Women take on robotics to give it humanity

Researchers are finding new ways for robots to connect with humans in such amazing areas as health and children care."The new field of human-robot interaction was born. Unlike the rest of robotics, many of its...

Hizballah Plays Politics in Lebanon

"The Shi'a group's resignation from the cabinet could bring down the country's shaky government and threaten its fragile stability. In a normal democracy, the resignation of a few ministers wouldn't spark a constitutional crisis. But Lebanon is anything but normal — it's...

Zune problems for MSN customers

"People who have bought music from Microsoft's MSN Music store could face problems if they decide to buy the firm's new Zune portable player. Microsoft has said it will stop selling music from MSN music from 14...

Teenager Plays Video Game Just By Thinking (SPACE.com / LiveScience.com)

" Sara Goudarzi LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.com Thu Oct 12, 2:30 PM ET The days of attacking aliens with a joystick could soon be over thanks to a breakthrough technique where a teenager played Space Invaders using only signals from his brain . With a technique that...

Where you live linked to life expectancy

"Where you live, combined with race and income, plays a huge role in the nation's health disparities, differences so stark that a report issued Monday contends it's as if there are eight separate Americas instead of one. Asian-American women living in Bergen County, N.J.,...

`Lost' actor Akinnuoye-Agbaje arrested (AP)

" HONOLULU - Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje of the hit TV series "Lost" was arrested on a traffic violation in Waikiki this weekend, police said. The 39-year-old actor, who plays Mr. Eko on the ABC drama, was arrested early Saturday for disobeying a police officer and driving...

Wonder Bread: the food of NASCAR (movie) champs (Boston Globe)

" By Mcclatchy Newspapers | August 13, 2006 KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- It was off to the races for Wonder Bread when NASCAR-themed ``Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" opened as a top-grossing movie. Wonder Bread, which is owned by Interstate Bakeries Corp. , plays the...

Reasons to love London

London may be grim, grimy and expensive, but there are no shortage of reasons why it's great, from the architecture to the markets to the beautiful parks..." 13 more reasons to love LondonEvery visit to London...

Daily Eats Interview: New York Actor, Gary Welz

I had the pleasure of interviewing (podcasting) Gary Welz. Gary shares with Daily Eats his New York food stories, life on net adventures, discusses the plays he wrote, and his life changing experience of 9/11. We also talked briefly about NowPublic. You can listen to this...

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