Memorial service for Alan Ruddock next week
A memorial service is to be held on 16 September at St Bride's Church for Alan Ruddock, whose death at the age of 49 I reported in May.Addresses will be given by Ian Birrell, former deputy editor of The Independent and Richard Beeston, foreign editor of The Times. There will also be a reading by Sunday Times editor John Witherow. Ruddock starte....(more) (full story...)

Aion: Assault on Balaurea Launch Trailer
Now it's time to take the fight to them all ... new trailer for Aion: Assault on Balaurea! (full story...)

Sunken WWII Oil Tanker Threatens Calif. Coast
Launched in 1921, the oil tanker SS Montebello stretched one and a half football fields long. The wreckage of the Montebello was discovered 15 years ago, 900 feet deep and just six miles off the Central California coast near Morro Bay. (full story...)

Alleged synagogue bomb plotters taped testing missile
Jurors sat transfixed as prosecutors played dramatic video Tuesday of a would-be gang of synagogue bombers testing out a shoulder-launched missile. (full story...)

Sunken Tanker Creates Concern Off Central Coast
Launched in 1921, the oil tanker SS Montebello stretched one and a half football fields long. The wreckage of the Montebello was discovered 15 years ago, 900 feet deep and just six miles off the Central California coast near Morro Bay. (full story...)

Amy Poehler to host "Saturday Night Live" premiere
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Comic actress Amy Poehler returns later this month to the set of "Saturday Night Live," this time as guest host for the launch of the show's 36th season on NBC. (full story...)

Colorado governor’s race: Hickenlooper vs. Maes vs. Tancredo
by Jonathan Hiskes. Bicycling doesn’t get a lot of attention in election campaigns, but Colorado governor candidate Dan Maes (R) ensured a cycle-focused news cycle in early August when he suggested Denver’s new bike-sharing program was a step toward “converting Denver into a United Nations community.” “This is bigger t....(more) (full story...)

Google taps State Dept. vet for Google Ideas
Jared Cohen, known as a tech evangelist within the State Department, will be joining Google to launch a think tank called Google Ideas. (full story...)

R.U.S.E. Launch Trailer
This launch trailer gives you a glimpse of what's in store for R.U.S.E. (full story...)

Suspected Islamists attack prison in Nigeria: authorities
AFP - Suspected members of an Islamist sect that launched an uprising last year attacked a prison in northern Nigeria on Tuesday, authorities said, with residents reporting gunshots in the area. (full story...)