The Associated Press reports this week that Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster, long known for scarfing down any and all cookies in sight as well as a variety of other objects, will now emphasize moderation in eating, in recognition of the…
In its April issue, Harper’s Magazine reprinted voice-mail messages left by attorney Bruce Tassan for the judges who had ruled against his client in a trademark appeal. Apparently, Mr. Tassan left at least one message for each of the three…
Officials in Bartholomew County, Indiana, have told a business that sells copies of classical art that it must move certain statues out of view because they would be considered obscene under Indiana law. The statutes include copies of Michelangelo’s David…
Canada’s Revenue Minister, who as you know is John McCallum, scored with an April Fool’s joke this morning when he announced to the nation on a CBC radio show that the government was launching a project called “E-File or Else,”…
By me, anyway. A candidate who will appear on the ballot only as “The Pirate Captain” is running for student body president at North Carolina State University. His platform includes expanding bus lines to “haul more cargo” and opening meetings…
Swedish clothing maker Lindex said this week that it had decided to stop selling a controversial line of childrens’ clothes that a Norwegian cabinet minister had criticized as “bikinis on small children.” “It is remarkably daft to make bra-like bikinis…
Juggler Says, ‘God Told Me to Come’ St. Petersburg Times Online
“Among [Court TV’s] new reality series: ‘Get Me Bruce Cutler!’ with John Gotti’s former lawyer going to small-town America to work on some small-time cases; ‘Las Vegas Law,’ in which lawyer Bucky Buchanan is followed as he defends people who…
In late 2002, New York City ran an anti-domestic-abuse ad campaign that pictured men behind bars with captions such as “Successful executive. Devoted churchgoer. Abusive husband.” The four male models who agreed to be pictured as the abusers are now…
Police in Bay City, Michigan, reported that a 12-year-old boy who had come to a local mall to sit on the Easter Bunny’s lap returned the next day and punched the Bunny repeatedly in the face. Bryan Johnson, who plays…