SINGAPORE: Around 135,000 spectators caught all the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) matches live last season.And new measures are being introduced this season to help increase viewership both on and off the court for the six teams including the Singapore Slingers.The ABL was launched in 2009 and it has raised the profile of the game of basketball.However, there is still a huge market to...
King's Landing from 'Thrones' gets the Minecraft treatment
Label: LifestyleExplore one of the 3,000 buildings in the King's Landing area within the WesterosCraft Minecraft server.(Credit:Maruku/WesterosCraft)Do you love "Game of Thrones"? Do you eat, sleep, and breathe to the tune of the epic HBO television series based on George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" novels? I know times are tough, especially since the new season doesn't start until March 31. But we might...
Timbuktu’s vulnerable manuscripts are city’s "gold"
Label: Health French and Malian troops surrounded Timbuktu on Monday and began combing the labyrinthine city for Islamist fighters. Witnesses, however, said the Islamists, who claim an affiliation to al Qaeda and had imposed a Taliban-style rule in the northern Malian city over the last ten months, slipped into the desert a few days earlier. But before fleeing, the militants reportedly set fire to several...
Gunman Kills Bus Driver, Takes Child as Hostage
Label: Business A gunman shot and killed a school bus driver in Midland City, Ala., Tuesday afternoon and escaped the scene with a 6-year-old passenger, which has prompted a hostage situation that is still going on this morning.The suspected gunman is identified as Jimmy Lee Dykes, a 60-something military veteran, a police source told ABC News. Dykes and the child are in an underground bunker...
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Drug reduces enlarged prostate with few side effects
Label: World Relief from the constant call of nature is the aim of a new drug, tested in rats, which can shrink an enlarged prostate and is likely to have few side effects. By the age of 60 an estimated 70 per cent of men have prostate enlargement. Treatment involves surgery or...
Tampines junction to be reviewed after fatal accident
Label: Technology SINGAPORE: MP for Tampines GRC Baey Yam Keng says authorities will review the junction of Tampines Avenue 9 and Tampines Street 45, following a fatal accident there.Two brothers, aged seven and 13, died after their bicycle collided with a cement truck on Monday evening.The brothers Nigel and Donovan cycled around the Tampines estate frequently.The tragic accident came as a rude shock to...
RIM to livestream BlackBerry 10 launch tomorrow
Label: LifestyleRIM CEO Thorsten Heins at a BlackBerry event last year.(Credit:Jessica Dolcourt/CNET)Those of you who want to catch RIM's BlackBerry 10 action tomorrow can tune into a live webcast.Scheduled to kick off at 10 a.m. ET tomorrow, the event will run simultaneously in New York, Toronto, London, Paris, Dubai, Johannesburg, Jakarta, and Delhi. People who can't make the trip to any of those cities can watch...
5 Years Later, What's New on Immigration Reform?
Label: Business The announcement of a proposal for immigration reform inspired renewed excitement for some involved in the fight Monday, but other players in the debate felt a sense of déjà vu.Monday afternoon, senators introduced a framework of changes previewed over the weekend, with President Obama and a secret group from the House of Representatives expected soon to follow suit.The press...
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Stellar performances finally gain the limelight
Label: World Michael Brooks, consultant(Image: Five Finger Yamanaka/courtesy of Phil Ross)In Heart of Darkness, Jeremiah P. Ostriker and Simon Mitton add new stars to the constellation of astronomy to tell the subject's full historyWE HAVE all heard of the Hubble Space Telescope, named after Edwin Hubble, but where is the Tinsley telescope?Beatrice Tinsley was an excellent astronomer, but her career was stymied...
Retail rents in S'pore up 2% in 2012
Label: Technology SINGAPORE: Prices of shop space rose 2.0 per cent in 2012, while rentals dropped marginally by 0.3 per cent according to the latest statistics from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA).Yields of retail units have dropped last year, but most market experts Channel NewsAsia spoke to are optimistic about the demand for retail space in Singapore from both investors and retailers. After...
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