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  • television The time a man held a news anchor hostage on live TV David Pescovitz
  • location privacy How one guy's exercise routine made him a burglary suspect, thanks to Google's Geofence Warrants Thom Dunn
  • Gadgets Ring does not fight crime, say cops in 8 states whose PDs partnered with Amazon-owned home surveillance Xeni Jardin
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  • hair crime Gentleman accused of hiding manbun under MAGA cap, also arrested for spraying crowd with bear repellent Mark Frauenfelder
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  • art Thieves steal golden toilet Rob Beschizza
  • crime Texas Buzzsaw Botox Burglar: Woman grinds into clinic to steal anti-aging cosmetics Xeni Jardin
  • wonderful creatures Florida raccoon freed from vending machine Rob Beschizza
  • Comics Thieves attempt to sell off stolen comic book collection… at the victim's own comic shop David Pescovitz
  • police Amazon's secret deals with local cops give them access to realtime 911 data for use in scary alerts sent to Ring owners Cory Doctorow
  • crime Lessons from testing decades of forgotten rape kits: serial rapists are common, they don't follow a pattern, they're not very bright, and they're often the same men who commit acquaintance rape Cory Doctorow
  • crime Man bought Jaws of Life on eBay to, er, access ATMs David Pescovitz
  • guillotine watch Pharma company will pay $15.4m in fines for bribing docs to prescribe an overpriced med that brings in $1b/year Cory Doctorow

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