A 12 MP Nikon for only $47? Needless to say, I had my credit card whipped out and ready… Until I switched over to the merchant page…

Just a flash card! Too bad they’re just a review site. I would’ve held them to it.

A man faces felony charges for selling counterfeit cocaine to an undercover sheriff’s deputy in December…
…When lawmen tested the substance, it came back negative for cocaine.
Am I the only one who sees the irony in this? A felony charge for NOT selling an illegal substance?

A woman (MIT student no less) walks into Logan International Airport with a computer circuit board and Play-Doh strapped to her chest.
And, no, she’s not wearing the toe tag she so desperately wants and deserves.

The first line of the story reads: “A British performance artist has eaten part of a corgi — the breed of dog Queen Elizabeth II favors as pets — to protest the alleged mistreatment of animals by the royal family.”
That’s like me using a bullwhip on a (pick your minority) to protest racism.

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A man staying in a California hotel was set on fire from his cell phone according to assistant fire chief Kurt Henke. Luis Picaso, 59, was unlucky enough to be wearing highly flammable polyester clothing when his cell phone apparently malfunctioned and set his attire ablaze. Mr. Picaso suffered second and third degree burns over [...]

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When Susan Kuhnhausen returned home from work one day earlier this month, she encountered an intruder wielding a claw hammer. After a struggle, the 51-year-old nurse fended off her attacker by strangling him with her bare hands…
…after an investigation, police now say the intruder Kuhnhausen strangled was apparently a hit man hired by her estranged [...]

I spend a lot of time reading RSS feeds. Hell, I probably spend more time on Thunderbird than I do on Firefox. But it looks like I’ll need to put down the mouse and back away slowly from the computer after seeing this message during a visit to The Wide Awakes:

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It appears that [...]