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The day has finally come where gamers can turn to their parents and tell them, I can make living playing video games, and I can get a major product e1 Vote(s)... more

that’s right. Sometime this March, amid speculation that Chinese Democracy, the 14-year-delayed disc from Guns N Roses, would be released this year, the VP or marketing Tony Jacobs said that everyone in the US would get a free Dr Pepper if it dropped in 2008. So on Sunday for 24-hours, a soda coupon for a free Dr Pepper will be on their website to print and get a 20-oz Dr Pepper. I believe originally, it excluded Slash and Buckethead, the first guitarist to replace Slash in the GNR... more

Dr Pepper has been named the exclusive lead sparkling beverage for the 2008 Russell Athletic-NAIA Football National Championship, thanks to an agreement between the company and the NAIA Championship Host Committee. Through the agreement, Dr Pepper will receive extensive exposure at all official events that are part of the National Championship week. “Dr Pepper will have a very visible presence throughout the NAIA Football National Championship, most especially on game day,” s... more

What’s smaller than a cotton gin but bigger than a can opener? Maybe it’s that invention you mothballed in your storage closet last summer. Don’t toss it. Bring it to the Dallas Convention Center on Saturday. The PBS folks are holding their Southwest casting call for the TV series, Everyday Edisons. Who knows? You might have the next Post-it Note. Go here for more information and registration forms. --Steve Harris... more

I posted a long response from shooter Pete Frosch the other day. Belatedly, I asked our reporter on the story, Scott Goldstein, to give it a look. His take on what Mr. Frosch had to say: I regret that I wasn’t clearer on one point in my story on W.C. Frosch in Friday’s newspaper. And after reading his letter to you on the blog, I feel compelled to point out an apparent hole in his story. Mr. Frosch insists 15-year-old Brandon Robinson was facing his front door when he shot ... more

Here’s an update on the toilet seat tale that gained worldwide attention. A colleague points out this key sentence: They had conversations in there and had an otherwise normal relationship -- except it all happened in the bathroom. --Steve Harris... more