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The Roller Coaster That Hurricane Sandy Dumped Into The Ocean Is Being Torn Down
While most of the world has moved on since Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc late last October, countless communities are still reeling and recovering from its utter devastation. And today, the Jet Star roller coaster of Seaside Heights, New Jersey, one of the more iconic landmarks from Sandy, is being laid to rest for good.
Watch This: Atlantic City Boardwalk Is Transformed By Glorious Display Of Sound And Light
Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall, yesterday, debuted Duality, a sound and light installation — commissioned by The Atlantic City Alliance as part of their effort to restore the city’s once-glorious reputation — that will be projected on the iconic building all summer long.
Verizon Accidentally Sent A Scary Emergency Alert Telling People To "Take Shelter"
Imagine your day yesterday. Maybe you were working. Maybe you were at home or at the grocery store. Now imagine at 12:27 PM you got an emergency alert message on your phone saying, “Civil Emergency in this area until 1:24 PM EST Take Shelter Now U.S. Govern”. Wouldn’t you freak the eff out?
Inside Thomas Edison’s Vertically Integrated MegaLab
Thomas Edison was not an inventor for the love of the game. “I always invented to obtain money to go on inventing,” he said. For a tireless mind like that, a lab had to be far more than a lab.
AT&T Reaches $18 Million Settlement In ETF Class Action Case
Without admitting any wrongdoing, AT&T Mobility has reached a settlement in a class action lawsuit alleging that their flat-rate early termination fee was unlawful. If the settlement is approved, AT&T will pay out a total of $US16 million in cash and $US2 million in “non-cash benefits” to New Jersey residents whose AT&T wireless contract included a flat-rate ETF provision any time after 1998.
News Roundup: Goodbye Netscape, Hello Kitty For Men and More
• A new law in New Jersey willl ban internet sex offenders from the web. But then who will read Gizmodo? [The Register] • AOL will discontinue development of the Netscape browser early next year. RIP Netscape, you were the original IE alternative. [TechCrunch] • Once upon a time, Google went by the name BackRub. Yuck. [Valleywag] • A line of Hello Kitty clothing for men will go on sale in Japan next month. If you’re looking for me, I’ll be scraping my eyes out with rusty nails. [AP]
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