SAY WHAT?

“I felt like there were three angels in the room. And, interestingly, they had New York accents,” U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R.-Ill.) told NBC 5 Chicago about what he remembers upon awakening from a stroke.

According to the Maryland Access to Justice Commission, civil legal aid providers there brought $9.9 million in federal dollars into the state in 2012. 

Only 53% of chief compliance officers feel that they have sufficient resources to manage their compliance programs.

Source: Consero Group’s 2012 Chief Compliance Officer Data Survey.

43 people were executed in 2012 and in 2011, compared with 85 executions in 2000.

Source: The Death Penalty Information Center, December 2012 report.

More than 40 name-brand drugs lost their patent protection in 2012.

SPARE TIME?

If Ardsley, N.Y., solo Lisa Solomon isn’t working, chances are you’ll find her looking for wild greens or mushrooms around her Westchester County home. Solomon, who has been a forager for more than eight years, has found—and eaten—everything from stinging nettles to aborted Entoloma mushrooms. She says her love of cooking gave way to an interest in foraging and mycology. And despite the questionable looks she sometimes gets from others when she tells them about how she likes to hunt for edibles in the wild, Solomon says her hobby is a lot of fun.

What’s your unusual hobby? Tell us in the comments what you do in your spare time.