Driver Causes Gas Pump Explosion In Miami Beach

MIAMI BEACH (CBSMiami) – A Miami Beach gas station may be out of service for a while after a driver slammed into a gas pump which exploded into a ball of fire.

It happened at a Chevron gas station located at 71st Street and Abbott Avenue on Miami Beach around noon.

According to witnesses, a woman got impatient while waiting for a gas pump so she swerved in front of a yellow Hummer which was next in line.

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It happens around the 35-second mark:

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Jeff Foxworthy to Host GSN’s THE AMERICAN BIBLE CHALLENGE

GSN announced today that it has signed comedian Jeff Foxworthy to host the pilot of the network’s original one-hour game show, THE AMERICAN BIBLE CHALLENGE. GSN, which is currently developing the series, will shoot the pilot later this month.

THE AMERICAN BIBLE CHALLENGE is a studio-based game show in which contestants compete based on their knowledge of the Bible. Questions will be designed to acknowledge and celebrate the Bible’s continuing importance in contemporary life and culture. The contestants will share their compelling back stories and each team will be playing for a worthy faith-based organization.

“I am excited to be hosting a show about the bestselling book of all time. It will be interesting to find out what people really know, and an opportunity to present the Bible in a fun and entertaining way,” says Foxworthy.

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“I am proud of you,” Stephon signed. “Thank you,” the President signed back.

Stephon stood just a few feet away from Barack Obama. The president, busy shaking hands, looked right at him. “It was like he was waiting for me to say something,” he said later.

So the 26-year-old Prince George’s Community College student took his cue and spoke to President Obama in his first language: American Sign Language. “I am proud of you,” Stephon signed. The president, almost involuntary, instinctively, immediately signed back.

“Thank you,” Obama replied.

This is one of those moments that humanize the office of the presidency:

Read more about the student’s experience here, and how Mrs Obama knows some sign language as well.

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Bag of Randomness

  • Yup, that’s our birth announcement for BoyGeeding.  I think all of them were sent in the mail about two weeks ago, but this one goes out to all my readers, all ten or so of you.
  • After looking at a few online, I found birth announcements can get quite expensive, like $1.50 – $3.00 an announcement depending on what you want, and we needed around eighty or so to send out.  So I decided to fire up an old image editing program (Macromedia Fireworks) and create my own using various tutorials I could find online.  It’s not the best image editing job, or even the most creative (if you surf the web a lot like me) but it’s good enough.
  • I then send the image to Costco for printing, where I found they would print a set of 100, and include some fancy envelopes, for something like $34.
  • I’ll be in Austin all of next week, and with all this rain that has hit our great state, I’m hoping to see a lot of bluebonnets.
  • I’ll be having dinner, actually, a group of us will be having dinner with our CEO at a steakhouse called Perry’s.  In case you are wondering, it’s not connected with our current governor.
  • As bills come in for the delivery of BoyGeeding, it looks like total charges are a little above $16,000.  Thankfully, with insurance, I think we’ll only be responsible for paying a tenth of it.
  • I think I’m going to take back my comments about the 80 mph question video being fake after listening to The Ticket yesterday and hearing them ask random girls the same question.  Heck, I even asked WifeGeeding and she came up with the same answer most women did, 80 minutes.  She claimed it was a trick question, but that’s akin to Sarah Palin complaining about gotcha media questions.
  • I don’t mind seeing the ‘Baby on Board’ signs/stickers on cars.  It lets me know why they are probably driving a bit slower and such.
  • An iPhone case that has a collapsible wall plug built into it.
  • 10 Places You’re Not Allowed to See on Google Maps
  • Human Bird Wings
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