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...news of upcoming competitions, pro tips on bot-building and rules for entry, the site is one of the first to employ the new SVG graphics and animation file format that lets you customize your onscreen destruction machines. You can't make a complete blueprint or engage in virtual combat - not yet, anyway - but online brainstorming might save time when you get down to the nuts and bolts of building...
...homing in on corporate users, Sony targeting upscale consumers, and Handspring and Palm attacking from all angles. But Palm still has the most to lose. "The onus is on Palm to continue to innovate in its design and operating system," says IDC's Slawsby. Let the hand-to-hand combat begin...
RICO isn't a person but a law - the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. It is most frequently used to combat organized crime, but thanks to the creativity and determination of Richard Deane, the U.S. Attorney for Georgia's northern district, Atlanta's pimps became the nation's first to be charged under RICO statutes. Last August, members of Deane's community-resource team reported that local girls as young as 10 were being lured into prostitution. Most U.S. Attorneys leave such seemingly unglamorous crimes to local police, but in this case, police were discouraged...
After 10 years of study (initiated by Elizabeth Dole), OSHA finalized workplace rules to combat repetitive-stress injuries. Annual cost to businesses? An estimated $4.5 billion. With Bush's support, congressional Republicans repealed the rules before Dems could blink. Big business may now lose $9.1 billion annually in workers' compensation and lost productivity. Some in Congress are asking OSHA to try again...
...skit about big bad bullies may seem ludicrously quaint against the backdrop of teen shootings like the one last week in El Cajon, Calif. But the professional production, part of the local school district's efforts to combat bullying, seeks in a small way to change the weekly headlines. More and more schools around the country are implementing antibullying policies. New laws in Georgia, New Hampshire and Vermont require them, and Colorado, home to the Columbine school massacre, is debating a measure. Skeptics say such legislation is fruitless and serves merely as a platform for politicians to display their practiced...