Spicing up the world

Looks like their solo careers aren’t going so well. The Spice Girls have announced that they’re reuniting for an 11-concert tour.

The girls’ comeback also will include a greatest hits album and an official documentary, which Geri Halliwell, aka Ginger Spice, said would show the “dark side” of life in the band. We take this to mean there will be lots of footage of Scary Spice bullying Baby Spice.

If none of that restores the girls to their former glory, they could always try for a music-themed cooking show instead.

The maker of Roomba floor-cleaning robots is teaming up with Taser to make bots armed with stun guns.

iRobot Corp. sought to soothe fears that the machines are a slippery slope to robot soldiers, saying they’re intended for defensive use and can’t act without human direction. At least, not until there’s a power surge.

The competitive eating world is abuzz with news that a jaw injury may keep the defending hot-dog-eating champ from competing July 4.

In a statement Thursday, he said he was doing all he could to treat the injury; therapy includes short periods of nibbling and sucking up pureed hot dogs with a straw.

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