STEP 1. GET A TRACTOR


Last August, a farmer named Roger Pion was arrested with a small amount of marijuana on his person. At the station, the cops allegedly roughed him up. Not a scholar of passive resistance, Pion returned to the jail after his release driving a 20,000-lb. Case tractor. He then crushed six cop cars and a police van.

HOW DO YOU LIKE CONNECTICUT, MR. KARP?


Greenwich, Conn. has long been known for its pricey ZIP codes, enviable proximity to New York City, and of course, a diaspora of wealthy Wall Street residents that has earned it a nickname as the hedge fund capital of the country. Now the tony town will be known for something else: as the location of America’s most expensive home for sale.

WATCH OUT FOR STRAY HANDS


A “castell” is a human tower traditionally built during festivals in many places in Catalonia, Spain. Over the weekend, in the Barcelona neighborhood of Gracia, teams competed to build the most impressive human towers. And they are seriously impressive.

AT LEAST THEY DON'T EAT OUR FOOD TOO


An oversight by the U.S. Congress two decades ago led to the inclusion of models in the H-1B class. A 2007 bill to put them in another category -- and let their numbers soar -- failed. Its sponsor: then-Representative Anthony Weiner of New York, who quit Congress in 2011 after engaging in lewd online behavior.

GIFs = VIDEO?


Super-charged growth? Yup. Fueled by user-generated content that comes with potential copyright headaches? Got it! Barely there revenues? Of course! Billion-dollar-plus price tag? Check! Yes, all of that describes the Yahoo-Tumblr deal. And it also describes Google’s move to buy YouTube in the fall of 2006.

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