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Woman Killed By Electronic Neck Massager


We usually point and laugh at the safety warnings on home gadgets like hair dryers and heating pads (even though you know there was an original incident that caused the weird drawing of a blow dryer in a bathtub), but the terrible story of a Michelle Ferrari-Gegerson is anything but funny. The 37-year-old woman was found dead by her husband last week in their Palm Beach home, apparently after her neck massager tangled with her necklace and strangled her to death. … More »

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Woman Killed By Electronic Neck Massager

Data Overload? Your Daily Information Intake, In Numbers


We manage pretty well in our data-saturated lives. But sometimes it’s beneficial to take a step back and look at how much information you’re actually processing within a 24 hour period. This informative clip from GOOD‘s blog does just that, and leaves us with just one question: Is all this data necessarily a bad thing? … More »

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Data Overload? Your Daily Information Intake, In Numbers

Emergency Services to Enter the 21st Century: Texting 911


The FCC is considering making 911 accessible through text message and video streaming. All we can say is: Finally. Maybe not with regards to streaming video, but the ability to send texts to 911 seems way overdue. Our great aunts can text; shouldn’t emergency services be able to?
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Emergency Services to Enter the 21st Century: Texting 911

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The End is Near: A robot that can taste and identify wines, hors d’oeuvres, cheeses thought that human flesh was prosciutto. (via LA Weekly)
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10 Things We Want to Do This Weekend


It’s time for the weekend, folks. We’ve got some idea of what we want to do over the next couple of days — do you?

Ditch the energy drinks.

Sometimes we think we need a little extra oomph, but not even the ones that claim to be natural are good for us.

Watch the ING New York City Marathon.

But we obviously aren’t running in it, so we don’t need to act like we are.

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Exercise for Depression and Get Your Pill for Free: Morning News Round-Up


Working Out in Your Spare Time — Could fight depression. (via The Independent)

Free Birth Control — Could be within reach for American women. (via NPR)

Many Americans — Have no plans to eat more produce. (via UPI)

Could Eating Meat — Be good for the planet? (via TIME) … More »

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Exercise for Depression and Get Your Pill for Free: Morning News Round-Up