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Midtown Madness is a racing video game developed for Windows by Angel Studios and published by Microsoft. A demo version was released via download on May 1, 1999, and the entire game was released on May 27, 1999. A sequel, Midtown Madness 2, was released in 2000. Set in Chicago, Illinois, the goal of Midtown Madness is to win street races and obtain new cars. Unlike many racing games, which restrict the player to a race track, Midtown Madness offers an open world recreation of Chicago. This setting was developed by Microsoft and described as offering "an unprecedented degree of freedom to drive around in a virtual city". Players can explore the city via one of several modes, and can determine the weather and traffic conditions for each race. The game supports multiplayer races over a local area network or the Internet. Overall, the game received positive reviews from gaming websites; reviewers generally praised the gameplay, though some criticized the graphics. (more...) Recently featured: Catherine de' Medici's building projects – Tyrone Wheatley – noitulovE Archive – By email – More featured articles...
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Luc Montagnier (pictured) and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, who discovered the human immunodeficiency virus, and Harald zur Hausen, who discovered that human papilloma viruses that can cause cervical cancer in women, are announced as winners of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine. The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles defeat the Melbourne Storm 40-0, a record breaking margin, to win the 2008 NRL Grand Final. President George W. Bush of the United States signs the revised Emergency Economic Stabilization Act into law after passage in the Congress. The U.S. Congress approves the civilian nuclear agreement between the U.S. and India. Fifty Somali pirates capture the Ukrainian cargo ship MV Faina, along with its cargo of weapons and ammunition, and 33 T-72 tanks. Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events...
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October 6: Labour Day in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and South Australia (2008); German-American Day in the United States 105 BC – The Cimbri and the Teutons inflicted a major defeat on the Roman Republic in the Battle of Arausio. 1849 – In Arad, present-day Romania, 13 Hungarian rebel honvéd generals who became known as the 13 Martyrs of Arad were executed by Austrian authorities for their part in the Hungarian Revolution. 1854 – The Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead in North East England began, destroying a substantial amount of property, killing over 50 people, and injuring hundreds of others. 1973 – Egyptian troops under President Anwar Sadat (pictured) crossed the Suez Canal and destroyed the fortified Israeli Bar Lev Line, starting the Yom Kippur War. 1995 – In an article published by the scientific journal Nature, astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz reported the discovery of a planet orbiting 51 Pegasi as the first known extrasolar planet around a main-sequence star. More events: October 5 – October 6 – October 7 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 15:37, October 6, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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