Weird but true
Maybe she was a double agent for PETA.
A dog shot her owner while he was duck hunting in Los Banos, Calif.
The 53-year-old man was wounded after he put his loaded shotgun on the ground and his black Lab stepped on it.
The red-faced hunter was released after treatment for a minor wound.
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A Wyoming man suspected of stealing a bottle of booze from a grocery store didn’t plan out the best possible escape route.
After the suspect ran out of the store in Riverton, he hid in a nearby building. It happened to be the local police station.
A dispatcher saw him on a surveillance camera and alerted officers, who promptly busted him.
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Finally, they can begin a big trial in the Big Easy.
The case, involving an asbestos-related death, should have started last week. But the judge postponed it — saying that jurors would be too distracted by Super Bowl fever to pay attention.
“The court takes judicial notice that Saints-mania permeates the city of New Orleans,” Judge Michael Bagneris wrote.
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A cash-strapped New Zealand student who auctioned off her virginity has accepted a bid of more than $32,000.
The 19-year-old, who placed ads under the name “Unigirl,” said more than 1,200 men made bids in her online auction.
“I have accepted an offer way beyond what I dreamed,” she wrote on her Web page. “Thank you to the more than 30,000 people who viewed my ad.”

