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Northern Illinois officials canceled all of this weekend’s athletics events after Thursday’s deadly shooting rampage at the DeKalb campus.

The Mario Factory has asked that the US government’s Trade Representative help in the piracy fight–especially in such regions as Mexico and Korea.

Sen. Arlen Specter listened to Roger Goodell’s explanations for the league’s actions regarding Spygate, but didn’t hear satisfactory answers and will continue his investigation, writes ESPN.com’s Mike Fish.

The American Film Institute has come up with a list of 50 SF films that it deems among the best ever; it will pick 10 as the best SF movies of all time for a TV special that will air on CBS in June. But readers of SCI FI Wire don’t have to wait until then to come up with their own list of the best SF movies of all time.

Samuel L. Jackson, who co-stars in Frank Miller’s upcoming big-screen version of Will Eisner’s classic superhero comic The Spirit, said that he had very real fight scenes opposite star Gabriel Macht, even though they performed against green screens.

Geoge A. Romero told SCI FI Wire that his latest zombie film, Diary of the Dead, pokes fun at the mainstream media, comments on the Internet blogging phenomenon and also sends up horror movie cliches.

The upcoming New York Toy Fair is expected to highlight toys based on the upcoming SF&F movies Speed Racer, The Dark Knight, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Incredible Hulk and others, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Jessica Biel will join Dwayne Johnson, Justin Long and Seann William Scott as the lead voices in Planet 51, New Line Cinema’s first 3-D animated feature film, Variety reported. The studio has set a July 24, 2009, release date for the film.

John Landis will direct Ghoulishly Yours, William M. Gaines, a biographical movie based on the life of the publisher of EC Comics and Mad magazine, Variety reported.

Australian actress Melissa George (30 Days of Night) is in final negotiations to star in the supernatural thriller Triangle for director Christopher Smith (Severance), according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The new teaser trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull has gone live and is linked through SCI FI Wire’s Trailers page.

Transcripts released after the congressional hearing on steroids in baseball provide new insights into the contentious saga between pitcher Roger Clemens and his former trainer, Brian McNamee, writes Mark Fainaru-Wada.