Man dies after internet gaming binge
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Three-day stint led to collapse from exhaustion, Chinese officials say.
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There is a part of gamer psychology that is rarely discussed, but incredibly important: We are thrilled by wanton destruction. We need it like a form of food. Commentary by Clive Thompson.
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Are online gaming champions the rock stars of the 21st century? Fifty million Koreans canÂt be wrong.
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By Jim Fitzgerald THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- A man who was fired by IBM for visiting an adult chat room at work is suing the company for $5 million, claiming he is an Internet addict who deserves treatment and sympathy rather than dismissal.
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CHICAGO - The American Medical Association called  for more research into the public health risks of video and  Internet games on Wednesday but stopped short of declaring them  addictive.
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He died after a prolonged illness, family sources said. He was 80.
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Former NBA player Eddie Griffin had more than three times the legal alcohol limit in his system when he crashed his sport utility vehicle into a moving train and died this summer, according to an autopsy report released Friday.
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After a young man drank himself to death at a New Year's Eve party, messages that sprang up on his MySpace.com page led to the discovery of a video of his final hours &#151; and the filing of charges against his fiancee.
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RENO, Nev. - A 50-year-old Reno man who was hospitalized after he castrated himself told police he learned of the procedure on the Internet and did so to lower his libido. The man, whose name was not released, called 911 at about 1:30 a.m.
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Al Shugart, 76, who pioneered the multibillion-dollar computer hard drive industry and was one of the more colorful characters of Silicon Valley, died Dec. 12 at California's Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula of complications from heart surgery he had six weeks earlier.
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Coincidence or foresight? A mysteriously prescient note about a wrestlerâs wifeâs death highlights the predictive possibilities of the internet.
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Blog: The AMA will consider a proposal to have video game addiction officially classified as a psychiatric disorder. Bloggers say that's going way too far.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Chuck Harris remembers when the Internet was fun and he'd spend hours reading his favorite news sites, checking the church calendar, browsing the shops. Then, a few weeks ago, he lost control of his computer. It turned into a giant electronic billboard.
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A man diagnosed with terminal lung cancer who was planning to host his own living wake has died.
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The popular comedian of yesteryears had been suffering from breathing problems for the last several days. He passed away on February 13 in Mumbai.
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A Chinese man dropped dead after playing Internet games for three consecutive days, state media said on Monday as China seeks to wean Internet addicts offline.
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An obese 26-year-old man in  northeastern China died after a "marathon" online gaming  session over the Lunar New Year holiday, state media said on  Wednesday.