The cute little Chinese "voodoo dolls" we mentioned earlier are now the subject of police raids. Note how this paper helpfully supplies information of Voodoo but fails to mention that these dolls are not religious items. An earlier voodoo doll/police story.

From the "inexplicable religious directives file" comes the order by Israeli Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu that Orthodox children's dolls must be maimed or amputated in order to avoid the sin of idolatry. I'd hate to be the one who has to tell little Eli why Teddy is missing his left ear... (Everyone knows a teddy with two eyes is a filthy idol, right?)

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia stands accused of making an obscene gesture...in a church. He denies it, but pictures are apparently forthcoming.

Interesting: Why We Let an Atheist Join Our Church