The raid on the bunker was carried out by the FBI's hostage response team, which serves as the agency's full-time counterterrorism unit, Pack said Wednesday.

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Packed in their 7-by-2-foot titanium-framed fiberglass bodies are terabytes of cellphone flash storage, a dual-core ARM processor running open Linux software, a battery pack, sensor arrays, a GPS unit, and wireless and satellite communications systems.

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Mitsuru Homma, the chief of Sanyo's power unit, said the hybrid power pack should be available within two years.

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The increase was due primarily to the fact that grown pups who would normally leave the pack to seek mates remained with their family unit during severe winters.

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But now we can confirm that candybar slab does indeed pack specs quite similar to that of the Dev Alpha unit that preceded it.

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The unit's 2, 300 Marines will pack up their equipment and gear for the trip back to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, aboard the USS Nassau, USS Austin and USS Tortuga, McSweeney said.

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But Bank of New York 's (nyse: BK - news - people ) BNY Jaywalk unit emerged as the surprise front-runner among the pack, signing on with seven of the ten firms.

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The 32GB and 64GB storage options aren't shockers given the extra space Windows and the bundled copy of Office 2013 Home and Student 2013 will demand, but there's a treat for long-haul users in the battery -- it's been upgraded from the 7, 000maH pack of the Note 10.1 to an ample 8, 200mAh unit.

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The battery pack provides up to 16 hours of life on a single charge and will re-charge itself within the unit when external power is detected.

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