Haircut kid scores free Spurs tickets

May 19, 2012

So I suppose Patrick Gonzalez’s story has a happy ending after all. The San Antonio 12-year-old was threatened with suspension from his middle school for the intricate Matt Bonner portrait he had shaved into the back of his head. But Bonner was touched by the gesture, and showered his No. 1 fan with Spurs...
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Does organic food turn people into jerks?

May 19, 2012
Does organic food turn people into jerks?

Monika Graff / Getty Images Vendors offer organically grown produce at the Union Square farmers market in New York City. Renate Raymond has encountered her fair share of organic food snobs, but a recent trip to a Seattle market left her feeling like she’d stumbled onto the set of “Portlandia.“ “I stopped at a...
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Worm-like robot climbs clothes with alacrity

May 19, 2012
Worm-like robot climbs clothes with alacrity

6 hrs. Devin Coldewey Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology Letting people climb walls like a bug is one thing, but letting robots climb humans like one? The researchers at the Chinese Academy of Science must have felt that robots these days just weren’t creepy enough. The Clothbot is a small robot that uses a pair...
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Is it illegal to record and post noisy neighbors having sex?

May 19, 2012
Is it illegal to record and post noisy neighbors having sex?

4 hrs. Helen A.S. Popkin Reddit A recent post by a Reddit user who shared a friend’s cyber-savvy solution for noisy neighbors having sex attracted almost 2,000 comments. To teach the loud lovers a lesson, the friend reportedly recorded the cries of passion (along with someone shouting for the couple to shut up), uploaded the recording to...
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Postal employee on workers’ comp caught running Boston Marathon

May 18, 2012
Postal employee on workers’ comp caught running Boston Marathon

Competitors in the 2012 Boston Marathon (Steven Senne/AP) A U.S. District Court in Florida convicted a former Florida postal worker of health care fraud after she was caught participating in more than 80 long-distance races, including the Boston Marathon, all while taking workers’ compensation for a back injury. Jacquelyn V. Myers, 55, was also...
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Photographer “blows away” subjects

May 18, 2012
Photographer “blows away” subjects

Click image to see more photos. (Tadao Cern) An eye-popping photo series shows that perhaps there is no “good side” when your face is getting blasted by powerful gusts of wind. Lithuanian photographer Tadas Cerniauskas, who also uses the name Tadao Cern, created the work entitled “Blow Job.”  He took the photos during a...
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Man with record-breaking 14-foot mustache has some grooming tips

May 18, 2012
Man with record-breaking 14-foot mustache has some grooming tips

At 14 foot, Ram Singh Chauhan has the world’s longest mustache (AFP/Getty)Ram Singh Chauhan of India has the world’s longest mustache, 14 feet, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Chauhan had received attention long before entering the world record books. According to the London Telegraph, his famous facial hair was featured in...
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