A teacher is facing suspension for reading students their rights.

High-school social-studies teacher John Dryden of Batavia, Ill., informed students of their Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate themselves just before they were to answer a school-sponsored questionnaire grilling them about drug and alcohol use.

School officials were outraged, and now Dryden could be fired.

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If you want to protest the government, try organizing a rally before resorting to chicken feces.

A Pierre, SD, man is facing a year in prison after he allegedly mailed a bag full of poultry poo to the county treasurer after a dispute over a vehicle registration.

Tom Parsons, 49, denies he’s a big enough birdbrain to do such a thing.

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Cops in Valley Falls, Kan., thought it would be a good idea to let others drive their police cars. It wasn’t.

The town let auxiliary officers, who are not real cops, patrol the downtown area to get a handle on rowdy teens. Instead, the auxiliary cops acted like kids themselves, blaring horns, speeding like drag racers and flashing sirens.

One was even spotted in the police car with a young girl on his lap.

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Round up a posse — bee rustlers are on the loose.

Beekeepers across the UK have been plagued this year by thieves called “bee rustlers” who are making off with honey-filled hives.

“The bees that were taken were a fairly angry lot,” one victim said. “So maybe there might be some poetic justice.”

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A family in Sweden was amazed when they saw circus elephants — especially since they were in their living room.

The two Indian elephants escaped from a circus in the town of Varnamo and charged into the side of the Enoksson family’s home.

The pachyderms eventually lumbered off and were caught.