Mr. Angel Medina, 24, was found dead underneath a bridge in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in August, and in accordance with what his brother said were his longstanding wishes, he was embalmed in a standing position, in a corner of his mother’s living room, for a three-day wake (wearing his Yankees cap and sunglasses).
As police cars in Minnetonka, Minn., chased suspected burglar Grayson Clevenger, 27, an officer who knew Clevenger’s cell-phone number called to persuade him to give up. Clevenger picked up the phone and, according to officers, yelled, “Dude, I can’t talk! I’m being chased by the police!” He was captured a short time later.
This article appears in Sep 24-30, 2008.