AP - Australia’s opposition leader lamented his past behavior on Wednesday, as images of him picking his ear wax in Parliament reached a growing audience via the Internet.
AP - An insurance broker who said he was playing with his bow to celebrate his birthday pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges related to shooting an arrow through a Manhattan neighbor’s glass terrace door.
AP - A man accused of kicking an argument with his neighbor up a notch by removing his shirt to reveal a two-word expletive tattoo faces 90 days probation and a $50 fine.
AP - When police caught driver David Clarke flying down a road at 180 kilometers per hour this month, he looked likely to lose his license.
AP - A Malaysian man apparently fearing he had too much to drink tried to play it safe by bribing a policeman to avoid a breath analyzer test. It turned out he passed the test, but was fined for bribery.
Reuters - The country’s most senior traffic police
officer is facing speeding charges, his force said on Tuesday,
leading road safety campaigners to call for him to step down.
Reuters - Several Russia players had to train
in socks on Wednesday after thieves stole the team’s boots
ahead of this weekend’s European Nations Cup match with
Romania.
AP - The Iowa Department of Revenue is taxing jack-o’-lanterns this Halloween. The new department policy was implemented after officials decided that pumpkins are used primarily for Halloween decorations, not food, and should be taxed, said Renee Mulvey, the department’s spokeswoman.
Reuters - A hobby historian has discovered the
oldest known recipe for German sausage, a list of ingredients
for Thuringian bratwurst nearly 600 years old.
AP - A woman wants abuse charges filed against an acquaintance who was pet-sitting for her potbellied pig and allowed the animal to get fat.