Ralph H. Baer, who turned television sets into electronic fantasy lands by inventing and patenting the first home video game system, died on Saturday at his home in Manchester, N.H. He was 92.
A group that claimed to be responsible for the massive computer hack at Sony Pictures Entertainment demanded the company cancel the release of \”The Interview,\” a film comedy that depicts an assassination plot against North Korea\’s leader.
A fierce blaze that destroyed a downtown Los Angeles apartment complex under construction next to a fire house and damaged three nearby buildings on Monday is being examined by arson investigators as a \”criminal fire,\” authorities said.
Syria asked the United Nations Security Council on Monday to impose sanctions on neighboring Israel, a day after accusing the Jewish state of bombing areas near Damascus international airport and in the town of Dimas, near the border with Lebanon.
Gal Mekel, the second Israeli to play in the NBA, has signed with the New Orleans Pelicans.
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