In an effort to highlight the ease in which drugs are available on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside streets, radio station DJs played a prank, sending someone out to buy find and buy heroin, all while wearing a beaver costume--and it didn't take the DJ long to find it. On June 4, CFOX-FM sent a DJ that goes by the on-air name, Captain Scotty, to a street that is notorious for drug deals. Dressed as a beaver and carrying a sign that said he was looking to buy heroin, the DJ was reportedly able to purchase the drugs in a matter of minutes.

A pretzel resembling the Virgin Mary was posted on the online auction site eBay, and bids for the item have surpassed the $1 million mark. The pretzel, posted on the website by owner Michael Fleming, had received a bid of $10,950 Thursday afternoon, and was later on followed by a questionable $1. 1 million by a first-time bidder.

Culture Club frontman Boy George is free on bail and will next appear at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Feb. 25 to face allegations that he imprisoned a male escort by chaining him to a wall. The singer-turned DJ was sent to trial at the Thames Magistrates' Court over allegations that he falsely imprisoned and assaulted the 28-year-old in east London on April 28.

Two men were caught by the police while robbing a disc jockey who was broadcasting live for his daily radio show in Alto Parana, Brazil. Tiago Amorin da Silva, from Alto Parana was making his daily broadcast over Berde e Rosa radio station when two men barged into the studio at 2 a. m. and demanded that he hand over his money.

A New York artist stumbled upon centuries of complaints about happenings in the city. He thought the voices in the letters should be heard so he created The New York City Museum of Complaint. While doing historical research Matthew Bakkom found that the city archived 300 years worth of complaints. He decided to compile the ones that had "a genuine voice of their own" and produce a tabloid newspaper featuring complaints from 1751 to 1973. The 31-letter tabloid is being distributed in city parks.