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08-12-2014, 19:24
<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNFUDlRjNQEiOxz-sVxEsQAkorocKw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778677625702&ei=BAmGVNDqNcrviQaXn4DICw&url=http://www.cnbc.com/id/102248655?trknav%3Dhomestack:topnews:9"><img src="//t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR_Hd570GC2p7HKAfCdpRrq_1EnKy0fb mw8l6ydrd-hzioklejl4XOjUaHC38F7t4U9gjFQErw" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80"><br><font size="-2">CNBC</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNFUDlRjNQEiOxz-sVxEsQAkorocKw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778677625702&ei=BAmGVNDqNcrviQaXn4DICw&url=http://www.cnbc.com/id/102248655?trknav%3Dhomestack:topnews:9"><b>The man who founded a $100 billion industry dies</b></a><br><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">CNBC</font></b></font><br><font size="-1">Baer first had the idea for a gaming <b>system</b> centered around the home TV in 1951, but his bosses weren&#39;t interested and instructed him to work on a different project. Some 15 years later, the idea was still lodged in his brain, and as he waited at a bus <b>...</b></font><br><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNFZkhRwgwfF38bNTFHOJMMHTL29-w&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778677625702&ei=BAmGVNDqNcrviQaXn4DICw&url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/11279374/ralph-baer-inventor-video-games.html">How Ralph Baer became the &#39;father of video games&#39;</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>Telegraph.co.uk</nobr></font></font><br><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNEeeJSxEzwMjvSBw6fzJCkVp26WJQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778677625702&ei=BAmGVNDqNcrviQaXn4DICw&url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/goodbye-ralph-baer-and-thank-you/1100-6424069/">Goodbye Ralph Baer, and Thank You</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>GameSpot</nobr></font></font><br><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNEsXxNEdCWO1ZalXSR9Dxqf31wnug&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778677625702&ei=BAmGVNDqNcrviQaXn4DICw&url=http://hothardware.com/News/father-of-video-games-ralph-h-baer-passes-away-at-age-92">Ralph H. Baer, Father of Video Games, Passes Away At Age 92</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>Hot Hardware</nobr></font></font><br><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.ie/news/more?ncl=d3PKjmiZWBKZdGM4y-6eiDi63SSQM&authuser=0&ned=en_ie"><nobr><b>all 261 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>

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