TG Daily has Darpa urban grand challenge coverage (pictures, video and articles).
There is official coverage at the DARPA site
Links to all of the teams is here
UPDATE:
There have been some crashes in the semi-final competitions
Wired magazine is also covering the Darpa urban challenge
UPDATE Monday October 29:
slow start the competition in this Sunday report from Ventura county star
A Monday preview from the NY Times bits blog on the Stanford entry, Junior
Wired has coverage of runaway vehicle in the qualifying that was stopped and repaired
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