Six half-naked animal rights demonstrators began a string of protests planned in the days before Pamplona's traditional "running of the bulls" begin next week. The group reportedly interrupted Madrid's historic Puerta del Sol square overnight in a protest against bullfighting. Shoppers and tourists snapped photos as the five young women and one man carried "Stop the Bloody Bullfights" signs held by the protesters, wearing only white underpants and plastic bulls horns on their heads. The chanted, "Torture is not art or culture".

Florida judge Richard Albritton is facing a disciplinary hearing for a string of offesive comments he made toward defendants and lawyers in his court room. Documents on The Smoking Gun also show numerous other bold and offensive statements and actions on behalf of Albritton: