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...request for proposals from engineers for ways to mount a robotic Hubble mission that would extend the telescope's life to 2012. So far, 26 proposals have come in. They include ones for a 25-ft. stick-figure robot from the University of Maryland and a pair of pivoting arms by the Canadian group that developed the shuttles' manipulator arm. The most personable is NASA's Robonaut, which has a torso, arms and a head that are adult size and a leg that plugs in for stability and power. The Robonaut was built as a spacewalk assistant to hand astronauts...
...commissioned research to understand how kids make eating choices. It's also working with food companies that use characters like SpongeBob SquarePants to decorate their packages with splashy blurbs filled with facts about nutrition. And that, says Smalls, will be great for business: "If we connect with kids and arm them with the tools they need to navigate difficult issues, then when they do want to watch television, they'll come back to us." --By Michael D. Lemonick
Branding is part of the strategy too. "Our classes will all have the same look and feel and emotional stamp," says Naomi Berkove, who runs the training program. A marketing consultant has helped the training arm develop a brand image that centers around such in-house themes as "lasting connections" and "self-satisfaction." Mulqueen has boosted efficiency with a convenience "mart" so agencies can pick up food at any time...
...since he left the company in 2000. Both he and the company say they have no ongoing connections. But TIME has obtained an internal Pentagon e-mail sent by an Army Corps of Engineers official--whose name was blacked out by the Pentagon--that raises questions about Cheney's arm's-length policy toward his old employer. Dated March 5, 2003, the email says "action" on a multibillion-dollar Halliburton contract was "coordinated" with Cheney's office. The email says Douglas Feith, a high-ranking Pentagon hawk, got the "authority to execute RIO," or Restore Iraqi Oil, from his boss...
With summer just weeks away, women are prepping their feet for open-toe season. But this year foot care may cost you an arm and a leg. "The foot is the new face," says Dr. Suzanne Levine, owner of the Institute Beaute, where she gives clients foot facials. The $225 treatment includes a mineral-oil-and-Epsom-salt scrub, glycolic-acid peel, intensive tissue-repair cream (applied with an ultrasound wand) and callus-blasting microdermabrasion. Savvy strutters whose feet are sore from their Manolos are hobbling to doctors to get the balls of their feet injected with collagen, Restylane...