It's one of the most rough and tumble economies since the Great Depression--and, still, the world is filled with some truly honest people. While one guy rejoices in regaining lost funds, one woman can rejoice in doing the right thing. It was a serious wad of cash turned into Cleveland-area cops, in what must have been one fat wallet stuffed with money. A guy got his $4600 back. Read more
It seemed to be luck shone from the marijuana gods above. In one of the summer's largest disasters, a scorching New Mexico fire began burning tribal lands and threatened to destroy one of the U.S.' top nuclear facilities. And flash floods followed. Yet, through it all, more than 9,000 pot plants survived--without going up in smoke. Read more
There’s a lot to see from a plane and those beautiful aerial views. But an Arkansas man’s first airplane flight turned from serenity to outrage and panic when he happened to spot his home from above – while being burglarized. The robbery scene gives whole new meaning to a fear of flying. Read more
People think it sucks to have a DUI or DWI--but it must suck even worse to be mistaken for a clown while dressed in (what you believe to be) golf attire. New York cops were first sure a guy from Massachusetts, in what's proven the worst fashion faux pas in golf attire, was posing as a clown when cops busted him for allegedly drinking and then driving a stolen golf cart. Read more
There are traditions--like Friday-evening get-togethers--and then there are traditions, like sleeping in a casket every Friday night. A guy in Brazil has slept in a casket every Friday night for 23 years running. Zeli Rossi, of Brazil's southeastern state of Minas Gerais, swaps out a mattress for a coffin once a week. Read more
A lot of things fall to prompt freeway or highway closures--but it's not usually bull semen. Oranges, lemons, fruits of many varieties have all caused major arteries to be shut down. But fruit spills -- unlike unidentified canisters in Tennessee -- don't cause a scare to emergency crews over vapors, foul smell and wonders of toxicity. Read more
Forget about nanny cams--some things can't be recorded: A baby sitter in Florida was spotted carting around a baby in a stroller--in a truck bed. Apparently there's no car seat required when you're carting around a baby who's already seated in a stroller. Volusia County drivers called 911 in what responding Daytona Beach officers deem child neglect. Read more
It's been 18 years and three men are freed from prison after convictions in a gruesome crime that put them behind bars for one-fifth their lives. To see freedom, they've got to enter a guilty plea while maintaining innocence, in the strangest legal scenario possible. Read more