Brian Urlacher retired and Michael Crabtree suffered a serious injury on Wednesday — read on for more of what you might have missed. Yet there was one yearly deed the younger Urlacher admired more than others. It happened around Christmas the last five years, when Brian Urlacher, in conjunction with the Bears' community relations department, visited a Chicago Target store and Yet there was one yearly deed the younger Urlacher Read More…
Bridge collapse shines light on aging infrastructure
Three people were rescued from a river after a bridge along Interstate-5 in Washington State collapsed on Thursday evening, plunging cars into Skagit River below, according to Washington State Patrol. MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River collapsed Thursday evening, injuring a unknown number of people. Both the northbound and southbound portions of the bridge dropped into the river The collapse of a section of Read More…
Rodgers: Urlacher favorite opponent
Brian Urlacher recently retired, but he's making it crystal clear that Dallas would've been a good fit for him. The team took out full-page ads in Chicago's newspapers Friday to thank Urlacher for his 13 seasons with the franchise. "Few play for a storied franchise. Even fewer write their own chapter. Thanks, Brian," the ad in the Chicago Tribune and Chicago If you truly don't think Brian Urlacher will be Read More…
Nigerian army 'destroys' Boko Haram camps in north-east
The Digital Media Initiative (DMI) was supposed to create a production system linked to the BBC's huge broadcasting archive, but flaws in the system peaked in April when instead of streamlining access to old video footage, it caused chaos following Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has denied allegations he was caught on camera smoking crack cocaine. "I cannot comment on a video that I've never seen or that does not exist," Read More…
Xbox One: Will Kinect 2 Use Visual DRM?
If you think the Xbox One jams up Apple's plans, think again. The Xbox One is Apple's best friend. Apple needs the emerging TV landscape to be tackled, and whatever mistakes are made, Apple can improve upon them, and show everyone why that strategy Is PlayStation 4 really more powerful? Digital Foundry on what we know about the Xbox One hardware. The Xbox One– yes, that's still the real name. Read More…
Massive Russian earthquake felt 4000 miles from epicenter
GREENVILLE, Calif. (KTLA) — A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Northern California on Thursday night and was felt over a wide area, officials said. The last quake similar to this magnitude was a magnitude 5.5 that struck Southern California in July 2008, said David Schwartz, an earthquake geologist for the Northern California USGS division in Menlo Park. The Chino Hills temblor caused little Since the magnitude 5.7 earthquake from last night, Read More…
Review: 'Fast & Furious 6' stays in high gear all the way
Now, with the series' lovable rogues dispersed to various tropical locales, each living high off their share of $100 million in ill-gotten money, Fast & Furious 6 has to find a new reason to bring them all together — and it's not nearly so graceful Now, with the series' lovable rogues dispersed to various tropical locales, each living high off their share of $100 million in ill-gotten money, Fast & Read More…
Wii U sales rank jumps 875% after Xbox reveal on Amazon UK
Our commentary and yours from 5pm BST. Watch live here from 6pm. We're all in tenterhooks over here at Engadget HQ waiting for the imminent arrival of the next Xbox. As we wait for the event to start though, Microsoft. Update: We've taken our seats and are about to roll over to our Xbox Reveal liveblog. The next Xbox is about to be unveiled in Microsoft's Redmond campus, and Joystiq Read More…
'Criminal Minds' season finale reveals high-profile killer identity
The Replicator was revealed on the "Criminal Minds" season finale. He'd been copying crimes already solved by the BAU, meaning he had to be someone with inside connections. And he was. It turned out to be John Curtis, played by guest star Mark Hamill, Over on CBS, Criminal Minds' double-episode finale night averaged 10.8 mil and a 2.7, up a tick week-to-week but down more than 20 percent from last Read More…
Blackhawks Find Playoff Success Eluding Them
NBCSN analyst Pierre McGuire tried to put positive spin the Blackhawks' one-man parade to the penalty box in the second period. “With Jonathan Toews taking six minutes in penalties in a row you gotta think he's going to have live legs coming back off Game 3 between the Blackhawks and Red Wings took a bit of a nasty turn, but that could be just the thing the Blackhawks have been Read More…