Weird But True

• May 25, 2013

  This is your brain on Twitter. Doctors at UCLA Medical Center took social media to a new height Thursday when they live-tweeted surgery to implant a pacemaker in the brain of a patient suffering from...

• May 24, 2013

  A dimwitted suspect running from cops in Clayton, Mo., fled into county police headquarters. Officers could only laugh as the guy ran about, hit a dead end at the holding cells and surrendered. “It...

• May 23, 2013

  Erica Nigrelli is going to enjoy a profoundly happy Mother’s Day next year. The Houston teacher was 36 weeks pregnant when her heart stopped and she collapsed in a school hallway. Paramedics rushed...

• May 22, 2013

  A 21-year-old suspected burglar fleeing from cops still managed time for beer. Cops pursued him from one home to another in Lighthouse Point, Fla., said Broward County sheriff’s deputies, and he was...

• May 21, 2013

  Folks in Milwaukie, Ore., are having some trouble keeping their kids under control. Two baby goats ran wild in the town, forcing cops to launch a merry chase to rein them in. One officer, Crystal...

• May 20, 2013

  Everyone knows the exploits of the Navy SEALs — but the Navy dolphins are doing good work, too. A team of bottlenose dolphins have discovered a lost 130-year-old torpedo off San Diego. When a dolphin...

• May 18, 2013

  He had grave intentions. A Houston property owner tired of homeless people using his land for a toilet created a fake cemetery in the space, hoping the indigent would show respect for the...

• May 18, 2013

  An Oregon funeral home offers an eco-friendly option for people sending loved ones off on their final journey — a bicycle hearse. The Sunset Hills Funeral Home in Eugene designed a bamboo casket...

• May 17, 2013

  A Florida man stole a hoard of his neighbors’ coins — then dropped a trail of them all the way home, police say. Cops simply followed the loose change like bread crumbs and found Michael Sherman at...

• May 16, 2013

  The prosecutors’ case is pretty strong — like the beer. The Pi Pizzeria and Craft Beer House in Tulsa, Okla., was licensed to brew and sell only low-alcohol near-beer. However, a tip from a tipsy...

• May 15, 2013

  Officials in Keene, NH, are raising their bows and arrows against parking- meter “Robin Hoods.” The city has sued “Robin Hood and his Merry Men,” a group whose members feed meters for tardy parkers...

• May 14, 2013

  This probably isn’t the best way to encourage safe driving. Some prankster broke into an electronic highway warning sign in Winter Park, Fla., and reprogrammed it to flash the message “SMOKE WEED...

• May 13, 2013

  Getting pulled over by cops is the best thing that ever happened to this guy. After Christian Felix, 18, was stopped late at night by a Phoenix cop who thought he was violating curfew, the officer...

• May 12, 2013

  If you’re too drunk to drive, maybe taking charge of a large, four-legged creature isn’t a good idea, either. Cops in Billings, Mont., encountered Dawnalee Ellis-Peterson, 43, twice one night — the...

• May 11, 2013

  Officials at a Massachusetts cemetery have made a monumental decision — no profanity on headstones. The issue came up because the family of tragic rapper Sonny Santiago, 23, planned to have a song...

• May 10, 2013

  Animal-rights activists are roaring in anger over a restaurant in Tampa, Fla., that’s offering a $35 lion-meat taco. The owner of Taco Fusion claims the meat comes from big cats humanely raised on US...

• May 09, 2013

  It was a game of hide-and-seek. According to authorities, a suspected speeding motorist twice eluded cops in Highland Beach, Fla., giving himself enough time to “disappear.” When cops caught up to...

• May 08, 2013

  A puppy in Kansas City was saved by a dirty car. The plucky pooch, dubbed Kia, was locked inside an impounded car for a month. No one realized the dog was in the vehicle, which was left in a city...

• May 07, 2013

  Indianapolis was brought to a standstill yesterday by a crazed naked man with “extra-human strength.” Gilbert S. Sweazey, 36, was first spotted running though the Statehouse complex in the buff,...

• May 06, 2013

  Lightsabers gave way to Tasers at a Maine comic-book convention when cops stunned a drunken and unruly fan, officials said. Witnesses said the assailant pummeled two people, one dressed as a “Star...

• May 05, 2013

  This wedding will rock.The Suwannee River Jam, a four-day country-music fest about 40 minutes northeast of Atlanta, will feature singers, bands and a love story. A Georgia couple will tie the knot in...

• May 04, 2013

  These guys weren’t slippery enough. Two poachers have been collared in New Hampshire with two buckets of baby eels, police said. The brothers, of Maine, face charges including taking eels without a...

• May 03, 2013

  An accused thief is trying to beat the rap with an unusual defense — that he took the name of the store he allegedly robbed literally. According to a TV news report, Ruben Pavon took a grill from the...

• May 02, 2013

  A 16-year-old Florida high-school girl who teachers say is an exemplary student was hit with a felony rap for what she claimed was a “science experiment.” Kiera Wilmot, 16, mixed household cleaning...

• May 01, 2013

  This firearms teacher probably needs a safety refresher course. Fred Petersen, of Stockton, Minn., wounded himself in the finger when his wife asked if he could pull the trigger while his gun was...

• April 30, 2013

  This judge should write Anthony Weiner headlines. Federal Judge Fred Biery filled a legal opinion with puerile puns in a lawsuit filed by strip clubs against San Antonio, Texas. “Should the parties...

• April 29, 2013

  Freezing rain couldn’t stop crowds from flocking to see Kansas City’s new penguin exhibit. If only there were penguins. There was so little to do that some 2,000 people visited the local zoo in the...

• April 28, 2013

  An allegedly acid-crazed Florida college kid pleaded with cops not to cut off his penis, then abruptly changed his mind and begged them to remove his member. The cops refused, deciding to tase the...

• April 27, 2013

  Talk about a multifaceted colonoscopy. This one helped a Florida woman recover a $5,000 diamond she had swallowed by mistake. Miriam Tucker, 80, was one of 400 women attending a Tampa charity event...

• April 26, 2013

  At a campus “take back the night” protest against sexual violence, a zealous University of Arizona religion student sparked outrage with a sign reading, “You deserve rape.” Dean Saxton, a junior,...