A 53-year-old woman who was driving her dead mother across country to save on mortuary transportation costs was fined by police for disturbing a dead person's peace, says Reuters. "You're not allowed to transport dead people in your private car," said Ralf Schomisch, police spokesman in Koblenz, where the car was found after a tip-off from a mortuary.

"Big Brother" is watching. According to the "Palm Beach Post" newspaper, a local police agency in South Florida was most likely the authority who first mistook the e-mail sent by a member of a Lake Worth area group, The Truth Project, to the Pentagon as a possible terrorist suspect. The anti-terror program of the Pentagon checked out the group and the source of the e-mail, and has since apologized to the group. Specifics of the e-mail letter were not revealed to the media.

Ben and Jerry's new ice cream flavor, "Black and Tan," is causing an uproar, as it is the nickname of a brutal British militia in the 1920s. The ice cream makers have apologized for the name, which is based on an ale and stout drink called "Black and Tan. "

A Kenyan man is convicted of attempting to commit suicide by jumping into a river. Reuters reports Stephen Nyamu Ngari, 68, admitted that he made the attempt because he was sick of his country's politics.

Naples, FL (AHN)-In what would seem to be nothing more than a holiday prank, a newspaper in Florida reports that the Easter Bunny was arrested for attacking a woman. Unfortunately, however, it turns out that the truth can indeed be stranger than fiction.