Santa’s workshop has come a long way in the last 40 years. In the most accurate historical documentary available on the subject, as recently as the mid-60s, the elves were equipped with only the skills necessary to turn out dolls, sleds, toy cars and trains, and other fairly rudimentary wood and fabric-based toys. Somewhere along the line, the Kringles must have signed up the little people for some intensive training, because the electronics coming…

A tip from a neighbor has placed Arlington resident Nancy Swift under the eye of the federal government. The school teacher found her home and work visited by groups of federal agents last summer, apparently after a neighbor called authorities to report a tenant of her home, a young Middle Eastern resident, had friends over to visit. The same neighbor also calls authorities when her grass is too long. Now Swift and her former housemate…

There’s been a bit of dire news regarding global warming floating about recently. We realize that there are competing views on whether global warming is an actual threat, but with icebergs the size of Texas and Arizona breaking away from the Arctic icepack (jeopardizing the journey to the North Pole via the Polar Express) and National Geographic saying that by the end of the century global coastlines could be significantly inundated (book your travel to…