We know the Bible says sinful behavior brings plagues, but we never thought this would happen.

A courthouse in West Palm Beach, Fla., had to be shut down when it became so infested with mice that they began falling from the ceiling.

The rodents were also spotted munching on court papers and scurrying around during trials.

*****

Does this count as literary criticism?

Bookworms have been forced out of an Allensville, Pa., library after a skunk moved in.

Library boss Harold Johnson Jr. believes the odorous but clever critter has been using ductwork to elude pest-control personnel.

*****

Does the winner in this divorce-asset fight end up on the terrorist watch list?

A St. Louis couple is battling over who gets to keep a $125,000 Air National Guard missile, which for some unknown reason was in their home.

The husband wants to keep the disarmed training weapon and hang it above his bar, while his estranged spouse says she intends to give it back to the Guard, which is demanding it back.

*****

Here’s a whole new definition of being tanked.

A drunken British soldier broke into a depot in Bergen, Germany, and stole a tank. He drove off the road after 500 yards, then went back and took another one.

Guards on patrol chased him until he slammed the lumbering vehicle into a tree and was caught.

*****

One creature’s cesspool is another’s palace.

A juvenile hippo in South Africa has decided to make his home at a Cape Town sewage plant.

Officials say the hippo made his way into the facility through a hole in the fence after his daddy instinctually forced him from his herd, as is normal for hippos of a certain age.