In a strange case of smuggling, two Buffalo men were caught smuggling by hiding four birds in a pocket and three in a fanny pack. U. S. Customs and Border Protection agents reportedly asked them to pay $1,000 in fines after they seized seven birds from two men as they re-entered the United States from Canada via Buffalo's Peace Bridge. According to AP reports, the custom officers became suspicious after the two men, identified as John Beale, 59, and Frank Salvini, 65, had gone to Canada Friday to buy 25 pounds of millet bird seed.

Kevin Pugh of Cedar Bluff might have not thought of what a prank could cost him, and that too if the prank involved a 60 pound pig. The 20-year-old has been fined $279 for tossing a pig over the counter at the Holiday Inn Express in West Point and faces charges in the city court. According to West Point Police Lt. Danny McCaskill, the incident happened on Nov. 12 when walked into the hotel and threw the 60-pound pig over the counter.

A Colorado women is taking a stand against her Home Owner's Association after they ordered her to take down a Christmas wreath with a peace sign in it. Residents said the wreath is anti-Iraqi War and a symbol of Satan. The HOA has threatened to fine her $25 a day until she takes it down from her home. She figured the fine would add up to $1,000 when she plans to take the wreath down after Christmas. But she is not convinced she will have to pay.

A man accused of running down 18 people with his SUV was found competent to stand trial Wednesday due to a change in psychiatric medication. Omeed Aziz Popal was arrested on Aug. 29 and has since been confined to the psychiatric ward of San Francisco General Hospital as he awaited trial.

In a bid to raise their voice for world peace, a California couple has formed The Global Orgasm for Peace organization, which urges everyone in the world to have an orgasm Dec. 22 while focusing on world peace. Conceived by two San Francisco-area peace activists Donna Sheehan, 76, and Paul Reffell, 55, the organization is hoping that annually on the first day of winter, peace-lovers will stay home and make love.