By CBSNewYork Team – SEAFORD, N.Y. – A grandmother outsmarted some would-be thieves on Long Island. Police say they intended to scam her out of thousands of dollars, but she wasn’t having it…
More… https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2022/01/21/seaford-long-island-grandmother-elderly-scam-suspect-caught/
rollingstone.com – By Peter Wade – Pro-Trump groups in Arizona and Michigan attempted to fool the National Archives by sending forged certificates of ascertainment declaring Trump the recipient of the state’s 2020 electors. The Jan. 6 committee now has those fake certificates, thanks to the secretaries of State for both swing states, Politico reported on Monday.
The National Archives shared the forged documents with state officials, informing them it would not accept the fakes. Representatives for the officials declined to comment on the documents to Politico, but they confirmed that Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and their staff met with the Jan. 6 committee this past November.
npr.org – LOS ANGELES — Robert Durst, the wealthy New York real estate heir and failed fugitive who was dogged for decades with suspicion in the disappearance and deaths of those around him before he was convicted of killing his best friend and sentenced to life in prison, has died. He was 78.
More… https://www.npr.org/2022/01/10/1071863707/robert-durst-real-estate-heir-dies-in-prison-at-78
upi.com – By Ben Hooper – An unusual properly listing in Illinois is going viral after the pitch black house was dubbed the “goth home” online. The Zillow listing went viral after Twitter account Zillow Gone Wild, which curates unusual home listings, branded it the “goth home.”
The listing for the home at 110 Edgar St. in Lincoln features photos of the black house with an all-black shingle roof, black gutters and black vinyl siding. Realtor Seth Goodman said he bought the octagonal house in August 2021 and decided to go for the black theme after the installation of the roof.
The listing also reveals Goodman had the interior walls painted black to match the exterior.
More… https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2021/12/27/goth-home-lincoln-Illinois-listed-online/4701640639049/
techtimes.com – Sophie Webster – According to Reuters, the device is known as Taste-the-TV, and it has a hygienic film sprayed with ten canisters and is rolled over the TV screen for the viewer to lick. The professor, named Homei Miyashita from Meiji University, said that the TV could help cooks who want to train remotely. If the device is made commercially, it would cost around $875.
Miyashita said that the goal is to make it possible for people to experience something similar to eating at a restaurant anywhere in the world, even while they are at home.
More… https://www.techtimes.com/articles/269717/20211223/japanese-professor-invents-tv-screen-lick.htm
vice.com – By David Gilbert – A group of unvaccinated people who attended a huge conspiracy conference in Dallas earlier this month all became sick in the days after the event with symptoms like coughing, shortness of breath, and fever. Instead of blaming the global COVID pandemic, however, the conspiracy theorists think they were attacked with anthrax.
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Ben Cost – A reality TV star is making waves on social media after letting it rip that she makes more than $50,000 per week by selling her flatulence to strangers. A video detailing her smelly side hustle currently boasts a whopping 6.6 million views.
More… https://nypost.com/2021/12/14/reality-tv-star-strikes-gold-with-50000-a-week-fart-scheme/
celebitchy.com – By Kaiser – I have long been a fan of Us Weekly’s “25 Things You Don’t Know About” feature, usually when it’s a celebrity sitting down and making up some crazy listicle of genuinely bonkers factoids about themselves. I would love to read Queen Elizabeth’s list, if she actually wanted to make one. Instead, Us Weekly just made their list based off of biographies of the Queen and interviews from her ex-staffers, one would assume. Some of it is common knowledge: the Queen is frugal about some things, she doesn’t carry much in her purse, she’s a good mimic. Some highlights:
Another source: https://www.gawker.com/celebrity/the-queen-has-a-giant-ball
nzherald.co.nz – By RNZ – The Government wants to help with international efforts to develop a treaty banning the use of killer robots which it says are an abhorrent prospect.
Killer robots, which are formally known as autonomous weapons systems (AWS), once activated have the capability to select and kill people without further human intervention.
Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control Phil Twyford announced today that New Zealand will push for new international laws to ban and regulate their use.
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Andrew Crane – A fan during the Vegas Golden Knights’ game against the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday added a completely new twist to the sporting event brawl: taking off her prosthetic leg and using it to hit someone. In a video posted to Twitter, the woman — as well as others around her, including one fan in Marc-André Fleury jersey — had turned to the row behind her to engage fans in a scuffle. The woman then reached toward her left knee, ripped off the prosthetic leg and appeared to swing it toward the other fans.