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An award-winning author of crime novels in Spain, a feminist professor who wrote under a pseudonym and was quite secretive, was exposed when she won an award and turned out to be three men who took advantage of the marketing opportunity to pose as a female writer and got honored for "her" work. Does the author's identity matter to you when you're reading a book? If it's a good story, is it an issue for you that the author might not be who you think it is? Or does the deception repel ...

Did someone say over-the-top Halloween house decorations? Here's a woman in northeast Pennsylvania who decks her house out in spooky stuff and has for the past 15 years, drawing gawkers from the whole area. Every town has one like this. Where are yours? (WBRE-TV-WYOU-TV/Wilkes-Barre-Scranton)

Here's a real find: An archeological dig in Israel turned up a 7th century B.C. toilet. Not just any toilet, but a fancy one. Granted, it's basically a hole in limestone, but it was a throne for its time, pre-flushing. Yes, people had bodily functions in the 7th century B.C. What did you think they did? (Washington Post)

People did not react well to a report leaked from the opposition conservative party in Australia that they're thinking of proposing giving Tasers to teachers to control unruly students. And, yes, that's outrageous! Everyone knows they SHOULD be packing Glocks for that. (Brisbane Courier-Mail; Thanks to Jeff Katz at WXKS (Rush Radio 1200)/Boston for the link)

Mexico is justifiably proud of Monterrey, a city that's become a modern, bustling metropolis. Apart, that is, from the requisite gang activity. And a reminder that the Mexican government is not in control of its own cities is the narco-blockade of Monterrey, in which the drug cartels blocked off at least 13 major roads, using carjacked vehicles. It all happened after cops shot and killed one of the cartel leaders. They have a civil war in their own country, and in places like Monterrey ...