"The source told the newspaper that Mr. Frankel [accused of "absconding with a huge cache of insurance company investments"], who remains at large, may have suffered from 'trader's block'--a psychological inability to complete a financial transaction."

"Japanese lawmakers on Thursday gave police the power to use wiretaps against crime suspects, defeating critics who fear it will lead to invasions of privacy. Opposition lawmakers in the upper house of Parliament tried to delay the vote in a marathon 21-hour session, at one point employing a 'cow walk' in which they shuffled excruciatingly slowly--or almost not at all--to place their ballots."