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...battery's thermal-management system) on the back windows. And there aren't many changes inside--two new gauges on the dash and a fun little display that shows when power transfers between the electric motor and the gasoline engine. A novel feature: a 110-volt socket up front--thanks to the supercharged nickel-metal-hydride battery pack tucked under the cargo area--into which, Ford rep Corey Holter says, I can plug "a laptop, a cell phone or a blender"--a cool feature for those margarita tailgate parties...
...something Smarty almost never got a chance to do. During a training session last July, he reared up in the starting gate and struck his head on an overhanging piece of steel. He collapsed with skull fractures and swelling so bad that his left eye protruded from its socket. He regained consciousness in the 45-minute ride to the veterinary center and impressed his handlers by trotting blithely in to see the doctor. By November he was well enough to run--and win--his first race. Seven races later he has yet to lose...
...station inside the palace compound. Two special-forces medics began to stabilize him. They asked Colgan his name. "Ben," he said. "What happened?" The medics performed a tracheotomy to help him breathe. Colgan's face was covered in blood, and his eye was protruding out of its socket, but his pulse was stable. A medevac helicopter took Colgan to the 28th Combat Support Hospital in central Baghdad. When Lieutenant Ilardi returned from his patrol, he rushed to talk to Grimes. She told him Colgan was responsive and that his eye had been damaged but it might be salvageable...
...ALONE An electronic eye that needs only a power socket, Veo's Wireless Observer can be accessed from the Web or set up--for $29 extra--to send snapshots of anything that moves...
...clan arrived from Connecticut. The two families didn't know each other, though Franks went to high school with Bush's future wife Laura. She doesn't remember him, and their high school principal's memories aren't particularly vivid either: "You were not the brightest bulb in the socket," the retired principal remarked to the general at a recent reunion. Replied Franks: "Ain't this a great country...