WEIRD BUT TRUE
So much for blood being thicker than water.
The estate of a Derry Township, Pa., guy killed after pushing his father out of the way of a falling tree has filed a negligence lawsuit against the dad.
Victim Brian Shean’s wife says she’s suing her father-in-law in the interest of her 4-year-old son.
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Here’s a guy trying to reserve a special place for himself in hell.
Pennsylvania police are hunting for a scammer who poses as a repairman to steal elderly victims’ electric mobility scooters.
The man has duped at least one woman by saying he would bring her scooter back after servicing it but then disappeared.
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Whatever happened to calling a spade a spade?
A judge in Lincoln, Neb., denied a prison inmate’s application to change his name to “Sinner.”
The judge said government agencies needed to keep close track of 23-year-old Jonathan Thomas because of his extensive criminal record and child-support requirements.
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Talk about being blue in the Facebook.
An Italian woman dumped her fiancé after finding pictures of him on his Facebook page with his head between another woman’s breasts.
Not content to leave it there, the livid ex posted fliers of the picture with the label “traitor pig” all over Rome.
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Officials in Amsterdam are posting signs in spots known for gay cruising to alert unwary tourists.
“If you don’t want to be confronted by a vision of that sort, the signs allow you to avoid specific areas,” said city spokeswoman Manon Koffijberg.
While having sex in public is against the law there, it has been going in some parks for so long that officials look the other way.

