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For shame: A Florida state senator wants to use embarrassment as a tool against drunken driving. Mike Fasano proposed that license plates issued to drivers convicted of drunken driving offenses should begin with "DUI" and be pink. "Maybe it will embarrass people and keep them from drinking and driving," Mr. Fasano said. "Maybe they'll think twice." Of course, the ACLU disagrees. Larry Spalding, a legislative counsel for the group, said it opposed anything that would heap ridicule atop punishment for drunk drivers.

Moon shot

One Chinese real estate firm is looking for lunatics in the strict sense. A company calling itself the "Lunar Embassy to China" has sued the Chinese government after it blocked the group from selling real estate plots on the Moon. In the company's first three days of business, it had sold 49 acres of lunar land to 34 clients. Until Chinese authorities shut it down for profiteering and speculation, the Lunar Embassy was charging about $40 per acre, plus mineral rights.

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