Here are the stories keeping our reporters busy Friday:

• A man charged with stabbing another man says an errant diaper caused the slashing.

• Seventy-two years ago, an area man was shot down on a bombing run over Germany. He lost his leg, but lived to tell the story.

• Not content to simply cash her allegedly forged checks, a woman also made used of the memo line to jot down some notes, police say.

• Prison officials say that a sex offender beat up by his neo-Nazi cellmate is inflating his injuries to pursue a lawsuit.

Look for these stories and more in Saturday's Press Enterprise.