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FlashBack 2005
Some of the crazy stories of the year
(AP) December 19, 2005 - Here are some highlights of the stranger stories from the past 12 months:
January
Police in Florida got a tip from an unlikely source, a hooker. The prostitute dropped a dime on her customer after seeing child pornography in the john's apartment.
An Arkansas attorney was rescued thanks to his tighty whities. Ben Lipscomb got lost while duck hunting and attracted the attention of a search helicopter by waving his white skivvies.
February
The mud wrestling babes weren't coeds but MP's. The New York Daily News reported female MP's mud-wrestled at a detention center in Iraq, with a crowd of male soldiers cheering them on.
Forget the flowers, chocolates and romantic getaways. A radio station in New York State (WKRL-FM) offered a Valentine's Day prize that some people really wanted, a free divorce.
March
Fur was flying when cat lovers heard about Mark Smith's idea. The Wisconsin hunter wanted stray cats classified as an "unprotected species" so they could be shot by anyone with a small-game license.
The Florida Department of Revenue turned down a request by a witches' group for a religious exemption from the sales tax.
April
San Jose State University officials pulled the plug on dirty dancing. The school suspended its dance team after a confrontation between a student dancer and an elderly alumnus over their suggestive dance style.
Aye, matey! The Pirate Captain is the student government president at North Carolina State University. Will Piavis ran under the name the Pirate Captain and won a runoff.
May
That's no bomb, it's a giant burrito. Marshall Junior High in Clovis, New Mexico, was locked down after someone spotted a kid carrying an object wrapped in foil, it turned out to be a big burrito.
Maine state trooper Jennifer Fiske can't believe a suspect tried to hit on her. She busted Peter Murray for drunk driving and he told her she had beautiful green eyes.
June
Ex-stripper Diana Hampton has something new to wear, judicial robes. She was elected to the Municipal Court bench in Henderson, Nevada.
Slackers are giving potatoes a bad name. So say some British potato farmers who protested in London to get the term "couch potato" removed from the dictionary.
July
Landon and Anette Pharris pleaded guilty, to hiring a stripper for their son's 16th birthday party. The Nashville couple was sentenced to two years probation and ordered to take parenting classes.
One Uganda lawmaker offered girls an incentive to stay in school and stay out of bed. The member of Parliament (Sulayiman Madaada) offered college scholarships to virgins.
August
Call it the case of the alleged hooker and the senior citizen discounts. Police in New Castle, Pennsylvania, accused 19-year-old Stacy Kendall of selling sexual favors to two elderly men for four and six dollars each.
Sixty-grand in cash, and no roof over her head. Police in Janesville, Wisconsin, reported an elderly woman, who was found snoozing in a discount store, had 60-thousand dollars in her purse.
September
Who are you gonna call when ghosts haunt your restaurant? Forget the Ghostbusters, call in the lawyers. The owner of a Japanese restaurant in Orlando, Florida, backed out of the lease, claiming the place was haunted.
George Washington wasn't just the father of our country, he was also a moonshiner. Now, the Mount Vernon estate in northern Virginia is bringing back booze just like Washington made.
October
A former stripper is in trouble for what she allegedly was doing on the couch. Lucy Wightman was charged with practicing psychology without a license.
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except, maybe, at City Hall. In a town where almost anything goes, some nude artwork was too sexy for City Hall and was removed.
November
Window shopping is attracting a lot of guys in Augusta, Maine. A lingerie store called Spellbound was grabbing attention with live models in the window.
Some Florida inmates like it hot. Prisoners at the Hillsborough County Jail have created Jailhouse Fire hot sauce which they hope to sell on the Internet.
December
Some parents didn't like the idea of the young'uns seeing skimpy underthings while visiting a mall Santa in Virginia. So, a black curtain was put between Santa's chair and the Victoria's Secret store at the Valley View Mall in the Roanoke area.
Sleep tight and don't let the bedbugs bite! But two Swiss businesswomen charge they were eaten alive by bedbugs at a New York City hotel and are suing the place.
Some of the crazy stories of the year
(AP) December 19, 2005 - Here are some highlights of the stranger stories from the past 12 months:
January
Police in Florida got a tip from an unlikely source, a hooker. The prostitute dropped a dime on her customer after seeing child pornography in the john's apartment.
An Arkansas attorney was rescued thanks to his tighty whities. Ben Lipscomb got lost while duck hunting and attracted the attention of a search helicopter by waving his white skivvies.
February
The mud wrestling babes weren't coeds but MP's. The New York Daily News reported female MP's mud-wrestled at a detention center in Iraq, with a crowd of male soldiers cheering them on.
Forget the flowers, chocolates and romantic getaways. A radio station in New York State (WKRL-FM) offered a Valentine's Day prize that some people really wanted, a free divorce.
March
Fur was flying when cat lovers heard about Mark Smith's idea. The Wisconsin hunter wanted stray cats classified as an "unprotected species" so they could be shot by anyone with a small-game license.
The Florida Department of Revenue turned down a request by a witches' group for a religious exemption from the sales tax.
April
San Jose State University officials pulled the plug on dirty dancing. The school suspended its dance team after a confrontation between a student dancer and an elderly alumnus over their suggestive dance style.
Aye, matey! The Pirate Captain is the student government president at North Carolina State University. Will Piavis ran under the name the Pirate Captain and won a runoff.
May
That's no bomb, it's a giant burrito. Marshall Junior High in Clovis, New Mexico, was locked down after someone spotted a kid carrying an object wrapped in foil, it turned out to be a big burrito.
Maine state trooper Jennifer Fiske can't believe a suspect tried to hit on her. She busted Peter Murray for drunk driving and he told her she had beautiful green eyes.
June
Ex-stripper Diana Hampton has something new to wear, judicial robes. She was elected to the Municipal Court bench in Henderson, Nevada.
Slackers are giving potatoes a bad name. So say some British potato farmers who protested in London to get the term "couch potato" removed from the dictionary.
July
Landon and Anette Pharris pleaded guilty, to hiring a stripper for their son's 16th birthday party. The Nashville couple was sentenced to two years probation and ordered to take parenting classes.
One Uganda lawmaker offered girls an incentive to stay in school and stay out of bed. The member of Parliament (Sulayiman Madaada) offered college scholarships to virgins.
August
Call it the case of the alleged hooker and the senior citizen discounts. Police in New Castle, Pennsylvania, accused 19-year-old Stacy Kendall of selling sexual favors to two elderly men for four and six dollars each.
Sixty-grand in cash, and no roof over her head. Police in Janesville, Wisconsin, reported an elderly woman, who was found snoozing in a discount store, had 60-thousand dollars in her purse.
September
Who are you gonna call when ghosts haunt your restaurant? Forget the Ghostbusters, call in the lawyers. The owner of a Japanese restaurant in Orlando, Florida, backed out of the lease, claiming the place was haunted.
George Washington wasn't just the father of our country, he was also a moonshiner. Now, the Mount Vernon estate in northern Virginia is bringing back booze just like Washington made.
October
A former stripper is in trouble for what she allegedly was doing on the couch. Lucy Wightman was charged with practicing psychology without a license.
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except, maybe, at City Hall. In a town where almost anything goes, some nude artwork was too sexy for City Hall and was removed.
November
Window shopping is attracting a lot of guys in Augusta, Maine. A lingerie store called Spellbound was grabbing attention with live models in the window.
Some Florida inmates like it hot. Prisoners at the Hillsborough County Jail have created Jailhouse Fire hot sauce which they hope to sell on the Internet.
December
Some parents didn't like the idea of the young'uns seeing skimpy underthings while visiting a mall Santa in Virginia. So, a black curtain was put between Santa's chair and the Victoria's Secret store at the Valley View Mall in the Roanoke area.
Sleep tight and don't let the bedbugs bite! But two Swiss businesswomen charge they were eaten alive by bedbugs at a New York City hotel and are suing the place.
