MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY - Forget rape, murder and mayhem. A 20-year-old college student is facing the business end of a $500 fine and up to three months in jail for splashing a pedestrian with his truck. Witness Eric Gill said he saw the perpetrator swerve at least five feet off the road to drive through a puddle and splash a woman as she walked on campus. Gill wrote down the license number and then drove alongside the truck to get a look at the driver, whom he said was laughing uproariously. While no victim has even come forward, Assistant Prosecutor Sam Smith said there is enough evidence to try the case.

BROKEN ARROW, Oklahoma - We thought we'd never see another student witch story, but recently 15-year-old Union High School student Brandi Blackbear has been interrogated and suspended for just that. When one of her teachers became mysteriously ill suspicion immediately fell on Brandi who has made no secret about reading books from the school library about Wicca. Assistant principal Charlie Bushyhead suspended Blackbear for 15 days as "an immediate threat to the school," seized her notebooks, and barred her from drawing or wearing any Wiccan signs. A federal lawsuit is pending. "It's hard for me to believe that in the year 2000 I am walking into court to defend my daughter against charges of witchcraft," her father said.

ALMATY, Kazakhstan A Kazakh man who was electrocuted and buried has shocked his friends and family by turning up for his own funeral feast. The man was wrapped in a cloth shroud according to Muslim tradition and buried in a shallow grave after apparently dying while trying to steal power cables in eastern Kazakhstan, local media reported Wednesday. But two days later he regained consciousness and rose naked from the ground, Express K daily said. The paper said he had difficulty flagging down a vehicle to take him home.

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylavania - Here is living proof that all crooks come in different shapes and sizes. A 6ft 4in man dressed in drag so he could use credit cards which had been stolen from a woman in September to buy a new car in the U.S. According to police, the man tried to buy a Mitsubishi car with one of the woman's cards featuring her name but displayedhis picture on it. The dealership was alerted when it ran a credit check and was told the woman had been a victim of fraud. The man has since then been charged with forgery and attempted theft.

LANCASHIRE, Europe - Apparently a champion Lancashire pool team has grown tired of swimming with the fishes, so they are going to start drinking like them too. The team from the Oddfellows Arms in Accrington play in competitions sponsored by a local brewery. After winning the double of league and champion of champions titles, the team was awarded 72 gallons of beer. According to Oddfellows Arms landlord Fred Bardsley, the seven-man team had a tough choice of re-entering the league or taking time out to enjoy their winnings. "Actually, it didn't take long to reach a decision. We'll certainly have a merry Christmas and the beer might just about be gone in the New Year, so we'll be back to win some more," Bardsley concluded.

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