A small robot has scaled a 1,739-foot-high cliff of the Grand Canyon in a demonstration of the power of the world's longest-lasting battery. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. 's 6. 69-inch Evolta, which bears the same name as the Panasonic brand AA alkaline battery it used, climbed the cliff on Saturday in six hours and 46 minutes. The robot, which is made of plastic and carbon, used its hands and legs to pull itself up a rope.

A small robot has scaled a 1,739-foot (530-meter) high cliff of the Grand Canyon in a demonstration of the power of the world's longest-lasting battery. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. 's 6. 69-inch (17-centimeter) Evolta, the same name as the Panasonic brand AA alkaline battery it used, climbed the cliff on Saturday in six hours and 46 minutes using a rope. The robot, which is made of plastic and carbon, used its hands and legs to pull itself up the rope.

Pierre-Louis Colin, a speechwriter for the French foreign minister has written a new tourist guide on where best to ogle 'les parisiennes' or Frenchwomen. The 190-page book Guide des jolies femmes de Paris, which was released last month, lists the best places to ogle gorgeous women in the city. Colin has singled out bars, parks, metro trains and times of day to observe women in Paris.

Local authorities reported that a bank in the town's shopping center was held up Thursday by an old man in a wheelchair. Reports say that the suspect was an elderly white male, between 65 and 70 years old, has grey hair and was sporting a beard. He was immobilized, police said, as he was seen with bandaged legs, with one in a cast.

Police responding to a call from a Ness County man's home arrived to discover the homeowner's girlfriend sitting on the toilet, and had been on it for two years. Authorities said the woman, 35 years old, was on the toilet fully clothed, with her pants down to mid-thigh.