There are rage-aholics, and then there’s this guy.
A drunken Gainesville, Fla., resident in a combative mood started throwing punches at everyone in sight.
But Todd Page Emory, 42, wasn’t done: Cops said he fought with jail staffers, who took him to a hospital because he had a pacemaker.
He was finally Tasered into submission.
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A North Carolina woman may have given Hollywood an idea for an eight-legged “Snakes on a Plane” sequel.
Brandi DeLao got an $80,000 settlement from Delta Air Lines after she fell asleep on a 15-hour flight and woke up with a massive bite on the leg from a brown recluse spider.
She needed multiple operations, including plastic surgery.
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Two Florida men helping a friend move were seriously hurt after they ignored a gas-leak warning.
Lit cigarettes in hand, José Alvarado and a pal walked toward an apartment and set off an explosion.
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Imitation can be the dumbest form of stupidity.
A South Carolina man decided to demonstrate the best way to shoot oneself in the head, and accidentally killed himself, police said.
James Gagum, 43, was watching a movie when he expressed skepticism about a suicide scene.
“That’s not how it’s done,” Gagum said as he put his gun to his head.
Thinking the weapon was unloaded, he squeezed the trigger twice and heard two clicks. The third squeeze, however, unleashed the fatal bullet.
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This was a photo finish that landed a scammer in jail.
A Briton was sentenced to eight years for faking a disability and raking in a cool $3 million in government benefits.
Barry Brooks claimed he was wheelchair-bound, but investigators raided his home and found recent pictures of him cavorting in his pool, riding a motorcycle and scuba diving.