'Walker, Texas Ranger' home hits market for $1.2M

DALLAS (AP) ? Need space to practice roundhouse kicks and fist-enforced Texas justice? You're in luck: Chuck Norris' spacious Dallas home, complete with a gym featuring memorabilia from his "Walker, Texas Ranger" television series, is on the market.

The Mediterranean ranch-style home in the tony Dallas neighborhood of Northwood Hills also was the on-screen residence of Cordell Walker, the roundhouse-kicking Texas Ranger who battled villainy at every turn.

Norris portrayed Walker in the CBS series that ran for eight seasons. It ended in 2001, but lives on in syndication. Portions of the series were shot in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

The 7,362-square-foot home is listed for $1.2 million. Along with the weight room, it's listed as having four bedrooms, seven full bathrooms and a theater. There's also a separate building that served as a studio for the filming of "Walker, Texas Ranger," as well as other Norris productions, according to listing agent Rogers Healy.

Norris co-owned the property with his brother, Aaron Norris.

Healy said Chuck Norris and his wife have homes elsewhere and want to downsize. He noted that a handful of "qualified buyers" have toured the home since it was listed Friday.

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Microsoft Apparently To Announce Indie Self Publishing Support

July 24, 2013 - Oliver East -

Microsoft is seemingly changing their stance on self publishing models that will potentially aid many indie developers.

Initially, Microsoft had said they would not support the self publishing model which is strongly supported by Steam and has been announced to be supported on the PlayStation 4. According to Game Informer, Microsoft has decided to make another U-turn and will now also support indie developers.

The choice to support indie developers only seems logical. With both of the other major platforms, PlayStation or PC, having already committed support Microsoft really had no choice. Support the model or see developers go elsewhere and lose out on potential sales..

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Wall Street rises after Apple results, Europe data

By Angela Moon

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were flat on Wednesday as results from blue-chips Caterpillar and AT&T offset gains for the tech sector generated by Apple's stronger-than-expected results.

Shares of Apple , the world's largest technology company, rose 4.3 percent to $436.93 after the iPhone and iPad maker late Tuesday reported earnings and revenues that beat Wall Street's estimates, boosted by a jump in iPhone sales to 31.2 million.

Apple is the most heavy weighted stock on the Nasdaq. Also advance was video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc , whose shares jumped 8.5 percent to $25.86 after the company late Tuesday reported better-than-expected revenue and profit for its first fiscal quarter.

But the gains were offset by Caterpillar and AT&T, which were weighing heavily on the Dow index following their results.

"The earnings season so far has been pretty good for most companies. Investors anticipated good numbers and they got them, although the forecasts haven't been necessarily strong enough to push the market higher," said Rick Meckler, president of LibertyView Capital Management in Jersey City, New Jersey.

"I think the market now stands at a point where you are going to need good economic numbers to really move higher."

As of Tuesday's close, of the 130 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported earnings so far this season, 63.8 percent have beaten analysts' expectations for earnings, but 51.5 percent have fallen short of revenue forecasts. Over the past four quarters, 67 percent of companies have beaten earnings estimates.

The Dow Jones industrial average <.dji> was down 17.38 points, or 0.11 percent, at 15,550.36. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.spx> was up 0.09 points, or 0.01 percent, at 1,692.48. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.ixic> was up 14.72 points, or 0.41 percent, at 3,593.74.

On Tuesday the S&P 500 snapped a four-day winning streak and pulled back from Monday's record closing high, while healthy earnings from United Technologies gave the Dow a slight lift.

In another busy day of earnings, Caterpillar Inc reported a lower quarterly profit and cut its outlook for full-year earnings, saying its independent dealers were focused on reducing machine inventories rather than building them up. The stock fell 2.5 percent to $83.34.

A&T Inc posted a quarterly profit late Tuesday that missed Wall Street expectations as it was hit by rising costs. The stock was off 2.3 percent at $35.01.

But Boeing Co , also Dow component, posted better-than-expected second-quarter results, helped by a 15 percent jump in commercial aircraft revenue. The stock rose 0.4 percent to $108.16 in premarket trade.

Overseas, euro zone private industry unexpectedly bounced back to show growth this month as factories increased output for the first time in well over a year, according to business surveys. The unexpected rise in euro zone economic activity sparked a rally in European shares.

But a sign of China's economy was slowing cast a cloud over the positive news out of Europe. China's flash HSBC/Markit Purchasing Managers' Index fell as new orders faltered and a sub-index measuring employment sank to its weakest since March 2009. [ID:nH9N0FE01P] Asian stocks fell after the economic indicators from China.

(Reporting by Angela Moon; Editing by Kenneth Barry)

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Men's sperm quality decreases at age 35

IT'S not just women who have to worry about their ticking reproductive clock. Men's sperm quality seems to deteriorate after the age of 35. The proportion of sperm carrying an X chromosome also seems to increase, meaning older dads are more likely to have daughters.

It has been controversial whether the quality and quantity of a man's sperm deteriorates with age. "However, there is fairly convincing epidemiological evidence that older men do find it harder to conceive a child ? regardless of female age ? and as men get older their partners are at increased risk of miscarriage," says Allan Pacey, a fertility specialist at the University of Sheffield, UK. There is also a slightly increased risk of older men fathering children with genetic disorders.

To investigate, Bronte Stone at Reproductive Technology Laboratories in Los Angeles and his colleagues analysed sperm samples from 5081 men aged between 16 and 72. They found a deterioration in sperm quality and quantity after age 35. Some previous studies had suggested that the decline doesn't start until around five years later (Fertility and Sterility, doi.org/m85).

"Whether it's 35 or 40, the message from this and other papers is that men should be aware of age-related changes in their reproductive system and if they wish to become fathers they shouldn't leave it too late," Pacey says.

The study also found a decrease in the ratio of Y to X-bearing sperm once men hit 55, though it is not clear why.

This article appeared in print under the headline "Would-be fathers, your sperm clock"

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FanDuel Announces King of the Diamond Fantasy Baseball Game - $555K GTD

On September 13, FanDuel is running a daily fantasy baseball game called King of the Diamond that has a $555,000 guaranteed prize pool. $155,000 will go to first. It's the largest MLB contest of all-time and the tournament has a buy-in of $250, with plenty of satellites available. Click here for more details.

Also, NFL contests start next week! It's hard to believe that the season is about to start.

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Xiaomi announces $2.16 billion revenue in 1H 2013, beating the entire 2012

In a Chinese press release we just received, phone maker Xiaomi has just announced that it generated a revenue of CN¥13.27 billion or about $2.16 billion in the first half of 2013. This easily exceeds the company's CN¥12.6 billion or $2.05 billion revenue from the entirety of 2012, so things are already looking good ahead of the annual event on August 16th, when multiple products are expected to be launched -- including a TV that got leaked last month.

CEO Lei Jun said that this is partly thanks to the 7.03 million Xiaomi Phones his company sold within the same period, and the release also praised the popularity of the Xiaomi Box plus various other accessories, such as the new in-ear headphones launched recently. In addition to that, Xiaomi now has 20 million users from around the world as of end of June, 14.22 million of which come from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The latter two became part of Xiaomi's larger scope in April this year, with Hong Kong using the classic online retail model, and Taiwan doing the same but also selling devices through a partnership with local carrier Far Eastone.

Despite the surprising good announcements, Lei reminds his team at today's celebration party to "forget about the results, they're not the most important," and that "only making products that make users scream can bring in long-term value." The real challenge now is to tap into the more exotic markets, and Xiaomi has previously expressed great interest in Europe. Good luck with that, Lei!

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United States crushes Canada in women's softball World Cup opener

Friday July 12, 2013

OKLAHOMA CITY -- U.S. softball coach Ken Eriksen has watched Lauren Gibson play for his team for three years and said he?s become a bit spoiled by her.

In the World Cup of Softball opener on Thursday night, Gibson turned in one of those performances that Eriksen has come to love, going 2 for 3 with a home run, two RBI, two stolen bases and three runs scored as the U.S. routed Canada 7-0 in six innings.

Sara Nevins and Jessica Moore combined on a two-hitter for the U.S., which has won the last six World Cups and is 40-4 all-time in the event, one of the major tournaments on the international softball circuit.

"It?s good to be positive about what went on tonight," Eriksen said. "We?ve got to build upon it. We went out and I thought we executed well when we had to. I thought some really, really good at-bats. . They are so talented right now. They?ve just need to trust themselves and we?ll be in good shape."

Gibson, the Southeastern Conference player of the year at Tennessee this spring, did a little bit of everything for the U.S., which jumped ahead quickly with four runs in the first two innings and never gave Canada a chance to gain any momentum.

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