Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.

Hey, did you read:

• About the federal government's $554 million settlement with the Navajo Nation? —John Dunlevy

• That local taxpayers spend millions of dollars a year prosecuting people for such small amounts of cocaine and heroin that the cases are dismissed? —Mick Dumke

• ProPublica's fact-check of Senator Dianne Feinstein's claim about the assault weapons ban? —Steve Bogira

• About the guy who confessed to a 1997 murder because unsolicited text messages from Walmart's pharmacy totally wigged him out? —Gwynedd Stuart

• About the death of the .300 hitter? —Steve Bogira

• About the standards and organizational structures—and the benefits therein—of group sex parties? —Drew Hunt

• That ESPN suspended Grantland editor in chief Bill Simmons for three weeks for having an actual opinion and calling NFL commissioner Roger Goodell a liar? —Kevin Warwick

• That Urban Outfitters claims it's the world's biggest vinyl seller? —Leor Galil

• Matmos member Drew Daniel's 13 reasons why he won't pick his 13 favorite records? —Tal Rosenberg

• Four rankings of "America's Worst Colleges"? —John Dunlevy

• About Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's increasingly lurid plotlines? —Tal Rosenberg

• About the couple who got married while waiting in the Hot Doug's line yesterday? —Molly Raskin