A suspect entered the Kentucky Fried Chicken on East Bessemer Avenue in Greensboro on July 22 and demanded money by threatening to blow up the business if the clerk did not comply. The clerk said she could not open the register and the suspect left without discharging any kind of explosive device.

Among President Sarkozy’s recent moves to trim the size of the French government was the layoff of half of the 165 physiotherapists at the taxpayer-funded National Baths of Aix-les-Bains.

“What was once a gentleman’s hobby among a few dozen enthusiasts at the turn of the 20 th century,” wrote The New York Times in July, “has evolved into a multimillion dollar industry,” namely, collecting strands of hair of famous people.

The other “Fight Clubs” are for sissies: At the August Dog Brothers “Gathering of the Pack” in southern California, it was “[A]nything goes,” according to one warrior (look ing to fight with “blunted knives”). A Reuters reporter witnessed two men without padding beat each other with heavy sticks and two others fight with electrically charged knives.

Italian and UK legal authorities have recently discarded rule interpretations based on embarrassingly anachronistic stereotypes of women.

Deja Vu: The two states whose electoral votes decided the presidential races in 2000 (Florida) and 2004 (Ohio) are provoking anxiety this time around, also. In Palm Beach County, Fla. (home of the “butterfly ballot” in 2000), 3,478 optical-scan votes disappeared between primary-night counting on Aug.

Angela Pusateri, 79, may be unconventional, but, according to Jenna, 13, She really is a cool grandmother. The Hallandale Beach, Fla. woman is a rap-music singer with a new CD (Whos Your Granny?) and occasional playdates, where she shows up in hockey jersey, jewels, sunglasses and baseball cap.