“This polite prowler is as nice as they come. A thoughtful thief broke into the wrong home in Vineland, N.J., and then begged the homeowner’s pardon after realizing his error, the Press of Atlantic City reported. Maria Cardona, 39, confronted the benevolent burglar Monday after he surrepitiously slipped into her home through a hole he tore in her back-door screen, The Press reported. “What are you doing in my house?” Cardona asked the man, who answered that he was looking for “a guy named Greg,” The Press said. “No Greg lives here,” Cardona said. “Is this 1021?” the confused criminal asked, to which Cardona replied, “No, this is 1022.” “I’m so sorry,” the unidentified thief said. “I meant to break into 1021.” The pair then awkwardly chatted about the burglar’s family – before the considerate crook offered to repair her damaged screen.” w/ photo

“A Michigan couple said they were horrified when they found a dead, disemboweled mouse in their bag of Dole Salad. John K. Jones said he sat down with his girlfriend, Ebony Wright, and her 7-year-old son for dinner. He was shocked to find the gruesome rodent buried in the Italian dressing covered salad. “I moved a couple of leaves and there was a mouse, a dead mouse laying on its back, and you could see the guts hanging out. I immediately got up and ran to the bathroom,” Jones said. “I was shocked, he ran to the bathroom and was throwing up,” Wright said. “I said are you sick or something and he said you are not going to believe what’s on that plate.” Unfortunately, each of them had already eaten some of the Dole “Tender Garden” salad mix that they had purchased from a Kroger grocery store, so they immediately went to the hospital. “I know these things carry bacteria and didn’t want my son to be sick,” Wright said. The couple said that they then called both the Kroger store where it was purchased and Dole. Both companies offered to refund the couple the price of the bag of salad, but the couple feels that’s not enough.” w/ photo + video

“An Upstate man has again disproved the old adage about lightning never striking the same place twice after being struck for the sixth time. Melvin Roberts, 58, is recovering at Oconee Memorial Hospital after being struck at his home on Deer Park Drive in Seneca on Monday. His wife, Martha Roberts, said that her husband was outside trying to cover his lawn mower when he was struck. Neighbors found Roberts lying unconscious in the yard. Melvin Roberts said he was struck several times over the last several years, and in the last case in 2007, it was not even raining when it happened. Robert said, “I went to cover my chickens up, and I believe it was clear. But when I woke up, I was all bloody and burned and confused and had my little chickens lying with their feet up.” Roberts carries a scar on his head from the first time and scars on his legs from the 2007 strike. That strike left him with nerve damage to his left leg and he spent more than a year in a wheelchair. This time he has a wound on his foot and blisters on his ankles.” w/ photos

“Firefighters freed a Fond du Lac man Tuesday after he got his hand stuck in a car while retrieving a Snickers chocolate bar. At 12:19 p.m… firefighters and police were called to the area of Western Avenue and South Brooke Street to rescue Earr Stokes, 20. His cousin, Tyrone Williams, said he and Stokes took the car to a business at 222 Brooke St. to get a tire changed. “He so happened to look in the gas tank. There was chocolate in there. (Stokes) tried to get it out. He started picking it out with his hand and his hand got stuck,” Williams said. Williams said someone removed the Snickers bar from the wrapper and jammed it in the tank. “It was just chocolate. Chocolate and peanuts,” Williams said. “He’s hurting,” Williams added while glancing over at his cousin who was attempting to pry his hand out of the tank with the help of firefighters. Capt. Tony Knecht said firefighters resorted to cutting the filler pipe. Firefighters were then able to access the backside of the gas tank opening to release Stokes’ fingers.” w/ photo

“A Gold Coast man has gone to extraordinary lengths to conceal his identity, covering his face in bubble-wrap before he robbed a convenience store at knifepoint. Police have released footage of the robber in the hope that someone may recognize him. The man, believed to be between 20 to 30 years of age, was wearing a black zip-up hooded jacket, board shorts and thongs when he robbed the Main Beach store. He had eye and nose holes cut out of the makeshift bubble wrap mask, which was tied around his head. Gold Coast Police Detective acting Inspector Mark White said the robbery was ‘opportunistic’ and believe the robber stole his plastic wrapping from the back of a ute, which was parked about 328ft down the road.” w/ video + photo

“Based on the better-known sport of arm wrestling, toe wrestling sees competitors use their feet and toes to overpower their opponent. The sport was invented in 1976 when regulars at a Derbyshire pub set about searching for a game that the British could win. A decision was made to invent a new one. Locals in Wetton – where the game was born – have been dominating the sport ever since. This year an epic battle between arch rivals ‘Predatoe’ and ‘Nasty Nash’ dominated proceedings. Paul ‘Predatoe’ Beech beat current world champion Alan Nash in the semi final, leaving him with a clear route to victory.” w/ video

“Customs agents at John F. Kennedy Airport found nearly five pounds of cocaine concealed in the soles of sneakers packed in abandoned luggage last week, Customs and Border Protection Officers said. The drugs were discovered when agents were examining leftover luggage that had arrived from the Dominican Republic, authorities said. The officers discovered the sneakers inside a suitcase, and finding them unusually heavy, examined them more thoroughly. They found white powdery substance inside, which tested positive for cocaine. The drugs had a street value of over $107,000, officials said.” w/ photo

“A woman faces several charges after she allegedly sprayed deputies with breast milk as they tried to detain her over the weekend. The incident occurred early morning near the Bridgewater Banquet & Conference Center on Sawmill Parkway. According to the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to the area after receiving calls about a domestic dispute. When they arrived, a man told them that he had been attending a wedding at the facility with his wife, who had gotten drunk and struck him several times before locking herself in a car. Delaware County Sheriff Walter L. Davis III said deputies tried to talk with the woman, who was identified as Stephanie Robinette, 30, of Westerville, but she refused to cooperate. “When deputies attempted to remove Robinette from the vehicle, she advised the deputies that she was a breast feeding mother and proceeded to remove her right breast from her dress and began spraying deputies and the vehicle with her breast milk,” Davis said. The deputies were eventually able to remove Robinette from the car and arrest her, Davis said. She was later charged with domestic violence, assault, obstructing official business, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct, authorities said.” w/ photos

“Police in China were stunned to see three vehicles were being driven on top of each other on a motorway. They came across the bizarre sight at a service station in Ningbo in eastern China’s Zhejiang Province. Officer Zhou Yefei said: “A blue pickup truck was at the bottom, a white pickup truck was on top of that, then on top, a black SUV was in the back of the white pickup truck.” The driver, Li, said he had been instructed to drive the newly-manufactured vehicles to a salesroom in Ningbo. He told police he had driven them like that for more than 600 miles to save time, fuel and motorway tolls.” w/ photos

“Her scruffy short tufts of hair, protruding tongue and bulbous, bloodshot eyes have powered 14-year-old Chihuahua Yoda to victory at the coveted World’s Ugliest Dog Competition. The Chinese crested-Chihuahua cross named Yoda took home $1000, a trophy and lots of pet perks after stealing the hearts of judges and the audience alike. Owner Terry Schumacher of Hanford, California, revealed that when she first encountered the pooch, she was convinced that the animal was a rat. After realizing that the ball of hair and limbs was actually a dog, Miss Schumacher took the 2lb animal home and named her new pet after the pint-sized Jedi master from the Star Wars films, to whom the dog bears a resemblance.” w/ photos