Some news the peeked my interest:
Arrest Made In Colorado Wildfire
6/16/2002 Colorado authorities have arrested a 38-year old forestry technician for starting one of the wildfires that have burned a total of more than 100,000 acres so far. Terry Barton has admitted starting the fire, claiming it quickly got out of control before she could put it out.

A firefighter started the fire. Damn, there's a Darwin Award winner for ya!

A black bear was shot within miles from my apartment in Worcester Saturday night. I guess they couldn't find anyone to tranq it so they blew it away. While certainly in the wrong place, there were no reports of violetn actions by the bear. I'm outraged that the only solution was to shoot it. It seems a waste. Then again...perhaps it prevented a catastrophe.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - A Canadian teacher has been suspended after shocking a small northern Manitoba school by distributing a math exam that included questions about pimps, prostitutes, machine guns, cocaine trafficking and getting "knocked up."