The Chicago father who was arrested after posting a picture of his daughter bound with tape on Facebook is guilty of nothing beyond bad judgement. Andre Curry was imprisoned because he was unable to post a $100,000 bond after he posted a picture of his daughter tied up with blue painters tape on his Facebook […]
The sheriff in Clay County, NC has decided to not press charges against an unruly child what was tied to a chair and had his mouth duct taped closed by his teacher. Music Teacher Lindsey Cope apparently broke no laws when she attempted to control a disruptive first grader at Hayesville Middle School. Cope, Hayesville […]
Tyler Card has taken home made Halloween costumes to a new level. His replica of a human sized camera not only looks like a high end Nikon, it actually takes pictures. Naturally, a key component in his list of construction materials was black gaffers tape. Watch how he made his unique costume by clicking here. […]
German pianist Hauschka plays what he calls “prepared piano”. The avant garde performer (real name Volker Bertelman, modifies his piano with an assortment of items including tin foil, bottle tops, ping pong balls and gaffers tape in order to create an entirely new sound. Read more about Hauschka here. Want to see him perform? Click […]
Scammers in South Carolina convinced a woman in a gas station parking lot to purchase a brand new Apple laptop at a “volume” discount, and she jumped at a chance to purchase what she thought was a brand new computer for an unbelievable price. When she got her price purchase home she realized that what […]
The Lynn News (Lynn, UK) offers this dubious advice to owners of nice bicycles that use them to commute in urban areas. “If you do use a good bike to go into town, consider disguising it with gaffers tape” to discourage thieves. Might be easier (and a lot cheaper and less time consuming) to just […]
St. Louis Today reports that a tiny piece of clear adhesive tape that came back from the moon with Neil Armstrong covered with moon dust has been reclaimed by NASA before it was set to be auctioned off later in the month. The tape was purportedly stolen by a NASA employee, sold to a collector […]
The Wilmington Star News online crime report is called “Behind The Yellow Tape” and uses a picture of police barricade tape in its masthead. The sub-category is “Public Safety in the Cape Fear Region”. Amazingly, today’s posting doesn’t mention a single crime committed with duct tape! Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s […]
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