Fire breaks out at Salt
Fire breaks out at Salt Lake City crematorium. That wouldn't really be that interesting a story but the fire started during the cremation of a 600 lb. man - it was, for lack of a better word, a grease fire on steroids. Yuck! Best part of the article:
"The crematorium is back in business and the funeral director said they'll notify the family to assure them their loved one wasn't harmed."
Riiight. Other than being immolated into dust and being dead to begin with...
In other news, Wisconsin seems to breed children with a talent for getting stuck in those toy-vending machines with the crane that has to be manipulated to grab a toy and drop it in a hopper. Not one, but two children have been trapped in these machines in WI in the past year. Article 1, Article 2
News at Seven is a new tool under development at Northwestern University that uses text-to-speech and formatting processes to make a news story 'readable' by characters in the "Half-Life" video game environment, augmented by images from the internet. Really cool.