A team of British police raided a 30-year-old man's birthday barbecue because they thought he was throwing a rave. The cops' source of information: Facebook.

Marc Emery -- best known to Canadians for smoking massive joints at pro-cannabis legalization rallies and taking bong hits before defending the plant at news conferences -- visited Calgary on Sun., July 5, as part of his farewell tour.

From The New York Times: "With Detroit facing a budget crisis, Police Chief Ella Bully-Cummings announced plans to lay off 150 police officers and merge the city's 12 police precincts into six district stations."