It may not sound like punishment at all until you hear what the music was.  And then you might feel sympathetic for members of Revolving Reverence, who had to sit through an hour of it because they played their own songs too loudly!

The judge says he did it because he noticed that too many people were just paying the fine and not really learning anything from their offenses.  So tell us what you think about his unique penalty - and whether that would make you turn the volume down...

Carl Azuz, Anchor

P.S.  I was also in a high school rock band - I used to murder the drums.  And yes, we once got in trouble for playing too loudly, and we totally deserved it:  We weren't as good as Revolving Reverence.

As I write this, Nebraska's lawmakers are working to change their state's controversial safe haven law.  They're going to make it so that only infants less than 30 days old can be legally abandoned at state hospitals.  But when we aired the story, there was no age limit - meaning that people as old as 17 could be left at hospitals by their parents.

In many places, this is a crime known as abandonment.  Safe haven laws, in general, let parents who think their children are in danger leave them at hospitals without being charged with the crime.  But unlike other states with safe haven laws, Nebraska didn't initially set an age limit.  So to give you an idea of what has happened:  On Tuesday, a 15-year-old girl was left at a hospital in the central part of the state; last week, a 14-year-old and his 17-year-old sister were abandoned at a hospital in Omaha.

Many of you are around these ages.  We'd like to hear your opinions on this story.

Carl Azuz, Anchor

In the time I've worked here, I've seen stories as NASTY as they are funny.  One that comes to mind involved coffee that was processed through civet cats.  Here's what I mean:  Civet cats eat certain coffee beans.  Then, they pass the coffee beans (you know what I mean).  Afterward, the beans are cleaned up, roasted and sold for a fortune.  Mmmm.

I've never tried cat box coffee, and I wouldn't want to be the first to take a swig of NASA's recycled wastewater.  It's produced by a machine that takes sweat and urine (as in SWEAT AND URINE), filters it, and squirts out fresh drinking water.

Is it harmful?  Probably not.  Good for the environment?  It definitely recycles.  Gross?  Well, that depends on whether you'd drink filtered urine.

Still want to be an astronaut?

Carl Azuz, Anchor

...anywhere in history, that is, where would it be?

On Friday, we take you to what's billed as "virtual Rome" - a virtual-reality exhibit that aims to show tourists what Rome was like when the Colosseum was new.  Really cool idea, though I wondered why all of the characters in the exhibit had British accents.  (Shouldn't they have had Latin/Italian accents?)

Anyway, it got us talking about where we'd go if we could virtually travel to any city in history.  And that got us wondering about where you'd go if you could virtually travel to any city in history...

Carl Azuz, Anchor

On the list of bad ideas, this one's right up there with cow tipping.  (Never done that, but if I'm ever running with bulls, I'd better be in Spain.)

Even though teens really take the heat in Thursday's report, I've definitely seen older, corporate types fiddling with their Blackberries while driving, responding to their e-mail. 

I KNOW you've passed people on the road who've had trouble controlling their cars just because they're talking on cell phones.  Isn't it a much worse idea to text?  If you do it while you're behind the wheel (or if you've ever done it before), tell us why.

Carl Azuz, Anchor