Bad decisions
. Chrysler Corp. might be on its last legs as a stand-alone company, but that didn't stop its representatives from disrupting a funeral proceeding in Cranbury, N.J., in March to subpoena the corpse (which the company said is relevant to a pending lawsuit over mesothelioma). Full Story
Cultural diversity
The Natural Resources Defense Council and Greenpeace commenced campaigns in February critical of the peculiar preference of Americans for ultrasoft or quilted toilet paper. Full Story
Elfin logic
When Alcoa Inc. prepared to build an aluminum smelting plant in Iceland in 2004, the government forced it to hire an expert to assure that none of the country's legendary "hidden people" lived underneath the property. The elf-like goblins provoke genuine apprehensiveness in many of Iceland's 300,000 natives (who are all, reputedly, related by blood). Full Story
Latest religious message
Buddhist monks continue to add to their 20-structure compound near the Cambodian border using empty beer bottles, according to a February feature in London's Daily Telegraph. Full Story
Questionable judgment
A high school student in Oakton, Va., was suspended for two weeks in March when she inadvertently brought to school her birth-control pill (her prescription for which was approved by her mother). Full Story
Feral Americans
. Sheila Bolar, 49, was arrested after biting a transit driver because she wanted to ride only a "hybrid" bus (New York City, January). . Aleyda Uceta, 30, was arrested for biting her son's principal during a parent-principal conference (Providence, R.I., March). Full Story
Our elected leaders
. During an April Texas House committee hearing (according to a Houston Chronicle report), State Rep. Full Story
Recurring themes
News of the Weird has noted two previous instances of "Weekend at Bernie's"- like attempts by a relative or friend of a newly deceased person to dress up the corpse and bring it to a bank to convince officials that the dead man is merely frail and to request funds from his account. Both of those attempts failed. Full Story
A News of the Weird Classic (January 1994)
Homeless couple Darryl Washington and Maria Ramos were injured in 1992 when a train rammed them as they were having sex on a mattress on the tracks at a New York City subway station. The injuries were not severe, thanks to a quickacting motorman. Full Story
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