Valve's Pipeline initiative is itself an experiment. Traditionally, Valve explained, the Half-Life and Steam studio has been known to mainly employ very experienced individuals.

The Army Corps is dredging the Ponce de Leon Inlet and the Intercoastal Waterway, and dredging could begin in a couple of weeks. Crews will pump about 900,000 cubic yards of sand onto the beach ...

It took 30 minutes after the rupture for the company to dispatch a crew capable of isolating the pipeline and 90 minutes for them to crank the valves shut, stopping all gas, he said.

A desk at Valve HQ would be a dream come true for many. A team of Valve's student interns are working on making that dream more accessible to students with Pipeline - a website devoted to ...