Italian customs officials have confiscated a $1.5 million nativity scene sent from Peru to Rome.

The reason: the manger and all the figures were carved out of blocks of pure cocaine.

Police said the intended recipient, a 50-year-old man from Rome, claimed it was “a unique artwork.”

Sallie Warren and Zyness O’Haver of Oklahoma City wanted to try living together before they got married. Well, they finally tied the knot – after 77 years of unwedded bliss.

She’s 94; he’s 95.

“He used to say as a joke, ‘Someday I’m gonna make an honest woman out of her,’ ” noted Louis O’Haver Jr., the couple’s grandson.

Call out the sex police – it’s a crime for unmarried opposite-sex couples to live together in North Dakota.

A bid by the state Senate to repeal the anti-cohabitation law – which dates back to 1890 – was defeated last week.

Those who break the law – which doesn’t apply to same-sex couples – face up to 30 days in jail. No doubt, in separate cells.

Ken Stevenson, an elderly Brit who suffers from severe arthritis, was thrilled when a road crew pulled up outside his Dorset home this week and painted “disabled only” on a parking spot close by.

But Stevenson’s delight was short lived.

The very next day another crew arrived and resurfaced the road, paving over the “disabled only” marker.

The Dublin Zoo consulted some shrinks to find out why its female polar bear was so stressed out. Their diagnosis: she was only anxious when she was near the male polar bear.

The solution: It’s moving the two bears. Together. To a zoo in Hungary, where there’s more space so the female will have “an area to retreat to when she chooses,” explained the zoo director.

Los Angeles’ notorious “Haircut Bandit” has been clipped. Michael Howard – who sneaked up on women during his bizarre haircutting spree in December 2001 – was sentenced to eight years in prison.

Howard’s lawyer said his client became fascinated with hair as a boy and that, as an adult, the sound of scissors on hair sexually aroused him.