"Hello, truth. Hello, freedom. " The slogan was printed on the T-shirt Robert McClendon wore in court Monday when his release from prison was ordered, 18 years after conviction of child rape. Franklin County's Common Pleas Court Judge Charles A. Schneider ordered the release of McClendon, 52, of Columbus after new DNA tests showed that semen in the underwear of the then 10-year-old rape victim was not his.

Chinese authorities deported on Sunday and Monday six Canadian activists and even used the credit card of one of the deportees to buy his plane ticket. Steve Andersen, 28, and a member of Students for a Free Tibet, arrived in Edmonton Monday evening. Undercover agents arrested, questioned, and deported him and a German-Tibetan woman on Sunday for unfurling a Tibetan flag near Tiananmen Square in Beijing.

Many restaurants have a policy of giving police officers free cups of coffee or discounted food but a Chicago police officer was suspended for 18 months and recommended for counseling after she demanded free coffee and pastries from area Starbucks. Most police departments have unwritten rules against officers either accepting or demanding anything free, although those rules generally aren't enforced. Many restaurants feel it enhances safety to have police officers stop in for coffee, a snack or a meal. But officers traditionally offer to pay before a restaurant tells them it's on the house or discounted.

Police, with the approval of wildlife experts, have shot a black bear that accidentally stuck a plastic jug on its head when the animal strayed into the community of Frazee during the town's turkey festival. In a statement issued Wednesday, a bear expert at the Department of Natural Resources said they allowed police to kill the bear on Saturday because the animal came close to people. An estimated 1,500 people were in Frazee to celebrate Turkey Day.

A climate change activist stuck his hand smeared with superglue on to the sleeve of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown during their meeting Tuesday to protest the government's expansion of the country's premier airport. Dan Glass, 24, and a member of the campaign group Plane Stupid, committed the stunt inside Brown's office at 10 Downing Street while receiving an award for campaigners from the prime minister.