An 84-year-old Florida widow who bought her Powerball ticket after another customer let her get ahead in line came forward Wednesday to claim the biggest undivided lottery jackpot in history: $590 million. Gloria C. MacKenzie, a retiree from Maine and a mother of four who lives in a modest, tin-roof ...
American novelist A.M. Homes has won this year's Women's Prize for Fiction with her sixth novel, "May We Be Forgiven." Homes beat bookmakers' favorite Hilary Mantel and three other finalists to win the 30,000-pound ($45,000) prize, awarded Wednesday at a ceremony in London's Royal Festival Hall. Previously known as the ...
Microsoft thinks it has the one. The company unveiled the Xbox One, an entertainment console that wants to be the one system households will need for games, television, movies, sports and other entertainment. It will go on sale later this year, for an undisclosed price. For the past two years, ...
Looking across the waves of sweaty, passionate gamers during the flashy press conferences and detailed demonstrations at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo, there's been very few wide eyes, gasps or dropped jaws. Sure, a "woo-hoo" has been yelled here and a "yay" screamed there, but the reactions have been far ...
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