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Florida police shoot an 81-year-old nursing home resident three times with bean bags, then pepper spray him after he waves a small glass vase at them. Willie D. Foster, who uses a wheelchair and has a pacemaker, was accorded the "safest option," according to a police spokesman.
Hotmail Defense
The judge handling the case of Zacarias Moussaoui is mystified as to how the FBI missed the alleged terrorist's e-mail account. The feds said no such account exists, but Moussaoui has said he used a Hotmail account accessed via a computer at Kinko's.
Dorm Strife
A police chief in New Hampshire suggests a private college should forfeit a dorm building because of drug busts at the school. Dover chief William Fenniman says he is willing to do whatever it takes to stop "illicit activity."
Mink Stolen
Animal rights activists believed to be associated with the Animal Liberation Front cut fences at an Iowa mink farm, releasing hundreds of the animals into the wild. Half were recovered, while others were hit by cars or killed by dogs.
Speech Impediment
The First Amendment goes too far in guaranteeing free speech, say 49 percent of people polled by the First Amendment Center. The percentage of people who think speech protections are too robust is up some 10 points from 2001.
Bulging Bars
A record 6.6 million people are now in the American correctional system. That's up from 4.4 million in 1990, a Sentencing Project survey finds. In other words, one in every 32 adults in the U.S. is behind bars, on probation, or on parole.
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