Some 106 aspirants, ranging from jobless to farmers to priests, are eying the presidential seat in South Korea for the December 2007 national elections. A commission on election spokesman Kim Young-Hun confirmed that a total of 106 people have already registered on a preliminary list since the filing of candidacy started in April.

The Philippine Supreme Court rebuked a regional trial court judge in Caloocan City, north of the capital Manila, for using "disrespectful language" in her court documents filed before the high tribunal. Judge Adoracion Angeles was also warned by the SC that she faces serious sanctions if she does not stop this egregious practice. Court records showed Angeles filed several complaints against Senior State Prosecutor Emmanuel Velasco in retaliation for the 10 administrative charges filed by Velasco against her for alleged gross ignorance of the law, manifest impartiality and bad faith.

A 49-year-old man from Boston, Mass. pleaded guilty Wednesday in U. S. District Court to collecting thousands of dollars of false insurance money after he and his wife intentionally ate glass in various restaurants. According to prosecutors, Ronald Evano was supported by his wife, Mary Evano to file fraudulent insurance claims worth more than $200,000. He pleaded guilty to 20 counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud, identity theft, making false statements on health care matters and Social Security fraud.

A 23-year-old man from Valparaiso, Indiana faces burglary charges after he admitted to breaking into a Porter County probation office and stealing two urine samples, including his own. The incident took place on Tuesday night when Joseph Klinkman broke the Porter County PACT office, which operates programs for prisoners, ex-offenders, victims and witnesses. He is also accused in an earlier drug possession charge.

A 53-year-old Catholic priest from Colorado, who decided to run naked about an hour before sunrise thinking no one would notice him at that hour, now faces an indecent exposure charge. Admitting that what he did was wrong, the Rev. Robert Whipkey told police officers he decided to run naked because he sweats a lot if he wears clothing while jogging.