The 34-year-old worker, employed as an overnight stock clerk, tried to hold back the unruly crowds just after the Valley Stream store opened at 5 a.m. Witnesses said the surging throngs of shoppers knocked the man down. He fell and was stepped on. As he gasped for air, shoppers ran over and around him.

What a tragedy. Discovered via Reddit.

Black Friday/Boxing Day sales should be held online these days. Beyond that, require a line to be formed and hand out vouchers for people to fill out. First come, first served until there is nothing left.

This Week’s Sign That the Apocalypse is Upon Us… Banks happily loaned whatever amount borrowers wanted as long as the banks could then sell the loan, pushing the default risk onto Fannie Mae (taxpayers) or onto buyers of mortgage-backed bonds.

Now that it has become clear that a trillion dollars in mortgage loans will not be repaid, Fannie Mae is under pressure not to buy risky loans and investors do not want mortgage-backed bonds.

In short, middle-call homebuyers in the US are hurting; hence, the image above…

What is Taco Bell putting into their food these days? Discovered via Photo Basement.

Padded lampposts are being trialled in a London street to protect inattentive pedestrians. A pilot scheme has been launched in Brick Lane after it was found to have the highest number of ‘walking and texting’ injuries in the country. A study carried out by 118 118 found one in ten people has hurt themselves while focused on their mobile phone screen. The charity Living Streets is so concerned that it has teamed up with the directory enquiries service to test a scheme to wrap up the nation’s lampposts. A poll will be carried out on Brick Lane to gauge the response of locals. If successful, the concept will be rolled out in Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool.

Couldn’t the city just mandate that all texters/walkers wear a helmet? Living Streets must be a little PR hungry right now, thinking they could get into the tabloids pretty quickly with this great idea.Click here to read the original story.

The beluga whales have been fitted out with the cute Santa hats to entertain the crowds at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise on Yokohama Island. Here’s the link.