
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Maybe she was looking for some cheese to go with the wine.
A Wisconsin tourist was busted three times in three days for DWI.
The 60-year-old Washington state woman was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined more than $30,000.
First, she drove into a ditch, then got her car stuck in the snow at a closed campground, and finally did it the old-fashioned way, driving erratically.
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This fund-raiser might seem a little nuts, but organizers guarantee everyone will “have a ball.”
The Rotary Club in Oakdale, Calif., tonight plays host to the Testicle Festival, where people will dine on 400 pounds of bull testicles. For $50 a ticket, the event benefits the Oakdale Cowboy Museum.
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A patron at the I Don’t Care Bar & Grill in Hopkinsville, Ky., apparently didn’t care it was closing time.
The man fell asleep at the bar, and workers didn’t notice him as they locked up. When he awoke at 3 a.m. and tried to leave, he tripped an alarm that brought police.
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This was one expensive side of bacon.
Jurors in Monterey County, Calif., awarded $8.6 million to a motorcyclist who was severely injured when he struck six wild boars on a state highway in 2003.
The jury ruled that state officials had known for years about wild pigs’ regularly crossing Highway 1 but had done nothing about it.
Adam Rogers, 45, a karate teacher and champion kickboxer, now has to use a wheelchair to get around.
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A stowaway got more than he bargained for when he jumped aboard a truck to go a few blocks across Toronto — and ended up traveling 125 miles before the unsuspecting driver finally stopped.
The trucker called police in Belleville, Ont., to say he spotted a man in his rear-view mirror waving at him frantically between the cab and trailer.


