happy mutants Cabaret with the "Pope of Trash" John Waters in Providence, RI (Sat. 10/24) David Pescovitz
happy mutants Someone is 3-D printing tiny shiny unicorns and leaving the delightful creatures all over Providence, Rhode Island Jennifer Sandlin
marsupials Retired firefighter rescues six baby opossums from the pouch of their mama who had been hit by a car Jennifer Sandlin
Westboro Baptist Church declares "Hawaii is going to be utterly destroyed,"predicts vague judgment day Mark Frauenfelder
Cute Animals If you need some eye bleach, watch these Matschie's tree kangaroos munching on leaves Jennifer Sandlin
crime The Rhode Island councilman arrested for crack-cocaine is busted again — this time for child molestation Carla Sinclair
Science Study: Small-brained hominins used fire, engraved tools and cave walls, and buried their dead Ruben Bolling
santa claus 10-year-old asks for a DNA test on a cookie allegedly bitten by Santa to prove if he's real or not Rusty Blazenhoff
Sir Issac Newton You can visit Sir Isaac Newton's legendary "gravity tree"—and its many descendants and clones Andrew Yi
secret places The incredible story of a man who secretly furnished a hidden room in a mall and lived there for 4 years Popkin
police brutality Republican state Senate candidate arrested after punching woman in face at abortion rights rally. He's a cop, too. Rob Beschizza
lawsuits Virginia school board pays $1.3m to trans student it banned from the boys' bathroom Rob Beschizza