Quick Picks: July 31

Written by Pat's Papers | UPDATED: Saturday, 31 July 2010 9:15 AM

Snooki in the Slammer

Snooki in the Slammer

It was really just a matter of time, wasn’t it? The New York Post says Snooki was hauled off to jail yesterday for being, what else, too drunk. She was carousing on the beach in Seaside Heights with her fellow cast members in “a tight pink leopard print tank top with the word ‘Slut’ and an even tighter miniskirt that revealed the bottom of her buttocks” when she got into an argument with some cops. VIDEO

 
I Spy on the Internet

I Spy on the Internet

According to the Wall Street Journal, the fastest growing Internet business is the business of spying on people. The first in a series of investigative pieces, the Journal says they discovered that 50 of the top websites in the country were responsible for installing, on average, 64 pieces of tracking technology onto a visitor’s computer with no warning.

 
Girl Falls From Amusement Park Ride, Hits Ground From 40 Feet

Girl Falls From Amusement Park Ride, Hits Ground From 40 Feet

A Midwest amusement park is closed after a 12-year-old girl fell 40 feet and hit the ground because the net that was supposed to catch her was too close to the concrete. The Wisconsin State Journal says she was on something called Terminal Velocity, which bills itself as a “free fall thrill ride,” when the accident happened. VIDEO

 

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