BioSentral

Courtesy of BAE Systems, this promotional video shows the work of MAST, the Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology Project.

Military cracks down on scrap-metal scavengers - Hundreds of Marines were conducting a combat training mission in the Mojave Desert when an air patrol spotted something kicking up dust: A civilian pickup truck speeding across the barren landscape. [Seattletimes.com]

AP photographer freed by US military - The U.S. military has released Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein after holding him for more than two years. [Examiner.com]

Army's $20K bonus attracting recruits - Bored with life on his family's South Carolina horse farm, Willard McCormick decided that military service was the right plan for his future. And when the Army dangled its new, $20,000 recruiting bonus in front of him, the decision got a lot easier. [The Boston Globe]