Good week, Bad week

Good week for:

Doing the right thing...eventually, after a University of Delaware student returned $1,800 he received from a faulty ATM—four days later. Devon Gluck, who hopes to work in the banking industry, admitted he thought about keeping the cash, but decided to “do the right thing.”

Going vegan, after Europe’s horsemeat scandal prompted Iceland’s food standards agency to test a beef pie from a natural foods company. No horsemeat was found, but neither was there any beef—just “vegetable protein.”

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Carrying on, after the TSA changed its rules to allow air passengers to bring golf clubs, hockey sticks, plastic bats, billiard sticks, ski poles, and small knives onto planes.

Bad week for:

Royal secrets, after a slip of the tongue by Kate Middleton seemed to reveal her unborn royal child is a girl. When presented with a teddy bear by a British well-wisher, the duchess said, “Thank you, I’ll take that for my d...,” before stopping herself.

Iranians, with news that the city of Tehran is currently suffering an infestation of thousands of mutant rats weighing up to 11 pounds—the size of a small dog. Authorities have hired snipers to shoot the giant vermin, which they claim are genetic mutations.

Re-enacting the Old Testament, after a swarm of 30 million locusts descended upon Egypt just weeks before Passover. No plague of frogs or rivers of blood had yet been spotted in Egypt as The Week went to press.