Bicyclist Gets $100,000 After Fall On Ice

Nutty News Florence, Montana – A bicyclist who was injured when he hit a patch of ice and crashed on a pedestrian/bike path in Florence last winter has reached an out-of-court settlement worth nearly $100,000.  More

Man Returns Cash Stolen From Sears in 1940s

Nutty News Seattle, Washington – The manager of the Sears store in downtown Seattle says an elderly man has repaid — with interest — cash the man says he stole in the late 1940s.  More

State puts 200-pound third-grader in foster care

Nutty News Cleveland, Ohio – An Ohio third-grader who weighs more than 200 pounds has been taken from his family and placed into foster care after county social workers said his mother wasn’t doing enough to control his weight.  More

Man viewed child porn during flight to Boston

Nutty News Boston, Massachusetts – An airline passenger who allegedly viewed child pornography during a flight to Logan International Airport was taken into custody by Massachusetts State Policeafter landing in Boston.  More

BMX rider tries to jump from a balcony into a pool

Nutty News Australia – Leading Australian BMX rider Dane Searls has died from injuries he sustained after trying to jump from a balcony into a pool at a local pub, the Gold Coast Bulletin reported.  More 

Woman suspected of killing, cooking husband

Islamabad, Pakistan – A Pakistani woman is being held on suspicion of killing her husband, cutting him up and trying to cook the pieces, Karachi police said.   More

Woman Tells Airline Her Ex-Lover Is Terror Threat

Nutty News Los Angeles, California – A California woman surrendered to the FBI on charges that she called an airline to report a fake terrorist threat hours before her ex-lover was to board an international flight, authorities said.   More

6th grader forced to mow school lawn

Nutty News Portland, Oregon – A sixth-grader with special needs was pulled out of class and reportedly forced to mow the school lawn as a punishment.   More

Man leaves a million dollars at restaurant

Nutty News Sydney, Australia – Police are looking for the owner of a suitcase full of money that was left at the Italian restaurant in Sydney by a mystery customer.  More

Woman’s butt filled with cement, mineral oil, flat-tire sealant

Nutty News Miami, Florida – A woman who wanted to work at a nightclub started searching for someone who could perform plastic surgery at a cheap price to give her a curvier body.   More

Family lives with live grenade in attic for years

Nutty News Franklin, Indiana – A central Indiana woman hoping to donate a grenade that had been stored in her family’s attic to a new Indiana National Guard Armory got an unsettling surprise when a bomb squad found that the device wasn’t a dud.   More

Cage fighter, 23, crushed to death by cow carcass

Nutty News UK – A young cage fighter who died after being crushed by a cow’s carcass in an abattoir was named as Ally McCrae.  More

Detectives Re-Open Investigation of Natalie Wood Death

Nutty News Los Angeles, California – The circumstances of Natalie Wood’s drowning death nearly 30 years ago remain one of Hollywood’s alluring mysteries and continue to create renewed intrigue, with homicide detectives unexpectedly re-opening a case that had long been classified as a tragic accident.  More

PETA wants Turkey, Texas to change its name

Nutty News Turkey, Texas – The controversial animal rights group PETA has asked the town of Turkey, Texas, to change its name to Tofurky for Thanksgiving.  More

Wife of Iraq war vet hired hitman to kill her husband

Nutty News Kentucky – The wife of a disabled Iraq war veteran has been accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill her husband.  More

Speed Camera Issues Thousands of Tickets Per Hour

Nutty News Canada – Next year, Ontario-based Peak Gain Systems will offer a cutting edge photo radar gun in the United States that was developed in Russia, and it could be coming to a town near you.   More

Ex-boyfriend charged: breaking in, lighting ironing board on fire

Nutty News Santa Rosa Beach, Florida – A 57-year-old man was arrested and charged with burglary of a home on Gulf Cove Court.  More

Man Recovers Wife’s Engagement Ring From Landfill

Nutty News Florida – A Florida man who accidentally threw his wife’s $10,000 engagement ring in the trash recovered the custom-made jewel after searching through tons of garbage at his local landfill.  More

Man wearing blanket arrested in Wal-Mart robbery

Nutty News Indianapolis, Indiana – A man wearing socks on his hands and draped in a blanket robbed a Wal-Mart pharmacy on the Southeastside, police said.  More

Burglary Victim Attacks Innocent Man

Nutty News Sugar Land, Texas – A crime victim has been accused of another crime after taking the law into his own hands.  More

Man threatened to blow up store over sold out video game

Nutty News Colorado – Aurora Police Det. Bob Friel says 31-year-old Lomorin Sar was arrested after he threatened the employees at the Best Buy.  More

Angry wife threatens to blow up planes

Nutty News Florida – A woman is accused of calling the port authority police and threatening to blow up planes because she was upset her husband worked nights, according to a report from the Lee County Port Authority Police.   More

Parking ticket paid 57 years late

Nutty News York, Nebraska – Someone apparently decided it was time to pay a parking ticket issued to his mother in a small Nebraska town — in 1954.  More

5 charged in Halloween candy theft

Nutty News Dale City, Virginia – Police in Virginia say five teenagers have been charged with beating two youngsters who wouldn’t hand over their Halloween candy.  More

Ankle monitor ties offender to crimes

Nutty News Hiram, Georgia – Authorities in Georgia said a registered sex offender was connected to three indecent exposure cases using information from his GPS ankle monitor.  More

Food request for preacher’s wife sparks outrage

Nutty News Garden Grove, California – An email sent out to members of the Crystal Cathedral congregation requesting meals for founder Robert H. Schuller’s wife Arvella, who is ill with pneumonia, is creating mixed feelings of sadness and outrage among members.  More

Parent called to school to discuss fight starts one

Nutty News Iowa – A Des Moines couple called to Lincoln High School to discuss a fight involving one of their offspring later became involved in a fight of their own.  More

Grocery store wouldn’t let woman pay for food with coins

Nutty News Portland, Oregon – A Portland woman says a grocery store wouldn’t let her pay for her family’s food because she was paying for it with loose change.  More

Shooter says neighbor telepathically threatened him, wife

Nutty News Utah – The man who shot his neighbor in Centerville claimed he did it in self-defense.  More