It wasn’t exactly a high-speed chase.

West Virginia police arrested a man accused of drunken driving, but not before he tried to outrun them – on his lawnmower.

As Michael Ginevan pulled away, an officer gave chase on foot, and eventually yanked him off the riding mower.

Cops found a case of beer strapped to the front.

Ginevan was charged with drunken driving, fleeing police and obstructing an officer.

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A Nevada woman received word from God – on a highway off-ramp.

Carla Dupree, 29, gave birth to her fifth child as she pulled off a Reno freeway, and says that was a sign from God not to have any more children.

“I had him on the freeway,” she said. “This is the last one. God is telling me something.”

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There’s making way for progress, and then there’s progress making way for you.

Developers in Seattle have decided to build a commercial project around the home of 86-year-old Edith Macefield after she refused their $1 million offer to move.

“I don’t want to move. I don’t need the money. Money doesn’t mean anything,” she said.

Now she’ll live with the five-story construction project being built around her home.

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Customs officials in the Philippines found live scorpions and spiders in a package they intercepted as it arrived from Hong Kong.

“The scorpions almost bit the examiner,” said Nelson Ebio, of the Central Mail Exchange Center in Manila.

The 300 creatures – which included tarantulas – were packed in nets, bottles and plastic boxes that were concealed under clothes.

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In a country known as a haven for sex tourism, you wouldn’t think people would be shy.

But a Thai bank has started handing out condoms to customers because people in the country are often too embarrassed to buy them at a store.

The “Condoms for Confidence” campaign makes the prophylactics available at 600 branches.