guns Sales of "Bulletproof" Backpacks are on the rise even though they don't protect from AR-15s Thom Dunn

Technology Motorized backpack self-adjusts its motion to feel lighter David Pescovitz

shut up and take my money Backpacks for vintage car lovers Rusty Blazenhoff

howtos How to make a backpack out of an Ikea bag Rob Beschizza

heffalumps and woozles Winnie the Pooh teaches mass shooting survival skills to Texan kids Jason Weisberger

crime Michigan school district has figured it out and banned backpacks Rob Beschizza

texas Rather than regulate guns, Texas seeks to teach battlefield trauma care beginning in the third grade Jason Weisberger

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Pigeon wearing miniature backpack filled with crystal meth captured in Canadian prison Mark Frauenfelder

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Will making kids wear transparent backpacks save them from gunmen marching unhindered into schools and slaughtering them? Rob Beschizza

police Kids wearing radar backpacks in effort to get drivers to slow down in school zones David Pescovitz

finders keepers Uber's list of weird things people left in cars David Pescovitz

Delightful Creatures Rats given tiny backpacks and microphones and sent to rescue people trapped in earthquake rubble Jennifer Sandlin

NRA hypocrisy When Donald Trump speaks at the NRA tomorrow, lo and behold, guns will suddenly be banned Carla Sinclair

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