Cracking Cold Cases Wednesday, April 24

A grant for DNA testing helped solve decades-old murders and sexual assaults

Carbon-causing Bicyclists Wednesday, April 24

In March, Washington state Rep. Ed Orcutt, apparently upset that bicyclists use state roads without paying state gasoline tax for highway maintenance, proposed a 5 percent tax on bicycles costing more than $500, pointing out that bicyclists impose …

No Name-dropping Wednesday, April 24

In March, a Boston Herald reporter said he’d been kicked out of a State Ethics Commission training session — not unreasonable; the meeting was for Massachusetts House members only. However, at least two people there refused to give their real …

Hip-Hop Heartbreak Wednesday, April 24

Aspiring rap music bigshot Bernard Bey, 32, filed a $200,000 lawsuit in February in New York City against his parents, alleging they owe him because they’ve been unloving and “indifferent” to his homelessness, even refusing to take him back in …

Holy Snakes Wednesday, April 24

Police in Knoxville, Tenn., confiscated five venomous snakes in a February traffic stop, and Pastor Jamie Coots of Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus Name, of Middlesboro, Ky., is demanding them back. Coots said he possesses them openly during services …

The Costs of Growing Pot Wednesday, April 24

U.S. companies large and small legally deduct the expenses of doing business from gross profits before paying income tax, but purveyors of marijuana (in states where possession is legal and where prescription marijuana is dispensed) can’t deduct …

A Flashing Ferris Bueller Wednesday, April 24

Ferris Bueller caused lots of mischief on his cinematic “Day Off” in the 1986 movie starring Matthew Broderick, but he never mooned a wedding party from an adjacent hotel window by pressing his nude buttocks, and then genitals, against the glass …

Security Sieve Wednesday, April 24

Transportation Security Administration rules protect passengers against previously employed terrorist strategies, like shoe bombs, but as Congressional testimony has noted over the past several years, the perimeter security at airports is shockingly …

Most Gullible Pervert Wednesday, April 24

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, a tiger and an elephant. Thresh said he had earlier …

Crucifixion Tradition Wednesday, April 24

The Associated Press reported in March that a Philippines man was crucified for the 27th time during the annual Good Friday festivities in San Pedro Cutud. Sign painter Ruben Enaje, 52, once again endured several minutes pierced by the sterilized, …