ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH

Driver armed with squirt guns

DULUTH, Minn.

Police responding to a report of a driver brandishing a gun in southeastern Minnesota found themselves in extreme danger — of getting wet.

When police pulled over and searched the vehicle in the port city of Duluth on Monday, they found only several “Super Soaker” squirt guns on the back seat

The Duluth News Tribune reports that no arrests were made.

Sporting a mullet pays off for visitors to Pittsburgh Zoo

PITTSBURGH

Mullet-conservation efforts are under way in Pittsburgh — the hairstyle, not the fish.

The Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium gave reduced admission Monday to those sporting the business-in-front, party-in-back look.

The tongue-in-cheek promotion kicked off a week of discount gimmicks at the zoo.

Stuck in the ’60s? A tie-dye shirt will get you in the gates for $5 on Thursday. On Friday, the zoo’s Facebook friends can get the lower price.

On Monday, the person with the best mullet won a behind-the-scenes zoo tour.

And the prize for the runners-up? A chance for a free haircut.

Motorists steal $12,580 in coins

ROME

Money makes the world go round — or in this case, brings an Italian highway to a halt.

A truck carrying some $2.5 million in coins overturned in southern Italy, unloading its contents onto the highway and leading motorists to hit the brakes and dig in.

Police in Foggia, where the accident occurred Monday, said Tuesday it was impossible to establish how much money had been stolen, as many of the coins remained in piles on the highway. But motorists acting quickly before police arrived stole at least $12,500.

Police said the truck’s driver and one passenger had suffered minor injuries. The truck was carrying the money from the Italian mint to local banks.

Weed-eating goats? Of course!

BISMARCK, N.D.

A public golf course in North Dakota has taken a new approach to dealing with pesky weeds: goats.

Eric Stromstad, superintendent at Hawktree golf course north of Bismarck, says two goats were brought in at the start of the season to rid the 16th hole of leafy spurge and clover. It’s worked out so well that three more goats were added.

Stromstad says the golfers have taken to the goats and feed and pet them.

Hawktree isn’t the first course to employ goats. Stromstad says courses in Ireland, Ohio and Florida have been using them.

Associated Press