A man who recently had undergone radiation treatment for a medical condition walked past a fire engine and set off its nuclear-alert detector.

The alarm prompted police to close down a road in Escondido, Calif., while they searched for a nuclear weapon – before realizing radiation in the man’s body was to blame.

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Alabama lawmakers have repealed a bizarre 1943 law that required fishermen who caught a garfish to kill it immediately – because it was considered too ugly to live.

Rep. Jeff McLaughlin, who spearheaded the repeal, said, “I just want to point out the odd laws we don’t need anymore.”

His next target: getting rid of a law that requires state legislators to regulate dueling.

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It’s literally a bittersweet symphony for a Swiss woman who has a rare medical condition that stimulates her taste buds when she hears music.

The unidentified 27-year- old woman has synesthesia, in which hearing music triggers a response in other sensory organs.

Whenever she hears music, she experiences tastes ranging from sweet, sour, salty and bitter to low-fat cream and mown grass, scientists at Zurich University say

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The city of Montes Claros in Brazil has found an unusual way to pay a government employee’s salary – it’s auctioning off three penis-enlargement machines it inherited when a sex shop went bankrupt.

“In 12 years of being a judge and after working in 27 different towns, it is the first time that I have authorized such a thing,” said Justice Vanda Lucia Horta.

“I am very curious to see how this auction is going to go.”

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Giles Gauntlet tracked down the dad he hadn’t seen for 25 years – only to find him lying dead in the hallway of his home.

The 30-year-old Briton had spent countless hours researching his long lost father, Barry, 56, who’d had a fling with his mom in the ’70s, finally locating his home in Portsmouth, England.

But when Giles looked in the window, “I saw a pair of feet sticking out of the lounge and knew it must be him. It was horrific – such a shock.” (m)