In May, the firm knocked out a number of UAVs at the US Navy test range on San Nicolas Island off the coast of California.

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Two other lists that stood out for their high number of selections, if not a broad range of styles, were those at Ruth's Chris and Morton's.

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The number of handsets pushed out the door increased (thanks to the Asha range of budget phones) with the company selling 73 million phones.

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But SmartGlass is the broadest multi-screen initiative to come out of the major home console vendors, both in terms of the range of possibilities as well as the number of supported devices.

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But the Raptors bounced back again, blocking a number of close-range Knicks shots, and it looked like they would pull out a hard-fought victory and end Lin's feel-good streak.

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There are a number of estimates out there by others, but they are generally in the eight to ten billion range.

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