Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment

REDMOND, Wash. | Microsoft thinks it has the one.

Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment

Microsoft Corp.'s Don Mattrick unveils the next-generation Xbox entertainment and gaming console system, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at an event in Redmond, Wash.I t's been eight years since the launch of the Xbox 360. The original Xbox debuted in 2001, and its high-definition successor premiered…

Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment

Microsoft Corp.'s Don Mattrick unveils the next-generation Xbox entertainment and gaming console system, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at an event in Redmond, Wash. It's been eight years since the launch of the Xbox 360. The original Xbox debuted in 2001, and its high-definition successor premiered…

Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment

Microsoft Corp.'s Don Mattrick unveils the next-generation Xbox entertainment and gaming console system, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at an event in Redmond, Wash. It's been eight years since the launch of the Xbox 360. The original Xbox debuted in 2001, and its high-definition successor premiered…

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Rift repaired, Little League honors founder Stotz

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. | The decades-long rift that separated Little League Baseball's founder from his beloved program once seemed as wide as the distance from home plate to straightaway center field.

Rift repaired, Little League honors founder Stotz

Little League International president Stephen Keener speaks at a news conference at the Little League museum in South Williamsport, Pa. Little League announced that the family of program founder Carl Stotz loaned artifacts to display at an exhibit, including the home plate used in the first …

Rift repaired, Little League honors founder Stotz

the home plate used in the first Little League in 1939 is shown on display at the Little League museum in South Williamsport, Pa. Little League has announced that the family of program founder Carl Stotz loaned artifacts to show at a new exhibit.