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CBS News spent April 25 in Detroit, profiling The Children's Health Project, which brought medical teams to deliver health care to the children in need in the city. Jeff Glor sat down with one of the co-founders of the group - singer Paul Simon.

Nearly two-thirds of all companies will increase social media budgets this year to catch a ride on the rapidly growing phenomenon.

Barack Obama will hand an increasingly besotted American media the opportunity to gush about his presidency on Wednesday when he marks his first 100 days in office with a formal primetime press conference.

Cardinal Pell Responds to Media Criticism of Pope As an Archbishop, dealing on a daily basis with people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, I know that the Pope is speaking the truth. I suspect that t...

inFamous purchasers getting beta accessUncharted 2: Among Thieves could well have multiplayer and co-operative modes, despite Naughty Dog's repeated denials. A new snapshot spied by Kotaku suggests that those pre-ordering PS3 release inFamous will get early access to the Uncharted 2 multiplayer beta - suggesting that there might well, in fact, be such modes included in the new game. Those pre-ordering inFamous will be offered a beta voucher, in the US at least, and they will be offered access to the new release's demo from May 8th, and entry into the uncharted 2 test from June 3rd. That conveniently coincides with E3. Speculation has it that all this excitement will be announced come Monday, if it turns out to be true of course.

Smaller firms missing out on financingAccording to Games Investor big wig Nick Gibson the games industry isn't entirely recession proof, despite claims that gaming will continue growing through the global economic downturn. Apparently, private funding to game makers is down a whopping 60 per cent this year; mainly as a result of firms not lending to small and medium-sized game makers. Gibson is worried this situation could worsen. 'The bullish industry insider may be thinking that the relative success of games would act as a beacon to attract investors and lenders, but this is not proving to be the case,' he offers. 'There are a variety of complex reasons for this. 'Most investors will have less capital to invest than they did a year or two years ago, many will be spending a higher than expected proportion of their available capital on ensuring their existing investments stay afloat and they will also have become incredibly risk-averse, making new investments within their comfort zo

Iran's top authority blamed American and Israeli intelligence bodies on Saturday for bombings in Iraq that have killed dozens of Iranian pilgrims this week, official media reported.

Health group calls for a co-ordinated response, but holds off on raising its pandemic alert level

GameFly has filed a complaint with the US Postal Regulatory Commission claiming unlawful discrimination. Seems the big boys of the mail-a-movie arena get better postage rates and preferential handling of their media.GameFly has been in business since 2002, and is now a leading online video game rental company. They provide games for most players, including [...]

Health group calls for a co-ordinated response, but holds off on raising its pandemic alert level