In what has to be the saddest cellphone-related story ever, an 80-year-old man spent a part of every day listening to a voicemail recording of his deceased wife saying her name, "Catherine Whiting." Ever since her death in 2005, listening to the recording offered the man a small amount of comfort. However, when his service was upgraded earlier this year, the message was lost.

To compound the problem, the message was the only existing recording of his wife, so Mr. Whiting blamed Verizon for "taking her voice away." When Verizon got wind of the situation, they promptly restored the greeting from an archive while simultaneously restoring our faith that there might actually be humans behind our nation’s faceless wireless carriers.

[Verizon's Hate via Gizmodo via Fox News via MobHappy via Boing Boing]

A Danish organizations has rented spots that could hold a total of 45 urns specifically for gays and lesbians.  The spots go for about $565.  The area is separated from the rest of the cemetery by a large triangle of pebbles on the group, with a huge rock on one of the angles.

"We founded an association called Regnbuen (Rainbow) and our goal is that gays and lesbians can be buried next to each other,” Ivan Larsen said.

"The triangle is our old symbol, but it is also a sign of suffering,” Mr Larsen said.

The rainbow flag, a universal symbol for homosexuals representing diversity, would be placed on the rock, he said.

"We don’t want to isolate ourselves but we also feel a need to be together. We see this as a family grave, one that will be taken care of by our family,” said Mr Larsen.

[Gay Grave via News.com.au]

[Golden Accident via Switched]

Following the old adage, "There’s gold in them thar computer parts," a man was poisoned a couple of weeks ago while trying to use mercury to extract gold from … his computer parts. On Saturday, the man — Tulsa resident Tony Winnett — died. In the end, he lleft his home so contaminated that it cannot be lived in.
What was he thinking? Well, mercury chemically reacts with gold and causes it to separate, according to Durant/Bryan County Emergency Management Director James Dalton. Authorities believe that Winnett, along with his partner Melissa Lake, heated the mercury in an attempt to separate the gold and accidentally inhaled it.

A group of nine third-graders plotted to kill their teacher in class after she scolded one of the students for standing on a chair.  The really screwed up thing is that the kids didn’t just talk about hurting the teacher, they planned it out, and even brought supplies.

Among the items the kids brought to school:

1. Broken Steak Knife
2. Duct Tape
3. Crystal Paper Weight
4. Toy Handcuffs
5. Gloves
6. Electrical Tape

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