Vol 38: Issue 46

LAWRENCE, KS—According to irritated friends and acquaintances, Jim Marder, 43, lives to correct pronunciation. “Actually, the word is ’Ant-arc-tic,” Marder told coworker Amy Dennon during…

KALAMAZOO. MI—A coalition of dishwashers at the Pfaff Avenue Country Kitchen filed an official protest Tuesday against the grill crew’s playing of 93.7 Hot Country…

RESTON, VA—More than 4,000 purchasers of the Babco KidSleeper crib, recalled last week amid safety concerns, are defiantly refusing to return the crib for a…

SPRINGFIELD, MO—Bruce Andrusko, 27, complained loudly Monday about his conjoined twin Bryce’s habit of hogging the brothers’ middle kidney. “He drinks tons of beer, and…

NEW YORK—Chris Dantley, editor of the Zagat restaurant guide for New York, received mixed reviews Monday from women who have dated him. “’Well-heeled’ ’outgoing’ man…