An inmate in the county jail in Huntington, Ind., faces new charges after his wife sent him two Bibles – with cocaine hidden in their spines.

The wife, who also was arrested, said her husband planned to sell the drugs in the slammer.

Sounds to us like they haven’t got a prayer.

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Sounds fishy, but it’s true.

A 3-foot gulf sturgeon jumped into a boat on the Suwannee River in Bell, Fla., and hit a woman in the face.

Her facial injuries were so severe, she required plastic surgery.

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Some California motorists – frustrated by ever-surging gas prices – are deliberately running dry on state freeways.

That’s because tow-truck operators patrol the freeways and provide a free gallon of gas to anyone who runs out.

One tow-truck operator recalled a man “who was stopping every morning to get his one free gallon,” and predicted, “I think it’s going to be more drastic when the price of gas is closer to $4 a gallon.”

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A man wanted for assault jumped onto a horse-drawn cart and led police on a harrowing low speed chase on a four-lane highway in Leeds, England.

At one point, as he wove through traffic, he was being pursued by four police motorbikes, a patrol car, a van, two bikes and a helicopter.

And he got away – after leaping off the cart and slipping down a side street.

Perhaps the cops could have done with a bit of horse sense.

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It’s meant to odorize, not terrorize – but Norwegian officials have barred the sale of a L’Oréal perfume from all duty-free shops at the Oslo airport.

The perfume, Flowerbomb, comes in a bottle shaped like a hand grenade, and officials fear extremists might be tempted to use it to scare passengers.

It makes scents – er, sense – to us, even if some customers will think it stinks.