Montana Officers Issue Tickets and Turkeys

Some drivers near Billings, Montana, were surprised after being pulled over by police.  Instead of getting a ticket for their minor infractions, they were given a warning and a turkey.  It was a nice holiday surprise.  Source: Yahoo News

Motorized Cart

We've all seen those motorized carts at the stores.  They're supposed to be used by people who have a hard time walking around the aisles while shopping.  They've got a small basket by the handlebars and move about 2 miles per hour.  A man in Fairbanks, Alaska, tried to drive one home.  At such a low rate of speed, it didn't take police long to catch him.  Source: Yahoo News

Voting

A man in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, wanted to do his civic duty so he drove to an elementary school to vote.  He arrived a day early and drunk.  Not a good combination especially at a school.  Instead of voting, he was given a ride to the jail.  Source: Yahoo News

Police Looking for Escaped...

Emus...two of them have escaped from a local farm near Chaska, MN, and have eluded capture for a couple of months.  Local residents have spotted them in the neighborhoods but they soon run off.  It would be a shock to see that large bird running around.  Source: UPI

Dog and Duck in Minnesota

Max the dog lost his canine companion and had been very lonely for a couple of years until he met Quackers the duck.  Max would sit next to Quackers' pen and they became great friends.  Now they're inseparable.  The neighbors even look forward to seeing the two together.  Source: UPI

Water Gun

A man used a water gun to rob a couple of banks.  He painted it to look like a real gun and temporarily got away with it.  But crime doesn't pay; he's going away for a very long time.  The lesson...don't rob a bank and don't use a gun even a fake one.  Prison is on the other end of that.  Source: Yahoo News

Egg McMuffin

A person has to want that Egg McMuffin really bad to pull a gun on the worker when he doesn't get one.  That's what happened in Ohio.  There is video surveillance and police hope they can catch the suspect.  Source: Yahoo News

Baby Frankenstein

A Florida couple welcomed their baby boy on Halloween.  His name is Oskar Gary Frankenstein.  Parents, Kyle and Jessica Frankenstein, said that he was 4 days late and came into the world on a special day for Frankenstein.  The whole Frankenstein family is proud to have a baby Frankenstein born on Halloween.  Source: Yahoo News

Bank Robber

A break-in at a bank may have been to get a few bucks.  The window was broken but window breaker didn't make it inside the bank.  A bank in New Jersey captured video of a deer crashing into a bank window and breaking it.  The deer wasn't able to get inside and bank officials think he escaped unharmed.  Source: UPI

T-Rex Run

Last year in Nashville, the T-Rex Stampede started as a joke but this year it drew about 2 dozen participants.  All runners wore T-Rex costumes and ran across a bridge to downtown Nashville.  Organizers are hoping that they can do another one at Christmas time.  Source: UPI

Not Mother of the Year

A Wisconsin mother thought it would be ok to drive with her young son on top of her mini van.  She put him up there to hold down a plastic pool she was transporting.  She claims she didn't have room inside the vehicle and no straps to secure the pool to the roof.  And she thought it was ok because her dad used to let her do things like that when she was young.  I just have to shake my head at her stupidity.  She faces 5 years in prison if convicted and she's already admitted to doing it.  Source: HuffPost