Why did the snake cross the road? Well, authorities aren't quite sure because it never made it to the other side: a six-foot boa constrictor was found dead on the side of the road in Norwalk, Connecticut yesterday. more ›

Homeless woman Tanya McDowell is due in court in Norwalk this morning to facing charges that she illegally enrolled her son in a local elementary school. Educational lobbying groups are planning a news conference in support of McDowell, a single mother with past criminal convictions, for enrolling her five-year-old son in the Norwalk school system under her friend's public housing address, when authorities claim he should have gone to a school in Bridgeport. more ›

Whenever we think there may be demons afoot, we do the sensible thing—call our local Roman Catholic bishop and see if the holy water special is still available. But not Jose Delcid: The Norwalk, CT man thought there were demons in a friends house, so he decided to perform his own exorcism ceremony by burning hats in their driveway. Delcid was arrested and charged with reckless burning; he wasn't admitted to the Norwalk Hospital psychiatric unit because of a policy that prohibits anyone who starts a fire. Delcid allegedly told police that the real culprit wasn't demons, but rather some bad marijuana he smoked, which led to him having strange thoughts while seeing people's eyes transforming and getting larger. more ›

Some wives are surprisingly understanding when their husbands tell them out of the blue that they have a ten-year-old love child with their former mistress. Other wives are so understanding, they get court orders to extract sperm from their recently deceased husband so that his girlfriend can have his baby. more ›