US health department to launch study on cellphone radiation

I’m not sure if you’ve noticed this or not, but there are quite a few people using cellphones these days. It’s always good to have more information, but if there was anything to worry about, I suspect we would have noticed it by now

Amazon delivery driver caught ‘stealing cat’ from front door on doorbell

How could you think you’re going to get away with something like that? There are cameras everywhere. Really, how could anyone think they’re going to get away with stealing anything at this point?

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• Americans in six US states warned of 'exploding trees' that sound like gunshots as subzero cold hits - Exploding trees. Well, there’s yet another thing I didn’t know I needed to be worried about. Actually, they’re more like “Splitting trees”

• Prices ticked up in November as Americans keep spending, a key inflation measure shows - That seems less than ideal

• LA radio host enlists army of listeners track down wife’s stolen car - People helping people. It’s nice to see a radio show that still have an audience they can mobilize like that

• Swiss suicide pod adds AI mental test to judge user fitness before activation - Good, that should take care of any complaints people might have about suicide pods. Problem solved

• Auction marking the US’ 250th birthday features rare documents tracing country’s history - My birthday is coming up in April, just in case you want to get an early start on things

• Stolen $30K harp found after man jumped naked in Pittsburgh river - There’s a lot going on in that story. I’m not sure I can even add anything to that

• Burglar alarm at New York bank triggered by intruding deer - That deer wants you to think he’s innocent, but I think we all know he was planning on robbing that bank if he didn’t get caught

• 'They saw them on their dishes when eating': The mushroom making people hallucinate dozens of tiny humans - They could probably charge extra for that experience

• Man Busted On Felony Charge For Alleged Ketchup Packet Battery - Anyone who thinks a condiment can’t be used as a weapon needs to ketchup with the times.