Sharon Huff of Lafayette, La., was “concerned” when the assistant principal of her son’s school called to tell her the second-grader “had said a word so bad that he didn’t want to repeat it over the phone.”

She was “shocked” when she learned the word was “gay” and that 7-year-old Marcus had been scolded for uttering it.

Marcus was punished – even though school officials knew he had used the word after a classmate asked about his mom and dad, and he replied that he has two mothers because his mom is gay.

An inebriated woman exploded in rage when a gas station attendant in Davie, Fla., refused to sell her wine at 5 a.m. because the sale of alcohol is prohibited between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m.

And that’s not all that exploded.

The woman was so enraged, she put her car in reverse, stepped on the accelerator and slammed into a fuel pump – causing it to blow up and burst into flames.

She then sped off – leaving her bumper behind.

Civil-rights groups have filed a discrimination suit aimed at forcing the tiny Texas town of Fannett to change the name of Jap Road. They claim it’s a racial slur.

The three-mile stretch was named more than 100 years ago in honor of a Japanese family that settled there in the 1890s and introduced rice farming to the region.

A campaign to change the name 10 years ago met with stiff resistance among locals – including some descendants of the original Japanese settlers.

Ryanair, Europe’s leading discount airline, is giving its flying-angel logo an image boost – bigger breasts.

The carrier has ordered the new look on 150 new Boeing 737-800s.

“We decided to give our customers a more uplifting experience,” explained a Ryanair spokesman. “We think she is rather aerodynamic.”

The Denver Zoo is giving its four orangutans aromatherapy treatments.

Mias, a 20-year-old ape, gets chamomile on his right ear, basil and angelica on his nose, and fennel, eucalyptus and frankincense on his forehead.

What, no banana oil?!