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Posted: Nov 12, 2019 / 03:04 PM EST / Updated: Nov 12, 2019 / 03:04 PM EST

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iGym levels playing field for disabled, able-bodied children

by The Associated Press / Dec 11, 2019

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — One Kreps brother uses a wheelchair and the other doesn’t, yet they are able to play sports together on a level playing field thanks to an augmented reality system developed at the University of Michigan.

The technology, called iGYM, allows people with mobility disabilities and their non-disabled peers to exercise together in a fun environment. The system carries several games.

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How streaming, diversity, #MeToo shaped TV decade of change

by The Associated Press / Dec 11, 2019

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Game of Thrones” was both an unprecedented achievement and old-school role model in the TV decade that’s rolling its final credits.

Installments of the elaborately produced hit were doled out one at a time by an established outlet, premium cable channel HBO. That was standard TV operating procedure until, suddenly, it wasn’t. The new era arrived in 2013 when a full season’s worth of “House of Cards” popped up amid Netflix’s on-demand movies and old TV shows.

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Florida man pleads guilty in plot to kidnap Virginia children, murder parents; receives life sentence

by WFXRtv.com Digital Desk / Dec 11, 2019

HARRISONBURG, Va. (WFXR) -- A Florida man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after pleading guilty to a plot to kidnap children and murder their parents.

An email from the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia says Frank Jesse Amnott, 31, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit the offense of kidnapping, one count of conspiracy to kill witnesses, and one count of brandishing, carrying, and using a firearm in commission of a federal crime of violence. The crime of conspiracy to kill witnesses carries a statuary sentence of mandatory life in prison, the U.S. Attorney's office said.

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