Law of the Jungle. In Thomasville, N.C., Gene Thomas Liverett, charged with boring a hole in the back of a parking meter, got a suspended sentence on condition that he not be found within 5 ft. of a parking meter for the next year.
Knowledge Is Power. In Memphis, First Grader Timothy Meadows, 6, proud of his reading ability after only two days at Kingsbury School, spied a sign on a red box labeled "Pull," pulled, sent 3,000 children streaming outside in an unrehearsed fire drill.
Senior Prompt. In Davenport, Iowa. Henry Zimmerman, 79, retired foundry inspector, entered St. Ambrose College as a...