"Handcuffed, dragged away through ice and snow and imprisoned just for wearing a hat? That's a joke. That's not possible. No cop is that foolish. But it is true. Peter Eyre was caged yesterday in Keene, New Hampshire for that very offense.

Bishop Gene Robinson of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire said he would retire in 2013, when he will be 65. "The fact is, the last seven years have taken their toll on me, my family and you," Robinson wrote in a message posted on the diocese website.

Tina Anderson was only 15 when she said she was forced to stand terrified before her entire Baptist congregation to confess her "sin" -- she had become pregnant.