A Florida student doesn’t understand that you’re suppose to give an apple to your teacher – not take it.

An 18-year-old from Port St. Lucie HS allegedly swiped his teacher’s decorative apple after the instructor confiscated a metal spring he was playing with during class.

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In South Carolina, nothing says love like handguns and rifles.

The Valentine’s Weekend-theme “Guns for Roses” program netted hundreds of firearms in Columbia and Sumter, as gun owners exchanged weapons for roses and Best Buy gift cards.

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Here’s one way to fight crime: Steal the bad guy’s getaway car.

A Bellevue, Wash., man heard burglars breaking in to swipe his three flat-screen televisions. Would-be victim Patrick Rosario, 32, sneaked out while calling 911 and saw the getaway van’s motor running, keys in the ignition and no one inside.

So Rosario drove off with the Ford to a pal’s house, as the burglars fled on foot, leaving the TVs, a laptop computer and a jewelry box by his door.

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A letter carrier in suburban Buffalo has been threatened with suspension because he didn’t cross snow-covered lawns on his beat one day last month.

“This has been a growing issue all this winter, but this is the first time one of our carriers has been disciplined in writing for it,” union president Robert J. McLennan told The Buffalo News.

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Hey, San Francisco, say hello to my little friend!

The city has rehired costumed characters Healthy Penis and his nemesis Phil the Syphilis Sore for parades and other events.

The characters, controversial when they debuted in 2002, had been phased out but are now being brought back after local cases of syphilis went up 50 percent from 2007 to 2008.