Clueless Counterfeiter Wednesday, April 10

Jarad Carr, 37, was arrested in Chippewa County, Wis., in March after he demanded a refund for a computer printer he said he’d bought at a Walmart, though he had no receipt. …

Least Wanted at Library Wednesday, April 10

A judge in Racine, Wis., granted bail for Tyree Carter, 20, for his March arrest for “lewd and lascivious conduct” at Racine Public Library. Among the conditions of his release was …

Punctuation Prohibition Wednesday, April 10

In a ruling that lasted less than a week, England’s Mid-Devon District Council decreed in March that henceforth, no street name could have an apostrophe, e.g., St. George’s …

Fines to Fit the Crimes Wednesday, April 3

In March, Microsoft was fined 561 million euros (about $725 million) by the European Commission after, apparently, a programmer left out just one line of code in Microsoft's Service Pack 1 of …

Mark of a Beastly Job Wednesday, April 3

Being identified with the number 666 ("mark of the beast" in the Bible's Book of Revelation) continues to trouble the righteous. Walter Slonopas, 52, felt he had to resign as a maintenance worker for …

The Iconic Phantom Black/Hispanic Perpetrator Wednesday, April 3

In February, crime victims in San Antonio, Texas, and Terrebonne Parish, La., complained to police that they'd been assaulted by, respectively, a "Hispanic male" and an "unknown black man" — …

Paying for a Nice Chinese Boy Wednesday, April 3

Chinese New Year isn't so festive if busy young professional women can't show off a boyfriend to their parents. So men offer themselves as fake boyfriends for about $50 a day, plus extras including …

A Different Kind of Drunk Dial Wednesday, April 3

Society continues to suffer from questionable company policies encouraging precisely the wrong behaviors. Bartender Twyla DeVito said she knew one of her regulars at the Shelby, Ohio, American Legion …

The Fabulous British Government ‘Safety Net’ Wednesday, April 3

Heather Frost, 36, and mother of 11, is getting a new, specially designed house through the Tewkesbury Borough Council, which deemed inadequate the duplex the family had been in at taxpayer …

Child Support Screw-up Wednesday, April 3

Fathers caught up unfairly in state child support laws have appeared in NOTW, but Lional Campbell's story seems unusually harsh. Detroit authorities still bill Campbell for past-due support (which he …