The Denver suburb of Thornton is keeping drivers safe — one barber pole at a time.

The town told the coincidentally named Brian Thornton that he couldn’t erect a traditional barber pole outside his new shop — because it would violate an ordinance against any signs that might distract drivers.

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Surgeons in Phoenix removed a small lithium battery from a little boy’s stomach, after the tyke snatched it from a DVD remote and swallowed it.

It’s unclear if the boy powered down or lost energy after surgery.

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That won’t be a paparazzo snapping your picture outside a San Francisco nightclub — it’ll be the cops!

Police want to photograph every person who enters a club and scan their IDs, saying the move would help them fight violence at the night spots.

Club owners complain the police proposal is unconstitutional and would drive customers away. Mayor Edwin Lee is studying the request.

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A woman in Lyons, Kan., has been cited for illegally keeping an 8-foot python at home.

How did authorities find out about the reptile? It locked on to the neck of its owner before police rushed to the scene and Officer Max Bryant pried the snake’s jaws open.

“There’s not too many guys or women who would grab it by the end of the mouth like that,” Police Chief Chris Detmer said of his hero cop.

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A purse snatcher was sentenced to nine years in prison, ending a saga that began with the hoodlum calling 911 on himself!

Cody Bragg, 18, grabbed a woman’s purse in a parking lot of a Walmart in Alliance, Ohio. The victim and a good Samaritan gave chase, scaring Bragg, who told a 911 dispatcher, “There is this guy in a snow plow that is following me, and, uh, he’s scaring me.”