Weird but true
She’s going from one box to another.
A Philadelphia woman on the run from cops hid from them inside a coffin at a funeral home.
The woman had escaped while being transported between police stations, and was caught by a funeral director who found her in the casket.
Nicole April Kelly, 19, ended up being held without bail on escape charges.
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And you thought having the taxman come after you was bad.
Hundreds of people who were delinquent on their property taxes have been flooding an Indiana couple’s phone line with angry calls after their number was accidentally printed on the tax bills.
The couple has calmly explained to callers how to get in touch with the right people.
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He might want to think of a different angle.
An Alabama geometry teacher got a visit from the Secret Service when he used the example of assassinating President Obama to teach a class the concept of angles.
Investigators let him go, but school officials were quick to say the teacher showed “extremely poor judgment.”
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Here’s a guy who really needed a pit stop.
The driver of a Corvette who led San Diego County, Calif., deputies on a high-speed chase for 50 miles before his engine blew is a retired NASCAR racer.
James Neal allegedly sped off at 130 mph after being pulled over for a traffic violation.
Neal, 56, who raced back in the early 1980s, never won a national event.
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He’ll have lots of time to warm up those cold feet.
A Taiwanese court sentenced a runaway groom to five months in jail after he bailed on his bride and took all the jewelry given to him as a dowry.
The man tried to claim he couldn’t marry the woman because it would violate a “family taboo.”

