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GPS leads wrecking crew to wrong house

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June 15, 2009, 10:00 AM — GPS is great for helping drivers find where they're going -- but it isn't so accurate that it can replace common sense. (ITwhirled readers will remember the story of the GPS device that lured a hapless driver onto the railroad tracks, causing a collison with a commuter train.) Yet a contractor paid to demolish a house was given only GPS coordinates, not a street address, leading them to tear down a family home full of heirlooms.

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