Last night marked the final night of music at New York’s famed rock club CBGB’s. Crowds lined up early in the day to catch the final show, which featured Patti Smith, who was also one of the first to play the club, which opened in late 1973. Situated on the Bowery in lower Manhattan, CBGB’s (its full name was CBGB & OMFUG, which stands for Country Bluegrass Blues and Other Music for Uplifting Gormandizers) was home to likes of The Ramones, Talking Heads and Blondie in its early days. It’s the latest in downtown Manhattan music venues to close in recent years, being forced out by ever skyrocketing rents. 

The New York Times’ Jon Pareles wrote:

The closing of CBGB is the end of a lovable chunk of New York City real estate, but it's far from the end of an era. After a yearlong goodbye--since CBGB's disputes with its landlord, the nonprofit Bowery Residents' Committee, first surfaced in 2005--too much mourning is unnecessary.

First, it was car alarms. Now, it’s screaming cell phones.

A British technology company has come up with software designed to combat a growing crime—cell phone theft. When a phone with the software from Remote XT is reported stolen, a loud, human-like scream is emitted from the handset. The screaming won’t stop until the battery is removed from the phone, which also deactivates the phone.

According to a CBS News report, Remote XT's Mark Whiteman, said:

By making mobiles unusable to anyone but the rightful owner, the phones become worthless and we'll see (the) market for stolen handsets stamped out.