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Deathrow is a sports video game developed by Southend Interactive and published

by Ubisoft Entertainment. It was released as an Xbox gaming system exclusive in
November 2002 in Europe and North America. Built on an in-house 3D game engine,
it was Southend's first full release. Supporting up to eight players, the game i
s based on the fictional extreme sport Blitz, a futuristic full-contact hybrid o
f hockey and basketball played with a flying disc. Teams can win on points or by
knocking opposing players unconscious. The single-player campaign is set in the
23rd century, when Blitz is a popular televised sport and the teams battle to s
cale the ranks and win the championship. The game's largely favorable reviews pr
aised its fast-paced action and surround sound, but faulted its high difficulty
curve, generic soundtrack, and lack of an online multiplayer mode. The game won
the TeamXbox 2002 Breakthrough Game of the Year and the IGN 2002 Best Game Nobod
y Played awards. IGN later reported that a sequel would be unlikely due to the o
riginal's low revenue. Southend dissolved in 2013. (Full article...)
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... that American artist Louise Upton Brumback (painting pictured) said of artis
ts as teachers that "the great ones won't teach their secrets, and the little on
es have none to teach"?
... that queens of the fossil ant Pachycondyla petiolosa are described as being
heavy and massive?
... that Split, the debut novel by Swati Avasthi, an Indian American writer and
teacher, was published in 2010 and received a plethora of awards?
... that Ty Isaac???'??s 515-yard rushing performance was an Illinois High Schoo
l Association championship game record?
... that DEC's VT1000 X terminals were designed for simplicity after the firm fo
und their expensive workstations were being used mostly as glorified text termin
als?
... that the Greek Constitution of 1973 is the second in modern Greek history to
have resulted from a failed coup by the Hellenic Navy?
... that with its campaign for Shadowrun Returns, Harebrained Schemes became the
third video game studio to break $1 million on Kickstarter?
... that Loretta Marron became known as "the Jelly Bean Lady" after using jelly
beans to test bogus health products?
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The most significant earthquake to have occurred in Central Europe in recor
ded history destroyed Basel, Switzerland, and caused much destruction in a vast
region extending into France and Germany.
1748 The War of the Austrian Succession ended with the signing of the Treaty of
Aix-la-Chapelle.
1945 Argentine military officer and politician Juan Pern married popular actress
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2007 A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Benazir Bhutto in Karachi caused at least 139 deaths and 450 injuries.
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Sicilian wall lizard
The Sicilian wall lizard (Podarcis waglerianus) is a species of lizard in the fa
mily Lacertidae. Endemic to Italy, it occurs in temperate forests, temperate shr
ubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, temperate grassland, arable land,
pastureland, and rural gardens in Sicily and the Aegadian Islands. The species'
numbers are generally stable, and it has been listed as Least Concern by the IU
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