WATERCOOLER NEWS

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals told city officials
Wednesday they'd pay for new trash cans saying "Meat Trashes the
Planet" and "Go Vegan."

Mattel, Lionsgate and AMC announced a partnership on Wednesday to
create four dolls in the likeness of characters from the influential,
Emmy-winning show set in a fashionable, 1960s ad agency.

Clerics and prosecutors have struck a deal allowing criminals convicted
of minor crimes to serve their sentences in the monasteries of the
impoverished Caucasus Mountain nation.

NYPD spokesman Paul Browne says there was "nothing to indicate it was more than just an illegally parked car."

A school district policy requires that dates be of the opposite sex.

Police say he used electronic equipment in the church to watch pornos.

There's been talk recently about setting up a ".xxx" domain name for those who want to view porn online.

Advertising a "bachelor pad" is a no-no -- to a fair housing group.

An unknown person dubbed The Midnight Knitter by West Cape May residents is covering tree branches and lamp poles with little sweaters.

Someone has set up a bogus Web site to try to get Madoff victims to give up confidential financial information.

They say crime doesn't pay. For one robber in California, it did -- but not much.

Life-size figures will soon be gazing down from buildings near a midtown Manhattan park.

The bank says it has "zero tolerance for this kind of error" and says
it will quickly review the lawsuit's allegations and consider any
hardship that resulted.

A Colorado man who says marijuana is a sacrament in his religion has been convicted of misdemeanor drug charges.

Prosecutors in former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon's perjury case are putting the spoils of their efforts on eBay.

A man who smuggled songbirds into Los Angeles from Vietnam by hiding them in his pants had his sentencing postponed

For some second-graders at a public school system in Kentucky, Twitter has become part of the curriculum.

Two supposed captured ghosts have been sold in an online auction in New Zealand.

A man claiming to be a stock market psychic is charged with bilking $6 million from more than 100 investors.

Prozie the poodle mix is a lifesaver. He is a finalist in a national contest recognizing canine heroes.