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  • **FILE** Gen. David Petraeus is seen in Washington on March 18, 2011. (Associated Press)

    CIA chief Petraeus in shock resignation over affair

    CIA Director David H. Petraeus has resigned due to having had an extramarital affair, ending the government career of one of the nation's highest-profile leaders in the decade-long war on terror and adding a question mark to the list of vacancies in President Obama's post-election Cabinet reshuffle.


  • Paralyzed woman uses thoughts to control robot arm

    Using only her thoughts, a Massachusetts woman paralyzed for 15 years directed a robotic arm to pick up a bottle of coffee and bring it to her lips, researchers report in the latest advance in harnessing brain waves to help disabled people.


  • Paralyzed woman uses her mind to control robot arm

    Using only her thoughts, a Massachusetts woman paralyzed for 15 years directed a robotic arm to pick up a bottle of coffee and bring it to her lips, researchers report in the latest advance in harnessing brain waves to help disabled people.


  • A sketch by a courtroom artist depicts the five 9/11 co-defendants praying during their arraignment at the U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on May 5. Their disruptive tactics stretched out the proceedings to 13 hours. (Associated Press)

    Inside the Ring: Terrorists' antics

    The Washington-based legal group Judicial Watch earlier this month sent an investigator to Guantanamo Bay Naval Air Station, Cuba, to watch the May 5 arraignment of Khalid Shaikh Mohammad (aka KSM) and four others accused of plotting and executing the Sept. 11, 2001, airline attacks.


  • Paralyzed man uses mind-powered robot arm to touch

    Giving a high-five. Rubbing his girlfriend's hand. Such ordinary acts _ but a milestone for a paralyzed man.


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