A Tennessee drug pusher who was sent to jail for violating probation begged the judge to personally drive him back to the slammer – saying the prison bus would be too crowded and uncomfortable.

The bizarre request by David Bowman, 41, of Nashville, was quickly rejected by Judge Thomas Higgins, who said, “Part of the problem is that Mr. Bowman doesn’t do as much thinking as maybe you or I would like him to.”

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Two boozed-up Aussies chewed the tails off of live mice to win $350 in a bar’s “mouse-eating contest.”

But the pair may soon be caged like rats for the nauseating prank at the Exchange Hotel in Brisbane.

“Chewing a mouse and spitting it out is not entertainment, it is barbaric,” said Queensland Minister Henry Palaszczuk.

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The bathroom in Shirley Cross’ Louisiana home has become a hot tourist attraction – after the mysterious image of a crucifix appeared on the frosted-glass window.

But the aptly named Cross doesn’t mind the hundreds of folks invading her home in Alexandria to see the yellow image some say is a sign from God.

“I’m not trying to prove nothing. Go in, and see it, and then come back to me. Everybody’s got a different story to tell after seeing it,” she said.

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A gunman robbed a Pennsylvania motel – wearing a Ronald Reagan mask.

“I said out loud to him, ‘That’s not right, that’s a sick joke,’ ” said Nancy Bane, night clerk at the Econo Lodge in Gibsonia.

“Then he pointed the gun and I realized he wasn’t fooling around.”

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Luke and Katrina Grant have tied the knot – a month after he stabbed her in the chest during a drunken attack.

Katrina, 36, of Warwickshire, England, needed 12 stitches after Luke, 22, attacked her for having pre-wedding jitters.

“People think I’m crazy, but no one knows him like I do. I love him. He’s worth a second chance,” she said.