Weird but true
She almost ended up sleeping with the fishes.
A Florida woman and her 6-year-old son survived after she slammed the family’s pickup truck into a 1,500-gallon saltwater fish tank at Tampa International Airport.
The fish were not so lucky. Forty died, and the airport was out $200,000.
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Cars and water don’t mix in Florida. (See above.)
A man in Manatee, Fla., was charged with illegal dumping — for allegedly pushing his girlfriend’s car into a river after a spat.
They were arguing in her car Sunday when he kicked her out and drove to the nearest boat ramp, where witnesses spotted him giving the vehicle a shove into the water.
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You’ve heard about hero police dogs. This is not one of them.
An Oregon burglar trying to break into a residence escaped cops after a police dog bit the innocent homeowner and let the prowler get away.
Adding insult to injury, police have yet to apologize to the man, who suffered a chomp on the butt.
The police chief said only that the incident was “unfortunate.”
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This is the ultimate abuse of eminent domain.
A man who owned a home on a tiny Northern Ireland island but lived overseas was awarded $69,000 after a neighboring hotel owner bulldozed his house and turned the space into a parking lot while he was away.
Neville Presho, who lives in New Zealand, was stunned to find his 19th century stone house gone when he returned to Tory Island.
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Call it the paws of life.
A Polish man who suffered a heart attack was revived when his pet Jack Russell terrier hopped up and down on his chest, jump-starting his ticker.
“I want everyone to know how much I love my big-hearted dog,” said Piotr Wagner, pointing to a heart-shaped marking on the dog’s side.

