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Robots race across Mojave for $2M prize BusinessWeek - 37 minutes (Web promotion)

Robots race across Mojave for $2M prize
BusinessWeek - 37 minutes ago OCT. 8 7:16 PM ET Three robotic vehicles cruised past the finish line Saturday in a Pentagon-sponsored race across the rugged Mojave desert, giving scientists hope that robots could one day wage battles without endangering soldiers.

Calcavecchia, 45, yearns to regain elite tour status
CNN/SI - 22 hours ago SAN FRANCISCO -- It's different for every golfer, but the first things to go for the over-40 tour pro are the putting stroke and the ability to put four good rounds together. That scoring ability starts to fade a little, along with the confidence.

Singer Boy George nabbed on narcotics charge, fake cop report
Canada.com - 7 hours ago NEW YORK (AP) - Boy George was arraigned on drug charges early Saturday, nearly 24 hours after calling the police emergency line to report what he said was a burglary in his Manhattan apartment, authorities said.

Cogent Level 3 Peering Spat Ends�for Now
eWeek - Oct 7, 2005 By Ben Charny. Network operator Cogent said Friday that rival Level 3 "has taken the necessary actions" to once again carry its customers' Internet traffic, a sign that days old service disruptions for a significant

Guatemalan Village Buried by Mudslide; Hurricane Kills Hundreds
Voice of America - 1 hour ago By VOA News. Guatemalan authorities say every resident of the Mayan Indian town of Panabaj is feared dead following a massive mudslide triggered by torrential rains from Hurricane Stan's recent onslaught. Guatemala

Quake toll rises towards 2,000 in Pakistan and India
Reuters AlertNet - 23 minutes ago A Pakistani earthquake survivor is treated at a hospital in Mansehra, some 150 km (93 miles) from Islamabad October 8, 2005. The death toll from a huge earthquake in Pakistan and India headed towards 2,000