News of the day

In no particular order...

The ultimate senior citizens discount: A German brothel is offering its services at half-price to customers who can prove they're 66 or older.

A recent Duke University engineering graduate is already nostalgic for his days on campus. So he invented a mini-refrigerator that will toss a can of cold beer up to 20 feet across the room, right into his waiting hands while seated on his favorite couch. Now that's the entrepreneurial spirit -- find a need and fill it.

A member of the Finnish parliament -- and devoted fan of Star Trek -- has translated his campaign Web site into Klingonese. According to CNN.com, Jyrki Kasvi -- sounds Klingon to me -- "said his politics posed some translation difficulties, since Klingon does not have words for matters such as tolerance, or for many colors, including green -- the party under whose banner he is running in the national elections on March 18." And you thought American politics can get a little weird.

And a judge who played a secondary role in the Anna Nicole Smith case was busted in Hollywood, Fla., for smoking pot in a city park. Lawrence Korda, 59, "played a role in the Anna Nicole Smith case when he briefly handled a small part of the paternity battle over the former Playboy centerfold's infant daughter," according to the Sun-Sentinel newspaper in South Florida. Justice isn't just blind; sometimes it's wasted.