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Anti-gay Christian fundamentalist busted for park masturbation

Dude, just set up an airport bathroom date with Larry Craig! (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

Chicken in Iowa lays egg that's much larger than "Jumbo"

Slow news day, or the most interesting agriculture story ever posted on Obscure Store? You decide. (Des Moines Register)

Attorney to give reward to homeless man who turned in $1,400

It's up-with-the-homeless day! The lawyer who lost the cash says: "I am going to make it square with this guy. Clearly, I gotta give him some money. (Philly.com)

Drunk man hijacks cab in NYC, crashes it into utility pole

Michael Findley, 31, "zig-zagged" all over the road and sped the wrong way down a one-way street, says the victimized cab driver. "He didn't care about the red lights. He could've killed someone on the street. That's all I was thinking." (New York Daily News)

High school student insists his rosary beads aren't gang-related

He was suspended for five days, accused of wearing a rosary as a gang accessory. "My godfather gave it to me as a gift," he says. "I want to wear my rosary because I am proud of it because I am religious." (KSDK.com)

Homeless man seeks woman who accidentally gave him her ring

The diamond ring was with the spare change the woman gave to the 44-year-old man. "My first thought was to go pawn it," the guy admits, "but I’d only get about $20 to $50. It’s probably worth more to the woman who had it so I’m going to try and get it back to her." (The Oakland Press)

Man accused of urinating in police cruiser after arrest

The 22-year-old man allegedly pulled his pants down and urinated on the "seat, floor and police gear" in the vehicle. He also kicked at a rear window until the frame bent and the glass was pushed off its track. (St. Petersburg Times)

Principal tells kids to remove gold grills before talking to him

That sounds like a reasonable request. He's trying to change the culture at his inner-city high school. Shirttails have to be tucked in, too. (SavannahNow.com)

Cops: Hummer-driving woman, 42, took teen boys to sites for sex

Middle-aged woman, teen boys, and a Hummer. I'll let you take it from there. (She entered a no-contest plea, by the way.) (Contra Costa Times)

"Urging people to kill themselves is free speech, not a crime"

That's according to the lawyer for a 48-year-old man currently on trial in St. Paul. He allegedly asked 15 to 20 people to let him watch their suicides on a webcam, but no one agreed. Even the attorney admits his client is "obsessive, morbid, abhorrent, sick" and "creepy," but insists the guy's actions weren't criminal. (St. Paul Pioneer Press)