Here are 3 clippets of articles that you have to see for yourself. They aren’t recent articles, but the fact that they happened is amazing.

A Rhode Island man is accused of extorting more than $20,000 from his elderly mother by repeatedly threatening to kidnap her cat unless she paid him. Garry Lamar was arrested last week and released on $200 bail. He has been ordered to stay away from his 78-year-old mother.Police said he started threatening to kidnap his mother’s beloved pet just over a year ago, when she kicked him out of her home.

According to authorities, Lamar allegedly kidnapped the cat once during the past year and made kidnapping threats on an almost weekly basis. Police don’t believe the cat was harmed, but they were still investigating.

Police said the mother made at least two dozen payments. 

 SOURCE: LOCAL6.COM

Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig pleads guilty but says he’s not guilty. Hmmm.

A recording of his arrest at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport on charges of lewd behavior in a bathroom has been made public.

William Leap, an anthropology professor at American University, said his research indicates that up to half of those who engage in male bathroom sex would consider themselves heterosexual. Source: AP

Listen: Senator’s Arrest Interview

Guadalajara, Mexico…a young man is busy cleaning the elephant cage at a local zoo. With his head down he is completely unaware that one of the giant beasts is backing up. What happens next must be seen to be believed.  http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=8653

MAN SUES 1-800-FLOWERS FOR EXPOSING HIS AFFAIR: Oops, service sends thank you note to wife instead of girlfriend.
*Viewers of the “Today Show” Monday morning saw Leroy Greer and his lawyer Kennitra Foote attempt to explain the logic behind their $1 million lawsuit against 1-800-Flowers for inadvertently exposing him as a cheater.
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I bet this man thinks twice about cheating again or at the very least, he’ll hand deliver his next set of flowers. If I was the judge, I would throw this mess out and order him to pay his wife the money he’s trying to sue the florist for.

WELLINGTON (Aug. – A New Zealand couple is looking to call their newborn son Superman  — but only because their chosen name of 4Real  has been rejected by the government registry.

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New Zealand blocked a couple’s bid to officially name their infant son 4Real, saying numerals are not allowed in names. Now his parents plan to name him Superman.

Okay, is it just me or is this one of the stupidest things you’ve ever heard. Why would you  name your child something like that. Call him Leroy and give him a nickname “Superman” or “4Real” but please don’t legal name your child that.

About a year or so ago, I was reading the birthdays in a local paper and saw that a woman named her daughter “Beautiful Unique.” I’m spelling it like it’s supposed to be spelled but believe me, that’s not how she spelled it.

What’s one of the strangest names you’ve heard or seen?

A Louisiana man was shot and killed while having sex involving a firearm.

Shortly after midnight Thursday, one Lake Charles man died while engaged in sexual behavior involving a firearm. READ MORE