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A high tech bomb disposal robot that fits into a back pack has been unveiled by the Ministry of Defence today. The Dragon Runner device will help soldiers to find and deactivate dangerous explosives on the front line. Its capabilities were demonstrated by members of the Royal Logistics Corps today. Measuring 9"x8"x3", the light-weight robot is reminiscent of the robots used in the Oscar-winning film The Hurt Locker. It weighs 14lbs - the same as seven bags of sugar- and can move at speeds of up to 5mph. The sophisticated robot is manoeuvred over tough terrain using an intuitive controller,...

America's Newsroom on Fox News has reported. Just announced on the air, not on website yet.

Glenn Beck used to be a social liberal before he discovered Alcoholics Anonymous and then consequently sobered up. This admission—coming straight from the man's lips on his Friday TV show on FNC during a special entitled "Who Are You?"—may not be a surprise to some who know Beck's backstory, but it certainly reinforces the conventional wisdom that liberalism breeds weakness and is oftentimes an impediment to personal self-improvement. His declaration came in the context of "knowing yourself" politically and ideologically, the theme of Friday's Glenn Beck show special on FNC. Stating that his recovery from alcoholism came only after he...

I have always thought this was a great site to get great political info. I come here for political/journalistic references. If you are going to make your queries 'Religious,' why not go to the religious talking board. I have been slammed here on what people believe is my perceived religion. These were for comments which didnt mention religion, and didnt have religious overtones. I

During the election campaign, Obama would often try to difuse the issue of his lack of "Living The American Experience" by telling crowds "Republicans call me the skinny kid with the funny name, big ears and....." In light of his complete failure of governance in his first 13 months in office, how would you now finish his sentence for him, or how would you modify it?

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced a major new initiative to create robotic autonomous manipulators that mimic the human hands, an agency program manager said. For the past several decades, the research agency and the robotics community have concentrated their efforts on programming ground robots to get from point A to point B, said Robert Mandelbaum, a DARPA program manager who focuses on robotics and autonomous systems. That challenge has for the most part been tackled, he said. The autonomous robotics manipulation program will take on a new goal, creating an inexpensive hand-like device that is as adaptable as...

Absolutely...The funniest joke ever... AND IT’S ON US ! Let it sink in. Quietly... we go like sheep to slaughter. Does anybody out there have any memory Of the reason given for the establishment Of the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY During the Carter Administration? Anybody? Anything? No? Didn't think so! Bottom line ... We've spent several hundred billion dollars In support of an agency ...the reason For which not one person who reads This can remember. Ready??????? It was very simple .. And at the time everybody thought It very appropriate... The 'Department of Energy' Was instituted on 8-04-1977 TO LESSEN...

CTV: The Mohawk Council is sending out eviction notices to non-natives who live in the South Shore community. Band councilors say their laws interdict non-natives from living on their land, and so they are giving several dozen people ten days to leave the reserve. "It's nothing new to anybody," said Grand Chief Mike Delisle. "[Anyone] who's saying, 'well, I never heard of this, it's racist' or what have you, It's been a custom in Kahnawake since time immemorial."

Two dips with your chips.Katie Couric will interview the president live during the CBS pre-game show. I will only countenance this if the NFL on Fox dancing robot gets to interview Obama. The dancing robot's disapproval numbers, if one were to take them, are likely lower than the president's, but I like him. I like it when he does high knees. I like it when he does the Electric Slide. I think he's got a lotta personality. His name is Cleatus. Dance on, Cleatus. robot

Barbara from Harlem (a frequent caller to the Mark Levin Show) and her co-host provide commentary on the response of those who blindly defend President Barack Obama's policies. They also update their listeners on the Climate Gate controversy. They bring straight conservative talk from black Americans to all Americans. Check out the site!

WASHINGTON – Sen.-elect Scott Brown says he'd like daughter Ayla to have another crack at "American Idol," where judge Simon Cowell once described her performance as robotic and empty. The fledgling recording artist, a 21-year-old student at Boston College, made it to the show's final 16 singers in 2006. Her father told ABC's "This Week" that Ayla was so new to it all back then that she had never put on makeup until she did "American Idol." He also says that Cowell's critique, while harsh, was on target. The Republican lawmaker says having his daughter back as a contestant would...

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The world’s first “sex robot”, a life-size rubber doll called Roxxxy who can have real conversations with her owner, including about football, has been unveiled. The dark-haired, negligee-clad, life-size robotic girlfriend comes complete with artificial intelligence and flesh-like synthetic skin. Standing five feet, seven inches tall, the doll weighs 120 pounds, comes with five “personalities”, is “ready for action” her developers said.

PRESIDENT OBAMA TO SPEAK ANY MINUTE ON TRAGEDY IN HAITI

All Sen. Arlen Specter wants as he sits down at the Vietnam Georgetown Restaurant after a bruising day of fighting for survival is a gin martini, with olives. How hard is that? "Bartender is not here tonight. No mixed drinks - beer, wine only," the young waiter says, tapping a pencil on his order pad. "No bartender?" Specter says. "How about a manager?" The kid shakes his head. "Well, how about straight gin on ice? Can you do that?" Specter asks, sighing. The waiter is puzzled. "Straight gin," Specter repeats, exasperated now. Ah, the kid realizes, this customer is not...

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<p>He's tanned, he's rested and he's back in love with the cameras!</p> <p>For the third day in a row since returning from his Christmas/New Year's vacation, Barack 'can't I just eat my waffles' Obama is appearing before the cameras to speak to the American people.</p>

200 gather to cheer Honduras' ousted president Published: 01.01.10, 08:29 / Israel News About 200 people gathered outside the Brazilian Embassy to show support for ousted President Manuel Zelaya inside while they celebrated New Year's Eve with food and music. Supporters of the deposed leader, who has been in the embassy since late September, began arriving at dusk Thursday and were allowed on one of the streets next to the compound,