How-Green Traffic Light Shows Couple Having Sex.

Red-faced traffic bosses are investigating how pranksters altered a set of pedestrian lights to show a couple making love whenever they turned green.The lights - in Nimwegen, Holland - literally stopped the traffic when passers by stopped to gawp at them during rush hour.

One officer said: 'People kept pressing the button to see the couple having sex and of course every time they did, the traffic had to stop suddenly. We had quite a lot of rear end shunts from drivers who were too distracted.'Transport officials are investigating how computer hackers managed to get into the town's traffic light system to manipulate the image.A Town Hall spokesman said: 'We are looking at who had access and opportunity.'

Wrong-Lady Liberty stamp is of Vegas replica

A stamp that was supposed to show the Statue of Liberty actually features a replica outside a Las Vegas casino, The New York Times reported Friday. The United States Postal Service admitted the mistake but said it planned to stick with its Lady Liberty "Forever" stamp.

"We still love the stamp design and would have selected this photograph anyway," Roy Betts, a post office spokesman, told the Times.

However, he added the Post Office regretted the error and was "re-examining our processes to prevent this situation from happening in the future."Stampede!  C'mon — what's not to like? Hoof it over to Facebook to join the weird news herd.

..The Times said the image was taken from a photography service, but a "super-fan" of the statue spotted subtle differences and contacted Linn's Stamp News, which first ran the story.

Surprise- Drug store thief comes after pills gets beans

PASCAGOULA, Miss. — A pharmacist in southeastern Mississippi says some drug store burglar got a surprise when they broke into his business to steal the pain medication Lortab — the pills had been replaced with beans. Pharmacist Mac Clark works at Fred's Drug Store in Pascagoula and told WLOX TV the store has broken into several times in the past six months, and each time the burglars got Lortab. He decided he needed a decoy.He put kidney beans in a large Lortab bottle. Around 6 a.m. Wednesday, the burglars came back. The only thing stolen was the Lortab bottle filled with beans.Investigators believes the burglar cut him or herself during the break-in because they found a trail of blood leading away from the building.

Hot-Man Catches Fire in San Francisco Porn Shop

SAN FRANCISCO - Talk about getting hot and bothered: a man somehow caught on fire while watching adult movies at a porn shop Wednesday evening, fire officials said. According to the San Francisco Weekly, the man was inside a viewing booth in the adult bookstore in the Mission district.Witnesses say he suddenly burst out of the store, his clothes in flames. Several firemen were about a block away working on an unrelated case, and were able to quickly respond.The victim suffered life-threatening injuries and is at a local hospital.

Lt. Troy Dangerfield with the San Francisco Fire Department says investigators are not sure how or why the man started the fire

 

Why-Case of the hot panties

WHITE PLAINS — Call it the case of the hot panties.City cops are investigating an incident in which an irate woman allegedly dumped a container of chili on a display of panties yesterday at Victoria's Secret in the Galleria mall.Police were called to the store about 4:30 p.m., when a manager said the woman became angry after she was told she was being barred from the store because of an earlier shoplifting incident. The woman fled after tossing the chili onto the display case, and was last seen heading into the parking garage.Employees gave investigators a sketchy description of the woman. The store reported that 65 pairs worth $747.50 were ruined.

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