A man siphoning gas from a dump truck at night in upstate Thurman really blew it.

He stupidly flicked on his lighter to see how full his gas can was – and sparked a fire.

He suffered minor burns and the humiliation of being arrested.

A court has ordered Chad Wilson Keichler of L.A. to pay three men he injured in a brawl more than $6,000 for herbal medicines and cows, pigs and chickens slaughtered as part of their healing ceremony.

The victims were Hmong – mountain-dwelling people from Asia who settled in California.

In ruling that Keichler reimburse the trio for their non-medical expenses, the court noted the healing ceremony is the Hmong equivalent of Western psychotherapy.

Juliano Foleiss, one of two valedictorians at his high school in Marlborough, Mass., shared a secret when he delivered his commencement address.

He admitted he’s an undocumented immigrant who came to the United States on a six-month tourist visa years ago to get a first-rate education.

The popular straight-A student at Assabet Valley Regional Vocational HS also revealed he’ll be moving back to his native Brazil next month because he can’t afford a higher education here.

Eagles and birdies are common on golf courses – but moose?

That’s what golfers at the Veterans Memorial Golf Course in Walla Walla, Wash., were confronted with – a female moose relaxing under a tree near the third hole.

She was a hazard no duffer wanted to deal with – so state wildlife officers came to the rescue and used a truck to herd the animal across several fairways into nearby fields.

An Argentinian judge was kicked off the bench for taking a college psychology course when he should have been hearing cases.

“I was fired because I read two hours of Freud each day,” fumed Judge Nestor Narizano.

“I did this only to understand better the mind of the criminals. This isn’t fair,” he said.