(12.20.2004)
Exploding Zamboni
Driver: "No one should ever fear that there will be an outbreak of exploding resurfacers." The whole thing would be a lot funnier if there hadn't been people injured and a $600,000 fire.
(12.20.2004)
Bad Scheduling Leads to Fight Between Transgender Models and Parents of Kids' Swim Meet
Called a "regrettable error". The fashion show started at midnight and was still going in time for the swim meet. Some parents got mouthy, someone threw a chair, and someone else mistook the sound of the chair for gunfire. Cops broke it up.
(12.20.2004)
Market Economies Are Good for the Environment
Parts of the Czech Republic are dramatically cleaner today than they were just 15 years ago. The difference? Communism got the boot.
(12.20.2004)
Indonesia Plans New Anti-Terrorism Measures
The inevitable downside: Increased anxiety about possible abuses. Indonesia isn't exactly known for a history of respect for individual freedoms.
(12.20.2004)
Japanese Baseball Parks Overrun with Mobsters
Organized crime takes over "cheering groups" and turns them into extortion rackets. Not cool, since baseball is the greatest game in the world. Organized crime is apparently also behind some big trouble in Canada over immigrant strippers.
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