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Global Bizarre

By Times Wires
Published February 14, 2008

A lot of heart

Fill Valentine's day card with divorce papers

In an effort to just give a great big hug to Valentine's Day spirit, WKLC-FM in Charleston, W.Va., is having a contest where the prize is a free divorce. "Sure we can give away concert tickets," said program director Jay Nunley. "That's going to make you happy for a little while. This is the chance to make someone happy for the rest of their life." The station will accept applications through its Web site, wklc.com, through 4 p.m. today, and draw a winner at 5 p.m. Nunley warns that only reasonably uncomplicated dissolutions should apply.

Spray paint for your sweetie in Mideast

For a truly unique Valentine's gift, you can have someone spray graffiti announcing your affections on the concrete walls dividing Israelis and Palestinians. "We are overloaded with messages for Valentine's Day," said Faris Arouri, a 26-year-old volunteer with send.a.message, which charges $45 for the service. The service includes three digital images of the message, which can be about anything as long as it's not obscene, offensive or extremist. Worth mentioning before you pony up the cash, though: Proceeds go to support Palestinian causes.

A mighty whack

She didn't have a key, just an ax

How many swings of an ax does it take to break a sliding glass door? "I had to bang the glass four times with the ax before it broke," said Geraldine Palmer, above. Wow! But its hard to know whether it took four whacks because it was super-strong glass, or if it had something to do with the fact that Palmer is almost 90 years old and maybe doesn't have the same swing she used to. Palmer walked onto the porch of her home in Durango, Colo., and the door locked behind her. So on one side of her was a locked door, and on the other, a 7-foot wall of snow. She found the ax, eventually broke the door, and got back in.

Security

He's not a terrorist, he's just an idiot

If he didn't know better before, a New Zealand man now knows that when you are carrying a trumpet case onto a plane and it has a trumpet in it, and someone asks you "What's in the case," don't say, "a machine gun." Even if you are convinced it will be hilarious. Because the unidentified man, believed to be a teacher, did it, and now he can't fly Freedom Air for the next five years. He is also subject to a year in jail and a fine of about $9,000. "It never felt at all like he was a terrorist," passenger Rachel Turney told the Waikato Times. "He was just being an idiot."

Compiled from Times wire services and other sources by staff writer Jim Webster, who can be reached at jwebster@sptimes.com.

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