban

By Tom Curry, msnbc.com National Affairs Writer The House on Thursday passed its version of a bill already approved by the Senate to make clear that members of Congress and congressional employees are not exempt from insider trading prohibitions under securities laws. House and Senate leaders are likely to appoint members to a conference committee during the next few days to reconcile the differences between the two bills. Using an expedited procedure requiring a two-thirds vote and allowing no amendments, ...