A Bank of America branch in Ashland, Mass., was evacuated after employees received an incomplete fax depicting images of a lit match and a bomb with a fuse and thought it was a terror threat.

What failed to come through were text pages that indicated the graphic was part of a small-business promotion in the area.

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A former Wal-Mart cashier in Michigan says he was fired after joking on his MySpace page that the average IQ of the population would rise if bombs were dropped on Wal-Mart stores.

“I told them that this was crazy,” said David Noordewier. “Then they escorted me out to the parking lot.”

Wal-Mart officials confirmed Noordewier was fired but would not say why.

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An errant computer keystroke accidentally resulted in $2.5 million in Minnesota state funds being sent to the wrong person.

But instead of returning the cash, the woman who received the check, Sabrina Walker, went on a spending spree, buying thousands of dollars of jewelry, electronics and several cars.

Walker was charged with theft and held on $200,000 bail.

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Two “faith-healing” brothers in California have been charged with scaring clients into believing they were cursed and would die unless they ponied up thousands of dollars for a “cleansing” ritual.

The pair wore robes and performed sleight-of-hand tricks – like turning water into a red substance that they convinced their clients was blood – to fool them into believing they were possessed.

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Some men would give away the farm for a larger penis. But in Serbia, men are getting a bargain – giving away their prized cows for a more mammoth member.

The country’s top plastic surgeon has been accepting bovine exchange for his services.

“The price of the operation, around $800, is almost exactly what a good cow is worth,” the doctor said. “Some want to add 10 centimeters and that is just not possible – at least not for just one cow.”