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Okay, someone's finally done it. Question is, what took so long? Never dreamed poop could get you blazing down the asphalt? Well, now it all comes true as Japan's biggest toilet maker, TOTO, takes the toilet on the road with its launch of the Toilet Bike Neo, a bike that's powered entirely by human waste. The bike runs on biogas converted from feces that is harvested directly from the driver -- who sits on the bike's toilet-styled seat.

Lexi Phillips answered the call of nature and soon heard an alarming splash: Her cell phone toppled into the toilet. Lexi Phillips has dropped two cell phones into the toilet but keeps her minutes to fewer than 30 per day. It wasn't the first time the 19-year-old had lost her Motorola to the Kohler. "Both times, my cell phone was in my back pocket. . . . It fell out and went right into the bowl," said Phillips, a cosmetology student who lives in Milwaukee. Mobile phones are the most popular personal technology around, but the ability to take them...

Already flush with cash from selling his online music firm, entrepreneur David Samuel hopes to be sitting on top of another business success: high-tech toilet seats. Samuel co-founded San Francisco's Brondell Inc., which this week plans to start marketing the Swash, a toilet seat that sprays a stream of warm water to cleanse a person's private parts. It turns an ordinary toilet into a bidet, a water-spraying toilet device that is popular in Europe. The Swash 400 is heated and has push-button controls to adjust water pressure and temperature. A self-cleaning spray arm moves forward or back to adjust to...

LOGAN, Utah -- A woman is fighting the City Council in Providence to issue her a permit to run a colon-cleansing service out of her home. Colon hydrotherapy is a licensed procedure in other states, but in Utah is considered only a homeopathic method. Colette Yates says she has invested two years and roughly $40,000 on her home business, which focuses on removing waste from the large intestine by injecting water into the colon, where it loosens and softens waste. The water is injected through the rectum. The Providence Planning Commission recently recommended denial of Yates' request for a permit...

Notre Dame Defense Silences SpartansTom Zbikowski returned a fumble 75 yards for a touchdown and had an interception that set up another score for Notre Dame, which forced six turnovers and beat Michigan State 31-24 on Saturday night. The Fighting Irish (2-1) got three interceptions and recovered three fumble in their second straight victory, bouncing back from a season-opening loss to Brigham Young. Freshman Darius Walker, the hero of last week's 28-20 win over Michigan, had 98 yards on 26 carries for Notre Dame. Hit link to read more: