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· Part 2: Lake Mary HS gets to keep Ram logo
· Bad Cop: Police probe cop blogger over furtive glans
· Plane Crazy: Child rape charge rocks TSA
· Romanian street sign warns drivers of 'drunk pedestrians'
· Bad Cop: In another raid, State Police hit beer distributor. Your streets are safe now, PA
· Spy Shots: Next-gen Dodge Charger interior gets outed
· Porsche 'will build 918'
· Robot plow FTW!
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Robot plow FTW!

Posted in Youtube by: TimothyT on: 03/10/2010 11:37 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

A Roomba for your driveway? Hell yes! Imagine it interfaced with your WII, iPhone or any gaming type of console? Somebody needs to get this to Lowes or Home Depot, you have until November to get it done. GO!



More Videos of the Nitro Circus Monster Truck Backflip

Posted in Youtube by: TimothyT on: 03/07/2010 09:20 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

News has been slow the past week, so while bored and browsing the web today I found some new videos of the first ever monster truck backflip. I found longer and better quality videos that we think you will enjoy. Here you go...

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If I drove a school bus, I would get plowed too

Posted in Weird by: TimothyT on: 03/10/2010 10:57 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

A school bus driver from Mount Prospect Elementary District 57 faces drunken driving charges after delivering 50 students to their homes while she had a blood-alcohol level of nearly three times the legal limit, police said.

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Keystone Lake Zamboni falls through thin ice

Posted in Weird by: TimothyT on: 03/10/2010 10:55 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

A Zamboni took a dip in North America's largest groomed skating pond at Keystone Resort tonight.
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Part 2: Lake Mary HS gets to keep Ram logo

Posted in Automotive by: TimothyT on: 03/10/2010 04:40 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

Under a special agreement, Chrysler is allowing Lake Mary High School in Seminole County, Florida, to continue using the Ram logo the school has adopted as its athletic mascot.
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Bad Cop: Police probe cop blogger over furtive glans

Posted in Weird by: TimothyT on: 03/10/2010 04:35 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

Police in southern Sweden are investigating claims by an anonymous officer that he and a colleague secretly dabbed the tips of their sex organs against parts of a car driven by female co-workers.
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Plane Crazy: Child rape charge rocks TSA

Posted in Weird by: TimothyT on: 03/10/2010 04:32 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

A Transportation Security Agency worker who pats down members of the flying public was charged with multiple child sex crimes targeting an underage girl yesterday.
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Romanian street sign warns drivers of 'drunk pedestrians'

Posted in by: TimothyT on: 03/10/2010 04:23 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

Street signs warning Romanian drivers to be careful of drunken pedestrians lying on roads were erected by road safety chiefs worried about the "despairing" levels of accidents. The street sign is priceless, personally if I was drunk, I would steal the sign.

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Bad Cop: In another raid, State Police hit beer distributor. Your streets are safe now, PA

Posted in Weird by: TimothyT on: 03/10/2010 04:19 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

Pennsylvania State Police have staged another beer raid, confiscating about a dozen cases from a leading distributor in Northeast Philadelphia and ordering it to stop selling several well-known imports, including Duvel, a popular Belgian beer sold throughout the Philadelphia region.
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Spy Shots: Next-gen Dodge Charger interior gets outed

Posted in Automotive by: TimothyT on: 03/10/2010 02:36 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

There've been no shortage of spy shots to be had showing the upcoming next-gen Dodge Charger, but to date we've yet to see the interior fully revealed. Autoblogs spy photogs have remedied this by finally capturing the big rear-wheel-drive sedan's inner domicile. Hit the source for some interior love.

Source: Spy Shots: Next-gen Dodge Charger interior gets outed

Porsche 'will build 918'

Posted in Automotive by: TimothyT on: 03/10/2010 12:15 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

Porsche boss Michael Macht says that staff in the firm are fully committed to building the 918 Spyder, the biggest shock - and hit - of the Geneva motor show. Taken from drawing to show car in under five months, the 918 mixes a 500bhp petrol V8 with two electric motors for a combined 718bhp. Porsche has calculated that it could be quicker than the old Carrera GT around the Nordschleife.


Source: Porsche 'will build 918'

It's a car. It's a truck. It's a Passat?

Posted in Youtube by: TimothyT on: 03/10/2010 11:29 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

Man, you could put a Pacer on a 4X4 frame and I would want to drive it, so a Passat is no exception. I really was waiting for this to tip over, which is bound to happen eventually. Either way, here is 2:25 of video fun:




Oldest Known Flying ‘Car’ up for the auction at Red Baron’s Antiques

Posted in Automotive by: TimothyT on: 03/10/2010 11:25 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

Built in 1935, this "roadable" aircraft was the brain-child of Frank Skroback, a retired industrial technician and electrician from Syracuse, New York.
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Cash for Clunkers did better than thought

Posted in Automotive by: TimothyT on: 03/10/2010 11:06 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The government's Cash for Clunkers program resulted in a far bigger boost to car sales than was previously estimated, even by the government, according to a new analysis by Maritz Research, an automotive market research company.
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Okanagan gangster to serve 44 years in Seattle jail

Posted in by: TimothyT on: 03/10/2010 08:46 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

A former Peachland, B.C. resident who robbed a Tacoma bank with an AK-47 so he could set up a gang to rival the Hell’s Angels has been handed another 20 years in jail.
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2011 Corvette Z06 Carbon Limited Edition

Posted in Automotive by: TimothyT on: 03/10/2010 07:34 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

DETROIT -- When the 2006 Corvette Z06 was introduced, it represented the closest connection to the Corvette race cars ever. The 2009 Corvette ZR1 closed the gap between racing and production even further. This year, Corvette continues its tradition of track-to-street technology transfer with the 2011 Corvette Z06 Carbon Limited Edition.
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Iron Man 2 Trailer 2!

Posted in Youtube by: TimothyT on: 03/10/2010 11:37 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

Always worth watching just for the cars! The Iron Man 2 Trailer premiered on March 7, 2010. In Iron Man 2, the world is aware that billionaire inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is the armored Super Hero Iron Man. Under pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military, Tony is unwilling to divulge the secrets behind the Iron Man armor because he fears the information will slip into the wrong hands. With Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), and James Rhodey Rhodes (Don Cheadle) at his side, Tony forges new alliances and confronts powerful new forces. Release: May 7, 2010



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Toyota May Expand Tundra Frame Recall

Posted in Automotive by: TimothyT on: 03/09/2010 08:15 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

Toyota has alerted dealers in 30 additional states that it is conducting a “Special Service Campaign” over the same 2000-2003 Tundra rust issue that caused the automaker and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to issue a recall in November 2009 in 20 cold weather states.

While Toyota isn’t calling the campaign an official recall, spokesman Brian Lyons said to think of it as a “heads up” for the other 30 states:

“The service campaign could mirror what’s in the current recall, but final instructions won’t come until March,” said Lyons.


Source: Toyota May Expand Tundra Frame Recall

69 Busted In South Carolina

Posted in Weird by: TimothyT on: 03/09/2010 07:30 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

MARCH 9--While on patrol early Sunday morning at a mall in Orangeburg, South Carolina, a cop noticed a parked Chevy conversion van rocking. When Corporal William Murphy shined a light though the vehicle's back window, he spotted Shanna Byrd, 30, and Ronald Braxton, 32, in the altogether. Specifically, according to an Orangeburg Department of Public Safety report, "Mrs. Byrd's head was at Mr. Braxton's groin area and Mr. Braxton's head was at Mrs. Byrd's groin area." When the naked couple did not respond after being bathed in 15 seconds of portable police spotlight, Murphy started knocking. Which did not please Braxton, who uncoupled from Byrd (the couple is seen in the below mug shots). After Murphy identified himself, Braxton responded, "Fuck you. Who is it?" Despite Murphy's order to open the van's door, Braxton, continuing to curse out the officer, refused to exit (during the brief standoff, Braxton took the time to smoke a post-coital cigarette). After dressing, Byrd eventually opened the door, and she was busted along with Braxton for misdemeanor disorderly conduct. Cops reported that both arrestees were intoxicated. The amorous pair might have gone undetected, of course, had their van not been parked, with its engine running, underneath a light pole. (4 pages).

Source: 69 Busted In South Carolina

Daimler dumping stake in Tata Motors, sources say

Posted in Automotive by: TimothyT on: 03/09/2010 06:45 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

MUMBAI/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -- Daimler AG is selling its entire stake in India's Tata Motors Ltd. to raise up to $429 million, sources familiar with the matter said today.
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Bad Cop - Another drunk one, but a female this time

Posted in Weird by: Jon Maor on: 03/09/2010 06:27 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

A state police sergeant based at the Traverse City post has been charged with drunken driving.
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Teacher crashes through classroom in reverse

Posted in Weird by: Jon Maor on: 03/09/2010 06:21 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

A school employee who apparently hit the accelerator instead of the brake pedal reversed her SUV through a wall this morning, sending four youngsters to the hospital with injuries.
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Fire Chief arrested for detaining man at gun point

Posted in Weird by: Jon Maor on: 03/09/2010 06:11 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

Michael Charles, 51, the chief of the Hempstead Fire Department, surrendered to the Nassau County Police Tuesday to face menacing charges, officials said.
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NASCAR places Edwards on three-race probation

Posted in Automotive by: TimothyT on: 03/09/2010 01:57 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

NASCAR president Mike Helton on Tuesday announced Sprint Cup driver Carl Edwards has been placed on probation for the next three Sprint Cup races as a result of Edwards intentionally wrecking Brad Keselowski this past Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
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Night Racing trailer for Gran Turismo 5

Posted in Youtube by: TimothyT on: 03/09/2010 12:52 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

The new Night Racing trailer for Gran Turismo 5 form the God of War 3 disc. Enjoy!


HUMMER Plant Coming Back Online to Fill 849-Unit Fleet Order

Posted in Automotive by: TimothyT on: 03/09/2010 11:21 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

Even though HUMMER’s future is in doubt right now, that didn’t stop one fleet company from ordering 849 HUMMERs to be built at Shreveport’s H3/H3T production plant. GM wouldn’t release any info on who the mystery fleet company is, but rental-car companies are often top of mind with large, factory-direct orders.


Source: HUMMER Plant Coming Back Online to Fill 849-Unit Fleet Order

Ford offers security features to protect owners personal information

Posted in by: TimothyT on: 03/09/2010 07:38 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

DEARBORN, Mich., March 8, 2010 – With the rapid convergence of in-car technology and the Internet, Ford Motor Company said today it is offering a suite of security features to protect the personal information of millions of Ford owners from the threat of computer hackers and viruses.
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CHP helps slow runaway Toyota Prius to safe stop

Posted in Automotive by: TimothyT on: 03/09/2010 07:12 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

The California Highway Patrol says an officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop after the car's accelerator became stuck in San Diego County. Apparently this driver needed to just be reminded about the brakes. P.S: It's called an EMERGENCY brake for a reason.


Source: CHP helps slow runaway Toyota Prius to safe stop

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