$54 million pants lawsuit admin judge/jerk back in the news.

AP reports he is now suing for $1 million and his job back.
Hattip: Volokh and How Appealing

This is not a tabloid...panic over presence of suspected gnome

story here from a British newspaper

via Drudgereport

Update: good point by commenter jafapete:

"Is it real? Let's see, a group of young people, lots of spare time on their hands, a few seconds of pictures only, hard to see in the dark..."

I had originally been struck by the statement of one of the teens that someone had been frightened so bad he had been admitted to a hospital-but i realize now perhaps he made that up as well.

cop steals marijuana from confiscated material..uses it..freaks out and calls 911

http://www.theagitator.com/archives/027802.php#027802

teachers trick sixth graders into thinking a gunman on loose

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/May/14/br/br8246931705.html

iceland teenager claims to have gotten through to bush's phone

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=3973925&page=1

he posed as president of iceland

best part is when hes given security checkpoints by asking him the Iceland presidnet's birthday and when he got into office...but he says he had WIKIPEDIA open and it want hard. ;)

priceless-guy arrested for shooting traffic camera

http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/11/29/wtf/doc474d9a284558e906049620.txt

only a 50 dollar fine...wow pretty soft for a southern state