Suspended for Nibbling a Pastry Gun Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Second-grader Josh Welch's two-day suspension in March was upheld on appeal in June by Park Elementary School officials of Anne Arundel County, Md., even though his offense was that he had nibbled a pastry into the shape of a gun, which he then …

Bouquets to Moustache Man Devon Holcombe Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Bouquets to moustache man Devon Holcombe of Jacksonville, who recently won first place in the Just for Men National Beard and Moustache National Championship in New Orleans. His 24 inches of facial …

Criminal Name Game Tuesday, October 22, 2013

In separate incidents of suspected thefts in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in January (all within about a month), police arrested John Lennon Ribeiro Siqueira, John Lennon Fonseca Ferreira and John Lennon Camargos Gomes. Convicted for drug possession in …

CAPRICORN: Nov. 13-19 Tuesday, November 12, 2013

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In his utopian novel "Looking Backward," American author Edward Bellamy wrote a passage I suspect may be applicable to you: "It is under what may be called unnatural, in the sense of extraordinary, circumstances that …

VIRGO: Jan. 1-7 Tuesday, December 31, 2013

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): One of Beethoven's music teachers said, "As a composer, he is hopeless." When Thomas Edison was a kid, a teacher told him he was "too stupid to learn anything." Walt Disney worked at a newspaper when he was young, but his …

Heavy for the Boys, Sweet for the Girls Wednesday, January 29

Josh Homme's Queens of the Stone Age lead by thunderous, sovereign example

ARIES: March 6-12 Wednesday, March 6, 2013

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Maybe you're not literally in exile. You've not been forced to leave your home, you haven't been driven from your power spot. Still, you may feel banished or displaced. …

Most Gullible Pervert Wednesday, April 24, 2013

In March, Stephen Thresh, 47, voluntarily handed in his computer at a police station and confessed to possessing hundreds of (illegal) images of women having sex with animals, including a snake, …

Exacting Art Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Japanese-born artist Hiromi Moneyhun creates intricate pieces that entice viewers to touch

Fleeing from the Fuzz into the Frying Pan Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Joseph Meacham, 39, fleeing on foot during a mid-afternoon traffic stop in Clayton, Mo., in May, ran through town so indiscriminately that when he decided to duck into a building for cover, he failed to realize it was the St. Louis County Police …