A court in Genoa, Italy, has ordered that a 15-month-old boy be renamed "Gregory" after finding that the name his parents chose, "Friday," violated an administrative rule that precludes giving children "ridiculous or shameful" names. The boy, who was born…
Once again, ’tis the season for Christmas-assault cases. Most of these stories involve simple assault and battery upon (on sometimes by) Santa Claus, but this is the first such story I’ve come across in which someone touched his Kringle. A…
I wrote last week about the prosecution of Andrew Thistleton in Summit County, Colorado, for assaulting a woman with a snowball. Over the weekend I learned that the Summit County DA’s office moved on Thursday to dismiss the case in…
Always check the pockets.
Earlier this month, a jury in Maryland found against a woman who sued a shopping mall and pool store in Rockville after being attacked by a goose while on the mall’s property in 2004. Suzanne Webster said the goose’s ferocious…
Lance Majors of Poughkeepsie, New York, the new poster boy for Not Giving A Damn, will have several years to think about whether telling the judge you’re bored during your sentencing hearing is a good idea. Majors, who was being…
Ram and Hanuman apparently have not been answering their mail.
I'm just now starting to number these, and am going to call this #6. As a quick recap, here are what I am considering 1-5: After Being Asked Whether You Can Be Fair, Pause for a Really Long Time; Have a…
Colorado sources report that a mistrial was declared Friday, December 7, in the trial of Andrew Thistleton. Thistleton, an Australian, faces criminal assault charges due to an incident last season at Copper Mountain ski resort, where he and the victim…
One clan was apparently horning in on the other clan’s territory.