Wikinews Shorts: May 17, 2007

PlayStation Portable to sell products online
have announced that a (PSP) store is in the works, it will be very similar to the  (PS3) store that is already online.

It will allow the purchasing and downloading of games directly through to PSPs. This will allow the downloading and playing of PSPs as well as (PS1) games, which can already be downloaded from the PS3 Store and transferred to PSPs using official firmware.

analyst Colin Sebastian suggested that Sony is changing their views on the PSP and a new one could be in the works.

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Canadian plane en route to Wilmington, Delaware, USA crashes; kills 3 people
At 9:30 a.m. EDT this morning, a small Canadian plane, identified as a, crashed near in , , 50 kilometres southwest of. The two passengers and the pilot onboard were killed but their identities are still not known. The aircraft was destroyed.

The plane was from,  to  in , , USA.

The pilot was concerned about the left engine breaking and, instead, planned to land in Dunkirk, New York but crashed in the woods, less than a kilometre away from the airport.

The and the  are currently investigating. There is no word if will be entering into the investigation to help identify the bodies.

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Poll: Finns favor gender-equality in pay
According to a poll commissioned by Finland newspaper  and conducted by statistical research service, nearly 80% of Finns are in favor of pay raises that will promote gender equality.

A majority of 78% favored higher pay raises for public sector professions like nursing, that are predominantely female. The survey also found that densely populated areas, tend to be more in favor of gender equality.

The current, lead by Prime Minister , has a female majority of 12 women and 8 men.

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NPD Group releases game sales for April
dominated sales for the month of April with its portable  and its gaming console the  at the top of the charts. 's and  came in third and fourth respectively. 's continued to put up satisfactory sales coming in fifth. Sony's continues to lack sales-wise, coming in behind the Nintendo's  for the third month in a row.

Approximately 360,000 units of the Wii were sold at USD$250. Nintendo sold more than 1.7 million games.

The Xbox 360 sold approximately 174,000 units.

The PlayStation 3 seen some low sales in April selling only 82,000 units, 37% lower from March.

Full NPD Sales:
 * Nintendo DS - 471,000
 * Wii - 360,000
 * PlayStation 2 - 194,000
 * PlayStation Portable - 183,000
 * Xbox 360 - 174,000
 * Game Boy Advance - 84,000
 * PlayStation 3 - 82,000
 * - 13,000

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