Madonna Badger Attempted Suicide After Christmas House Fire

Madonna Badger, the woman who lost her three children and parents in a house fire over the Christmas season, has attempted suicide. Badger's story is beyond sad. Her Connecticut abode caught fire on December 25, taking the lives ... continue

Marist College Student Identified as Victim of House Fire

A Marist College who died in a house fire in Poughkeepsire has been identified as 21-year-old Eva Block. Poughkeepsie Chief of police Thomas Mauro confirmed that Block, a student from Woodbridge, died from smoke inhalation. Block was one ... continue

Suspect Who Burned Woman in Elevator Blames $2K Debt For Violent Murder

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK- Impassive, seen-it-all New York City types were stunned this weekend when news broke that a woman had been burned to death- seemingly by a stranger- in the elevator of her apartment building in Prospect ... continue

Woman Attacked In Elevator And Set On Fire!

Police at a New York Precinct were surprised yesterday by a man walking into the department, reeking of gasoline and announcing that he had "Set a Fire". Police will not confirm the identity of the man but ... continue

Woman’s Face Erupts Into Flames During Surgery

A female patient in Florida was rushed to an Alabama burn center after her face caught fire during a routine surgery. Kim Grice was having cysts removed from her head at an outpatient surgery center in Cestview, Florida ... continue

HP printers prone to an exploits that could light them on fire

Okay this is definitely one that I didn't see coming but according to researchers at Columbia University there is a vulnerability affecting millions of printers that could literally see them being hacked into setting themselves on fire. Professor ... continue

Challenge Accepted, Awareness Edition

Does gratuitously lighting stuff on fire ever become less fun as you age? continue

Congress is concerned over privacy issues with Amazon’s new Silk browser

One of the more interesting things about Amazon's new Fire tablet is their own browser called Silk. What makes the browser interesting is that it uses a "split" design that has any browser traffic using Silk going ... continue

Some hilarious examples of gadget murder

I'm not sure how it is that people can afford to do this type of crap given the prices of some of the gadgets (the iPad comes to mind) but that sure hasn't stopped these brave, or ... continue

Wicked lasers markets lightsaber-like hand laser, what could possibly go wrong?

Always wanted a cool, whoosh-y lightsaber? You can get a similar handheld laser device on the internet now, for just under £140/$200. Of course, there are a few caveats, namely: Warning: Extremely dangerous is an understatement to 1W of ... continue

Virtual fireplace ‘game’ coming to Nintendo Wii

Oh yes. The ESRB, the body responsible for age ratings on games in North America, has just revealed a rating for My Fireplace, a forthcoming Nintendo Wii game from Korner Interactive that the ESRB describes thus: "[A game] ... continue

Dell laptop gets all hot and bothered – burns the floor

I sure hope that this doesn't happen to you as you play with your new Dell laptop that you got for Christmas. Unfortunately though for one woman her Dell Mini 9 started making popping sounds, then began ... continue

Firestarter

This pic did the rounds earlier in the week, but for those who missed it, it's still brilliant. Via JPG, She's just an innocent bystander. Or is she? continue

Fire Tears Through Apple Campus

Workers at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, California will start their day with the sight of ash. One of the IT buildings at the campus caught fire late last night. Photos from the scene show flames ... continue