This holdup man was just plain fuelish.
He robbed a 7-Eleven in Royal Oak, Mich., sped off in his pickup truck and ran out of gas a mile later.
Cops rushing to the store to investigate the robbery spotted the bandit sitting in his truck on the side of the road, and recovered the stolen loot.
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The mayor of Blackey, Ky., has stopped mowing his lawn.
“I don’t want to fight nature anymore,” explains Mike Dixon, who delights in the flowers that have popped up and the birds and squirrels that have moved in ever since he gave up cutting his grass.
There are no city or county laws requiring residents to keep their lawn trimmed – and you can bet Dixon won’t try to change that.
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Jared Darr and Amanda McCadden, of Spokane, Wash., didn’t let a serious car crash stop their scheduled wedding.
They exchanged vows in the hospital – after the groom woke up from the anesthesia he was given before doctors operated on his shattered femur.
The 150 friends and relatives who had gathered for the wedding saw it all – on videotape while they partied nearby.
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A British couple won a $4.3 million lottery jackpot, but plan to remain in their modest Portsmouth apartment – to be near the local bingo hall.
Retirees Pat and John Davies say they also intend to drive to the bingo hall in their old car, a Vauxhall Astra.
“We want a normal life in a normal home,” John said.
But the lottery loot will be spent – the Davies have two daughters, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
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Three thieves broke into the lobby of a bank in Bukit Mertajam, Malaysia, intent on making off with the contents of an ATM.
They tied a rope around one of the two machines in the lobby, attached it to two vehicles and yanked. The machine crashed to the floor – and their hopes for a big windfall crashed with it.
They had hit a check deposit machine – not the nearby cash machine.