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Nintendo is gearing up for its upcoming release, the Wii U, which is set to hit stores sometime later this year. The anticipated addition to the Nintendo family is once again changing up its controller style, with a screen style remote that resembles a portable gaming device.

Nearly 8,500 researchers petitioned to boycott Elsevier, the world's largest scientific journal publisher, over business practices they say exemplifies everything wrong with the current publication system. Timothy Gowers, a mathematician from Cambridge University, called for the boycott on his blog in January over Elsevier's high subscription price, high profit margins and subscription bundles.

Love triangles are great on TV but in real life they often result in some seriously unfavorable results. Take for instance, Torrie Lynn Emery, 23, and Alesha Abernathy, 21, the two women fought over the same man via Facebook until a high-speed chase ended in murder.

The role playing game, most commonly known as the RPG, has been a staple of the gaming community since its inception. Over time, this addictive gaming genre has allowed players to indulge in their plot-based obsessions even more accurately.

King of Tonga, George Tupou V, died on Sunday in Hong Kong at the age of 63. The Tongan government confirmed the death with the media but did not reveal a cause.

Excitement over Apple's New iPad 3 release last week has waned as overheating rumors have emerge, casting doubts on whether the tablet is all it's cracked up to be.

“Punk’d” will return to MTV on March 29 at 10 p.m. ET. The pranks are more elaborate this time around, and the show will have a new host every week.

A Hollywood swimsuit model was busted after the DEA arrested Simone Farrow, who worked under the name of Starr, in Australia, accused of heading an international drug ring. Over a month ago, she skipped out on bail and was on the run from the law. She claims there are those trying to murder her.

Sostis, a 60-year-old ex-sailor, is the only human inhabitant of the volcanic islet of Palaia Kameni located in the caldera of Santorini, officially called as Thira, about 120 miles southeast from Greece's mainland.

Collapsing natural gas prices have yielded an unexpected boon for North Dakota's shale oil bonanza, easing a shortage of fracking crews that had tempered the biggest U.S. oil boom in a generation.

Apple’s latest tablet, simply dubbed the ‘new’ iPad, is a top competitor in the mobile market, hinting at intentions of inhabiting the gaming atmosphere as well. However, Sony’s shiny new gaming tech device, the PS Vita, may be a gadget fit to rival top notch smartphones in addition to portable video game systems.

The 911 recordings have been released that depict how George Zimmerman pursued Trayvon Martin after police told him not to follow. On the NBC News' Today Show Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, commented on the situation saying her son was killed because Zimmerman was reacting to the color of his skin.

New Zealand is about to run out of its most distinctive breakfast spread.

Clad in an electric blue dress borrowed from her mother, Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton made her first solo speech as a member of the Royal Family Monday. How did she do?

The Mount Etna, the highest and most active volcano in Europe at 3,295 meters (10,810 feet), spewed lava on the southern Italian island of Sicily during its latest eruption Sunday.

Jason Russell, director of the Invisible Children charity's now-famous video Kony 2012, has become headline fodder after he stripped naked and ran through the busy streets of San Diego screaming You're the devil and other graphic obscenities. With this thrust into the spotlight, everyone wants a peek inside his mind.

The Duchess was in Ipswich on Monday to open a children's hospice.

Bangladesh's quaint town of Tangail stands in stark contrast to its infamous red light area that houses over hundreds of sex workers.

'Naked for Kony 2012': Jason Russell Arrested; Charlie Sheen’s Porn Star Ex-Bree Olson Strips off in Support (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Hundreds of participants dressed in bridal outfits gathered and drank champagne during the annual Brides of March event in San Francisco Sunday.

Thousands of revellers, street artists and merrymakers took part in the annual St. Patrick's Day celebrations across the world on March.17, 2012.

Kristen Stewart recently attended Paris Fashion Week in her new role as a Balenciaga model. She is known for her edgy fashion and distinguishing red-carpet looks. She has even paired classy gowns with plain sneakers.

Jason Russell, director of the “Kony 2012” viral video against Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army’s use of children soldiers otherwise known as the Invisible Children, was arrested on Thursday in San Diego for reportedly masturbating in public, vandalizing cars and public drunkenness, reported TMZ.

An Irish blessing was bestowed upon the world on Saturday in honor of St. Patrick's Day 2012. Here are photos of St. Patrick's Day celebrations from Kate Middleton in England to revelers in New York City.

Police arrested dozens of Occupy Wall Street protesters Saturday night during a protest marking the movement's six-month anniversary at its birthplace in New York's Zuccotti Park.

Video games are typically associated with hours in front of the television screen and online co-op (or competition) with friends. But gaming gurus have found ways to indulge their passion in a less digital and more intoxicated atmosphere.

Scientists in recent years have attempted to identify the factors behind the increasing numbers of honeybee deaths in North America and Europe -- and new research has found the use of a specific class of insecticides in cornfields may be responsible.

AMC's hit series The Walking Dead is ending its second season Sunday night. It's been a rough road for the band of survivors, and the series showrunner, Glen Mazzara, is promising audiences that it's not going to get any easier for them.

Rihanna and Chris Brown's secret romance, rumors of a rapidly approaching wedding date as well as the Bajan singer's rapid rise to fame and the fact that Chris Brown was never arrested for stealing a woman's iPhone in Florida last month can all be explained by a wacky conspiracy theory sparked by Rihanna's new tattoo, a slanted cross that appears to have been made by cutting out a slice of the flesh in her neck, rather than injecting ink into the skin like a normal person.