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Air Traffic Controller Posts Air Force One Flight Plan To Personal Blog

2:00AM September 12, 2011 | Jack Loftus

As we learned over at the New York Times today, if you were perusing the personal blogs of Japanese air traffic controllers in November you might have come across detailed flight plans for Air Force One. Oops! More »


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Secret Service Official Twitter Account Bashes Fox News

3:15AM May 19, 2011 | Adrian Chen

It’s almost too good to be true, but the tweet above apparently briefly appeared on the official Secret Service Twitter account. More »


Entertainment

After Two Years, They Finally Arrested The Guy Who Spliced Porn Into The Super Bowl

8:00AM February 6, 2011 | Casey Chan

Do you remember the prank of 2009? It was near the end of a very exciting Super Bowl (Cardinals-Steelers), when the video feed in Tucson, Arizona abruptly switched to a porn scene. Well, they finally caught the guy who did that. More »


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Woman Hangs Up On Apple, Nearly Misses Out On $US10,000 App Store Prize

7:00AM January 24, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Gail Davis hates telemarketers. Hates ‘em. Hangs up on their ilk as soon as she hears a wisp of their tortured, desperate breath over the telephone. Sadly, this same hatred nearly cost her family a cool $US10,000 gift card. More »


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Government Prints $US110 Billion In Unusable Money, Hides It

2:00PM December 7, 2010 | Jim Newell

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Cars

Co-Pilot Nearly Crashes Plane By Adjusting Seat While Pilot Is In Bathroom

2:20PM December 1, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

While a pilot took a mid-flight bathroom break, his co-pilot decided to adjust his seat. In the process of that, he managed to hit the control column and send the plane into a terrifying plunge. Things almost didn’t end well. More »


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Nicaragua, Cost Rica Still Butting Heads Over Google Maps Border Error

5:00AM November 15, 2010 | Jack Loftus

Nicaragua scoffed at an organisation of American States (OAS) condemnation regarding their Google Maps border incursion this weekend, and why shouldn’t they? Even Reuters was calling the measure a “toothless exhortation.” Coming soon: Google War? More »


Geek Out

Don’t Forget To Double-Check That The Tower You’re Demolishing Will Fall The Right Way

11:20AM November 11, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

Judging by the panicked screams in this video, the folks demolishing a 84m smoke stack in Springfield, Ohio didn’t expect it to snap power lines, destroy power equipment, or terrify children when it collapsed into the wrong direction. More »


Authorities Confuse $US270 High-Tech Toy Pony With Bomb

2:20PM September 10, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

This is a Hasbro FurReal pony—basically a $US270 stuffed animal that wiggles its ears and neighs. Unfortunately for one little boy or girl, it’s apparently the sort of toy that gets blown up by confused bomb squads. More »


British Airways Ad Implies Osama Bin Laden Is A Frequent Flyer

1:20PM June 3, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

Recently, British Airways advertised and discussed its downloadable, paperless boarding passes in an internal staff magazine called LHR News. There was something odd though: The sample first class boarding pass pictured is issued to Mr Osama Bin Laden. More »