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July 2011

iGrill BBQ Digital Thermometer for iPhone Among Stupidest Gadgets

July 25, 2011 4:02pm by copythat

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It ranks among the stupidest gadgets just in time for the summer BBQ season. The iGrill digital thermometer allows iPhone or iPad users 200 feet of range with Bluetooth--to check meat temperatures from afar. Just don't stray too much: If you're planning on grilling steaks, you could have hungry guests. The electronics device monitors a max of two steaks at a time. Read more

Repo Games TV Show Debtors Play to Keep Repossessed Cars Vehicles

July 25, 2011 2:26pm by editor

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In what may be the cruelest joke on people about to have cars repossessed, a new reality game show allows contestants to fight for gaining back possession of vehicles--and having cars paid off in full. It's not 'reindeer games', it's "Repo Games" on Tru TV. Real-life repo men make debtors answer five questions. Three better be right. Read more

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Great White Shark Boards South Africa Research Boat at Sea Never Attacks

July 25, 2011 1:09pm by hearit

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Six researchers from South Africa get to encounter a great white--at a much closer distance than nearly anyone prefers. Try a close-up encounter, in a boat. After a thrashing shark boards a boat but never attacks, boats tow the dying animal to safety--twice. The great white beached itself after researchers had sprayed water to ventilate gills and keep it alive. Read more

Lurker Outside Hotel Room Is Just Creepy Crowne Plaza Sleeping Monitor

July 25, 2011 1:07am by hearit

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Four out of ten people snore in the UK -- and Crowne Plaza plans to do something about it: The hotel chain introduces "snore absorption rooms" at new locations--but also introduces human "Snore Monitors" to 'patrol' Britain hotel floors. Those would be humans, basically lurking to report snoring offenders. It's invasive, and its creepy to the tenth power. Read more

UK Mandrills Video Shows Monkeys Use Crude Tools to Give Pedicures

July 25, 2011 12:11am by editor

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Again it's the same argument: Monkeys may be more intelligent than man thought. Perhaps it's man that needs the reassessment. Mandrill monkeys in the UK have now been spotted giving pedicures in July--using twigs as 'crude' tools. Read more

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Motorcyclist Ends Up Back Seat Passenger After Car Minivan Accident

July 24, 2011 10:55pm by copythat

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One California motorcyclist is very lucky--to have hitched a ride instead of ending up dead after rear-ending a van in a car accident. The rider got thrown into the vehicle's back seat instead of thrown all over the road. Police name the unheard-of event "a non-injury collision with a twist". Really. Read more

California Guy Stuck in Manhole Pissed Police Snap Photos Release Name

July 24, 2011 9:27pm by hearit

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The end of July is a week of being stuck: One guy gets stuck on a hot tar roof in PA while a California guy gets wedged in a manhole supposedly trying to fish out a wallet--the trapped man photographed by Ceres Police in a serious resemblance to the Wicked Witch Read more

Roofer Ends Up Stuck on Hot Seat Tars Pittsburgh Roof Bakes Like Turkey

July 24, 2011 7:34pm by hearit

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Tar can be sticky stuff--just ask dinosaurs. A guy in the Glenwood area of Pittsburgh gets stuck on a hot tar roof. Scorching temperatures in Pittsburgh left the man "baking like a turkey" while roofing a home on the hottest day of the year. 90 degrees--plus a slip--literally put him on the hot seat. Read more

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Canton Police Officer Cop on Video Threatens Ohio Driver to Execute Him for Stupid

July 23, 2011 9:55pm by hearit

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If there's a reason people don't like cops, this is it: He's the Canton Police Department officer accused of abuse--telling a driver in dashcam video that he should've pumped 10 bullets in his head. Officer Harless also says his CPD partner would be "a nice witness as I executed you because you're stupid." Read more

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Singer Amy Winehouse has died sick Websites asked people to predict her death

July 23, 2011 11:55am by wombat

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It is a very sad day that singer Amy Winehouse has passed away due to an alleged drug overdose. Like so many other talented singer that lost their battles with drug and alcohol abuse the news is heartbreaking. I feel so very sad that she never got the help she needed and yet, I know you cannot help someone that does not want to be helped. Read more