Biomass-Eating Military Robot Is a Vegetarian, Company Says

A steam-powered, biomass-eating military robot being designed for the Pentagon is a vegetarian, its maker says.

Robotic Technology Inc.'s Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot — that's right, "EATR" — "can find, ingest, and extract energy from biomass in the environment (and other…

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PAHOA, Hawaii -- Hawaii's volcano emergency enters its fourth week on Thursday, and there's a possibility of a major eruption at any moment. Explosive bursts of lava, steam and ash are the new normal on the Big Island, and rivers of lava continue to threaten homes -- as well as a geothermal electrical plant.



Leilani Estates, a neighborhood on the Big Island, is overwhelmed by a river of molten misery. Lava has burned and buried more than a dozen homes in the community, and 1,700… Continue

One month ago Eric Schneiderman suspended the NY investigation of the Nxivm sex cult https://t.co/RuyPLkK22X

— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) May 8, 2018…

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Leaving an interview, counselor to President Trump Kellyanne Conway was swarmed by waiting White House reporters who asked her questions on the what she knew about the payment to Stormy Daniels and whether Trump is honest.

She declined to comment on when she learned that Trump reimbursed lawyer Michael Cohen after the payment to Daniels, saying she never heard about it during the 2016 campaign or last year as she worked at the White House.

Then, a reporter in…

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Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s widely anticipated testimony next week before the House Oversight Committee has been postponed, as the Justice Department IG has pursued new leads in his review of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, according to a congressional letter and sources familiar with the matter. 

“It is of the utmost importance that your review be as fulsome, complete and unimpeded as possible,” Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., the…

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If you're wondering why the federal judge in the Manafort case might be so upset, take a gander at a bunch of legal filings from the case from earlier this week. https://t.co/XEHpQxYyZv

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) May 4, 2018

The alleged lack of evidence would be in sharp contrast to the repeated leaks from anonymous but highly placed government officials that led to the appointment of a special counsel. By Mollie Hemingway In a new filing demanding a full hearing on what Paul Manafort’s lawyers say is a series of illegal governmental leaks about his case, his legal team also reveals the government has provided no evidence of any contact between Manafort and Russian officials. The special counsel’s office says it…

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A federal judge on Friday harshly rebuked Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team during a hearing for ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort – suggesting they lied about the scope of the investigation, are seeking “unfettered power” and are more interested in bringing down the president.

"You don't really care about Mr. Manafort,” U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III told Mueller’s team. “You really care about what information Mr. Manafort…

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