Depending on your viewpoint, this symbolizes everything that’s wrong with San Francisco, or everything that is so great about it. On Tuesday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to outlaw the use of styrofoam and similar products, and (according…
See, this is what I mean — I already have a stack of material, and then I see a headline like the above in the Daily Journal this very morning. The hits just keep on coming. It’s hard to do…
In what seems like an unfair move — how could you not vote for "Andy Griffith" to be your sheriff? — a music store owner in Grant County, Wisconsin, changed his name from "William Fenrick" to "Andy Griffith" upon entering…
A jury in Pinellas, Florida, recently sided with Lt. Col. Ralph Paul (ret.) after he was prosecuted for not paying a $46 dinner tab. Mr. Paul had complained after he ordered a "Seafood Saute" and received a dish that he…
Michael Loughner, a 14-year-old boy from Jeannette, Pennsylvania, was charged with harassment in August after a 78-year-old neighbor reported that he had meowed at her. This brings to one the number of meowing-related incidents in the Pittsburgh area this year….
Last Monday, Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine pardoned Grace Sherwood, who was described as "Virginia’s only person convicted as a witch tried by water." So I guess she may not have been the only person Virginia has tried that way, but…
Documents released Thursday by Britain’s National Archives discussed the search for a proper hangman in the late 1930s after Thomas Pierrepoint, described as "one of Britain’s longest-serving hangmen," neared retirement age. Apparently, officials found it more difficult than you might…
On Thursday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that forcing a suspect to drink massive doses of a laxative in hopes of recovering a swallowed bag of heroin was not unconstitutional. The court of appeals had held that the strategy amounted…
In Los Angeles last week, 82-year-old Mayvis Coyle blatantly held up traffic while she shuffled across Foothill Boulevard with her cane. Coyle later claimed she did not have enough time to get across the five-lane boulevard before the light changed. …
The government often seeks to seize the assets of suspects facing drug charges, a procedure that a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s office in Seattle called "fairly routine." Less routine, and maybe unique, was the attempted seizure this week of…