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December 16, 2010, 10:31 pm
Letters for Santa
The Star-Herald, one of Nebraska�s most honored daily newspapers, has a circulation of more than 16,000 and publishes every day of the week but Monday.Scottsbluff is located in Scotts Bluff County (pop. 37,000) and is a growing agricultural and retail trade center in western Nebraska.
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December 16, 2010, 10:33 am
NPD: Kinect Helps Boost Microsoft Xbox 360 November Sales
Driven by sales of Kinect, the Xbox 360 was the best-selling game console last month, a 68 percent increase over November 2009, according to data from NPD Group.
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Video game industry posts record November sales
Thanks to the Kinect motion controller and games like Call of Duty: Black Ops, the industry sees its best-ever November, besting the same month in 2008 by about $ 30 million. Overall, the industry posted sales of $ 2.99 billion.
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Kinect controller, ‘Call of Duty: Blak Ops’ drive up videogame industry sales
LOS ANGELES — U.S. video game sales in November rose 8 percent from a year ago to $ 2.99 billion, helped by Microsoft Corp.’s new motion-detecting controller, Kinect, and hot sales of the first-person shooter “Call of Duty: Black Ops.”
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Xbox 360 leads rebound in US videogame sales: NPD
Sagging US videogame industry revenue rebounded in November as buyers snatched up gesture-sensing control gadgets for Microsoft Xbox 360 consoles, NPD Group reported.
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December 15, 2010, 10:34 pm
US video game sales rise 8 percent in November
U.S. video game sales in November rose 8 percent from a year ago to $ 2.99 billion, helped by Microsoft Corp.’s new motion-detecting controller, Kinect, and hot sales of the first-person shooter “Call of Duty: Black Ops.”
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Bail set at K for Elgin burglary suspect
Elgin Burglary charge: Paul Tucker, 24, of the 200 block of Illinois Court, was charged with a Class 1 felony count of residential burglary, accused of entering a Watch Court apartment on Aug. 28, police said. Bail was set at $ 60,000, and he was given a Dec. 17 court date. …
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