Weird But True

Weird but true

If the Sooner State suffers a drought, blame him.

An Oklahoma car owner is suing the state over its standard-issue “rain god” Indian-sculpture license plates.

Keith Cressman says the image of a Native American shooting an arrow toward the sky violates his Christian beliefs — and he complains that obtaining special “advocacy” plates with another image would cost him a premium over the usual car-registration fees.

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“Guilty with an explanation” just won’t cut it when it comes to traffic tickets.

A 20-year-old New Jersey driver suffered cardiac arrest behind the wheel resulting in a minor traffic accident — then got hit with three summonses.

Dan Langley went to court in Spring Lake Heights with a doctor’s note — but still had to pay $133.

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This arsonist needs to update his address book.

Keenan Slagel, 29, of Plainfield, Ill., was sentenced to five years after twice trying to set fire to a home in which he mistakenly thought his ex-girlfriend lived.

The house was unoccupied and no one was hurt.

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She’s reached her own debt limit.

When Ann Wiley of Gwinnett County, Ga., tried to use her debit card, a point-of-sale computer denied the transaction, claiming that she was a whopping $300 million overdrawn.

It turns out that she actually owed the Georgia tax department about $275 from an old sales-tax bill, but the state computer screwed up.

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Hey, dude, beauty’s in the eye of the beholder.

A man who summoned a prostitute in England later rang the bobbies to complain of “false advertising.”

He said his “date” for the evening had told him over the phone that she was attractive, but he thought otherwise when they met up.

Amazed officers cut the judgmental john a break, merely warning him that soliciting a hooker was illegal.