A Virginia man who had gone to drop off his trash at the Route 41 dump bin was caught to his surprise when he found a 188-year-old King James Bible along with other books in a box meant for disposal. The man, who's fending off offers approaching $1,000, says the price offered for the ancient Bible is not realistic and thus would "hold on to it for now. " In an interview with the Danville Register and Bee, electrician Michael Hoskins, who discovered the rare, ancient Bible, said, "I go up there all the time to drop off my household trash, and there it was. There were three or four boxes of books leaning up against the concrete wall behind the Dumpsters. "

Electrician Michael Hoskins is not averse to browsing when he drops off trash at the Route 41 dump bin, and a recent visit rewarded his curiosity, reported AP. Hoskins said he discovered a 188-year-old King James Bible. Now he's fending off offers approaching $1,000 for the find. "I go up there all the time to drop off my household trash, and there it was," Hoskins told the Danville Register and Bee.

A boy napping in his mother's car was awakened when a carjacker took off with the vehicle Thursday. The boy said the carjacker's high speed and sharp movements shook him from sleep. Mike Roberts, 7, asked the carjacker to slow down and soon the man stopped the car and took off leaving Roberts alone in the car.

Three 16-year-olds were arrested for hanging a dead opossum and crow from an overpass. Their names have not been disclosed due to their young age. According to the AP, the issue erupted when several motorists on Monday reported banging into the carcasses of an opossum and a crow that had been intentionally tied up and then lowered over the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Nanuet, police said.

A 16-year-old girl who flew to the Middle East to see a man she met on MySpace. com was detained in Jordan and is now heading home, according to an FBI spokesman. AP reports U. S. officials persuaded Katherine Lester to take the return flight from Amman, FBI Special Agent Robert Beeckman said from the agency's Detroit office.