People different from us
Larry and Diana Moyer set out in November from Beaver Dam, Wis., in their oversized RV to spend some warm days in St. Petersburg, Fla. Full Story
Budget relief for the California government
A homeless transient, Steven Butcher, 50, was convicted of starting fires in the Los Padres National Forest near Santa Barbara in 2002 and 2006 (the latter which burned 163,000 acres) and in November was sentenced to nearly four years in prison. Full Story
Leading economic indicators
When the Poway Unified School District near San Diego cut teachers' printing budgets this year, some handoutintensive instructors had to dip into their own pockets to keep their students supplied. Full Story
Economic Stimulus:
A British surgeon will spend an estimated 250,000 pounds ($370,000) to equip her luxury home in Gloustershire with a state-ofthe art, three-room suite for her two Great Danes, including cameras so that she can monitor them via the Internet while she is away. Full Story
The continuing crisis
A group of recently published cookbooks touting imaginative dishes served by worldrenowned chefs includes Ferran Adria's volume on just his everyday fare at the world's top-rated elBulli in Spain. Full Story
Science on the cutting edge
. "This is a rare occurrence," said a Loyola University (Chicago) neurology professor in September, describing to WebMD.com only the seventh reported case of someone's suffering a stroke during orgasm. Several things must be present in series to create the condition, including having an unnatural opening between the two upper chambers of the heart (a "PFO"). Full Story
Least competent criminals
. Robert Garrett, 33, and Jesse Dyer, 32, were arrested in Lincoln, Neb., in November and charged with burglary and the theft of a 55-inch TV, which they had taken to their car, only to realize that it wouldn't fit. When a next-door neighbor spotted them, they tried to bribe her for $100, to hold the set until they could return with a bigger car, but she called the police. Full Story
Sat nav issues
More people who put their brains on "standby" while using satellite navigation systems: . In July, a group of 10 children and 16 adults from California were stranded in their cars in wilderness near cliffs close to the Grand Canyon, to which they had been misdirected by their navigation system. Rescuers were able to talk them back the next day on their cell phones. Full Story
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