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Wednesday, February 3,2010
News Quirks

Next Time, a Bazooka

By Roland Sweet
When Donald Koranek, 80, tried to enter the Hillsborough County (Fla.) Courthouse with a pocketknife, a security guard told him to take the knife to his car. He returned with a gun.
Wednesday, January 27,2010
News Quirks

When the Heimlich Maneuver Fails

By Roland Sweet
While handcuffing assault suspect Andrew Grande, 23, sheriff’s deputies in Bay County, Fla., said they observed him swallowing what turned out to be a “large bag of marijuana.”
Wednesday, January 20,2010
News Quirks

As God Is My Witness, I Thought Turkeys Could Fry

By Roland Sweet
Allegedly intending to demonstrate the dangers of frying a turkey, morning disc jockeys on radio station WFLZ in Tampa, Fla., planned to use a crane...
Wednesday, January 13,2010
News Quirks

Central Unintelligence Agency

By Roland Sweet
Dennis Montgomery, head of a small software company in Reno, Nev., duped the Central Intelligence Agency and the Department of Homeland Security...
Wednesday, January 6,2010
News Quirks

Social Networking

By Roland Sweet
A Detroit man who took a bus to Madison, Wis., to spend a week dating a woman he met on Facebook told police that when his visit ended, she pretended to drive him...
Wednesday, December 30,2009
News Quirks

Democracy Follies

By Roland Sweet
Edward Natapei, the prime minister of the Pacific nation of Vanuatu, lost his job and his seat in parliament when he left the country on official business but forgot to...
Wednesday, December 23,2009
News Quirks

Shoe Business

By Roland Sweet
A man who robbed a shoe store in Knoxville, Tenn., made off with four or five left-foot shoes from the storeroom.
Wednesday, December 16,2009
News Quirks

When the Do-Not-Call List Isn’t Enough

By Roland Sweet
Police arrested Daniel Adler, 61, for luring a telemarketer to his home to punch in the face. Investigators in Stony Point, N.Y., told WABC News that Adler was upset with being called by Sears...
Wednesday, December 9,2009
News Quirks

Bionic Bottom

By Roland Sweet
After suffering massive internal injuries from a car accident, Ged Galvin, 55, needed a colostomy bag, until British surgeons rebuilt his rectum.
Wednesday, December 2,2009
News Quirks

Boom Boxes on Wheels

By Roland Sweet
Two men lacking masks when they broke into an apartment in Carroll, Iowa, used a Sharpie marker to draw on masks.
 
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