Perhaps none of Netflix's plans could accommodate the needs of Myles Weathers, who reportedly pilfered 3,012 DVDs from the post office where he worked.
Having been told that he needed a kidney transplant to survive, Chris Strouth posted a plea for a kidney on his Facebook and Twitter pages; sixteen of his contacts had themselves tested to see if they could donate, and one came up a match, a fellow he hadn't seen in years.
Divers working for the South Florida Water Management District release video from a diving robot to demonstrate the sort of scary encounters they have on a regular basis.
Joe Collyar and Alicia Gonzales win the "Diamond Dash" in Denver, which raised thousands for homeless families, at least, and got a huge honkin' diamond ring at the end of it, thanks to their texting skills.
But are they ready for killer robots? Scientists at the Mote Marine Laboratory have finally admitted that one of their ocean-exploring robots has been AWOL for more than a week.
Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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