Phil Agre, a well-known Internet researcher and online publishing pioneer with fans all over the world was was one of the first Internet personalities, thanks to a popular email newsletter he began publishing in the 1990s. Nonetheless, he somehow managed to vanish with no sign of him at his home or office for months.

TELEGRAPH.CO.UK - Expressing sarcasm in the written word can be a dangerous business, as anyone forced to apologise for sending a tongue-in-cheek email will confirm.

Alexandra Espinosa-Amaya isn't happy about her sentence. For four hours, the 24-year-old stood outside the Orlando Police Department Tuesday with a homemade sign, apologizing for hitting an officer. "I battered a police officer. I was wrong. I apologize," she drew on a blue poster board decorated with flowers.

A 78-year-old grandmother ticketed for driving on a suspended driver's license spent 15 days in jail before authorities announced her license wasn't suspended and an outraged judge set her free.