Thursday, 12. December 2002

D-AIR®


is a vest incorporating a specially engineered Air Bag. The project is the pet project of D-Tec®, the Dainese R&D department, it is the fruit of long-time collaboration with an Israeli engineering firm specialized in the design of technological systems, MERHAV APP Advanced Airbag Technology.

¬> <a href="www.aedo-to.com"target="_blank">AirBack

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Froogle


Froogle is a new service from Google that makes it easy to find information about products for sale online. By focusing entirely on product search, Froogle applies the power of Google's search technology to a very specific task: locating stores that sell the item you want to find and pointing you directly to the place where you can make a purchase.

¬> <a href="froogle.google.com"target="_blank">Froogle

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Baby Crocodiles Stolen, Could Snap Back


Two baby crocodiles have been stolen from a German zoo, prompting police to warn the thief could have snapped up more than he can manage. The rare West African dwarf crocodiles, measuring about 12 inches when young, can grow to nearly six feet, police said.

¬> iwon

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Box mystery at Union Sq.


Straphangers bracing for a transit strike got a taste of fear and chaos yesterday when a vandal taped 38 boxes on walls and under benches in one of the city's busiest subway stations - closing the hub for five hours. Cops cleared the Union Square station shortly before 11 a.m. as bomb squad technicians gingerly collected the empty black cardboard boxes with the word FEAR written on them in white block letters.

¬> Daily News

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The AC-130 Gunship in action


content a bit disturbing, but war's like that.

¬> 5.6mb wmv

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It's raining fish in Greece


A shower of tiny fish rained down on the village of Korona in the mountains of northern Greece late on Tuesday, Greek television reported on Wednesday, attributing the incident to a mini-tornado.

¬> Independent Online

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Burglar outruns cop, steals his police car


A burglary suspect eluded police in northern Indiana by stealing the squad car of one of the officers pursuing him. Police later found the car in the garage of a LaPorte County home, but there was no one in the house. "We're just trying to regroup and find out where this guy went," said Police Chief Walter Brath.

¬> azcentral

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NEWS on Google LABS


Google labs showcases a few of our favorite ideas that aren't quite ready for prime time. Your feedback can help us improve them. Please play with these prototypes and send your comments directly to the Googlers who developed them.

¬> Google Labs

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Hamas


. . . in their own words.

¬> english

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Belmont couple double Lottery winners


A Belmont couple who separately bought two lottery tickets that were drawn as winners on the same day have come forward at the state lottery office in South San Francisco to claim their combined winnings, more than $6.6 million after taxes, lottery officials announced today.

¬> SFGate

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Number 17
Mexican authorities discover drug tunnel in Tijuana


Mexican federal agents discovered another drug tunnel under construction a block from the U.S. border in Tijuana, federal authorities said Wednesday. Found Tuesday, the partially built tunnel was more than 60 feet deep and 10 feet in diameter, the attorney general's office said in a statement. It ran under a removable section of concrete floor in an empty warehouse adjacent to a home near Otay Mesa, a border crossing for trucks.

¬> SFGate

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Asimo greeting a Honda employee


Honda Motor Co. may have come up with the most attentive and perhaps honest car dealer ever in its child-size walking robot Asimo.

¬> <a href="customwire.ap.org"target="_blank">Review-Journal ¬> Associated Press

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