Woman outsmarts dumb muggers

Nutty News Vallejo, California - A woman escaped two would-be robbers who allegedly accosted her in the driveway of her home.  More

Hotels don’t change the sheets between guests

Nutty News Chicago, Illinois - Glenn Robins is grossed out. As a frequent traveler, he assumed the sheets on hotel beds are changed between guests.  More

Feds year long sting, Amish selling raw milk

Nutty News Pennsylvania - A year long sting operation, including aliases, a 5 a.m. surprise inspection and surreptitious purchases from an Amish farm in Pennsylvania, culminated in the federal government announcing this week that it has gone to court to stop Rainbow Acres Farm from selling its contraband to willing customers in the Washington area.  More

Man ran over baby ducks purpose

Nutty News Ann Arbor, Michigan - Authorities say a 19-year-old man deliberately ran over a group of ducklings with a Hummer in an Ann Arbor McDonald’s parking lot after employees told his passenger to leave the birds alone.  More

Leaking house dials 911

Nutty News Marblehead, Massachusetts - After months of enduring a leaking pipe that buckled its floors and sagged its ceilings, an empty Massachusetts house somehow called police for help.   More

Homeless man robs bank, gives money away

Nutty News Tampa, Florida - Authorities say a homeless man robbed a Tampa bank, fled on a city bus and handed out stolen cash to passengers.  More

Good son mowed parent’s lawn, arrested

Nutty News Easy Lyme, Connecticut - A man is facing charges for stealing a lawnmower from a school in East Lyme.  More

Boy Sells Loaded Gun for $3 at School

Nutty News New York - An 8-year-old boy and his father are facing gun charges after the youngster brought a loaded handgun to a Queens elementary school and sold it to a classmate for $3, police said.  More

Man on bike robs drive-through

Nutty News Meriden, Connecticut - Police in Connecticut said a bicycle-riding robber threatened a clerk at a Dunkin’ Donuts drive-through and pedaled away with a cash drawer.  More

Man beheads girlfriend

Nutty News India - It was a college romance with a horrific ending.  More

Man Dressed as Cow Steals Milk

Nutty News Stafford, Virginia - In the category of You Can’t Make This Stuff Up If You Tried, the 18-year-old crawled into a Stafford, Va., Walmart on all fours.  More

Scammer targets dumb employees

Nutty News Wisconsin - Mall security alerted tenants that a man describing himself as Mark Stein was trying to dupe businesses out of money.  More

Man Lived With Dead Woman for a Week

Nutty News Santa Cruz, California - A California man was found living with the badly decomposed body of a woman after neighbors called to complain of an unusual smell coming from inside the man’s studio apartment.  More

Man Makes Fake 911 Call to Avoid Ticket

Nutty News Florida - The Naples man had what he thought was a fool-proof plan to get out of a ticket - make a prank 911 call.  More

Fury at Muslim Playgirl

Nutty News Germany - Sila Sahin has been branded a “whore” and a “western slut” after appearing topless on the cover of the German edition of the men’s magazine.  More

A few nutty points about the birth certificate

Nutty News USA - So here’s a few nutty points about the Obama birth certificate sure to be seized upon by the nonbelievers.  More

Man attacked with weedwhacker

Nutty News Orange, Connecticut - Police in Orange say two landscapers got into an argument and it ended with one being injured by a weedwhacker.  More

Man on crutches escapes from police

Nutty News Chicago, Illinois - The 49-year-old ex-convict was on crutches. But that didn’t keep James Roesch from escaping from custody at the Cook County Criminal Courthouse.  More

Man Caught Urinating on Cough Drops

Nutty News Florida - Police are looking for a man who urinated on more than 100 packages of cough drops inside a Walgreens in Florida.  More

Human cannonball plunges to his death

Nutty News UK - Horrified families looked on as a human cannonball was killed when his safety net failed during an Easter Bank Holiday extravaganza.  More

Man makes his home in 14-foot rowboat

Nutty News Seattle, Washington - A Seattle man has created a home for himself in a 14-foot boat anchored under a highway bridge near the University of Washington campus.  More

Coon swipes purses at golf course

Nutty News Vero Beach, Florida - A Florida golf club said workers are on the lookout for a purse-snatching raccoon known to have taken at least two bags from female golfers.  More

Convicted rapist evaluated for heart transplant

Nutty News New York - An Auburn man who is serving an 18-to-40-year state prison sentence for raping and sodomizing a 13-year-old female relative in 1996 is being evaluated for a possible heart transplant.  More

Extreme dieting spreads, eating parasites

Nutty News Hong Kong - This glamorous Asian city is known for its mouth-watering dim sum.  More

Police break down door, loud noise inside

Nutty News Berlin, Germany - Officers who answered the desperate call of the neighbour tried repeatedly to contact the 23-year-old woman whose flat it was.  More

Man In Cemetery Wearing Jacket, G-String

Nutty News Lodi, California - Lodi police arrested Shawn Batie, 42, after they said he was found under the influence of methamphetamines.  More

6-foot Alligator Comes in Doggie Door

Nutty News Palmetto, Florida -  A Florida homeowner received quite a shock when she returned home to find a 6-foot alligator in one of her bedrooms.  More

Drunk driver on way to ‘test teeth’ at KFC

Nutty News Australia - A woman caught drink-driving has told Melbourne police she was on her way to try her new teeth on fried chicken.  More

Men escape from $101 million, state-of-the-art jail

Nutty News St. Louis - A knuckle-headed corrections officer is to blame for the escape of two men who apparently climbed down a homemade rope to escape from a St. Louis detention center.  More

House next to fire station burns down

Nutty News Orange County, Florida - When Jimmy McMillan woke up at around 3 in the morning, he noticed flames coming from the house next to him.  More

Earth Day Ends Obama’s 53,300 Gallon Trip

Nutty News - President Obama declared today’s 41st annual Earth Day proof of America’s ecological and conservation spirit - then completed a three-day campaign-style trip logging 10,666 miles on Air Force One, eating up some 53,300 gallons at a cost of about $180,000.  More

Lindsay Lohan Sentenced to Jail

Nutty News California - Lindsay has been remanded into custody and taken to the basement of the courthouse for booking.  More

Man critical, shot with potato gun

Nutty News Australia - A man is in a critical condition after being shot in the head with a potato gun in a forest in central western NSW.  More

Library spends $1,092 each for chairs

Nutty News Detroit - Detroit Public Library officials say finances have grown so bad they could close most neighborhood branches.  More

Comic fined for lesbian comments

Nutty News Vancouver, Canada - A Canadian comic has been ordered to pay CA$15,000 (US$15,745) to a woman he taunted along with her same-sex partner during a show.  More

Good Friday crucifixions

Nutty News The Philippines - A handful of people are traditionally nailed to crosses while hundreds more have their backs whipped until they bleed.  More

Fake inspector calls restaurant

Nutty News West Des Moines, Iowa - An Iowa health inspector said a scam artist with poor timing called a restaurant and claimed to be from the health department while she was inspecting.  More

Cops search home, man tries to swallow flash drive

Nutty News Pennsylvania - As cops searched his home as part of a corruption of children probe, a Pennsylvania man attempted to swallow a flash drive that he had dropped into a pitcher of water.  More

Paramedics drop grandma into icy sea

Nutty News Norway - A 73-year-old grandmother is in intensive care after being dropped overboard by paramedics who were trying to carry her off a cruise ship.  More

Man tried to rob store with game remote

Nutty News St. Petersburg, Florida - Police said a St. Petersburg man attempted to rob a convenience store using a Sony Playstation remote control.  More

Animal rights complaints end goldfish racing

Nutty News Tacoma, Washington - The weekly gold fish races at a Tacoma bar are canceled after it received complaints from animal rights activists.  More

Your head will be blown off

Nutty News Hudson, Texas - A 71-year-old East Texas woman doesn’t mince words with a sign posted outside her house warning criminals to stay away.  More

Goat walks into piano store

Nutty News Ammon, Idaho - Animal authorities in Idaho said they were searching for the owner of a small goat caught when it followed a mother and child into a piano shop.  More

Husband and wife killed by huge swarm of bees

Nutty News Texas - A swarm of bees attacked an elderly couple at their South Texas ranch, killing both and injuring their son.  More

Sheriff Joe lets public rate mugshots online

Nutty News Arizona - He is known for dressing inmates in pink underwear and feeding them green baloney.  More

Job center gives superhero capes to unemployed

Nutty News Orlando, Florida - Florida officials are investigating an unemployment agency that spent public money to give 6,000 superhero capes to the jobless.  More

Woman gets stuck in car’s sunroof

Nutty News Manchester, New Hampshire - Firefighters in New Hampshire said they were called to a parking lot when a woman attempting to retrieve keys from a friend’s car got wedged in the sunroof.  More

Company controls a quarter of all 1-800 numbers

Nutty News New York - Over the past 13 years, a little-known company called PrimeTel Communications has quietly gained control over nearly a quarter of all the 1-800 numbers in the U.S. and Canada.  More

Woman in closet may have had sinister plan

Nutty News New York - A woman was discovered hiding in the closet of her husband’s girlfriend.  More

Woman Runs Down 3 At McDonald’s Hiring Event

Nutty News Cleveland, Ohio - Three people were struck by a car and police are searching for the individual they say was responsible after a melee broke out at the McDonald’s ‘National Hiring Day’ event.  More

U.S. Border Patrol ordered to not arrest illegals

Nutty News Arizona - An Arizona sheriff says he has been flooded with calls and emails of support from local and federal agents who back his claims that the U.S. Border Patrol has effectively ordered them to stop apprehending illegal immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexican border.  More

Child, 6, brings gun to school, 3 wounded

Nutty News Houston, Texas - Distraught parents descended on a northeast Houston elementary school after a pistol brought to campus by a kindergartner fell and discharged, slightly injuring three pupils.  More

Man stabs woman with a pencil on subway

Nutty News New York - A crazed homeless man stabbed a straphanger with a pencil this morning after she angrily snatched away his cigarrette aboard a Manhattan subway train.  More

16-year-old girl charged in sex attack on boy

Nutty News Indiana - Prosecutors opted to exercise their right to charge a 16-year-old Valparaiso girl as an adult on accusations of handcuffing, confining for hours and sexually assaulting a 17-year-old boy.  More

Suicide By Crocodiles

Nutty News South Africa - David Lubisi, 40, was eaten alive after he entered the Lepelle river following an argument with his girlfriend, detectives believe.  More

FAA Suspends 2, Watching Movie on Duty

Nutty News Washington DC - An air traffic controller has been suspended for watching a movie when he was supposed to be monitoring aircraft.  More

You Win! Free Donuts, and $237 in Taxes

Nutty News Houston, Texas - A Texas man says there was a significant hole in the free prize he won at an Astros game.  More

Who’s Happier: Lazy Europeans or Working Americans

Nutty News - Americans really do love to work, it seems, while Europeans are much happier if they skip burning the midnight oil in favor of leisure.  More

Post Office Uses Wrong Statue of Liberty for Stamp

Nutty News Washington DC - In an admirable effort to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Staute of Liberty, the U.S. Post Office has issued a commemorative first-class stamp!  More

Chinese dogs saved from cooking pot

Nutty News China - A truck packed with dogs was stopped on a road in eastern Beijing by a car intentionally sverving in front of the truck forcing it to stop.  More

400 NY Cops Face Charges in Ticket-Fixing Scheme

Nutty News New York - As many as 400 cops could face disciplinary charges for fixing tickets in a widening corruption scandal.  More

Murder kept a secret for 42 years

Nutty News Lowell, Massachusetts - The gruesome death in 1969 of 15-year-old John McCabe in a small Massachusetts town was for many years presumed to be linked to an unknown criminal gang, perhaps one involved in drugs.  More

6-year-old boy crashes family car

Nutty News Klamath Falls, Oregon - A six-year-old boy crashed his family’s car into several mailboxes before swerving into the eastbound lane of Bristol Avenue near Fargo Street where he crashed head-on into a pickup truck.  More

Houston, We Have a Problem

Nutty News Texas - Congressman Ted Poe is demanding answers from NASA. The Texas Republican says he was shocked to hear that Houston was denied one of the four retired space shuttles.  More

Girl, 15, already heading to MIT

Nutty News Jupiter, Florida - Jennifer Tilton is not your average 15-year-old. While most kids her age are finishing up their freshman year in high school and planning what to do with their summer, Tilton is gearing up for her freshman year at MIT.  More

It’s the Devil’s 100th birthday

Nutty News Baraboo, Wisconsin - Devil’s Lake celebrates its 100th birthday this year as a state park - Wisconsin’s loveliest, largest, geologically unique and most popular, with more than 1.8 million visits last year.  More

Judge lets crook go, locks up detective

Nutty News Boston - It looked like Carl Lemon would be going back to jail for the 20th time.  More

Teen Who Auditioned for American Idol Attacked

Nutty News New York - A 17-year-old New York girl who auditioned for “American Idol” was beaten by five students at a Brooklyn high school leaving her incapable of competing in a talent show.  More

Mailman suspended for defecating in yard

Nutty News Oregon - Don Derfler’s own wife didn’t believe him when he told her the mail carrier was defecating in public.  More

Boy sets house on fire looking for dog

Nutty News St. Petersburg, Florida - A teenager using a candle to search for his dog ignited a fire that destroyed his house.  More

Man stabs himself to death after performing

Nutty News Bend, Oregon - Police in central Oregon say a 19-year-old man performed a song he introduced as “Sorry for the Mess” at a coffee house open microphone event, then fatally stabbed himself in the chest.  More

Woman Kills Cat For Lady Gaga Concert Outfit

Nutty News Oklahoma - A 20-year-old Oklahoma woman was receiving treatment in a hospital after being charged with animal cruelty for allegedly killing the family cat and using the blood for an outfit she planned to wear to a Lady Gaga concert.  More

Joran van der Sloot Stabbed 3 Fellow Inmates

Nutty News Peru - Murder suspect Joran van der Sloot has stabbed at least three other inmates during his incarceration at a Peruvian prison.  More

Kindergartener gets suspended for crying

Nutty News Virginia Beach, Virginia - A six-year-old boy in Virginia has been suspended from school for crying.  More

Two Children Locked In Caged Room

Nutty News Vancouver, Washington - A couple is facing criminal mistreatment charges after police say they locked two children, ages 5 and 7, in a caged room.  More

I’m like, c’mon guys, I’m the president

Nutty News Washington DC - Turns out President Obama would like a phone upgrade.  More

Rabbi Arrested For In-Flight Groping

Nutty News - An Israeli rabbi flying to New York from Tel Aviv allegedly twice fondled a female passenger as she slept.  More

Judge: kids can wear ‘boobies’ bracelets

Nutty News Philadelphia - A federal judge in Philadelphia ruled a middle school cannot punish students for wearing breast cancer awareness bracelets proclaiming a love for “boobies.”   More

Man stops at red light behind wife’s stolen car

Nutty News Windermere, Florida - A Florida man whose wife’s car had been stolen said he was shocked to see the vehicle in front of him when he was stopped at a red light.  More

Teacher Ousted, Ordered Students to Remove Underwear

Nutty News Collinsville, Illinois - A southwestern Illinois special-education teacher has been ousted after allegedly ordering students to remove their underwear to determine which child soiled his pants.  More

Man Engulfed In Flames At Porn Shop

Nutty News San Francisco, California - A man was hospitalized with life-threatening, third-degree burns after catching fire inside a San Francisco porn store.  More

Drug store thief comes after pills, gets beans

Nutty News Mississippi - A pharmacist in southeastern Mississippi says some drug store burglar got a surprise when they broke into his business to steal the pain medication Lortab - the pills had been replaced with beans.  More

Condom Campaign For Kids as Young as 11

Nutty News Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - A new campaign by Philadelphia officials to reduce sexually transmitted diseases allows children as young as 11 to receive free condoms via mail order.  More

Teen uses girl’s nude photo as threat, wants sax

Nutty News Illlinois - A Portage High School student is facing a charge of possessing child pornography after a fellow student accused him of threatening to post a nude picture of her if she didn’t give him her saxophone.  More

Man was drinking brandy with pants down

Nutty News Niles, Illinois - A Park Ridge man was arrested after police reportedly found him drinking alcohol with his pants down in a restroom at the Golf Mill Shopping Center in north suburban Niles.  More

Teacher has kids oink at messy student

Nutty News Tennessee - A Roane County kindergarten teacher who reportedly told students to encircle a classmate, call him a pig and make pig noises because the boy is messy.  More

School renames Easter eggs ‘Spring Spheres’

Nutty News Seattle, Washington - A sophomore at a local private high school thinks an effort to make Easter politically correct is ridiculous.   More

People are eating alternative food

Nutty News North Korea - In North Korea, from May until July is called the “lean season.”   More...

Brewmaster apologizes for peeing in beer

Nutty News Chicago, Illinois - The brewmaster of Chicago’s Goose Island brewery apologized for urinating into beer glasses while standing on a bar during a birthday party.  More...

77-year-old arrested for 4 cold case murders

Nutty News San Rafael, California - A 77-year-old Nevada man accused of murdering four women whose bodies were found across Northern California over two decades was a professional photographer who often traveled the country for work and may have killed in other states.  More...

Police bust man for having sandpaper on his finger

Nutty News Lehigh Valley - A New Jersey man busted for cheating at a Sands Casino poker table didn’t have an ace up his sleeve: He had sandpaper on his finger.  More...

Second adult arrested in lemonade stand robbery

Nutty News Warner Robins, Georgia - Two-year-old Logan Varnadoe has already had more surgeries in his young life than many of us ever will.  More...

Twins left mother’s body on the floor for months

Nutty News Houston, Texas - Twin brothers have been charged with allowing their elderly mother to die on the floor of the home where she had fallen, then leaving the body there for three months while they lived in the house.  More...

Man Lives In Car Because Of Bedbugs

Nutty News Albuquerque, New Mexico - An Albuquerque man said he’s been living in his car because his apartment complex is infested with bedbugs.  More...

Teen too fat for American Idol’s front row

Nutty News - “American Idol” delivered a shocking blow for Pia Toscano, but the singer and her fans weren’t the only ones left stunned that evening.  More...

Houston, we have a problem - Punished!

Nutty News Houston, Texas - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced that Space Center Houston will not receive a retired space shuttle.  More...

Penis museum gets pickled human penis

Nutty News Iceland - In life, Pall Arason sought attention. In death, he is getting it: The 95-year-old Icelander’s pickled penis will be the main attraction in one of his country’s most bizarre museums.  More...

Bugs and trees have the same rights as humans

Nutty News United Nations - Bolivia will this month table a draft United Nations treaty giving “Mother Earth” the same rights as humans.  More...

Investigators find ghosts at fairground

Nutty News Del Mar, California - Paranormal investigators in California say they have collected 130 recordings of ghostly voices from the Del Mar Fairgrounds grandstand.  More...

Teachers support cop-killer

Nutty News California - Between negotiating for more benefits and teaching their students, the California Federation of Teachers has adopted a resolution of support for convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal.   More...

Chevrolet Cruze: Steering Wheel Fell Off While Driving

Nutty News USA - General Motors is recalling 2,100 2011 Chevrolet Cruze sedans because the steering wheel can detach from the steering column, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.  More...

Toddler drunk at Applebee’s restaurant

Nutty News Michigan - A 15-month-old was hospitalized after a behind-the-bar mix-up at a Michigan Applebee’s restaurant that left the toddler sipping alcohol instead of apple juice.  More...

Woman eats seven sofas in a year

Nutty News Bradenton, Florida - A mother-of-five has been diagnosed with a rare disorder called Pica after seeking medical help for her addiction to eating sofas.  More...

Freedom: Chicago school bans lunches from home

Nutty News Chicago - At Little Village Academy on Chicago’s West Side, students are not allowed to pack lunches from home.   More...

Jamaica: Skin bleaching to be white is a problem

Nutty News Kingston, Jamaica - Mikeisha Simpson covers her body in greasy white cream and bundles up in a track suit to avoid the fierce sun of her native Jamaica, but she’s not worried about skin cancer.  More...

Artist uses cremation ashes for sketches

Nutty News - The 37-year-old Thonotosassa artist has been sketching for more than 15 years, specializing in detailed hand-drawn portraits.  More...

110-pound woman hurt 2 cops

Nutty News Chicago, Illinois - Weighing only 110 pounds and standing just 5-foot-4, Sara Dedek doesn’t look like the most dangerous inmate at the Cook County Jail.   More...

Deer stands guard over goose nest

Nutty News Buffalo, New York - For at least four days, the buck stood guard near the nest of a Canada goose as she sits on her eggs inside a large urn at Forest Lawn cemetery, home to the remains of President Millard Fillmore and rock icon Rick James.  More...

Federal judge, 103, still hearing cases

Nutty News Wichita, Kansas - In a courtroom in Wichita, the day begins much as it has for the past 49 years: Court is in session, U.S. District Judge Wesley Brown presiding.  More...

Boyfriend Wrestles Toddler, Fractures Ribs

Nutty News Lehigh Acres, Florida - Authorities say a southwest Florida man performed wrestling moves on his girlfriend’s toddler while watching the sport on television.  More...

One-armed people can carry switchblades

Nutty News Conway, Massachusetts - Maine lawmakers approved legalizing switchblades for people with one arm, moving close to becoming the first state to make such an exception to laws that ban use of the spring-action knives.  More...

Black man sent KKK warning

Nutty News O’Fallon, Illinois - A 28-year-old black man has been indicted for sending threats signed from the KKK to officials in the southern Illinois community of O’Fallon.  More...

Sex offender grabs girl, dad finds him

Nutty News Milwaukie, Oregon - Shelby Harrington, 13, says Douglas Quinn came up asking for her name and then tried to grab her by the shoulder.  More...

OK for sailors to share the same bunk

Nutty News Columbia, South Carolina - The Navy has dropped dismissal proceedings against a South Carolina-based sailor who was charged with unprofessional conduct after he was found in the same bed with another male sailor.  More...

Man steals judge’s gavel

Nutty News Lorain, Ohio - Christopher P. Collins, 38, was charged with theft for taking the wooden gavel while attending a court hearing, according to a Lorain police report.  More...

Prostitute shoots client, learned he had STD

Nutty News Chicago - A prostitute shot a client to death when their sexual encounter was interrupted by a woman banging at the man’s door, claiming he’d given her a sexually transmitted disease.  More...

Mom goes to Taiwan, leaves girl home alone

Nutty News New York - A village woman is accused of taking the “Home Alone” scenario to a new extreme, leaving her 13-year-old daughter behind during her weeklong trip to Taiwan.  More...

Man glued to Wal-Mart toilet seat

Nutty News Maryland - Police in Maryland are on the hunt for the perpetrator of what appears to be a prank that left a man glued to a toilet at a Wal-Mart store.  More...

Man Delivers Corpse to Hospital

Nutty News New Mexico - Española Hospital staff made a gruesome discovery when a man came in at 2:10 p.m. saying he had a woman in his car who needed help.  More...

Paris Hilton won’t return borrowed jewels

Nutty News Germany - Paris Hilton is holding $60,000 of jewelry that does not belong to her and should give it back, a new lawsuit contends.  More...

Snake comes out of second-hand chair

Nutty News Richmond, Virginia - A Virginia man said he was shocked when a boa constrictor emerged from a chair that had recently been given to him by a friend.  More...

Student yawned so hard she couldn’t close her mouth

Nutty News UK - A student was taken to hospital after she yawned so hard during a lecture that her mouth got stuck wide open.  More...