Electronic Arts this morning announced two agreements with advertising companies--one of which is a Microsoft subsidiary--that will place ads in some of EA's most popular video games. The financial terms of the deals were not disclosed.
Average national SAT scores fell by 7 points last year, the largest drop since 1975 and only the second time average scores have fallen in the past 15 years, the College Board reported Tuesday. The drooping figures come the same year the College Board introduced its new 2,400-point test to all students.
Enter the work space of Vital Marketing in New York City, and you'll find a plasma TV in the lobby as well as an open reception area. No cubicles for founder Joe Anthony's employees. "We group our project teams together.... We try to almost create these bullpens so people will always be able to turn around and troubleshoot," says Anthony, 32, of his business, which specializes in multicultural and youth marketing and averages $20 million in annual sales.
AP - Iran defied a U.N. deadline Thursday to stop enriching uranium, opening the door for sanctions, but U.S. and other officials said no action would be sought before a key European diplomat meets with Tehran's atomic chief next week to seek a compromise.
AP - The Israeli army turned over a small border area in south Lebanon to Lebanese and foreign troops Thursday, a symbolic move paving the way for U.N. peacekeepers to go into the volatile area.
AP - A barrage of coordinated bomb and rocket attacks on eastern Baghdad neighborhoods killed at least 47 people and wounded more than 200 within half an hour on Thursday, police and hospital officials said.
Tropical Storm Ernesto neared hurricane status Thursday as the storm's outer bands lashed the eastern Carolinas. Forecasters warned it could be a Category 1 hurricane when it makes landfall, possibly late tonight. Some areas will get up to 10 inches of rain, the National Hurricane Center said.
Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs warned a teenage girl forced into a "spiritual marriage" to submit to sex with her husband or face "losing your salvation," Utah authorities claimed in an affidavit.