And at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) held in Los Angeles earlier this month, Payton Hills of the Cleveland Browns, Clay Matthews of the Green Bay Packers, and Ray Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens took the stage during an Electronic Arts media briefing to introduce the Madden 12 video game.

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The red, green and blue components of the signal are fed into three separate high-definition cathode-ray tubes (in effect, fancy black-and-white televisions).

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"Panasonic is committed to the best in-home entertainment and this year's Blu-ray Players are at the forefront of design, performance and green technology, " said Alex Fried, Product Manager, Panasonic Consumer Marketing Company of North America.

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Joni Mitchell's new exhibit of photographs, 'Green Flag Song, ' is on display through Oct. 6 at the Violet Ray Gallery in New York City.

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Green Party candidate Ray Tricomo and Independence Party candidate Jim Moore are also in the race for Wellstone's seat, but the Wellstone-Coleman match-up was the main event.

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