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...ASIMO was designed with that in mind, says Hirose. The robot is light (52 kilos), lest it stumble and pin a user to the floor, triggering a product-liability lawsuit. Yet it's tall enough to reach light switches and doorknobs or to clear the table. Its mini-cam "eyes" are level with those of a sitting adult for easy communication, and its humanlike form is meant to break down our inhibitions toward sharing a home with a talking toaster...
...here." When Allen mentioned the year he made his first movie, Gammerman jumped in with the name of the film (Take the Money and Run). Indeed, Allen's testimony would have been more plausible in a movie; he said he had hoped to remain friends with Doumanian despite the lawsuit, "like a Tracy-Hepburn movie--in court by day, friends by night." Doumanian's review was apparent to all in court; while Allen was on the stand, she wept...
...Winners MICK JAGGER Aging rocker finally knighted. Apparently criteria for knighthood has evolved from "honor and valor" to "not dying of a drug overdose" WOODY ALLEN Director wins settlement of lawsuit against former producers. Class action suit against Woody for Small Time Crooks, though, is still on HAMID KARZAI Afghanistan interim PM wins presidency, thus becoming prime candidate for assassination. He says he'll pick a VP "who looks just like me" Losers REGIS PHILBIN ABC cancels U.S. version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Wiser but poorer, Regis vows to develop a spinoff, Who Wants Bus Money? ANTONIO...
...This was a deliberate act of aggression," said syndicate head Xavier de Lesquen. "The team has been endlessly insulted and abused on the water." Bruno Rebelle, head of Greenpeace France, says police were satisfied the bump was accidental, the damage minimal and, two weeks later, he has had no lawsuit. "We are not targeting the ship or its sailors. We just consider this a dirty sponsor for such a beautiful sport." He promises further protests when Le D?fi leaves France and on its arrival in Auckland in September. Just wait until the racing starts. CYCLING Downhill Race While the Giro...
...executive branch might be of more help. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has chosen to join the Allstate class-action lawsuit, and it has also intervened on behalf of the 650 life insurance agents. However, the New York Times reports that the new Bush-appointed chair of the commission has begun to deemphasize the agency’s litigation efforts, and there’s a possibility that a Republican-dominated board could be less vigilant in prosecuting cases of discrimination...