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Police in Vermont reported that a car ended up in an almost vertical position because the driver swerved quickly when her GPS unit told her to “turn around.” They said 30-year-old Nabila Altahan was traveling west on Highway 4 when she passed her intended destination. When the GPS told her turn around,…

Deep in the Maine wilderness on a January winter day, 57-year-old Nicholas Brown was in a snowmobile accident. The crash caused him to break his leg. With no possibility of help, Brown crawled on 2.5 miles on his elbows. The night was dark, the temperature was below freezing, but over the rolling hills…

A 64-year-old woman in New Zealand has it figured out to control her tongue. When she called the New Zealand equivalent of 911, she mumbled and groaned throughout the call and operators sent police to her home. There they discovered the mute woman had mistaken her lip ointment with a tube of super glue…

A seventy-five year old woman scavenging for copper to sell as scrap accidentally cut off Internet service to the entire nation of Armenia. Authorities say the woman was digging for metal outside of Tbilisi when her spade damaged the primary fiber-optic cable serving the neighboring country. 3.2 million…

A southern California golfer is a good example of how a small spark can start a big blaze. The man was golfing at the Shady Canyon Golf Course in Irvine, and accidentally chipped his ball into the rough beside the fairway. On his next swing, his club hit a rock, which caused a small spark. The spark…

Cleveland police stopped 20-year-old Ricky Flowers for a traffic violation. While the police were writing out the citation, Flowers slipped his car into gear, which triggered a high-speed chase. Flowers jumped out of the car and scaled a fence to evade officers. Unfortunately for Flowers, fortunately…

Police in Northampton, Massachusetts say the victim might be quick to forgive the woman who hit him with her car in a crosswalk, but they won’t. Reports says a woman was cited for running down a man named Lord Jesus Christ as he crossed a street recently. They say identification confirmed the legal name…

FORGIVENESS During a Walla Walla Community College basketball practice, Kayla Hutcheson had a face first collision with a teammate. Kayla thought little about the injury. She finished practice, returned to her apartment, but later that evening began to feel bad. After becoming disoriented, her roommates…

REST Tattoo’s owner shut his leash in the door so he could help his wife carry a load to the car. Forgetting the dog was there, the owner pulled into the road and started home with Tattoo trailing along behind. At first it was like going for a walk, but as the speed increased and the distance lengthened,…

Goes with 3 pictures in the Pictures file called Priceless1, Priceless2 and Priceless3 [[c:\Documents and settings\Dr John Leffler\My Documents\My Pictures\Great Pictures\priceless1.jpg | Priceless1] 65' Custom Built Motor yacht, staterooms, GPS navigation, twin supercharged diesels, etc. = $ 2.5 million…

The following are a sampling of real answers received on exams given by the California Department of Transportation's driving school. Q: Do you yield when a blind pedestrian is crossing the road? A: What for? He can't see my license plate. Q: Who has the right of way when four cars approach a four-way…

Flatulent passenger grounds flight Wednesday, Dec 06, 2006 1:20PM CST NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec 6 (Reuters Life!) - It may be one problem airline security officials never envisioned -- a passenger lighting matches in flight to mask odors from her flatulence. The woman's actions resulted in an emergency landing…