
Weird but true
A Glendale, Calif., man found his stolen motorcycle — and the thieves who swiped it — on Craigslist.
He was shopping for a replacement when he came upon a familiar-looking bike on the Web site. He set up a meeting, recognized his stolen ride, and called cops.
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Do pets know when it’s going to rain cats and dogs?
Two-thirds of US pet owners say their animals can sense upcoming bad weather, according to an AP-Petside.com poll. Forty-seven percent of dog owners and 41 percent of cat owners also said they’ve been alerted to bad news by their pets.
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God blessed him.
An Italian man, hit in the head by a stray bullet on New Year’s Eve, miraculous survived — after sneezing out the round.
The bullet entered the right side of 28-year-old Darco Sangermano’s head, passed behind his eye and hit a nose bone, before lodging in his right nostril. While at a Naples hospital, Sangermano sneezed, and out came the bullet.
Apart from a headache, he felt fine.
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No mulligan here.
A British woman was sentenced to 24 weeks in jail for drawing disability benefits for 10 years — while never missing her golf games.
Valerie Lewis, 55, pocketed more than $60,000 by claiming she could barely get out of bed because of back pain. She was busted after investigators took video of her on the links.
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Russia’s version of Bernie Madoff is up to his old tricks — but at least he’s up front about it.
Sergei Mavrodi, who once did 4½ years for running Russia’s largest pyramid fraud, said yesterday he’s introducing a new “pyramid scheme,” promising big returns.
“Everything is clear and transparent,” Mavrodi said, explaining plans for a classic Ponzi with new investors paying older ones.


