http://www.drudge.com/user/pirate New links and comments. en-us http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Wordzilla/0.58 10 http://www.drudge.com/news/169227/patriots-sign-tim-tebow http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/id/9362801/tim-tebow-sign-new-england-patriots-sources-say The New England Patriots will sign Tim Tebow, league sources told ESPN. Tebow is expected to participate in the team's mandatory minicamp Tuesday as a quarterback, according to sources. Belichick values versatility in his players, having used wide receivers Troy Brown, Julian Edelman and Matthew Slater at defensive back when injuries hit that position. Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:43:50 -0400 pirate http://www.drudge.com/news/169227/patriots-sign-tim-tebow#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.169227 news, 0.5 daily 169227 http://www.drudge.com/news/168789/newborn-pulled-alive-sewer-pipe http://behindthewall.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/28/18551994-newborn-baby-found-trapped-in-sewer-pipe-in-china-apartment-complex?lite BEIJING &#150; A baby boy believed to be just days old was found in a sewer pipe in a bathroom in China last weekend. According to local media, the startling discovery was made on Saturday in Jinhua City, Zhejiang province. Firefighters were called to an apartment complex where residents said they could hear the baby's cries through the pipes. Tue, 28 May 2013 10:22:38 -0400 pirate http://www.drudge.com/news/168789/newborn-pulled-alive-sewer-pipe#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.168789 discussion, 0.5 daily 168789 http://www.drudge.com/news/168684/dad-asks-pay-cut-keep-benefits http://rockcenter.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/23/15998838-working-single-dad-takes-pay-cut-to-keep-childcare-benefits?lite Working father Dan Greeley asked his employer to cut his pay so could still qualify for as much as $1,700 a month through Colorado's Child Care Assistance Program. Without the child care assistance provided by the government, most of his take home pay would go to child care let alone rent, utilities, and food. He fell victim to what is known as the "Cliff Effect," when a small increase in a family's income can lead to an abrupt termination of an essential public benefit like food stamps, health insurance or child care assistance. "The way I was brought up, we didn't ask for help," Greeley said. "We just figured it out and this was the first time I had to ask for help." Fri, 24 May 2013 19:32:30 -0400 pirate http://www.drudge.com/news/168684/dad-asks-pay-cut-keep-benefits#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.168684 news, 0.5 daily 168684 http://www.drudge.com/news/168370/internet-meltdown-after-kitchen-nightmares http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_northeast_valley/scottsdale/amys-baking-company-has-facebook-meltdown-over-internet-criticism The Scottsdale restaurant's owners have lashed out on social media after they appeared on Gordon Ramsay's show "Kitchen Nightmare" and were seen swearing at customers, each other and employees. Amy and Samy Bouzaglo took to their Facebook page to defend their restaurant, but their defense has devolved into numerous expletive-filled statuses on their Facebook page, which only fed the fire when the posts spread online. <p>Read more: http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_northeast_valley/scottsdale/amys-baking-company-has-facebook-meltdown-over-internet-criticism#ixzz2TKXaCsZy Tue, 14 May 2013 23:58:01 -0400 pirate http://www.drudge.com/news/168370/internet-meltdown-after-kitchen-nightmares#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.168370 discussion, 0.5 daily 168370 http://www.drudge.com/news/167790/two-7th-grade-girls-threaten-kill http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/26/17928508-2-girls-threaten-to-kill-classmates-in-youtube-video-authorities-say?lite A pair of seventh-grade girls in New Jersey have been pulled from school after allegedly posting a video on YouTube in which they threatened to kill several classmates, authorities said. The girls at PS 27 in Paterson posted the roughly 20-minute video naming 10 to 12 classmates they wanted to kill and stab, school officials said. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:11:41 -0400 pirate http://www.drudge.com/news/167790/two-7th-grade-girls-threaten-kill#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.167790 discussion, 0.5 daily 167790 http://www.drudge.com/news/167768/twinkies-return-july-sans-unions http://www.nbcnews.com/business/twinkies-real-ones-back-store-shelves-july-6C9590050 Twinkies will hit store shelves nationally by late July, Michael Cramer, executive vice president of Hostess Brands LLC said Thursday. All of the Hostess snack brands will return, some in August and September. Hiring will not be in conjunction with the unions, Cramer said. "We're sure not going to invite the unions in. We don't have to do it," he said. Though nothing prevents the workers from unionizing down the line, he said. Two hedge funds paid $410 million for the bulk of the Hostess Snacks brands in April after Hostess Brands, Inc., closed all of its bakeries and put its assets up for sale. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:32:56 -0400 pirate http://www.drudge.com/news/167768/twinkies-return-july-sans-unions#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.167768 news, 0.5 daily 167768 http://www.drudge.com/news/167704/brazilian-fisherman-tries-sleep-off http://main.aol.com/2013/04/22/harpoon-x-ray-brazil-fisherman_n_3134047.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000058 A Brazilian fisherman who accidentally fired a harpoon through his own face survived with minimal brain damage -- and didn't bother to seek medical attention for more than 10 hours. Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:14:25 -0400 pirate http://www.drudge.com/news/167704/brazilian-fisherman-tries-sleep-off#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.167704 discussion, 0.5 daily 167704 http://www.drudge.com/news/167264/man-cuts-arms-saws-home-depot http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/11/17703626-man-slices-arms-to-the-bone-with-saws-at-california-home-depot?lite A man was found in a pool of blood at a Home Depot store in West Covina, Calif., Wednesday after he purposefully attempted to cut his arms with handsaws. Pasadena fire Capt. Art Hurtado was shopping at the store and made us of makeshift supplies to save the man's life. "I started asking for a lot of towels," Hurtado said. "They finally showed up with a large packet of quarter-inch rope, nylon rope. And I ripped it open and just stretched it out, and I told the police officer I want 24-inch sections. Just start cutting." Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:30:12 -0400 pirate http://www.drudge.com/news/167264/man-cuts-arms-saws-home-depot#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.167264 news, 0.5 daily 167264 http://www.drudge.com/news/167224/scariest-search-engine-internet http://money.cnn.com/2013/04/08/technology/security/shodan/ Unlike Google (GOOG, Fortune 500), which crawls the Web looking for websites, Shodan navigates the Internet's back channels. It's a kind of "dark" Google, looking for the servers, webcams, printers, routers and all the other stuff that is connected to and makes up the Internet. Shodan searchers have found control systems for a water park, a gas station, a hotel wine cooler and a crematorium. Cybersecurity researchers have even located command and control systems for nuclear power plants and a particle-accelerating cyclotron by using Shodan. What's really noteworthy about Shodan's ability to find all of this -- and what makes Shodan so scary -- is that very few of those devices have any kind of security built into them. Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:44:41 -0400 pirate http://www.drudge.com/news/167224/scariest-search-engine-internet#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.167224 discussion, 0.5 daily 167224 http://www.drudge.com/news/166870/retort-question-medical-costs-egd http://www.drudge.com/news/166870/retort-question-medical-costs-egd Has anybody on the retort had an upper GI endoscopy (EGD) done recently? I had one done at a local hospital in Dec and can't believe the billed amount for what was described as a simple procedure. I was in the hospital for at most 4 hours with part of that time in the waiting room. My insurance will have been billed $6500 with the hospital alone billing $4900. Just curious if others have experienced the same amounts? Fri, 29 Mar 2013 09:37:07 -0400 pirate http://www.drudge.com/news/166870/retort-question-medical-costs-egd#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.166870 discussion, 0.5 daily 166870 http://www.drudge.com/news/166575/abortion-doc-trial-8-murders http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/18/17362084-defense-calls-philadelphia-abortion-doctors-case-a-lynching?lite= A lawyer defending a Philadelphia abortion provider on murder charges accused officials of "an elitist, racist prosecution" as the death-penalty trial opened Monday. Dr. Kermit Gosnell is charged with killing seven babies born alive, along with Karnamaya Mongar, a 41-year-old refugee from Bhutan. Prosecutors say Gosnell's staff gave the 90-pound woman a lethal dose of anesthesia and painkillers during a 2009 abortion. Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:31:38 -0400 pirate http://www.drudge.com/news/166575/abortion-doc-trial-8-murders#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.166575 news, 0.5 daily 166575