• A 43-year-old man in Baltimore was arrested shortly after bringing his car into a Best Buy for a stereo installation. A technician found suspected crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia in the vehicle and contacted police, who found our druggie wandering around inside the store.

• Scientists have developed pills that could help couch potatoes burn fat by mimicking the effects of exercise, without the sweat. If they really work, people will not be able to get any lazier.

• A 34-year-old man in the United Kingdom is lucky to be alive after he impaled himself on an eight-inch spike. He was drinking and sunbathing without clothes on when he slipped and fell onto the iron post.

• As a way to preserve the environment, the mayor of Seattle is closing off streets to cars in order to make people drive less. He is encouraging residents to jump rope and draw chalk art instead.

• Washington Governor Chris Gregoire was turned away from a bar because she didn’t have proper identification with her. The 61-year-old simply went home while her husband went in.