Philippines' Fatal Open-Fire; Hello, Smart Refrigerator; What Is Compartment Syndrome?


Rolando Mendoza and His M16

The bus stand-off sending shatters across the WWW is a real-life version of the American flick Speed—with a much-less happy ending: Armed with a rifle, ex-police officer Rolando Mendoza entered a bus driving through Manila last night, which carried at least 24 Chinese tourists. As he bargained with police called to the scene, demanding his former job back that he lost in 2008 for extortion and robbery, Mendoza let nine passengers go before open-firing at the remaining passengers. Though numbers aren't confirmed, the death toll stands at 8, including Mendoza, who police shot down.

Refrigerators Get Smart

Smart phones—so pass©. Enter, smart refrigerators, a kitchen appliance trend blowing up the internet today. According to Luxury Gadgets, R&R Associates trumped their fellow fridge competitors (TVs on refrigerators have been around for a bit) with Refrigerator 2, a smart fridge that has a bigger-than-ever 14.1 inch LCD TV and so many cutting-edge tech perks it makes your computer look bad. While we can't deny being excited—just think, it would be like having Bobby Flay in your kitchen—kitchen chatter is closer to being bygone than ever before.

Pre-Season Stumper

Anyone who played high school sports knows the insanity that is pre-season: two-a-days during the hottest time of summer. And, apparently, this year, it proved too much for more than a dozen football players at Oregon's McMinnville High School, who were hospitalized for compartment syndrome—the compression of nerves, blood vessels and muscle inside a closed space within the body—this week. According to Time, the ailment can be caused by extreme physical stress and can cause kidney failure when left untreated. Dr. Craig Winkler, who treated seven of the players, said the cause was likely a strenuos working, but thinks there could be more to it. "We're looking to see if there's some inciting event or some toxins that led to this massive injury," he told Time. - Brynn Mannino, Assistant Editor

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