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Today's lesson: don't mow the lawn while listening to your iPod during a lightning storm

by David Chartier (Jul 7th, 2006)

The Denver Post is reporting that Bunch, a 17-year-old teenager in Castle Rock, CO, was struck by lightning while mowing the lawn and listening to his iPod. While scientists aren't laying any money down on how likely it is that lightning sought out the teenager's iPod, the boy and his mother suspect ...

Hearing Aid manufacturer targets iPod owners

by Dave Caolo (Jan 16th, 2006)

No, it's not because they think you're going deaf. Hearing aid manufacturer Starkey Laboratories has gotten into the business of creating custom-molded iPod earbud headphones out of either hard plastic or a special, long lasting foam. The company's aim is to not only create highly customized, ...