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The Seven Types of Employees at Best Buy

This is so true! Now I need to hit my local branch, and tally my results.

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15 year old spends summer hacking iPhones and developing Remote Access Software

He started playing on the computer at 3, and hacked his first iPod Touch at 11. This kid is an inspiration for Techies everywhere!

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Algae-based Biofuel Being Developed for the US Military

This would be a really cool idea for fuel. I wonder about long term effects on the environment though...

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Energy Efficient Intelligent House Can Learn Inhabitants Routines

This is just one stop closer to both more efficient use of our resources, and the robot apocalypse.

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Evan Bindelglass Goes Skydiving!

WCBS 880's morning Web Content Producer walked out of a perfectly good airplane over Sussex County, New Jersey.

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Solar Racing Champs Roll Out New Car

The competition is a little tougher this year, as the requirements for the cars are now more realistic. I think this is... more

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Gdgt Launches!

Go check it out! If you're still unsure of how exactly Gdgt works, check out this vid: http://vimeo.com/5404387 (Features... more

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Tables from the Twilight Zone (or some adjacent zone of pure awesomeness)

Ok, this is really old, but I thought it would be nice to share. I'd love to have one of these for my room. :drools profusely:

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Toyota’s mind-reading wheelchair

Toyota has developed a wheelchair that can be steered through a device that reads brain waves. Past systems required... more

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Who knew someone could go off on a Kmart billboard for 25 minutes?

"Alan is a really funny guy," said civil engineer David Finestra, 30, whose slightly eccentric clothing choices are a... more

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N.Y. store owner gives would-be thief lecture, $40, bread

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) — A Long Island convenience store owner confronted by a bat-wielding would-be robber said Tuesday he decided to show mercy on the man after he collapsed in tears claiming he was only committing the crime to support his starving family.

Instead of getting loot from a stickup, the store owner provided the man with $40 and a loaf of bread, but only if he promised never to rob again.

"This was a grown man, crying like a baby," Mohammad Sohail, owner of the Shirley Express convenience store about 65 miles east of New York City, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.

The man dropped the bread, picked up the bat and tucked the $40 into his waistband before fleeing, said Suffolk County police Sgt. John Best.

Sohail, who moved to the United States from Pakistan about 20 years ago, said he was getting ready to close his store shortly after midnight on May 21 when the man in his 40s entered with a bat in his hand. Sohail said he tried to stall for a moment and then grabbed a rifle he keeps behind the counter and ordered the assailant to drop the bat.

The would-be thief dropped to his knees and begged for forgiveness, Sohail said.

"He started crying that he was out of work and was trying to feed his hungry family," he said. "I felt bad for him. I mean, this wasn't some kid."

He said he tossed $40 to the man, who then stood up and told Sohail he wanted to become a fellow Muslim. Sohail said he then pretended to swear the man into the Muslim faith and two ended up shaking hands.

Sohail said he went to the back of the store to get some milk to give to the man, but when he returned the man had fled. He said he called police and reported the attempted robbery, but he doesn't want to press charges if the man is ever caught.

Best said detectives have reviewed a store surveillance video of the attempted holdup, but said it would be difficult for anyone to identify the suspect because he was wearing a mask.

Sohail, who said he had never been the victim of a robbery attempt, said he didn't expect any accolades for what he had done.

"I'm a very little man. I just did a good job," said the married father of one. "I have a good feeling in my heart. I feel very good."GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) — A Long Island convenience store owner confronted by a bat-wielding would-be robber said Tuesday he... more