POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - When I told my wife that one reason our refrigerator was having trouble maintaining a low temperature was that it was overfilled, she instantly produced three household-tips books that said a refrigerator is more efficient stuffed to the gills than it...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - A bank-robbery attempt in Kumagaya, Japan, ended when the 58-year-old would-be robber asked a teller how to go about it. The teller alerted another employee, who escorted the man from the bank. “He left quietly when asked to,” a police official...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - I enjoy spreading lots of vinegar on my salads and other foods. I really think this makes my food taste so much better. My wife keeps pestering me to stop using so much vinegar, contending that the acetic acid will hurt my digestive system. So for the...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - When sheriff’s deputies in Cedar City, Utah, approached Nicholas T. Galanis, 47, to discuss some stolen property, he hopped into his car and fled with his dog. The 5-mile chase along a winding, bumpy dirt road ended when the dog bit its owner on...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - When I’m feeling cynical about well-publicized criminal trials, I sometimes use the timeworn phrase “they’ve never hung a millionaire in the U.S.” Certainly I can’t think of one. But is it true? 'Timothy G. Merker, Chicago If...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Curses, Foiled AgainnnSheriff’s deputies in Marion County, Ind., quickly identified Rodney Harper, n31, as their bank robbery suspect because not only did a surveillance camera show him committing the crime, but he also dropped his check-cashing...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - As tires wear out, rubber is presumably deposited on the road surface. Where is all that rubber? 'R.D. Morgan, Camden, South Carolina All over the place, bud'including maybe in your lungs. For a long time conventional wisdom had it that tire particles...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - After Dana Buckman pulled a gun at an auto parts store in Rochester, N.Y., the two clerks handed over the money but chased him when he fled. They caught him, took away his gun, beat him with a pipe and retrieved the money, according to Buckman himself,...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - I’ve searched your archive in vain'how is it that the vital field of phytoestrogen research has escaped your scrutiny? The straight dope, please: Can herbal supplements containing phytoestrogens truly increase a woman’s breast size significantly?...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Is there an effective way to get rid of chilblains? I have some boring little ones, located mostly on my right hand, with a couple on the left. The doctor says I possibly have bad circulation, but they will probably go away if I eat properly and avoid...