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The persistence of grain bin entrapments and a horrific 2010 incident expose weaknesses in worker safety laws and enforcement. An NPR and Center for Public Integrity analysis has found that among 179 deaths since 1984, fines were reduced 60 percent of the time.

The satirists at The Onion had a field day with his vigor. In fact, Mayor Bill de Blasio even read from the article for the City Hall press corps.

China Unicom's tailor has set up a sewing machine, ready to alter concerned customers' pants so that the larger version of the phone will fit in their pockets.

In Merrimack, a warrant has been issued for the weather prognosticating groundhog. Police say that Phil predicted winter would last 6 more weeks, but didn't mention anything about all the snow.

The city council in White Settlement voted to boot Browser. The cat has lived in the library for 6 years. It was evicted out of fairness after a city employee wasn't allowed to bring a puppy to work.

Angelina Jolie filed for divorce from Brad Pitt. Stephen Thompson from our Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast says be sensitive. They have 6 children and this is going to affect their lives going forward.

The win for Venus and Serena Williams in women's doubles could be the least surprising outcome of the Games, as The Guardian notes. They are that dominate.

"We are more optimistic about housing," says economist David Blitzer, who directs the S&P/Case-Shiller survey.

That's what the Pokini family of Maui did after they won a Guinness record for the world's heaviest avocado. Most avocados weighs less than half a pound. The one they grew was more than 5.6 pounds.

The startup raised $1.6 million in seed funding to sell Liquid Death — water in a tallboy can. It sells itself as the punk option for bottled water drinkers, saying it will "murder your thirst."