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Website owner to stand trial over grisly video associated with Magnotta case
EDMONTON – An Edmonton website owner accused of posting a video allegedly showing the dismemberment and slaying of a university student in Montreal has been ordered to stand trial.
Hockey Canada hires Donskov as manager of hockey operations, analytics and video
CALGARY – Hockey Canada has hired Misha Donskov as manager of hockey operations, analytics and video.
Tech insiders: Firms implemented plans to stem spread of grisly video after Syria beheading
PARIS – Tech companies drafted plans to scrub the web after a grisly video showing the beheading of an American journalist by Islamic State militants – and implemented them this week after a second killing, a Silicon Valley insider said Wednesday.
Obama says US won’t be intimidated by Islamic State after second ‘horrific’ beheading video
TALLINN, Estonia – President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the United States will not be intimidated by Islamic State militants after the beheading of a second American journalist and will build a coalition to “degrade and destroy” the group.
Internet video purports to show beheading of US reporter Steven Sotloff by Islamic State group
BEIRUT – Islamic State extremists released a video Tuesday purportedly showing the beheading of a second American journalist, Steven Sotloff, and warning President Barack Obama that as long as U.S. airstrikes against the militant group continue, “our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people.”
Family spokesman: Sotloff relatives aware of purported beheading video, are grieving.
WASHINGTON – A family spokesman says relatives of freelance journalist Steven Sotloff are aware of a new video purporting to show his beheading by Islamic State militants.
Internet video purports to show beheading of US reporter Steven Sotloff by Islamic State group
BEIRUT – An Internet video posted online Tuesday purported to show the beheading of U.S. journalist Steven Sotloff by the Islamic State group, which called it retribution for continued U.S. airstrikes in Iraq.
Netflix gives subscribers a more discreet way to recommend video to their Facebook friends
SAN FRANCISCO – Netflix is giving its Internet video subscribers a more discreet way to recommend movies and TV shows to their Facebook friends after realizing most people don’t want to share their viewing habits with large audiences.
VIDEO: Trapped gold miners rescued in Nicaragua; more missing
BONANZA, Nicaragua – Rescue workers and trapped miners alike frantically dug away at opposite sides of rock and mud that blocked a Nicaragua gold mine, finally succeeding in freeing at least 20 men. Efforts to reach five miners still missing continued Saturday.
VIDEO: U.S. gun tourism grows in popularity in recent years
LAS VEGAS – The death of an Arizona firearms instructor by a 9-year-old girl who was firing a fully automatic Uzi displayed a tragic side of what has become a hot industry in the U.S.: gun tourism.
Ontario police release video to help find potential witnesses in 2010 murder
CALEDON, Ont. – Ontario Provincial Police have released a video to try to identify two people they say could be witnesses in the unsolved murder of a central Ontario woman.
Video games come of age as a spectator sport as Amazon buys Twitch for $970 million
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Video games have been a spectator sport since teenagers crowded around arcade machines to watch friends play “Pac-Man.” And for decades, kids have gathered in living rooms to marvel at how others master games like “Street Fighter II” and “Super Mario Bros.”
No Miley Cyrus twerking means MTV Video Music Awards ratings down, but tweets top 12 million
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Without Miley Cyrus’ twerking to get tongues wagging, ratings for MTV’s annual Video Music Awards took a tumble.
Rogers and Shaw launch video-on-demand service called ‘Shomi’
TORONTO – Two of Canada’s top telecommunications companies have teamed up to launch a subscription video-on-demand service they say can rival the current industry titan Netflix without cannibalizing their own cable and television-on-demand services.
Amazon hopes to become ESPN of video games in purchase of streaming platform Twitch for $970M
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Amazon is hoping to become the ESPN of video games.