A member of Colombia's dreaded "Los Topos" gang who escaped prison after being incarcerated last year was caught by police this week despite having undergone a very "convincing sex change."

Monster Season 2010 has already brought us the Giant Sea Bug and the Giant Scary Lizard; today, scientists say they have found the storied Giant Palouse Earthworm. Nine translucent inches...of doom. Eh. [NYT. Pic via]

Says Times cheerleader: "TimesSelect did work, however, in the long haul, just the growth of advertising revenue versus the kind of single-digit growth that we would find in subscription revenue is going to keep us in business longer so that we can keep hiring more reporters and keep covering news of the world." Why can't execs ever say "Wow, that just didn't pan out"? [On the Media, via]