April 12, 2006

At Present, There Is No DVD For Enhancing Your Kid's Inner Savant

A neurology and vision researcher (and physicist) in Australia named Allan Snyder is developing a new theory about how Savants function, particularly Autistic Savants, who can begin manifesting their mad, Rainman skillz as early as 18 months [although by age...
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Stroller Locks: This Is How We Roll In Brooklyn

A reader at curbed.com snapped this photo of a fine-looking Maclaren Quest chained to the planter yesterday in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. What looks at first like street smarts--as any furniture-starved New Yorker can tell you, that's the "I'm throwing this...
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Yonkers Junkie Gets Five Years For Boiling Kids

The baby daddy who punished his two kids (actually, one was from a previous baby daddy) by locking them in the bathroom with the hot water running--where they were basically scalded-and-drowned to death while the dad passed out after shooting...
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E-Class As E-Classy As Ever

So I'm reading along through the press release for the 2007 Mercedes E-Class, looking for anything that signals news... [not that newsworthiness is ever the sole criteria at Jalopnik, mind you] ... and frankly, the car looks and sounds almost...
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