To enable drivers to control its functions without taking their eyes off the road, R-LINK features a large 18cm tactile display, steering wheel-mounted controls and speech recognition.

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But the idea was rejected by other more hard-line Republicans, including Rep. Dick Armey, R-Texas, who said workers should stay off the job until a balanced budget is passed and signed by the president.

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But Toronto's major sports teams draw the bulk of the fans. (The Raptors, incidentally, will miss the playoffs for the fifth straight year.) Although the Leafs remain supreme interest-wise, the city was captivated by the Jays' off-season bonanza, which included adding Reyes and pitchers R.

WSJ: Toronto Is Back (Sort of)

The weekend's other new wide release, Sylvester Stallone's R-rated action vehicle Bullet to the Head, got off to an even worse start than Arnold Schrwazenegger's The Last Stand did two weeks ago.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

The action is touched off, in the mind of the middle-aged Jack (Sean Penn), by thoughts of his younger brother R.

NEWYORKER: The Tree of Life

Perhaps hitting closer to home were the comments of Chairman Joe Barton (R-Tex.), who told Whitacre in his opening comments how he's shutting off service on a phone line coming into his house and planning to use a cable modem for Internet access.

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