Weird

Remember the pig hidden within the decal on the doors of some Vermont State Police cruisers?

Modified: 02/09/12 04:53:41 PM

A California woman has her gold necklace back months after she accidentally flushed it down her toilet.

Modified: 02/09/12 04:53:44 PM
Link
http://bit.ly/yB9mQ6
Link
http://www.marinij.com

Qasim Khan waged the unlikeliest of battles with Pakistani authorities Thursday over the right to charge hundreds of curious visitors the equivalent of 22 cents each to see a roughly 40-foot whale shark he bought from a fisherman.

Modified: 02/09/12 03:58:17 PM
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Greek party leaders seek deal as bankruptcy looms

A spat over forgetting to wish his wife a happy birthday landed a South Florida man in jail on domestic violence charges.

Modified: 02/08/12 01:00:35 PM
Link
http://sunsent.nl/znDyEe

Authorities in Alaska say a man threatened to teach "crackheads" how to make "electromagnetic distortion devices" unless the state paid him $85,000.

Modified: 02/07/12 11:39:26 PM

Authorities say a helicopter encountered mechanical problems before making an emergency landing at an elementary school playground in a Modesto, Calif., neighborhood.

Modified: 02/05/12 09:44:17 PM
Link
http://bit.ly/yDQbpa
Link
http://www.modbee.com

Competitive-eating champ Takeru Kobayashi (tah-kah-roo koh-bee-yah-shee) conquered Philadelphia's annual gustatory gorge-fest by eating 337 chicken wings in a half-hour before a crowd of nearly 20,000 at Wing Bowl XX.

Modified: 02/04/12 12:33:49 AM

A runaway elk can't go home to Pennsylvania, even if it wanted to.

Modified: 02/03/12 06:59:40 AM
Link
http://bit.ly/zdbCmK
Link
http://www.post-gazette.com

A 250-pound man with a history of jumping on the backs of student athletes in the Pacific Northwest has pleaded guilty to assault.

Modified: 02/02/12 10:39:48 PM
Link
http://bit.ly/zS4tib

A prison inmate who makes stationery and license plates pulled a fast one on state police by adding the image of a pig to the state decal on their cruisers.

Modified: 02/04/12 08:09:05 AM
Link
http://bfpne.ws/wesdey
Link
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com

A suspect in an auto theft was arrested Thursday after a bizarre five-hour standoff on the rooftops of a Westwood neighborhood.

Modified: 02/09/12 05:08:20 PM

Some residents in Burlington are complaining to the city about what they say is a church making some not-so-joyful noise.

Modified: 02/09/12 07:03:17 AM
Link
http://bit.ly/yYMesT
Link
http://www.thetimesnews.com

The former mayor of a Los Angeles suburb has pleaded guilty to stealing a commercial food mixer from the local school district so he could make dough for his home pizza oven.

Modified: 02/08/12 09:56:37 PM

The Washington State Patrol says an irate driver apparently whacked a man in the shoulder with a small sledge hammer in a road rage dispute.

Modified: 02/08/12 01:39:15 AM

A Butte man who told officers he instigated a police chase because he always wanted to try it, found out it'll cost him a $1,000 fine to go with his tire damage.

Modified: 02/06/12 12:44:18 PM
Link
http://bit.ly/xZW1B4
Link
http://www.mtstandard.com

A Chicago college is offering a class on the Occupy movement.

Modified: 02/05/12 01:24:09 PM
Link
http://bit.ly/w7Fgm7
Link
http://www.suntimes.com/index

Champis the bunny doesn't only hop - he also knows how to herd his masters' flock of sheep, possibly having picked up the skill after watching trained dogs do the job.

Modified: 02/03/12 12:48:48 PM
Link
http://bit.ly/Aixo8I

A woman who called the wrong number when she suffered a stroke still found help a couple of time zones away.

Modified: 02/03/12 12:08:52 PM

A 55-year-old Montana man who says he "always wanted" to be part of a police chase can check that off his bucket list.

Modified: 02/02/12 09:44:31 PM
Link
http://bit.ly/xPc9Yc

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