• The Bloomington (Minnesota) Police Department is having the books thrown at it after calling people who take volumes from Little Free Libraries "thieves."
In early July, the department posted on Twitter: "After some thefts from little libraries in our city, officers and staff came together to donate a bunch of books to the libraries.
Now people can use and enjoy them again." But Fox News reported that people weren't buying it: "How can you steal something free, officers?" one responder wrote.
The BPD also tweeted that someone had been taking the books to sell for profit, which also invited scorn.
Finally, the department admitted that using the word "theft" was "a human error," and apologized.
• A woman from West Yorkshire, England, called in sick to work so that she could attend the Euro semifinal soccer game in London on July 7, Metro News reported.
Nina Farooqi, 37, thought her company would be short-staffed that day, and therefore probably wouldn't let her have the day off.
But when her photos popped up on the BBC, her employer called her and said not to bother coming in the next day.
"I didn't get any sympathy at all and they said 'That's it.' We're through to the final, I'm still on that high, but I've also lost my job," Farooqi said. "I'd do it all over again. Football is my life."