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Tiff’s TomTom has me jealousjealous

Tiff’s belated birthday present arrived yesterday afternoon and I’m totally envious. Yes, her birtday WAS back in May, but she has spent the last two-and-a-half months trying to find a work bag she liked. For the record, back then I took her out to dinner and an attempted shopping spree in which she didn’t find anything she wanted, so relax.

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GPS directs man before speeding train

Train

A GPS system told a man in Bedford Hills, New York, to drive into the path of an oncoming train according to CNN.

The GPS told the driver to turn right and the vehicle somehow got stuck on the train tracks.

He got out of the car and tried to wave down the train’s driver before getting out of the way as the train struck his car going 60 MPH. The explosion carried what was left of the car 100 feet down the track.