March madness erupted in Delaware this week over a driveway basketball hoop.

A Dover woman was so upset that city officials planned to remove her kids’ hoop — because it was too close to the road, in violation of a city ordinance — that she climbed atop the 10-foot high post and staged a sit-in until she was coaxed down and the law prevailed.

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A Chicago man is $9 million richer after finding a lost lottery ticket he had forgotten about for a year.

Irving Przyborski was doing his taxes when he found the ticket in a folder, checked the numbers via the Internet and discovered he was a lucky millionaire.

Doubly lucky — because the ticket would have expired within the week.

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Next time, don’t buy your wedding food at an outlet store.

A Boise, Idaho, bride learned that the hard way when 40 guests came down with salmonella, apparently from cantaloupe that had been under recall but mistakenly not pulled from the shelves.

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How does the public want to preserve a pristine, island bird sanctuary? With dune buggies!

Officials in New Hampshire asked citizens to suggest ways to use the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge.

The number-one submitted answer was to let buggies and ATVs tear up the place.

The idea was nixed.

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Adulterers rejoice — cheating is now legal in Mexico!

The nation’s Senate has repealed a law that made adultery a crime punishable by two years in prison.

It was actually pretty difficult to get caught under the law. The offending cheaters had to be caught in the act, which had to take place in the marital home.