the static is thick

LucasFilms and Eyespot are giving fans a chance to create their own Star Wars movie using actual scenes and music along with home-made material.

A Mexican newspaper based in Sonora temporarily shuts down after repeated threats and attacks from drug gangs.

The president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, makes a grab for greater powers by shutting down the only independent television network – and its most popular – in this oil-rich South American nation.