animals 88-year-old woman survived being lost in the woods by drinking rainwater and befriending a fox Allan Rose Hill
weird thieves Bizarre: Woman brings corpse to bank to co-sign, trying to fool banker into giving her $3,000 (video) Carla Sinclair
politics Italy's fascist, racist prime minister sues singer Brian Molko for calling her fascist, racist Rob Beschizza
History Tourist who carved initials into the Roman Colosseum says he didn't know it was old David Pescovitz
books Tears of the Trufflepig is a head-shakingly brilliant novel about contraband animals, Mexico and a labyrinthine conspiracy Elías Villoro
groundhog The high-stress world of weather prediction takes its toll on Canada's "Fred la Marmotte" Jason Weisberger
photography Zombie fungus and other magnificent images of evolution and ecology from science journal's photo contest David Pescovitz
Spider-Man A secret YouTube archive lets you compare disasters from the infamous SPIDER-MAN musical Thom Dunn
brazil Brazilian authoritarian Bolsonaro fires his culture minister for giving a speech plagiarized from Joseph Goebbels Cory Doctorow