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Borderlands, a combination of a shooter and a role-playing game, is a Wild West adventure in outer space. You are a mercenary, a hired gun in search of a rumored treasure on a wasteland world, shooting the crazy thugs and vicious critters who get in your way. As a role-playing game, Borderlands lets you choose your character class to... Full story »

Airbus A330-200 freighter, a plane that could be assembled in Mobile, made its first flight on Thursday. Full story »

The U.S. Department of Defense will not include a recent World Trade Organization ruling against Airbus as a factor in the Air Force tanker competition, according to the Pentagon's top weapons buyer. Ashton Carter, the under secretary of defense for acquisition, said the U.S. government is prohibited by WTO bylaws from taking action against Airbus until the complex and... Full story »

A top Pentagon official said in a letter to Sen. Richard Shelby that it will not include a World Trade Organization dispute over aircraft subsidies as a factor in the Air Force tanker competition. Full story »

A Metallica game is available for the iPhone.  Full story »

Internet sites to help out, educate or have fun with. CANDY SECRETS Remember going to the bank with your parents as a kid? Remember when the tellers always gave you a Dum-Dum sucker as a treat for being bored for a whole five minutes? Me, too. But what about the Dum-Dums with the question marks on it? What was that... Full story »

The successful test gives NASA credibility when it goes to Congress asking for $3 billion more per year suggested by the Augustine Commission.  Full story »

An EADS A330 aerial refueling tanker under development for the Royal Australian Air Force on Wednesday departed Brisbane, Australia, en route to Madrid, Spain, where it will undergo test flights before final delivery later next year. Full story »

NASA engineers are looking for reasons why a main Ares I-X recovery parachute failed on the Marshall Space Flight Center-developed test rocket. The failed chute sent the solid rocket booster crashing into the sea at faster than expected speeds, denting a bottom segment.  Full story »

In EA's Brutal Legend, you are the roadie of roadies, Eddie Riggs, who yearns for the glory days of heavy metal music -- the EARLY '70s -- and finds himself cast into a strange world like a heavy metal album cover come to life. Gameplay is hack-and-slash action, with a little bit of real-time strategy. BRUTAL LAUGHTER Review by... Full story »

Section 8 is a high-speed sci-fi shooter that encases you in shiny, powered armor. BAD TRANSMISSION Don't spend cash on Section 8 clunker Review by BRYAN CROWSON Game type: Shooter. Maker: Published by SouthPeak, developed by Timegate. Platforms: Reviewed on Xbox 360. Hits: Section 8 brings more variety to the sci-fi game field -- in other words, you're an... Full story »

Baseball season is finally coming to an end for this year. The World Series is in full swing. Will the Yankees pull it out, or will it be the Phillies? This is Alabama. If the team isn't being flanked by a hyped-up college kid in an elephant or tiger costume, then who cares? Guess some do, so to celebrate... Full story »

Los Angeles-based Northrop said the Air Force's proposed selection criteria are stacked against the company's larger, more capable KC-45 tanker, a plane that could be assembled in Mobile. Northrop also claimed that rival Boeing Co. has an unfair advantage because the Chicago-based company received details of Northrop's winning bid last year.  Full story »

Northrop Grumman Corp. on Wednesday suggested it could file a lawsuit or even withdraw from the U.S. Air Force tanker contest because of its concerns over the fairness of the competition. Full story »

Clouds couldn't keep the Ares I-X test rocket launch on the ground today. The rocket shot off Launch Pad 39-B at 10:30 a.m. Central Time. Full story »