Denver's Channel 7 News reports that a local metalhead was given the gift of electricity recently, the hard way. He was struck by lightning while using his portable device, which happened in this case to be an iPod.

It is well established that using electronic devices outside in a thunderstorm can increase your chances of getting hit by lightning, as well as the severity of your injuries. The real news was that a person was struck by lightning. The article's headline, which dishonestly implies that the iPod caused his problem, is yet another media attention grab.

So if you listen to your iPod outside in a thunderstorm, you're a big dummy, but at least you'll get a nice headline if the device in question happens to be an iPod and you get zapped.

(Hmmm... Maybe the headline should have read "God Proves He Hates Dreadlocks".)