Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... OZARK, Mo. — This summer, Marty the Magician got a letter from the U.S. government. It began with six ominous words: “Dear Members of Our Regulated Community ...

A magician spins a black top hat to show their audience it’s empty. Then, with the wave of a wand and a few magic words, PRESTO: a snow white rabbit pokes its ears over the brim. Compared to sawing a ...

This bill isn’t disappearing. A children’s magician in the central England town of Derby said he was blindsided with a $579 bill from his local council — all because his rabbit appears in shows.

The Washington Post reports how Missouri children’s magician, Marty Hahne, is being harassed by bureaucrats at the Agriculture Department, who are requiring him to not only have a federal “rabbit ...