From today’s majors: Gary Lynch, 45, of Toronto, is charged with: 1) Prowling by Night, (prowling on the property of another person near a dwelling-house) 2) Attempt Break and Enter, 3) Mischief under $5,000. Prowling by Night! What a most excellent charge. I do still regret the lack of Grand Mischief as a charge, however.

A piglet scared of wallowing in mud has overcome its fears with the help of some Wellington boots. ROME (Reuters) – An Italian couple who were caught having sex in a church confessional box while morning Mass was being said have repented and made peace with the local bishop. Some days my media scan iscontinue reading

Ran across this interesting little tidbit from the April 19 Wall Street Journal: WASHINGTON — The Bush administration has given up its push for an international ban on sales of uranium-enrichment technology to nonnuclear states, a move that will complicate its nuclear diplomacy toward both Iran and India, and could open the way for acontinue reading

Afghanistan’s opium crop is forecast to fall by up to a half this year after 2007’s record harvest, counter-narcotics officials in Kabul said, as evidence emerged that some poppy farmers are switching to legal crops because of rising food prices. “Anecdotally, a lot of farmers have calculated that, with wheat prices being what they are,continue reading

For “Indignation grows over police story” (print headline in today’s paper), read “The Globe finally got its private briefing with an anonymous Conservative official”: A senior Conservative official says the raid on Tory party headquarters last week was “over the top,” with flak-jacket-clad RCMP officers storming in and copying everything from payroll information to thecontinue reading