How did men in Britain get away with this one?
Apparently one in five British women believe “man flu” is real, a survey of 2,000 adults in that country found.
Symptoms of the imaginary affliction include lying on the couch and watching sports all day.
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He pushed his demand for customer service too far.
A Virginia man was fed up with waiting for the results of some medical tests, so he showed up at Chesapeake Regional Medical Center with a machete and a can of gasoline, insisting on answers.
He was quickly arrested.
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Wanted: an atheist roommate.
A Washington state woman will probably be more careful about whom she takes in as a roommate after her last one kidnapped her young sons because he believed the home was “infested with demons.”
Shane Soares allegedly grabbed the 3- and 4-year-old boys from their beds after midnight one day last week. When he was caught, he told Grant County sheriff’s deputies that “the Lord told him” to do it, police said.
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Mess with brides and grooms and you end up with a ball and chain.
A California wedding photographer ended up in the clink after stiffing couples out of their pictures.
Alan Brent Carruth allegedly took in almost $125,000 from 42 victims but never delivered the images from the weddings, some going back to 2003.
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Copper’s the hot new commodity in Miami.
Scrap-metal thieves who have been stymied by authorities regulating copper sales to scrap yards have been simply trading it for crack cocaine, cops said.
Scrapyard owners now have to fingerprint copper sellers and photograph the goods in an effort to stop the rampant theft of scrap metal from buildings and power lines.