New York's new governor, who recently disclosed that he committed adultery with several women, said yesterday that he used cocaine and smoked marijuana.

Gov. David Paterson admitted in a television interview that he ''tried [cocaine] a couple of times'' when he was ''about 22 or 23.'' ''And marijuana probably when I was about 20,'' he told NY1 cable news.

The good news is they probably won't catch him driving around with no panties on.



Police in Pennsylvania are looking for a man who pretends to be a basketball coach and scams McDonald's restaurants out of food and money using bad checks. The man drives up in a school-type bus and orders about $50 of food for his "team." He pays with a $150 check that appears to be from a school district and takes his food and the change in cash.

Police have put out an APB for a middle-aged man with one hundred dollars and diarrhea.



A driver in Washington state was stopped on suspicion of being a terrorist after his radioactive cat was mistaken for a bomb. Anti-terror cops using specialized radiation detectors on highway traffic flagged down the man, but a search of his car revealed only his cat who had undergone radiotherapy for cancer three days earlier.

The man says he didn't mind being questioned, but the cat's still a little sore from being disarmed.



Easter in the Philippines is very strange. To atone for a year of sins, the people take to the streets, whipping themselves senseless and sometimes even nailing themselves onto crosses to reenact Jesus' fate.

And the tourist board is still warning people to stay away from the street food.



Two entrepreneurs have started a company that manufactures wheeled carts for disabled pets. Eddie and Leslie Grinnell, founders of Eddie's Wheels, built their first cart in 1989 when their Doberman lost the use of her rear legs. Since then they've built carts for cats, llamas, goats, and sheep, and they even keep a few on hand small enough for a gerbil or a hamster.

In unrelated news, Richard Gere announced that he's now wheelchair accessible.