Glenn Marshall, Mashpee Wampanoag tribe leader and major force behind bringing casinos to Massachusetts, is leaving his position as chairman of the tribe council. He was caught lying about his military past and of hiding the fact that he was convicted of rape and cocaine possession. Peter Kenney at Cape Cod Today first smelled something funny about Marshall's military service. The Cape Cod Times reported that Marshall did not participate in the battle of Khe......

Gordon Brown, who is taking over for Tony Blair as British prime minister, has apparently visited Cape Cod a few times, which means Senators Kennedy and Kerry are eager to lay claim to the PM's time. He doesn't have a place there, but they're already assuming that Brown will come back. Ted Kennedy really wants Gordon Brown to sit next to him in the Cape Cod cafeteria. He released a statement calling Brown one of......

Mark Flomenbaum might be breathing a little easier tonight. State police figured out what happened to the body of Thomas Brissette. Even though the body was found, the results are still embarrassing for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Brissette's body went to a funeral home and was buried under someone else's name. Oops! During their investigation, state police realized the corpse mixup and went to the grave intended for that corpse. They found......

The body of an MIT student who went missing washed up on Scusset Beach and was discovered on Friday. Authorities had a "difficult time identifying the body," but it was that of Daniel Barclay, who had been missing from MIT since April 8. According to the MIT Tech, an autopsy was performed, and the DA for the Cape said "there were no obvious signs of trauma on the body." The MIT Tech reported that he......

--Newton brought out the bomb squad when someone spotted some suspicious backpacks on a fence at Newton North High School. The backpacks were stuffed with newspaper and $1 dollar bills, and they promoted some website called b4class.com. townonline.com has pictures of their bomb-testing robot, which reminds us of Number Five from Short Circuit. Of course, people are thinking "Aqua Teen!" and having Berdvosky/Stevens flashbacks, but at least the Aqua Teen campaign was somewhat creative. Dumping......