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We’re one step closer to the Robocalypse: Japan-based Kawada Industries has developed a humanoid robot that’s specifically designed to work alongside human beings. The so-called Nextage is certainly not the first robot of its kind, but his specs are pretty impressive, and he’s already commercialized, too. Nextage is equipped with a high-speed stereo-camera and two arms that have 12 joints each and can be positioned within 30 microns. When a human worker gets near, the robot stops working immediately for safety reasons.

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You finally found that special someone, settled down, and tied the knot. This is the one person you’re going to be having sex with from here to eternity. Here are ten gifts to add some kinky spice to forever. More »

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Throughout history, sideshows have given curiosity seekers opportunities to gaze in wonder at people born with something extra — a superfluous something or other.

Francesco Lentini, for example, traveled for decades in the early 20th century as the Three-Legged Wonder. He also had a fourth foot and a second set of genitals.

Laloo, billed as “The Handsome Healthy Hindoo” was born in 1874 with a parasitic twin protruding from his torso. It had two arms, two legs, and a functioning penis. Fortunately, it could not defecate.

And there have been numerous people born with extra people attached to them — Chang and Eng Bunker being the most famous. The brothers, born in Siam 200 years ago, were joined at the chest by a ligament and the reason we have the term “Siamese twins.” Together, they made a fortune and eventually married two sisters and fathered 22 children (none were twins).

But in November of 1887, New York’s Bowery area featured a most unusual attraction with an extremely rare extra: a second mouth.

He was Otto Tolpefer, the Man with Two Mouths.

Tolpefer was born with a bonus mouth located just below the chin. The blonde, smooth-faced Tolpefer sat on a platform drinking water with one mouth and simultaneously smoking a cigarette with the other. When speaking, he used the top mouth and closed the second one with his fingers.

A New York Times reporter covering the act described his speech as poor, because “the tracheal bellows gives his voice a strange and unreal whispering sound like that of a sexton at a funeral.” The second mouth was unable to speak or eat and was fitted with brass lips. He would shut it with his finger when talking with the upper mouth.

The reporter further remarked that “Otto is not a pleasant object to gaze at excessively, and as a wall decoration he would not succeed.”

An additional comment stated, “The two-headed cow, who felt quite badly when he came, has become reconciled after watching his performances.”

Little else is known about Tolpefer. There are no further reports of his appearances, his adventures later in life, or even what he had to say in response to the New York Times reporter’s vivid descriptions.

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The NFL?s fairly recent push to prevent concussions and, more importantly, to ensure that players who have concussions are prevented from playing until healthy, has created an odd tension for many players.

Men who choose to play football and who choose to accept the risks inherent to the sport often don?t want to be prevented from assuming those risks, especially when absence from the place where those risks are taken could result in someone else taking their job.? No current situation better exemplifies that than the case of Lions running back Jahvid Best, who has landed on injured reserve more than a month after suffering his latest concussion via helmet-ground contact that didn?t appear at first blush to be particularly serious.

When Best returns in 2012, assuming he?s able, any given snap could result in Best missing another extended stretch of the season.? At some point, then, the Lions will look for someone who has no history of concussions to be their top tailback.? Otherwise, the Lions constantly will risk putting themselves in the position of having to rely on an assortment of second-tier guys after Best has his next concussion, forced to hope that they can get a random big game from a guy like Kevin Smith.

In hindsight, even Matt Millen wouldn?t have traded back into the bottom of round one with the Vikings to get Best in 2010.? When he?s available to play, he plays well.? But coaches want players who?ll be available to play, and the practical consequence of the new sensitivity to concussions is that it makes players who are otherwise willing to play unavailable, and thus unattractive.

As a result, more running backs with a history of concussions at lower levels of the sport will slide in the draft, absent true gamebreaking skill that justifies taking the chance.? And more running backs will be run out of the game prematurely, with coaches drawn to players who either have had no concussions or who have been able to hide them.

That?s where this is headed.? Especially at running back, players will try harder and harder to hide concussions, because the diagnosis and treatment and unavailability that comes from having concussions will end careers prematurely.

Somewhere, there?s a proper balance between protecting men from themselves and allowing men to exercise their inalienable right to risk their health, safety, and well-being.? We are a nation that was founded and fueled by risk-takers.? At some point, men need to be permitted to pursue their chosen profession, even if the profession entails risk.? Plenty of men (and women) make a lot less money at jobs that entail far more risk than playing tackle football.

That doesn?t mean we should quit applying skepticism when it appears that players and teams hide concussions.? It?s a serious medical condition that needs to be properly evaluated and treated.? At some point, however, after the player has regained basic functions and is capable of understanding and accepting the risks, he should have the ability to choose to take that risk.

Anything else would be, at a certain level, un-American.

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PHILADELPHIA ? Three American students arrested during a protest in Egypt were released Friday and planned to catch flights out of Cairo to begin their trips home, an attorney and family said.

An Egyptian court had ordered the release of American University in Cairo students Derrik Sweeney, Luke Gates and Gregory Porter a day earlier.

The three were arrested on the roof of a university building near Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square on Sunday. Officials accused them of throwing firebombs at security forces fighting with protesters.

Attorney Theodore Simon, who represents the 19-year-old Porter, a student at Drexel University in Philadelphia, said police escorted the students to the airport late Friday local time.

Simon said he and Porter’s mother both spoke by phone with the student, who is from the Philadelphia suburb of Glenside, Pa.

“He clearly conveyed to me … that he was OK,” Simon told the AP.

Simon wouldn’t immediately discuss his client’s travel plans, but Sweeney’s mother says the students were expected to fly from Cairo to Frankfurt, Germany.

Joy Sweeney told the AP her son, a 19-year-old Georgetown University student from Jefferson City, Mo., would fly from Frankfurt to Washington then on to St. Louis. She said family will meet him when he arrives late Saturday.

“I am ecstatic,” Sweeney said Friday. “I can’t wait for him to get home tomorrow night. I can’t believe he’s actually going to get on a plane. It is so wonderful.”

The 21-year-old Gates is a student at Indiana University.

Messages seeking comment after word of the students’ release for Gates’ parents Friday. They had issued a statement through the school Thursday saying they were “extremely happy” he would be coming home soon.

Joy Sweeney said U.S. Embassy officials had earlier indicated it might be a few more days before the students were released because Egyptian courts typically are closed Fridays and Saturdays.

“But apparently the U.S. Embassy and the powers that be made it happen,” she said. “Whoever needed to be there got there and got it done for the boys, and we are eternally grateful.”

Sweeney said she had talked with her son Friday afternoon and “he seemed jubilant.”

“He thought he was going to be able to go back to his dorm room and get his stuff,” she said. “We said, `No, no, don’t get your stuff, we just want you here.’”

She said American University will ship his belongings home.

Sweeney had earlier said she did not prepare a Thanksgiving celebration this week because the idea seemed “absolutely irrelevant” while her son still was being held.

“I’m getting ready to head out and buy turkey and stuffing and all the good fixings so that we can make a good Thanksgiving dinner,” she said Friday.

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Kozel reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Maryclaire Dale in Philadelphia and Dana Fields in Kansas City, Mo., contributed to this report.

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By msnbc.com staff and The Associated Press

Updated 6:35 a.m. ET

A woman was shot dead at a hospital in Chicago late Thursday and a manhunt was launched to find the shooter, authorities told the Chicago Tribune.

An ambulance was not able to reach the wounded woman, who was shot in a parking garage at the University of Illinois at Chicago?Medical Center shortly before midnight, because the area was still dangerous, Chicago Fire Department?spokesman Larry Langford told the paper.?She later died.

Even though the suspect was not located, the hospital resumed normal operations at about 5 a.m. local time (6 a.m. ET), according to The Associated Press.

The Tribune reported a?text message was sent out by the medical center warning staff and students that there was “a man with a gun in the UIC Hospital, last seen on the second floor. Stay in a secure location and lock doors if possible. He is armed and dangerous.”

A notice posted later on the UIC website said, “Police conclude multiple searches of hospital, no sign of gunman. Hospital, OCC open for normal operations.”

SWAT teams, other police and a helicopter were all involved in the search.

A second victim, who was injured but not shot, was in police custody, an?unidentified?source told the Tribune.

The Tribune reported that the suspect was the 47-year-old former boyfriend of the slain woman.

The alert said the man being sought by police was black and?was wearing?a navy blue jacket with a fur-trimmed hood, navy blue cargo pants and white gym shoes at the time.

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FILE – In this Nov. 22, 2011, file photo, Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during the Republican presidential debate in Washington. Newt Gingrich landed editorial endorsement of NH Union Leader Sunday Nov. 27, 2011, 45 days before GOP primary. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

FILE – In this Nov. 22, 2011, file photo, Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during the Republican presidential debate in Washington. Newt Gingrich landed editorial endorsement of NH Union Leader Sunday Nov. 27, 2011, 45 days before GOP primary. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich signs a copy of his book “A Nation Like No Other” as he greets supporters during a book signing event at Books-A-Million in Naples, Fla., Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Erik Kellar)

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich signs a copy of his book “A Nation Like No Other” as he and his wife Callista Gingrich greet supporters during a book signing event at Books-A-Million in Naples, Fla., Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Erik Kellar)

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich signs a copy of his book “A Nation Like No Other” as he greets supporters during a book signing event at Books-A-Million in Naples, Fla., Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Erik Kellar)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? New Hampshire’s largest newspaper on Sunday endorsed former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in the 2012 GOP presidential race, signaling that rival Mitt Romney isn’t the universal favorite and potentially resetting the contest before the state’s lead-off primary Jan. 10.

“We are in critical need of the innovative, forward-looking strategy and positive leadership that Gingrich has shown he is capable of providing,” The New Hampshire Union Leader said in its front-page editorial, which was as much a promotion of Gingrich as a discreet rebuke of Romney.

“We don’t back candidates based on popularity polls or big-shot backers. We look for conservatives of courage and conviction who are independent-minded, grounded in their core beliefs about this nation and its people, and best equipped for the job,” the editorial said.

Romney enjoys solid leads in New Hampshire polls and remains at the front of the pack nationally. A poll released last week showed him with 42 percent support among likely Republican primary voters in New Hampshire. Gingrich followed with 15 percent in the WMUR-University of New Hampshire Granite State poll.

Rep. Ron Paul of Texas posted 12 percent support and former Utah Gov. John Huntsman found 8 percent support in that survey.

Those numbers could shift based on the backing of The Union Leader, a newspaper with a conservative editorial stance that proudly works to influence elections, from school boards to the White House, in the politically savvy state.

The endorsement, signed by publisher Joseph W. McQuaid, suggested that the only state-wide newspaper in New Hampshire was ready to again assert itself as a player in the GOP primary.

“We don’t have to agree with them on every issue,” the newspaper wrote in an editorial that ran across the width of the front page. “We would rather back someone with whom we may sometimes disagree than one who tells us what he thinks we want to hear.”

While Romney enjoys solid support in national polls, the large pack of Republicans has shifted all year from candidate to candidate in search of an alternative to the former Massachusetts governor. That led to the rise, and fall, of potential challengers such as Huntsman, Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

Yet with six weeks until the primary, The Union Leader’s move could shuffle the race and further boost Gingrich. In recent weeks, he has seen a surge in some polls as Republicans focus more closely on deciding which candidate they consider best positioned to take on President Barack Obama.

But a Gingrich rival, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, said the endorsement points to how changeable the New Hampshire contest is.

“A month ago for Newt Gingrich to have been in the running to capture the Manchester Union Leader endorsement would have been unthinkable,” Huntsman told Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.” ”I think it reflects, more than anything else, the fluidity, the unpredictability of the race right now.”

As voters started focusing more on the race, Gingrich has turned in solid debate performances and found his stride on a national stage. He has rebuilt his campaign after a disastrous summer that saw many of his top aides resign en masse and fundraising summaries report million in debt.

In New Hampshire, he brought on respected tea party leader Andrew Hemingway to lead his efforts and his team has been contacting almost 1,000 voters each day.

Hemingway’s team of eight paid staffers in New Hampshire has been adding more than 100 volunteers each day, campaign officials said. Gingrich’s team has lined up leaders in the major cities and has started identifying representatives in each ward in the state.

Gingrich has opened offices in Manchester, New Hampshire’s biggest city, along with Dover in the eastern part of the state and in the North Country’s Littleton. He plans two more.

Gingrich hasn’t begun television advertising and has refused to go negative on his opponents.

Yet The Union Leader’s backing could give him a nudge in New Hampshire and provide a steady stream of criticism.

Four years earlier, the newspaper threw its support to Arizona Sen. John McCain’s bid and used front page opinion columns and editorials to boost him and criticize chief rival Romney. In the time since, Romney has worked to court Union Leader publisher Joe McQuaid, who often runs columns on the newspaper’s front page under his signature.

“The Union Leader’s style is we don’t just endorse once,” McQuaid told The Washington Post in 1999. “We endorse every damn day. We started endorsing Reagan in 1975 and never stopped.”

Romney and his wife, Ann, had dinner with the McQuaids at the Bedford Village Inn near Manchester, hoping to reset the relationship earlier this year. Yet it didn’t prove enough and McQuaid’s newspaper seemed not to appreciate the outreach.

“Newt Gingrich is by no means the perfect candidate,” McQuaid wrote. “But Republican primary voters too often make the mistake of preferring an unattainable ideal to the best candidate who is actually running.”

Associated Press

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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria ? Explosions and heavy gunfire echoed Saturday night through a city in northeast Nigeria that’s home to a powerful politician, witnesses and officials said, the latest major attack in a region home to a radical Muslim sect.

It wasn’t immediately clear if there were any casualties. The attacks began at 7:30 p.m. Saturday (1830 GMT; 1:30 p.m. EST) in the city of Geidam in Nigeria’s Yobe state, which sits near the country’s arid border with Niger, authorities said.

Witnesses told The Associated Press that many in the city hid inside their homes after the fighting immediately following evening prayers.

“We started hearing a deafening blast ? boom, boom,” said witness Grema Umaru, 39. It followed “with sporadic gunshots near the police station.”

Umaru said she believed the attackers also targeted a nearby First Bank PLC branch, though she remained hidden inside of her house to avoid being wounded.

State police commissioner Sulaiman Lawal confirmed the city came under attack, but declined to offer any further details. The city is the hometown of Yobe state Gov. Ibrahim Geidam, who uses the city’s name as his last name as is customary for many in Nigeria’s Muslim north.

While authorities declined to say who they suspect in the attack, it mirrors other assaults recently carried out by a radical sect known as Boko Haram. The group has launched a series of attacks against Nigeria’s weak central government over the last year in its campaign to implement strict Shariah law across the nation of more than 160 million people.

Boko Haram claimed responsibility for a Nov. 4 attack on Damaturu, Yobe state’s capital, that killed more than 100 people. The group also claimed the Aug. 24 suicide car bombing of the U.N. headquarters in Nigeria’s capital that killed 24 people and wounded 116 others.

Little is known about the sources of Boko Haram’s support, though its members recently began carrying out a wave of bank robberies in the north. Police stations have also been bombed and officers killed.

Boko Haram has splintered into three factions, with one wing increasingly willing to kill as it maintains contact with terror groups in North Africa and Somalia, diplomats and security sources say.

Recently, Nigerian authorities arrested a member of the country’s National Assembly and accused him of being involved with the group along with other politicians. However, even politicians with ties to Boko Haram can no longer consider themselves safe. Politicians in Maiduguri, the city that is Boko Haram’s spiritual home, and other places in the northeast now surround themselves with security and live in apparent fear of the sect.

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Jon Gambrell reported from Lagos, Nigeria and can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/jongambrellap

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Saadatu Mohammed in Gombe also contributed to this report.

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Rescuing a kitten probably wasn’t how this group of police and firefighters were planning to spend their Thanksgiving.

But for over three hours on Thursday, a team of rescuers in El Cajon, California dedicated their time to saving a cat stuck in an electrical plastic pipe.

According to KFMB/CNN, the kitten’s cries were heard around 4 a.m. on Thursday, when the cat fell several feet down the pipe.

KABC reports that multiple methods were attempted to draw out the kitten, but ultimately they saved the cat with a makeshift catchpole made of wire and cables.

Not only was the cat rescued, but she also found a new home — one of the officers with the El Cajon Police Department decided to adopt her.

This isn’t the first animal to be rescued from a pipe. Over the summer, firefighters in Redding, California rescued a kitten from a 2-inch pipe by cutting the pipe to set him free. Last winter, a dog was rescued from a pipe by … another dog, who spotted the stuck pooch and alerted his owner.

If you want to help an animal needing a home, visit Petfinder.com or the ASPCA website.

Want more kittens? Check out the slideshow below of some of our favorites:

A kitten (L) plays with a Colombian Tigrillo or Margay (Leopardus wiedii) of about nine days old, found in a rural area south of Medellin and taken to the Animal Welfare Foundation, in Medellin, Antionquia department, Colombia on August 13, 2011. (RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP/Getty Images)

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Today may be traditionally the biggest shopping day of the year, but don?t forget it?s Saturday when customers can do the most for small businesses and benefit the most from doing business with them. If you?re a small business owner, it?s important to make the most of your opportunities. Here are some links to help you do just that this Holiday season.

News & Trends

Hold up on those Black Friday plans! Small Business Saturday is just around the corner. The special day dedicated to helping out small business rounds out a long shopping weekend. Read more about what Small Business Saturday is and who it helps. The Times Herald

Occupy Wall Street to support small businesses? Protesters say that in addition to demonstrations against big retailers during the biggest shopping day of the year, some will also be encouraging customers to buy locally and from small businesses. But how?happy are small business owners about the idea? New York Daily News

Why It Matters

Small Business Saturday benefits local communities. If you want to learn more about how Small Business Saturday will benefit small businesses in your community and by extension the community itself, you may?want to have a look at this video clip where customers and small business people tell their stories.??Fox Providence

Don?t let controversy blur the focus. A controversy among some of the groups behind last year?s successful Small Business Saturday movement threatens to divide supporters of the day?s activities.?It?s important to stay focused on the benefits.?WSJ

Small Business Saturday

Make the most of your Holiday marketing. Large companies like Facebook, YouTube, FedEx and American Express are also lending a hand. They provide a number of helpful resources for small business owners participating in the event. Washington Post

Want to learn more about the big event? We thought you?d never ask! As one of the partners helping to promote the Small Business Saturday, Facebook has created a special page with more information and resources. We hope you?ll drop by and have a look. Facebook

Tips & Tactics

Last minute Holiday marketing tips. The big guys are ready! How about you? Some simple but critical strategy will improve your results with customers this Holiday. What ideas do you have in place to bring them in and encourage them to buy from you? We?ve got suggestions from the experts. Retail Solutions Online

This checklist could boost your bottom line. If you want to be sure you?ve done all you can or want to add that perfect final touch, here?s a checklist that cannot fail. These last minute tweaks will improve your readiness and help you maximize your results. Marketing Daily

More To Remember

And while you?re at it, don?t forget. Monday is an important shopping day too. Cyber Monday is for those trying to avoid the lines and, if your business has an Internet presence, this is an opportunity you must not miss. Fortunately, there are some simple tips to get your Website ready. Small Business Trends

Service over splash? Despite a special day set aside for them, the fact remains that small businesses remain in competition with larger businesses during the Holiday season as they do through the rest of the year. However, they also possess a secret weapon. Denverpost.com

Source: http://smallbiztrends.com/2011/11/save-that-black-friday-shopping-for-small-business-saturday.html

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