Straight from the you-can’t-be-serious files: A young man was recently arrested for allegedly "assaulting" a police officer with M&M's. Let's hope the officer has a full and speedy recovery.

Scottish and Canadian researchers say sitting up straight is not the best position for office workers' backs. They recommend the "135-degree" position.

Social networks are virtual gold mines of personal information. Sites like Facebook know more about you than your family probably does. They're now letting members take information with them outside of the network, to other places on the Web.

Iran hangs women and gays. Saudi Arabia will behead a man for cursing God. Jihadis pour into Afghanistan and Iraq, killing indiscriminately. Hamas takes Gaza in a bloody coup. Now Hezbollah is making a violent power grab in Beirut. It never ends, does it?

Seems Europeans are imbibing and inhaling at an ever increasing rate. The motivation - getting their rocks off, or should I say socks off. Binge drinking and drug use is being touted as the new Viagra for European youth, with the UK taking top honors.

This week's Caledon Perspectives reported on a little-known fact. Camp X - Canada's secret spy training facility located just minutes outside of Toronto, Ontario, opened on December 8, 1941, the day after the Pearl Harbour attack.