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For some criminals, it isn’t enough to merely break the law. They have to break it in style. It’s a questionable style, however, only to be envied by children. Trick-or-treaters, that is. We don’t know why some criminals opt for full-body costuming, as opposed to the requisite mask, but the ridiculous and amusing list of […]

For motorists, there is little scarier than seeing a large animal step out in front of one’s car. Collisions resulting from such instances can be as hazardous to the persons behind the wheel as to the animals. In an effort to cut down on such accidents, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration has decided to test […]

Nowadays it seems like there’s an e-reader in almost every pocket or purse. You still see plenty of hardback and paperback books, of course, but e-books and the devices supporting them have been gaining popularity every year. Portability is a big factor. E-readers enable you to carry hundreds, or even thousands, of books with you […]

The city of Boston, Massachusetts, can’t be an easy place to be homeless.  There may be all sorts of shelters and food kitchens and stuff, but the problem with the whole enterprise is that it’s a brutally cold place to spend a winter.  One homeless man, Glen James, found the solution to a lot of […]

When they created Twitter, company founders Biz Stone, Evan Williams, and Jack Dorsey–who sound like a start-up company, a bourbon, and a 19th century bare-knuckle boxer–must have had no idea how their little 140-character microblogging service would grow into something beyond their wildest dreams.  Twitter has 200 million active users, and the users generate 500 […]

Ariel Castro kidnapped three women and held them prisoner for a decade, committing horrible acts against them the entire time.  As such, he deserved the 1000 years of jail time he received.  However, the Cleveland Kidnapper has decided to take the easy way out.  Ariel Castro is dead at age 53 after hanging himself in […]

It was impressive when, at age 61, Diana Nyad attempted to swim from Florida to Cuba.  She didn’t make it, having to be pulled aboard her rescue boat with dehydration and vomiting, but she went far enough to attract a lot of attention.  Three years later, at age 64, Diana Nyad gave it a try […]