He went from the doghouse to the big house to the unemployment line.

A drunken off-duty Tennessee sheriff’s deputy had to be put into a police car’s dog cage after he was unable to perform a field sobriety test and then tried to kick out the cruiser’s windows on his way to jail.

Samuel Monroe Bledsoe, 47, was later fired.

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Ladies and gentlemen, Butte is burning.

A restaurant in the placid Montana town has been burglarized three times in the past four days, with thieves making off with hundreds of dollars in tips.

Every time the owners fixed the door, the thieves came back and broke in again. The fourth time, the owners wised up and took all the money out.

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Whoa, Abdullah!

A man in the United Arab Emirates plunked down nearly $6.5 million to buy three camels at a desert auction.

One of the beasts went for $2.72 million, another, $2.4 million, and the third, $1.35 million.

Camel racing is wildly popular in the Middle East, and Arab princes are known to pay top dollar for a champion.

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The president of Indonesia has banned water buffaloes from being brought to political protests after the opposition began saying he was as dumb as a water buffalo.

Protesters have taken to leading the beasts — with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s name painted on them — to rallies.

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She really ought to move on.

A Chinese woman is seeking extensive plastic surgery to make her look like Jessica Alba in hopes of winning back her boyfriend, who is obsessed with the actress.

The ex has built shrines to the “Fantastic Four” star in his apartment, and ditched his gal pal of 18 months because she did not look enough like the actress.