Weird News

RALEIGH, N.C. - A medical examiner studying a body in a morgue was startled when the man took a shallow breath.

Emergency medical technicians had declared 29-year-old Larry D. Green dead almost two hours earlier, after he was hit by a car.

Medical examiner J.B. Perdue was called to the accident scene Monday but did not examine Green then. Later, he was documenting Green’s injuries when he noticed the man was breathing.

Can they save

room on yearbook pictures?

FREDONIA, N.Y. - The 157-student freshman class at Fredonia High School includes seven sets of twins - enough to earn the district a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Guinness has sent the district a certificate, which will be displayed in the high school.

That’s the reason

they wear shackles

MOOREFIELD, W.Va. - A pair of shackles. That’s all that stood between a Potomac Highlands Regional Jail inmate and potential freedom.

Edward E. Van Meter, 42, of Moorefield attempted to escape custody Tuesday after he was allowed to use the restroom at Hardy County Magistrate Court, State Police announced Wednesday. Once inside, he allegedly removed several ceiling tiles and tried to make it out through the suspended ceiling.

Van Meter’s shackles got caught, though. And pretty soon, so did he.

Don’t mouthwash and drive

ADRIAN, Mich. - A woman arrested after failing a sobriety test and telling police she drank three glasses of Listerine has pleaded guilty to drunken driving.

Carol Ries, 50, was pulled over after she rear-ended another vehicle at a red light on Jan. 9. She passed one breathalyzer test, but failed another that used different equipment. Police found a bottle of Listerine in her car, and she told them she had drunk three glasses earlier in the day. Her blood alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit, police said.

Original formula Listerine contains 26.9 percent alcohol, while other varieties contain 21.6 percent.