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People INSIDE the cars aren't the only worry anymore for Volvo!

The clever car makers are launching their new airbag system that actually protects pedestrians if they're struck by the vehicle!

The new system is available in the 2013 V40 model, and if you look at the pic (above), you'll see that it's under the hood. It will inflate in a few hundredths of a second to cover around a third of the windshield.

It's only launched at speeds between 12 to 31 mph.

Unfortunately there are unavoidable situations where this would need to deploy, but we'd much rather people drive cautiously than to ever need to rely on this!

The system's seven sensors are located at the front of the vehicle. They can actually detect legs -- and if they detect them, everything launches automatically!

Science!

California's Coronado beach!

It's a 1.5 mile-long stretch of beach with perfect weather, a picturesque view of the ocean and sand that literally sparkles.

The sand sparkles because of the mineral mica, but it's still pretty magical.

It was named the #1 beach in the U.S. in the 2012 survey by professor Stephen P. Leatherman of Florida International University.

Also known as "Dr. Beach," Leatherman gave a California beach the top slot for the first time in the over 20 years he's been ranking beaches.

He bases his rankings on environmental quality and safety for swimmers.

"I think it's one of the most super beaches around."

That's great!

Way to go, California!

Better get to the beach quick because we expect it to get pretty crowded pretty quickly now that they're number one!

It's been a great run, but The Avengers' box-office reign has come to an official end!

As it was predicted, the action flick was bumped to second after three weekends on top, taking in $37 million and bringing its domestic total to $514, while Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones DOMINATED with Men In Black III opening domestically to $55 million between Friday and today!

The Avengers are about to be zapped!

Because Men In Black 3 just made $18 million Friday night, and with Wednesday night's stellar sales, this pretty much confirms their speculated track to rake in $80 million over the holiday weekend.

Meanwhile, Iron Man and the gang will still make somewhere around

You're killing us! Literally.

Previously, we reported that Tide Pods were a serious health concern for kids, and tons of children were becoming violently sick after eating the brightly colored pods because they were mistaking them for candy.

The hits keep coming.

An estimated 250 cases of health issues have been reported this year of children eating the pods. Scary!!!

Here's what a doctor said about the near epidemic:

"We're not quite sure why it's happening, but we've clearly had some kids who have become much more ill. We look at these pods as being clearly more dangerous than the standard detergent."

Clearly.

Our question remains, why do these things look so much like candy? How can we expect kids not to eat these when some adults might barely tell the difference?

A spokesperson for Tide said they plan to create a new double latch lid on tubs of Tide Pods "in the next couple of weeks."

Thank heavens.

Here's what one doctor said these pods can do to children:

"These pods are quite dangerous if ingested, mainly due to the risk of vomiting which can ultimately lead to aspiration of the product into the lungs with resulting difficulty breathing. The end result can potentially lead to children requiring a ventilator if the reaction to the detergent is severe enough."

So so scary!

PARENTS BEWARE.

Meet Cole. He saves 90% every time he goes shopping.

After both of his parents lost their jobs, Cole was graciously brought in by his ex-girlfriend's parents so he could finish his senior of high school. Maybe a little awkward but super nice!!

The one day, he started watching Extreme Couponing and became entranced! Determined to help support his family, he learned the ways of radical savings, and now he's the star coupon kid!

He even stores his stash of coups in his

Siri told us she was our friend!?

IBM issued an employee-wide decree Wednesday, Siri enabled devices are NOT permitted to interact with any campus or company networks!!

Contrary to what Samuel L. Jackson and Jooey Zooey Deschanel might have you believe, IBM management fears Apple’s might be collecting data on more than just organic mushroom markets.

The iPhone4 Software License Agreement states:

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