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http://homelandsecuritynewswire.com/us-sell-saudis-60-billion-arms
Boeing may earn $24 billion from the arms sales to Saudi Arabia, with 77,000 Boeing employees or contractors working on the project:
http://www.asdnews.com/news/31272/Boeing_to_earn_24_billion_dollars_in_Saudi_arms_sale.htm
Intel is spending up to *$8 billion* to modernize its factories, creating up to 8,000 temporary construction jobs and up to 1,000 permanent jobs in Oregon when the factory opens in 2013:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101019/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_intel_manufacturing
Competition was held to build a robot that attempted to do a simple task but fails to do that task and *destroys itself*. The winning robot tried to cut a cake but instead emitted a spark that set fire to itself and its fellow diners:
http://homelandsecuritynewswire.com/robots-compete-self-destruction
Each President is issued a special code on a plastic card, called the "biscuit", that is required to be given before the President can launch nuclear weapons against an enemy. Pres. Clinton actually *lost* the nuclear biscuit for a few months--they only found out when he was asked for it so that it could be updated. Pres. Carter actually left the card with the nuclear launch codes in a suit sent to a dry cleaner!
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/president-clinton-lost-nuclear-biscuit-couple-months
San Diegans got to test drive the Chevy Volt yesterday. It is nice that SDG&E is offering special electricity prices for electric-car owners, making it cost less than 1/3 the price per mile than a car running on gas that gets 30 MPG:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/oct/20/san-diegans-trying-out-the-chevrolet-volt/
In less than 2 weeks T-Mobile will be going to tiered pricing plans. $10 will get 200 MB per month, Even More subscribers will pay $30 per month for 5 GB, and Even More Plus subscribers will pay $25 per month for $5:
http://www.tmonews.com/2010/10/t-mobile-data-plans-revamping-november-3rd
Sprint is rumored to be testing FDD-LTE next year:
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=198839&f_src=lightreading_gnews
AT&T made a surprise announcement that they are planning to deploy voice over LTE by 2013. Verizon and the European operators are planning to use their circuit-switched network for voice calls for a decade or more, but AT&T plans to stop using their circuit-switched network in 3 years. By doing so, AT&T can use that spectrum for LTE instead of for its circuit-switched network:
http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/t-sets-volte-date-will-others-follow/2010-10-21
Magic Johnson apparently has received slightly over $100 million after selling his stake in the Lakers and his Starbucks stores...and he is interested in bringing an NFL team to LA:
http://lakersblog.latimes.com/lakersblog/2010/10/magic-johnson-speaking-first-time-since-he-sold-lakers-and-starbucks.html
A wallaby was apparently given ecstasy and alcohol at a birthday disco in Ireland and let loose around the 150 people dancing...and died:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1321937/Wallaby-dies-plied-ecstasy-drink-birthday-disco.html
Northern California man left a party in San Carlos and walked up to a police car to ask for a ride home to Danville. When the police officer asked him if he was carrying anything illegal, he said "yes", paused, and then said "no". He agreed to be searched and was arrested for felony possession of cocaine:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/10/20/ap/strange/main6975326.shtml