Canadian immigration officials say they will rush through Martha Stewart’s application for a permit to enter Canada this weekend, so that Stewart’s plans to row across Lake Pesaquid in a giant hollow pumpkin can go forward after all. There’s a…
Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice, the country’s second-highest court, ruled yesterday that Brazilian courts have jurisdiction to rule on a psychic’s claim that he told the U.S. government in 2001 — two years before the war even started — exactly…
In one of the more creative bank-robbery attempts we've seen recently, a Tucson man tried to rob a bank on Monday claiming that he had a bomb in his mouth. The man presented a note making the claim, which he…
A recall election has been scheduled in Howard County, Nebraska, aimed at the removal from office of Sheriff Troy Kaiser, who is accused of intimidating employees and threatening the county attorney. (It’s nice to know there is at least one…
New Chief Justice John Roberts has apparently decided not to follow the legacy of his predecessor William Rehnquist—at least in robe style. Rehnquist wore a robe with four gold stripes on each arm to indicate his status as the chief….
An Oregon woman is suing her former doctor for battery, negligence, and intentional infliction of emotional distress, alleging that he prescribed sexual intercourse in response to her claims of lower-back pain. The doctor, who filled the prescription himself, charged the…
Beverly Campbell objected to being stopped by police on September 23, for allegedly driving the wrong way down a one-way street. Campbell, who is 61 and had just left a party at a local community center, was arrested after assaulting…
The Associated Press reported earlier this month that a case in the city of Plover, Wisconsin, is about to enter the third year of proceedings involving the alleged theft of hair ties worth $2.45 from a local grocery store. The…
In February, a Danish man who works as a part-time Santa Claus, or whatever they call it in Daneland, filed a claim with the Danish Air Force saying that one of his reindeer had died of a heart attack after…
Dutch tax officials have ruled that a woman can deduct about $2200 that she spent on a witchcraft-training class, on the grounds that she was using the class to "extend her professional knowledge." Apparently, she was training for her employment…