Prosecutors have dropped criminal charges against the Texas judge who had a defense lawyer put in handcuffs last year during a contentious hearing. Well, former Texas judge, because she was suspended after the incident and then lost the primary election in March. Who if anyone was acting professionally during that hearing? Hard to tell from a transcript, but only one of them still has her job. Police in California have finally captured the “Irvine Pasta Bandit,” a 28-year-old man who allegedly bought LEGO sets, removed the more valuable pieces, replaced them with pasta, and returned the packages for refunds. That may not sound very lucrative, but apparently if you do it “at least 70 times,” you could end up with “roughly $34,000.” Those numbers would work out to about $486 per set, so I’m guessing it was more than 70 times, but could certainly be wrong. What “truly outrages” Quebec’s Minister of Agriculture? Selling fake maple syrup, that’s what (or, at least, syrup sold as “pure” but…
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