roller coaster Guy on roller coaster catches stranger's phone in mid-air! Rusty Blazenhoff

Dropped phone leads cops to axe-wielding thief in $2.7M Beverly Hills heist Ellsworth Toohey

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Boing Boing Gadgets Cut the cord! Upgrade your wired earbuds to these JBL noise-canceling headphones Boing Boing's Shop

the "spider-man" thief A man's phone is stolen while riding on a moving train – but the thief is not on board (video) Carla Sinclair

monkey business Long-tailed macaques of Bali have learned to steal high-value goods from tourists Clive Thompson

tabloids British Royal scandals & the Kennedy curse in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

crime UK cops beat phone encryption by "mugging" suspect after he unlocked his phone Cory Doctorow

arcade games The long and twisted tale of the Nibbler arcade game Andrew Seklir