The 6-year-old boy turned out to be hiding in his family's attic when a homemade helium balloon in their backyard somehow sprang loose, floated 50 miles through the skies, and set off a chase that dominated live news coverage for almost three hours.

NPR: A Boy, A Balloon And A Lot Of Hot Air

We live in an age dominated by defined-contribution retirement plans, where workers make their own investment choices.

FORBES: Educating a Nation of Financial Illiterates

We still live in a male-dominated society, so women feel like they are competing for a smaller piece of the pie.

FORBES: Women Helping Other Women? Not so Much, it Seems

But Mr Putin's opening campaign speech was broadcast live by one channel and dominated news bulletins for the rest of the day on the main networks.

BBC: The power of publicity

South Asian locations dominated the cheapest cities to live in.

CNN: What are the most expensive cities to live in?

Since the Kilpatrick scandal broke, political observers note a frostiness towards the mayor from the regional chamber of commerce, which is dominated by white men who live in the suburbs.

ECONOMIST: Detroit's mayor: A party too far? | The

Game Center will be another adaptation coming from the mobile iOS system, giving gamers a central place to find games and opponents -- a stab by Apple at gaining relevance in a desktop gaming space that is still dominated by Microsoft with its Xbox Live network.

CNN: Apple's Mountain Lion coming July 25?

The present division, in which almost two-thirds of the seats are in constituencies dominated by rural landowners, no longer reflects where people live.

ECONOMIST: Pakistan��s sensitive census

He also never lost his fondness for storytelling, and even in today's computer-dominated marketplace, maintained high hopes that the art of combining stop-motion with live action would continue.

CNN: Special effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen dies at 92