YOUR DAILY FIX OF BIZARRE, UNUSUAL AND UNEXPLAINED EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD

MUSKOGEE, Okla. — A 19-year-old freshman at the University of Oklahoma was elected mayor Tuesday of Muskogee, a city of 38,000 in the northeastern part of the state.

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HOLYHEAD, Wales — A man who dressed up as Darth Vader, wearing a garbage bag for a cape, and assaulted the founders of a group calling itself the Jedi church was given a suspended sentence Tuesday.

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NEW YORK — A New York City man is suing JetBlue Airways Corp. for more than $2 million because he says a pilot made him give up his seat to a flight attendant and sit on the toilet for more than three hours on a flight from California.

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CLEVELAND, Tenn. — A man was arrested after pulling marijuana from his pocket at a security check at a court. The man was visiting the courts section of the Bradley County Justice Center on Monday when he was asked to empty his pockets into a plastic bowl, a standard procedure.

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SNELLVILLE, Ga. — So much for spaghetti suppers: The First Baptist Church of Snellville is fueling its membership drive with a sign in front of its sprawling campus proclaiming “Free Gasoline.”

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BARNSTABLE, Mass. — Police in Massachusetts say churchgoers in a Cape Cod town tackled a would-be robber who tried to steal a collection box during a service.

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NAPERVILLE, Ill. — A suburban Chicago man has reclaimed the Guinness world record for time spent on a stationary bicycle.

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DES MOINES, Iowa — A college student whose friend was being questioned in a hit and run found himself charged with assaulting an officer with a curious choice of weapons: M&Ms.

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IRVING, N.Y. — Police say a tuxedo-clad western New York man was drunk when he took a riding lawn mower out for an early morning spin.

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DALLAS — A Southwest Airlines passenger who refused to get off his cell phone during a flight found Dallas police waiting for him Monday.

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