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An Orchard Lake man -- OK, he's not just any man; he's infamous for employing lots of strippers, being shot twice and for starring in an upcoming reality show on HBO/Cinemax -- has erected a large sculpture of the middle-finger salute. In his backyard.

The sculpture is almost 12 feet high. A spotlight illuminates it at night.

The man is Alan Markovitz, longtime impresario of metro Detroit topless clubs, whose adventures are scheduled to be aired on the national cable outlet this winter on a show titled "Topless Prophet." He was the subject of a Deadline Detroit profile last month.

Markovitz recently moved into a lakefront home in Orchard Lake, and he spent $7,000 on the digital objet d'art. It's made of a bronze-like material.



http://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/7248/bloomfield_hills_man_builds_giant_statue_to_flip_off_his_ex-wife#.Uoo9T2SifKq

A New Hampshire fugitive who was considered armed and dangerous was arrested Friday.

Members of the U.S. Marshals–N.H. Joint Fugitive Task Force and the Maine Violent Offenders Task Force arrested Nicholas Emond early Friday morning in Somersworth. Emond, 27, with last known addresses in both Maine and New Hampshire, was sought on an outstanding arrest warrant issued by the U.S. District Court in Portland, Maine for supervised release violations stemming from an original conviction and sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

As part of the U.S. Marshal’s fugitive investigation, Emond was aired as the "Fugitive of the Week" on Patch, WTPL-FM, WMUR-TV, The Union Leader and The Nashua Telegraph. Tips provided by the public were instrumental in locating him. Information provided by tipsters indicated that Emond was living in an apartment on Winter Street in Somersworth. That information was further developed by the U.S. Marshals Friday morning, which ultimately led to his arrest. Emond did not respond to knocks at the apartment door and entry was forced by law enforcement. He was quickly located and arrested without further incident.

http://concord-nh.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/fugitive-captured-after-commenting-on-own-wanted-photo

1. This woman who tried wearing a cheeseburger as a shoe.

Sometimes your carnal urges just take over -- especially when you're in the romantic setting of a Loganville, Ga. Waffle House parking lot. This lovely couple was making boom boom in their car earlier this year when police busted them. Loganville authorities said the woman was so drunk that she tried to put a cheeseburger on her foot like a sandal. We really wonder how she attempted that -- did she stick her foot between the bun and the patty? Also, is that the kind of information that police usually include in their reports? Who knows...

2. This girl who tweeted her whole arrest.

Here's a lesson: drinking and social media don't mix very well. Samantha Lynn Goudie, a 22-year-old who went by "@Vodka_Samm" on Twitter, blew a .341 BAC at a University of Iowa football game earlier this year. She decided to document her whole arrest on Twitter and the resulting tweets were hilarious, if not unsurprisingly devoid of self-awareness:

3. This man who used a taco as his ID.

Matthew Falkner managed to pay the cashier and get his tacos on night in 2011, but that's when the fun seemed to stop for the man from Jensen Beach, Fla. After passing out in his car while in the drive-thru line at Taco Bell, cops approached Falkner's car after the engine caught on fire. When authorities asked for his ID, the Miami New Times reports that he reached into his bag and emerged with a taco. When an officer noted that they'd asked for his ID, not his taco, Falkner responded by laughing and taking a bite out of his dinner.

The rest: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/15/funny-drunk-stories_n_4241399.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news

This was going to happen eventually, so it's not surprise that it's sooner rather than later. Despite the fact that it's not even commercially available yet, there is already a sex simulator for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset.

According to BuzzFeed, the simulator was rigged up by a developer at an Oculus Rift Game Jam, an event organized by Facebook group VR Japan. It uses a Novint Falcon controller to operate a Tenga masturbation aid. With the machine set up and, er, everything in place, the user just has to don the Oculus Rift headset for a fully immersive virtual experience.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/oculus-rift-sex-simulator,25082.html#comments

Fidel is one of seven Cuban crocodiles - an endangered species - to have hatched in Hoyerswerda zoo last August. Zookeepers opted to give the hatchlings names associated with their traditional homeland.

“We were simply looking for names which you immediately associate with their homeland of Cuba,” said director of the zoo in formerly Communist East Germany Carmen Lötsch. “Nobody intended it to be a direct reference to dictator Fidel Castro or indeed a glorification of him as a person,” she said.

Fidel the crocodile was destined for a life in the limelight, however, as he soon gained notoriety for his aggressive behavior towards his siblings, whom he would regularly attack and bite.

These misdemeanors earned him the nickname “Castro” in some circles. “But that really refers most of all to the critical aspects of Fidel Castro as a person, so one can really not be accused of in any way trivializing these actions,” said Lötsch.

However a committee tasked with allocating cultural funding in the region, did not share that view, claiming the crocodile’s name was not consistent with its guidelines.

http://www.thelocal.de/20131113/crocodile-name-changed-for-political-reasons

An autistic man with a cow slurry fetish has been transferred from a mental hospital to prison after doctors completed their assessment of him.

David Truscott, aged 41, has a bizarre history of rolling naked in cow slurry and has developed an obsession with a farm in Cornwall where he been arrested several times.

He has been warned he is likely to be sent to jail or a mental hospital after a further specialist examination.

Truscott has admitted threatening to kill farmer Clive Ross and his family, who he has already subjected to a six year long campaign of harassment and arson.

He was banned from going onto their land at Redruth after being caught repeatedly rolling naked in a muck spreader.

Read more: http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Cow-slurry-fetish-man-sent-prison-Exeter-judge/story-20072761-detail/story.html#ixzz2kdxKRkLO

Rocklin police were able to track down four auto burglary suspects – three adults and a juvenile – on Sunday after investigators found a photograph online of $120 worth of food from Carl’s Jr. that was purchased with a credit card stolen in one of the burglaries.

“I’m glad we caught them,” said Sgt. Scott Horrillo. “Sometimes, technology acts in our favor; sometimes, it doesn’t. This time it did.”

Tavion Spignor, 19, Leroy Jackson, 27, and Malek Morgan, 20, all of Sacramento, were arrested on suspicion of auto burglary, conspiracy, possession of stolen property and unauthorized use of personal ID.

They were being held at the Placer County jail in Auburn on Monday. Bond for Spignor was set at $10,000, while Jackson’s was $20,000. Morgan’s bail had not been set yet.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/11/12/5901720/4-auto-burglary-suspects-caught.html#storylink=cpy

A Florida man was arrested for impersonating a police officer after his grand scheme to score cheap donuts was blown up.

The man's scheme involved flashing a police badge at the drive-thru employee so she could give him donuts at a discount.

He also allegedly flashed a piece, but not menacingly. Just to prove that he was totally a for-real cop, and not at all just some guy who refused to pay full price for donuts.

According to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, the man, Charles Barry, drove to the Dunkin' Donuts drive-thru located on on State Road 54. He showed the employee his badge, which read "Morris County" on it, and then asked for a discount on his donuts.

It was the perfect crime!

Maybe a little too perfect. Because apparently Barry didn't just leave it there. Perhaps from feeling the rush of pulling off such a heist, or maybe because he's just a guy knows no other way to live than on the edge, Barry went back to the same Dunkin' Donuts a second time for more cheap donuts.

http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2013/11/florida_man_pretends_to_be_a_c.php

Miles, from northern California, had only one desire when the Make-a-Wish foundation came knocking - he wanted to be Batkid.

Now, thanks for more than 10,000 people his wish is to become a reality.

On Friday, Miles will rescue a damsel in distress, capture the Riddler in a bank vault, chase the Penguin around town and then receive the key to the city from a grateful mayor and police chief.

DC Comics is also thinking of writing a special comic book featuring Batkid and the Dark Knight trilogy composer Hans Zimmer has offered to write Batkid his own theme song.

Make-a-Wish rarely asks the public to get involved in helping to grant the wishes of the sick kids they work with.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/san-francisco-to-help-turn-miles-5-into-batman-with-make-a-wish-foundation/story-fnixw28f-1226759385710

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