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• Google is said to be selling Boston Dynamics

  

  VIDEOThe video, published to YouTube on Feb. 23, was awe-inspiring and scary. A two-legged humanoid robot trudges through the snow, somehow maintaining its balance. Another robot with two arms and pads for hands crouches down and lifts a brown box and delicately places it on a shelf -- then somehow stays upright while a human tries to push it over with a hockey stick. A third robot topples over and clambers back to its feet with ease.Tens of millions of people viewed the video over the next few..

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• SeaWorld to stop breeding orcas, making them perform tricks

  

  ORLANDO, Fla. — After years of pressure, SeaWorld made a surprise announcement on Thursday: It no longer breeds killer whales in captivity and will soon stop making them leap from their pools or splash audiences on command.Surrendering finally to a profound shift in how people feel about using animals for entertainment, the SeaWorld theme parks have joined a growing list of industries dropping live animal tricks. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is retiring all of its touring elephants..

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• Forecasters monitor potential winter storm for Sunday night

  

  A big winter storm has the possibility of pummeling the Boston area on Monday, the first day of spring, but forecasters are still unsure about the storm’s specifics, the National Weather Service said. “The potential is there for a really big snowstorm,” weather service meteorologist Glenn Field said. Advertisement It is expected to move up the East Coast this weekend, and would hit the Boston area late Sunday and into Monday. Meteorologist Bill Simpson said there is “increasing confidence o..

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• Three cases of mumps confirmed at BU

  

  Three Boston University students have confirmed cases of mumps, as the viral illness continues to spread among college students in the Boston area.BU officials reported Wednesday that three undergraduates who attend the university’s Charles River campus had come down with mumps, one of them just before last week’s spring break and the others last week. Two live off campus, but university spokesman Colin Riley did not have information on where the third lives. Advertisement The sick students ..

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• New England could get a foot of snow on Sunday

  By Kristi Palma @kristipalma Boston.com Staff | 03.17.16 | 11:36 AM Get your snowblowers ready, New England. The National Weather Service says a possible nor’easter is heading our way. The strong ocean storm will arrive on Sunday. “This type of storm can produce a foot of snow,” said Glenn Field, warning coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Taunton. “But the question is, where? We can’t pin that down yet.” Advertisement - Continue Reading Below The storm will ..

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