Vonn, who won women's downhill gold and bronze in super-G, competed despite a fractured finger but her Games came to an early end.

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And, once again, the popular press has pointed the finger at video games and aggression as a motivating influence of the suspected shooter, Adam Lanza, held responsible for the killing of 26 children and adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

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Which is a shame, because a finger-based interface is obviously well-suited to games involving pointing at things, and projects like the iPhone version of the classic Broken Sword have shown the possibilities of selling this type of game on mobile formats.

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At various times the team's new principal owner could be found courtside at games waving a huge "Go Suns" purple foam finger, dunking a basketball at halftime off a trampoline, or being propelled from a giant slingshot during a time-out, all to the delight of fans.

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That gave debutant wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi an immediate dismissal - and Ronchi will play the remaining games in the series after Australia decided to send Brad Haddin home because of his broken finger.

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