A Chicago Heights, Ind., woman in her 80s drove through a Dairy Queen (April). Chicago Heights:

A Chicago Heights, Ind., woman in her 80s drove through a Dairy Queen (April). Chicago Heights:
A 2007 decision of New York City's Civil Service Commission reinstated a police officer even though NYPD has ruled him unfit for duty, in large part because he admitted to a "fear of dead people," which the department had thought would make his job difficult. (However, in March 2008, a New York City judge overturned the commission ruling.)
A Springfield, Ill., woman described as "elderly," drove through a delicatessen (March). Springfield:
A Burbank, Calif., woman, 88, drove into a post office, injuring two (March). Burbank:
A San Diego woman, 81, drove her car onto the support wires for a power pole, where it was dangling when police arrived (March). San Diego:
A patient reporting for an appointment with dentist Norman Rubin in Smithtown, N.Y., in March told the New York Post that Rubin was in the otherwise-empty office, passed out, drooling, with a gas mask on his face. (Rubin later told the Post, in defense, that it was, after all, his lunch hour.)

