Seagoville High School suspended hundreds of students who showed up with the wrong kind of belt. The Texas school adopted a new dress code this year mandating that students wear only brown or black belts with a "standard buckle" and no designs or logos. Students were informed of the new dress code on a Monday. The next day, the school suspended between up to 42 percent of its students, all for having the wrong belts.

Jon Tennett, 81, says he just wants to keep busy, so he fixes lawn mowers and small machines for his neighbors free of charge in his garage. Despite the fact that he doesn't get paid for his work, officials in Pickering, Ontario, have charged him with operating a home business in violation of zoning rules. He faces a $25,000 fine if convicted. Meanwhile, the city has charged his neighbor, retired nurse Janice Saroop, with the ...

Jon Tennett, 81, says he just wants to keep busy, so he fixes lawn mowers and small machines for his neighbors free of charge in his garage. Despite the fact that he doesn't get paid for his work, officials in Pickering, Ontario, have charged him with operating a home business in violation of zoning rules. He faces a $25,000 fine if convicted. Meanwhile, the city has charged his neighbor, retired nurse Janice Saroop, with the ...

With California in a drought, Anne Hartridge and Matt George decided to stop watering their lawn. The Sacramento couple takes environmentalism seriously. They often bike to work, have installed solar panels on their home, and dry their clothes on a clothes line. But a neighbor complained about their brown lawn, and the city cited them with breaking a city law requiring lawns to be "irrigated, landscaped and maintained."