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A New Jersey man says he has a solution to the problem of texting while driving. He's developed wireless phone software that will read aloud incoming texts.

Even cooler, the software can be programmed to send back automated messages, such as “I'd respond right away to your text, but I'd rather not plow into that oncoming semi.”



More water for their swimming pools:
NASA has discovered massive quantities of water on Mars — perhaps twice as much as Greenland's ice sheet.

Las Vegas immediately began researching ways to divert the Martian water its way.



Quick, someone tell Fox News:
Environmentalists have declared war on plush toilet paper, saying it takes too heavy a toll on trees.

If they succeed, we all would be forced to use gas-station-restroom TP. Feel free to shudder along with The Buzz.

This sounds like ideal outrage fodder for Fox's Glenn Beck, who visits Mount Vernon on Saturday to receive the key to the city, which we think opens the men's room at the local Wal-Mart.

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