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The speculation has been growing all weekend about what Microsoft will be announcing today. Last Thursday the company sent an email to press members requesting their presence in Los Angeles today. There was no word about what sort of product would be announced, or even what division would be making the announcement. This will be a major Microsoft announcement you will not want to miss it, was the only hint.

The most reliable rumors so far seem to pin the topic of the event to a tablet launch. That doesnt answer the question, though, of why Microsoft is choosing Los Angeles as a venue rather than something closer to its Redmond, Washington headquarters.

Now, TechCrunch is repeating the tablet rumor, but theyve added some details. Citing folks with knowledge of the situation, they state that Microsoft and Barnes & Noble will be announcing a Kindle Fire-style tablet/e-reader. They also cite a different anonymous source as saying that the tablet will have Xbox LIVE streaming capabilities.

Both of these things are certainly a possibility, of course. Back in April it was announced that Microsoft and Barnes & Noble were coming together to form a company called NewCo, which would develop a NOOK app for Windows 8. Speculation about a NOOK device running Windows 8 has been making the rounds since then. As for the Xbox LIVE rumor, its clear from Microsofts E3 press conference that the company is hoping to make the Xbox brand the center of its Windows 8 gaming strategy.

If a Windows 8 Nook tablet streaming Xbox LIVE content is really todays announcement, why didnt the company debut it at E3 along with their SmartGlass technology? My guess is that the announcement will involve movie studios or record labels in some way. Perhaps the Zune brand will finally be put to rest with the debut of Xbox Music. Whatever the truth may be, we will all find out today when the Microsoft event starts at 6:30 EDT.

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HOUSTON -

A man died after taking narcotics, investigators said.

Houston police said Kevin Schoolmeyer, 21, and another person were traveling home from a rave party at a downtown Houston club early Saturday.

Detectives said Schoolmeyer took an unknown quantity of narcotics at the party.

Schoolmeyer was driving and became enraged, police said. He pulled over to the side of the road in the 1000 block of Kress in east Houston and ordered the other person to get out of the car, investigators said.

Police said the other person got out of the car and walked away. That person returned a short time later and found Schoolmeyer unresponsive, officials said.

Paramedics were called out to the scene and pronounced Schoolmeyer dead.

The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences will determine the cause of Schoolmeyer's death and what narcotics he took.

Anyone with information regarding Schoolmeyer's death is asked to call the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600.

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On Monday, Houston Police Department Homicide was investigating the death of a 21-year-old Friendswood man who was found unresponsive in a car in the 1000 block of Kress on Saturday morning.

According to KHOU News, Kevin Schoolmeyer, 21, was on his way home from a rave with a friend at around 6:15 a.m. on June 16. His friend told police that Schoolmeyer became enraged, pulled over to park on the side of the road and ordered the friend to get out of the car. The friend walked away, but returned a short time later to find Schoolmeyer unresponsive. Paramedics responded to the scene and pronounced Schoolmeyer dead.

Later, the friend told police Schoolmeyer may have bought drugs at the rave and he may have been under the influence of LSD. The rave Illuminaughty was organized by a local Friendswood teen. It was the venue that Schoolmeyer had attended the evening of his death. According to Facebook events, another Illuminaughty rave, also organized by the same Friendswood teen, will be held June 22 in Houston, possibly putting more youth at risk of exposure to the drug that killed Schoolmeyer.

On June 11 at 11:51 p.m., a 17-year old Friendswood teen was transported to the emergency room after she took three hits of LSD acid at her home in the 900 block of Remington Ct. A friend of the victim in this case also told police that they had bought the LSD at a rave party in Houston. Friendswood medics were called when the teen began having seizures.

Fortunately, another 17-year old Friendswood neighbor was with her, who had also taken three hits of acid, and called for help when her friend started having difficulty. Eventually, the friend called 9-1-1. One girl was taken by ambulance, the other by private vehicle, to the hospital. No charges have been filed; however, investigators will be following up on these cases.

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HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Houston police are awaiting autopsy results in the case of a Friendswood male who was found dead after attending a rave party.

On June 16, police say the victim, Kevin Schoolmeyer, 21, and a witness were traveling in Schoolmeyer's vehicle on their way home from a rave party at a downtown club where Schoolmeyer had taken an unknown quantity of narcotics. At some point, Schoolmeyer allegedly became enraged and erratic, pulled over to park on the side of the road, and ordered the witness to get out of the vehicle.

The witness walked away, then returned a short time later and found Schoolmeyer unresponsive. HFD paramedics responded to the scene and pronounced Schoolmeyer dead.

The investigation is pending Schoolmeyer's cause of death, to be determined by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.

Anyone with information in this case is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600.

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PUBLISHED: 18:22 EST, 18 June 2012 | UPDATED: 18:22 EST, 18 June 2012

Waiter Albert Sola claims King Juan Carlos of Spain is his father, and met his mother during a trip to Barcelona in the 1950s

A Spanish waiter and a Belgian housewife have joined forces in an attempt to prove they are the illegitimate children of the King of Spain.

Albert Sola, 55, has already had DNA tests done which show there is a 91 per probability he is the half-brother of a woman whose mother pointed at Juan Carlos on the television and told her: 'Hes your dad.'

Belgian Ingrid Sartiau met Albert for the first time 10 days ago in a hotel in north east Spain after contacting him over the Internet.

The pair are now said to be considering legal action to force Juan Carlos to accept they were born to mistresses and recognise them as his children.

Dad-of-two Albert, who used to run a successful metal firm in Mexico, has already sent several faxes addressed Dear Father to the 17th century La Zarzuela palace near Madrid where the King lives with his long-suffering wife Sofia and their family.

He said: 'Im convinced Im King Juan Carlos son. Ingrid and I are going to send a fax to La Zarzuela to inform them of the results of the DNA tests and see where we go from there.'

Albert, who lives and works in a small village outside Girona, was adopted as a child and grew up in Ibiza before moving to Barcelona.

He claims the Spanish King, said to have bedded more than 1,500 women in a Don Juan-style romantic career, met his birth mum during a trip to the Catalan capital in the fifties from a military academy in Zaragoza where he was studying.

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