Giant ‘telescope’ links London, New York

LONDON, England (CNN) — As the first splinters of sunlight spread their warmth upon the South Bank of the River Thames this morning, it became clear that after more than a century, the vision of Victorian engineer Alexander Stanhope St George had finally been realized.

In all its optical brilliance and brass and wood, there stood the Telectroscope — a 37 feet long by 11 feet tall dream of a device allowing people on one side of the Atlantic to look into its person-size lens and, in real time, see those on the other side via a recently completed tunnel running under the ocean. (Think 19th century webcam. Or maybe Victorian-age video phone.)

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Wrong Roof

I can’t find the article online, but last night WFAA had a report about a roofing mixup in Lewisville.  Basically, a roofing company removed the roof of the wrong house all because they were off by one digit of the house number.  I think the house that actually needed a new roof was next door.

But here’s the part that got me.  The roofing company said they will put a new roof on the mistaken house, for a price.  The homeowner is upset and thinks she should get a new roof for free.  The roofing company says she’s being unresonable.  Not that it matters, but I side with the homeowner.

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Stunt Man

Need to take your anger out on something?  Open this package and throw this guy around for a while.

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