Honda's humanoid robot conducts concert in Detroit

Seeded on Mon May 26, 2008 12:05 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

"Asimo is a robot, and this was the world's first known example of a live orchestral performance conducted by a robot...as [the Detroit Symphony Orchestra] played the appropriately quixotic Impossible Dream from the 1965 Broadway Man of La Mancha..."

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BBC News - Music Copyright in the Spotlight

Seeded on Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:19 AM EDT (BBC News)

"In February 2006, a part-time Canadian music student established a modest, non-commercial website that used collaborative wiki tools to create an online library of public domain musical scores. In mid-October this year the IMSLP disappeared from the internet.

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Glitches cited in early voting

Seeded on Wed Nov 1, 2006 4:42 AM EST (The Miami Herald)

After a week of early voting, a handful of glitches with electronic voting machines have drawn the ire of voters, reassurances from elections supervisors -- and a caution against the careless casting of ballots.

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Can This Machine Be Trusted?

Seeded on Wed Nov 1, 2006 4:38 AM EST (TIME)

In one week, more than 80 million Americans will go to the polls, and a record number of them--90%--will either cast their vote on a computer or have it tabulated that way. When that many people collide with that many high-tech devices, there are going to be problems.

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Osama 'wanted to marry Whitney'

Seeded on Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:29 AM EDT (entertainment.iafrica.com | news)

Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of terror group al-Qaeda, was such a fan of singer Whitney Houston that he considered marriage and having her husband Bobby Brown killed.

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Finally, Some Overdue Good News in the Battle Against AIDS

Seeded on Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:20 PM EDT (Christianity Today Magazine)

While the 2006 UNAIDS Report stops short of endorsing specific approaches and methodologies, it does encourage the involvement of churches and faith based groups, noting that one in five groups currently working in AIDS programming is faith-based.

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Desperate times, stubborn dreams

Seeded on Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:59 PM EDT (CNET News.com)

From an American's eyes, it may be hard to understand why someone with Sonko's skills and smarts would stay in Uganda, when his drive and devotion might yield more tangible gains in other, less desperate places...Mentally and spiritually, he's a giant.

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The price of fame: $3.5 million

Seeded on Sun Jun 11, 2006 1:51 AM EDT (Toronto Star)

When American violinist Robert McDuffie, now in his mid-40s, broke through into the top rank of international stars a decade ago, he decided he should upgrade to the best instrument he could get his hands on.

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