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Forget the scalpel, med schools use robots, video games to train new doctors
TORONTO – During a medical emergency, every second counts.
Is it art or is it just cute? Film festival showcases online cat videos
MINNEAPOLIS – Warning: This is a story about online cat videos. If you’re among the seemingly tiny minority of the general population not interested in watching a 1-minute clip of a cat in a T-shirt pounding on a keyboard, then move along.
Soldier’s mother wonders whether showing suicide video was worth it
OTTAWA – Sheila Fynes couldn’t sleep most nights this summer, wondering whether she made the right decision in allowing a public inquiry to view a 34-minute military police video of her son’s lifeless body hanging from a chin-up bar in his barracks.
Rihanna, Taylor, Lil Wayne – all the pieces in place for another memorable Video Music Awards
There may be no baby bump to talk about this year, but given its track record, the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles will surely provide some water cooler moments Thursday.
Winners of the 29th annual MTV Video Music Awards
Here are the winners of Thursday night’s 29th annual MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles:
US police release videos showing firefights with Sikh temple gunman
OAK CREEK, Wis. – A white supremacist who killed a half-dozen people at a Sikh temple in the U.S. last month chased down the first police officer on the scene, pumping round after round into him as he lay wounded behind a parked car, video released Monday showed.
YouTube releases own iPhone app as Apple prepares to drop video service
SAN FRANCISCO – YouTube is being reprogrammed for the iPhone and iPad amid the latest fallout from the growing hostility between Google and Apple.
Clinton says anti-Islam video ‘disgusting and reprehensible,’ but no cause for violence
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is sharpening her criticism of an anti-Islam video that has provoked protests in the Arab world.
Ubisoft unveils cutting-edge Toronto performance capture studio for video games
TORONTO – Ubisoft Toronto celebrated its latest expansion Thursday, showing off a performance capture studio for its video games.
LG unveils new flagship smartphone with more video features
SEOUL, South Korea – LG Electronics will launch the Optimus G smartphone next week in South Korea, pinning hope on the new Android device to help revive its loss-making mobile business.
Helicopter carrying film crew crashes in Mexico; music video director dies, 4 others injured
MORELIA, Mexico – Mexican authorities say a government helicopter carrying a crew making a tourism video has crashed into a lake in western Mexico. The video director drowned, while three crew members and a state employee escaped.
Carter’s grandson gives Obama a gift after tracking down damning Romney video
WASHINGTON – It’s been said that U.S. President Barack Obama has long bristled at suggestions he’s another Jimmy Carter.
Sony to offer slimmer, lighter PlayStation 3 home video-game console ahead of holidays
TOKYO – Sony Corp. is introducing a smaller, slimmer and lighter version of its PlayStation 3 home console ahead of the year-end holidays as it gears up for growing competition in games from smartphones.
Prison abuse videos set off protests in Georgia ahead of parliamentary election
TBILISI, Georgia – Videos showing the abuse of prisoners in Georgia have led to streets protests and government claims of a political provocation ahead of parliamentary elections.
YouTube video prompts police search for remains at decades-old crash site
PITT MEADOWS, B.C. – The 60-year-old wreckage of a Second World War-era bomber in the mountains above Metro Vancouver prompted a search by RCMP for human remains.
Environment Canada launches project to capture snowflake on high-speed video
OTTAWA – This is one flaky project.
Viral video creators ride wave of online success into publishing
TORONTO – It started as an off-the-cuff remark between two guys, morphed into a joke-a-day Twitter page, exploded as a viral video and became a bona fide industry player with a red carpet premiere at the recent celeb-studded Toronto International Film Festival.
DiCaprio, Maguire lead all-star cast in new video urging voter expression through social media
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire lead a cast of stars in a new public service announcement urging young voters to use social media to express the issues most important to them in the upcoming election.
Alabama man pleads guilty to obscenity for sexually taunting LSU fan in video
NEW ORLEANS – An Alabama man has pleaded guilty to two counts of obscenity for sexually taunting an unconscious LSU fan in a Bourbon Street restaurant after the BCS national title game in January.
No Doubt, Activision settle lawsuit over ‘Band Hero’ video game, use of musicians’ likenesses
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – No Doubt has settled its lawsuit against gaming giant Activision over the use of band members’ likenesses in the video game “Band Hero,” court records state.
France tells TV channels: Don’t show racy Miley and Britney videos until well after dark
PARIS – Miley Cyrus and Britney Spears are too racy for daytime French TV.
Serial killer Robert Pickton makes video appearance in civil case
VANCOUVER – Serial killer Robert Pickton has appeared in a Vancouver court via video over a series of lawsuits filed by the families of several murdered women.
Pentagon says US has new video of captured Army soldier; taken within the last month
BOISE, Idaho – The family of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was captured more than four years ago in Afghanistan, says a new video of the soldier believed to have been taken in the last month has bolstered its resolve to bring him home safely to Idaho.
Luka Magnotta’s confidential academic video interview not for police: judge
MONTREAL – A judge has prevented Montreal police from getting their hands on a confidential academic video interview with accused killer Luka Rocco Magnotta.