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Airline flight delayed for bizarre reason as humanoid robot triggers safety query

Bebop the robot drew crowds by dancing at the gate before a lithium battery issue grounded it temporarily

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A Southwest Airlines flight was delayed for about an hour recently for a most unusual reason.

A humanoid robot had been brought on board as a passenger. But it couldn't take to the skies right away.

The 75-pound robot, named Bebop, was traveling from Oakland, California, to San Diego on Thursday, April 30 — and attracted a crowd at the gate as it danced for everyone before boarding.

"A lot of people came, took videos and had their kids come and give it high-fives," Eily Ben-Abraham, an employee with Elite Event Robotics of Dallas, Texas, told Fox News Digital. Elite Event Robotics rents out interactive robots for events.

The delay in the flight stemmed from an issue with the robot’s battery — which exceeded airline limits, the company said.

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2026-27 Ohio State Men's Basketball

I gotta say, that road schedule looks extremely daunting. The two "easy" road games are @ PSU & Minny, that leaves 8 away games against B1G teams that are projected to possibly make the NCAA tournament. Aside from MSU, OSU is going to play all of their B1G rivals that are projected to be in the preseason top-25 on the road. Kind of disappointing that there is such a divergence between the home & road strength this season. Maryland could have a bounce-back season, but them and MSU are the lone "home only" teams that seem to have better than 50-50 chances of making the NCAA tourney.
They're all B1G road games which means "easy" don't track.
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Star Wars (May the Force be with you)

I wore my Star Wars shirt to 3rd grade picture day. We saw it as a family 3 times in the theater which was unheard of at the time. I remember when Empire Strikes Back came out. We saw it at the drive in, I didn't care for it much. I just remember Yoda, some black guy and someone getting their hand cut off. Never saw another Star Wars movie after that.
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HC Ryan Day (B1G Coach of Year, B1G Champion, National Champion)

You can limit the players ability to earn a living right after you do the same to the coaches.

Show me one coach who has ever gone on one of their moralizing rants and said other coaches need to be restricted in movement and income.

Just one please.

You can't



Sorry Ryan, I know you are probably coming from a good place but coaches don't have the right to a soap box on this while you have Lane Kiffin in your fraternity.
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