Yellowstone National Park – A Utah woman was burned Thursday in Yellowstone National Park when her foot broke through a thin crust of dirt into a pool of hot water. It happened in the Artists’ Paintpots area. Park Rangers have closed the area until they can determine if the area is safe for visitors. More… Discount Magazine Subscriptions – Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco – Nutty News Marketplace – Shop ABC TV

NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico – U.S. customs officials have seized a statue of Jesus Christ made from plaster mixed with cocaine, the latest sophisticated attempt to smuggle drugs from Mexico. Sniffer dogs at the border crossing in Laredo, Texas, alerted officials to the smell of narcotics in the 6.6 pound (3 kilo) statue, which was in the trunk of a car being driven by a Mexican woman into the United States last week. More… Discount Magazine Subscriptions – Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco – Nutty News Marketplace – Wayside Gardens

Florida – The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will begin selling approximately 4,500 alligator harvest permits on a first-come, first-served basis at 10 a.m. (EDT) June 3 and will continue through 11:59 p.m. (EDT) June 9. The cost for a resident alligator trapping license and hide-validation tag is $271.50, and non-residents pay $1,021.50. More… Discount Magazine Subscriptions – Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco – Nutty News Marketplace – Smart Bargains

LAKE WORTH, Florida – An elderly Palm Beach County man says he forgot to pay for the pie that sent him to jail for 10 hours. Authorities say 79-year-old George Schwartz didn’t pay for a $5.29 apple pie at a Publix near Lake Worth in April. He was taken to jail and charged with retail theft, a misdemeanor punishable by 60 days in jail. More… Discount Magazine Subscriptions – Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco – Nutty News Marketplace – Great Expectations – Thompson Cigar

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania – A man fatally stabbed a neighbor woman because she treated him “like dirt” and told him he smelled, Pittsburgh police said. Terrence Andrews, 38, is charged with criminal homicide in the Thursday night death of 19-year-old Lisa Maas. Andrews told them Maas insulted him that morning and he waited all day for her to return to her apartment, before attacking her with scissors, police said. More… Discount Magazine Subscriptions – Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco – Nutty News Marketplace – Sky Mall

Pakistan – A blind seven-year-old student at an Islamic school in eastern Pakistan has died after his teacher punished him for not learning the Koran, police said today. Muhammad Atif was hung upside down from a ceiling fan and severely beaten by his teacher, Qari Ziauddin, at the seminary or madrassa in Vihari, near Lahore on Thursday, they said. More… Discount Magazine Subscriptions – Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco – Nutty News Marketplace – Vitamin World

NATOMAS ? Authorities say a local woman’s home was essentially a money factory, filled with credit cards and counterfeit money. They say she was finally caught when her son tried to spend the fake money at school. The feds say behind what is now a padlocked door was a secret criminal operation of counterfeiting, stolen credit cards and mail theft. It says that 35-year-old Priscilla Carlisle confessed to being the ring leader. More… Discount Magazine Subscriptions – Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco – Nutty News Marketplace – Own Your Own Internet Store – FREE

McKinney, Texas – Police searched a school bus that stopped during its route Wednesday afternoon after two kids sprayed a substance that turned out to be deodorant. The bus came to a stop at approximately 3:30 p.m. at the intersection of Jordan Road and Virginia Parkway and police detained the children on the bus so they could search for the source of the spray, according to McKinney dispatch reports. More… Discount Magazine Subscriptions – Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco – Nutty News Marketplace – The Jewel Site

KIRKLAND, Washington – It will take thousands of dollars and several surgeries to reconstruct a local man’s face. James O’Neal compares himself to the Elephant Man. A genetic disease left his face horribly disfigured, but that could soon change. O’Neal knows his deformity shocks people. He knows others with the same genetic disorder would rather hide than work, but for 7 years James has proudly worked the registers at the Kingsgate Safeway on 124th Avenue NE in Kirkland. More… Discount Magazine Subscriptions – Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco – Nutty News Marketplace – Size Appeal

BHUBANESWAR, India – An Indian woman accused of witchcraft was beaten, gagged and burnt to death in a remote eastern village, police said on Friday. The woman was dragged out of her home, her hands and legs tied and taken to a crematorium where she was set on fire in front of the village which ignored her screams for help. More… Discount Magazine Subscriptions – Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco – Nutty News Marketplace – Palm Beach Jewelry

A homeless woman who lived undetected in a man’s closet for a year has been arrested in Japan. The unnamed man whose wardrobe she had been inhabiting became suspicious after food mysteriously kept disappearing over several months. He set up security cameras that transmitted images to his mobile phone to track the strange disappearances from his kitchen. More… Discount Magazine Subscriptions – Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco – Nutty News Marketplace – Motorcycle Superstore

RABBIT HASH, Kentucky – The dog mayor of Rabbit Hash has passed away. The Rabbit Hash General Store confirmed Thursday that Junior Cochran died two days before his 13th birthday, Cincinnati television station WLWT reported. Junior Cochran was elected mayor with more than 3,000 votes in November 2004. More… Discount Magazine Subscriptions – Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco – Nutty News Marketplace – New Health

DADE CITY, Florida – A Bay area city has come up with a new way to save taxpayer dollars: letting employees trade overtime for a cemetery plot. City workers in Dade City now have the option to trade their comp time in for a plot at the Dade City Cemetery. A city employee came up with the idea, which the city commission approved by a unanimous vote. More… Discount Magazine Subscriptions – Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco – Nutty News Marketplace – Great Expectations – Dating Service

New York – A Fox News employee has sued the landlord of her company’s office building, saying she got bedbug bites at work. Jane Clark, a satellite feed coordinator, says in a lawsuit filed Thursday in Manhattan’s state Supreme Court that she picked up the bugs in the mid-Manhattan tower that houses the New York Post and the Fox News Channel. More… Discount Magazine Subscriptions – Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco – Nutty News Marketplace – Booty Parlor

TALLAHASSEE, Florida – A Florida woman who is considered to be the world’s oldest driver got her license renewed until 2011. Lillian Cox, 101, said she has been driving since 1915 and continues to travel around Tallahassee in her 1984 sedan. “They’re surprised that I’d get a driver’s license at 101,” Cox said. “But I have four more years.” More… Discount Magazine Subscriptions – Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco – Nutty News Marketplace – Costume Craze