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Accused Teen Bomber Detects Wireless Signal From FBI Surveillance Van, Shrugs It Off

4:30PM August 18, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

You know that 17-year old who was arrested and accused of plotting a massacre that would rival Columbine. He stockpiled bomb-making materials and planned to blow up the local high school on the first day of school. More »

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Lovers’ Quarrels Should Not End In Naked Sword Fights

2:00PM August 14, 2011 | Kwame Opam

A Florida man got into a particularly nasty fight with his live-in girlfriend earlier this week. This was clearly the final straw, because, after a quick shower, he got two swords out and challenged her to a duel. A break up fight to the death?? More »

News

Draconian Dog Shit DNA Policy Sparks Canine Conflict

11:24PM June 29, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Something is rotten in the Village of Abacoa condominiums. There’s dog poop everywhere. Everywhere. So the condo council’s taking the only option: mandating poop and dog DNA matching for every offending specimen, with a $US1000 fine. Lady Liberty weeps. More »

Entertainment

This Pirate-Themed Home Theater Should Serve Nothing But Expensive Rum

1:00AM June 5, 2011 | Jack Loftus

The pics are renders, yes, but this elaborate pirate theatre is very much a real thing being constructed in one luxurious Palm Beach, Florida home. More »

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Man Creates Virus to Break Arcade Game Only He Can Fix

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10:05AM March 2, 2011 | Daniel Long

Arcade technician and programmer Marvin Wimberly probably thought he had the perfect plan: install a virus to disable a series of those loud and annoying Whack-A-Mole games popular with kids and get paid to fix them when they break. More »

Entertainment

All 5 Best Album Grammy Nominees Were Engineered By Graduates Of A College You’ve Never Heard Of

10:20AM February 12, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Every album that’s been nominated for a Best Album Grammy this year was engineered by an FSU alum. Not Florida State; Full Sail University. The Winter Park, Florida college has cranked out a full 74 graduates who’ve worked on Grammy-nominated albums this year. So now you know who to blame for pretty much everything on the radio! [Time] More »

Science

Carbon Nanotube Aerogel Takes Crown As World’s Lightest Material

9:00AM January 17, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Carbon nanotubes do it all, don’t they? To date they’ve strengthened other materials, solved crimes in the Mystery Mobile and can claim they’ve taken part in creating the world’s lightest material. Well, at least two of those are true anyway. More »

Gadgets

Only Woman To Ever Use A Neck Massager On A Neck Dies

8:40AM December 30, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

Barely anyone would actually think to use an electric neck massager to massage his or her neck. And now there’s a damn good reason for that: It could kill you! More »

Entertainment

The Best Of The Year In Rants

5:40AM December 28, 2010 | Gizmodo Staff

There was plenty to be angry about this year; the Gulf Oil Spill, assaults on net neutrality, Mark Zuckerberg winning Time’s Person of the Year. Check out the best rants from our most irate writers in 2010. More »

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Florida Politician Cheats With A Text During Televised Debate

7:40AM October 27, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Florida’s gubernatorial race has been too tight to call, which is why CNN brought the two candidates on for a debate last night, during which Democrat Alex Sink was busted, on camera, for receiving an illicit text from her campaign team. More »