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  • Talking Points: Dressed for irony, weighty bikers, rubber duckie

    Kate Jacobson

    Updated: Sat, May 4, 2013

    What did a man wear into a Florida jail? There's nothing better than irony and fashion. A Florida man who was arrested for welfare fraud was picked up in an undercover sting while wearing a shirt that said "Jail Sucks!" Police in Manatee County, Fla., arrested 40 in an undercover sting on...

  • Talking Points: Twerking, suicide rates and New Zealand's baby names

    Talking Points

    Published: Thu, May 2, 2013

    What is 'Twerking?' Twerking is a popular modern dance with moves so sexually suggestive that 33 San Diego high school students were recently suspended for using school equipment to make a video of themselves doing the dance. The dance, which involves the shaking hips and bottoms, is believed...

  • Talking Points: Sticky fingers, purse puppy, truly eternal

    Talking Points

    Published: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

    Is it true Spider-Man is actually a thief? Los Angeles police are indeed searching for Spider-Man, or more specifically a man in a Spider-Man costume, for stealing $6,000 from a tour company office on Hollywood Boulevard. The suspect also made off with credit card receipts. Hollywood's Walk of...

  • Talking Points: Unclaimed $40 million, pothole prize, more medical money

    Talking Points

    Published: Mon, Apr 29, 2013

    What is the story behind the unclaimed $40 million in New York? It's not in the lost and found; the money is the estate of Roman Blum, a Staten Island real estate developer and Holocaust survivor who died last year without a will. According to news reports, he has no blood relatives, having...

  • Talking Points: Lifestyle, the 'flu tax' and the Skakel case

    Bob Kemper

    Published: Thu, Apr 25, 2013

    Is there a place where life is less stressful? Residents of Hawaii are the least stressed people in the U.S., a Gallup poll shows. Only 32 percent said they feel stressed on any give day last year. Other low-stress states include Louisiana, Mississippi, Iowa and Wyoming, where about 38 percent...

  • Talking Points: Netflix prices, Michigan zombies, chili migraines

    Talking Points

    Published: Tue, Apr 23, 2013

    Is Netflix changing its pricing again? The company said it would introduce a $12-a-month plan that lets users receive four different streams to Web-connected devices using the same account. The move is intended to regain some of the revenue lost when multiple people use the same account to...

  • Talking Points: Health risks, Forrest Gump and a lost bird

    Talking Points

    Published: Mon, Apr 22, 2013

    What are the top threats to patient safety in hospitals? If you think it is treatment-resistant infections you'd be wrong. According to a new study by the insurer American International Group Inc. they are poor communications, inadequate teamwork and a negative culture. The conclusion is based...

  • Talking Points: F-bombing the bombers, extra planets, geography fact Czech

    Matt Connolly

    Published: Sun, Apr 21, 2013

    Did the FCC give a f*** about Big Papi's obscenity? In the first Red Sox home game after the Boston bombing tragedy and ensuing manhunt, superstar David Ortiz told the crowd (and a live television and radio audience), "This is our f***ing city and nobody is going to dictate our freedom."...

  • Talking points: Hacking a plane, misreading emotions, fainting genetics

    Kate Jacobson

    Published: Sat, Apr 20, 2013

    What else can your Android smartphone do? Hack into planes, apparently. A German researcher named Hugo Teso found he could hack into an airplane's navigation system with his Android smartphone. He presented his findings at Hack In The Box, a security conference held in Amsterdam. He said he...

  • Talking Points: Dating in Iceland, Ricin poisoning, marijuana holidays

    Talking Points

    Published: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

    Most of the 320,000 citizens of Iceland are related to each other -- at least distantly -- and need a way to avoid becoming kissing cousins. So there is now a smartphone app that helps Icelanders avoid "accidental incest." Users bump phones. If they are related an alarm will sound. The app's...


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