Weird But True

Weird but true

Cops are looking for a gunman with a beef against someone.

A worker at a supermarket in Roswell, NM, opened a case of frozen ribs — and discovered a handgun and ammunition packed amid the meat.

Cops traced it to a packing plant in Greeley, Colo., and police there are trying to determine if the weapon was used in any cold case.

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A secret Santa who loved a woman named Mimi has surfaced again in southwest Florida.

For the past eight years, the man has dropped a valuable coin in a Salvation Army bucket with a handwritten note that reads, “In loving memory of Mimi.’’

This year, he donated a rare gold coin, dating back to 1907, that’s worth $1,700.

“We would love to know who [the man] is,’’ said the charity’s Sarah Clark.

“We’d love to hear stories about Mimi. We all feel like we know her.’’

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They’re having a cool Hanukkah celebration in Deerfield Beach, Fla.

Ice sculptor David Berman used a chain saw to turn a block of ice into a 5-foot-high menorah.

Temperatures have been around 80 degrees, and “if [the sculpture] lasts until the end of the lighting, that will be a miracle,’’ said Rabbi Tzvi Dechter.

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Here’s how they’re moving off the fiscal cliff in the small African nation of Swaziland.

A member of Parliament wants to raise the tax on rich witch doctors.

They pay $1.15 a year for a license, but the lawmaker pointed out they’ve raised their rates fourfold in the last several years and “the money they pay the government falls far too short of the money they make.’’

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This puppy must have a tiger mom.

A dog named Potato who lives in China’s Jiangsu province is a whiz at math.

His owner says that when asked, for example, to add 3.44 and 3.56, Potato barks seven times.