Strange News

Man shot by his stepdad ends up in jail with him A man who police said was shot by his stepfather ended up in the same jail with him after officers discovered outstanding arrest warrants against the victim.

Father-son duo accused of gravestone robbing Police are puzzling over what would motivate a father and son to haul off six tombstones from a monument company in suburban Albany. Town of Colonie Detective Lt.

Cops: Heart at Paw Paw car wash belonged to a deer Paw Paw's police chief said a heart found at a car wash in the southwestern Michigan village belonged to a deer. Investigators had been trying to determine the organ's origin since Dec.

Art and sole: Patrons pitch shoes at Bush image Art was laced up with political statement as a gallery opened an exhibit with a paint-splattered fundraiser that featured a "shoe throw" at an image of President George W. Bush.

Topless coffee shop proposed for small Maine town A one-time motel in a small central Maine town could soon be offering an eye-opening way to start the day—topless coffee shop waitresses.

LI man aims at duck, hits man, gets arrested He meant to shoot the ducks. A Long Island man is facing charges including reckless endangerment and assault after he shot another hunter while out duck hunting on Saturday.

Premium tuna fetches $100,000 in Tokyo auction Two sushi bar owners paid more than $100,000 for a Japanese bluefin tuna at a Tokyo fish auction Monday, about ten times the average price and the highest in nearly a decade, market officials said.

Rare 1937 Bugatti supercar found in English garage It was the equivalent of finding an old Picasso or an unknown Beatles tape hidden away in your uncle's attic.

89-year-old arrested for keeping ball sues family An 89-year-old Cincinnati-area woman arrested for confiscating the neighbor kid's football is now suing the boy's parents.

Have the right answer about doing the right thing? A tricky question of morality is this year's brainteaser in the annual philosophy competition called the Great American Think-Off.

Fabulous fib is named Wis. club's top lie of 2008 A whopper about a devious baby and his diapers is the top lie of 2008, an organization of champion fibbers declared Monday.

Police: Mexican woman in wheelchair flees on foot Police say a woman who begged from a wheelchair was caught running from a crime scene on foot in Monterrey, Mexico.

Lawyer: Alleged Pa. attic intruder 'sorry, upset' A man who allegedly squatted in the attic of a Pennsylvania family's home over Christmas and helped himself to their belongings is "sorry and upset" it happened, his lawyer said Monday.

Cops probing sewer problem sniff out pot operation Deputies investigating a sewer problem at a Minnesota home smelled something amiss—a strong odor of marijuana.

NC man shot by his stepfather ends up in same jail A man who police said was shot by his stepfather ended up in the same jail with him after officers discovered outstanding arrest warrants against the victim.

Man finds live mortar shell in grandpa's things A bomb squad took a live mortar shell that a man found among his grandfather's possessions and detonated it at an undisclosed site.

NY judge: Religion aside, monkey meat needs permit A federal judge in Brooklyn has rejected a Liberian woman's religious reasons for smuggling endangered monkey meat into the country.

Mexican warlock predicts US troops on border Mexico's self-proclaimed "Grand Warlock" says the United States will pull troops out of Iraq in 2009 and send them to the border with Mexico in an attempt to expand its territory.

Detroit lawyer gets 5-cent IRS bill, 4-cent refund James Howarth is a little confused by two letters he has received from the Internal Revenue Service.

'Hello 911? I'm driving drunk' Police get calls about drunken drivers all the time, but rarely do they come from the alleged offender.