Gillette, WY (AHN) - Hearing that jobs pay better in Wyoming, a Minnesota man traveled 1,500 miles by mule - actually, two of them.

After losing his driver's license 10 years ago because of a hit and run, and spending time in jail for nonpayment of child support, Rod Maday had no choice but to ride his mule "into town" to look for work.

After losing his driver's license 10 years ago because of involvement in a hit and run, an employed man had no choice but to ride his mule into town looking for work.

Rod Maday claims to have traveled 45 days in the summer heat from his home town of Boy River, Minn. to Gillette, Wyo. on his 4-year-old mule.

Workers at downtown boutique Fusion jeans received a very special and unexpected delivery of 20 pounds of marijuana, prompting them to call the police. The two packages of marijuana received Saturday are worth $90,000.

AP quotes Capt. Chris Werner as saying, "Officers received a call that the manager of the store had received a package from FedEx and when he opened it there was a five-gallon bucket inside."

An Australian man, drunk on vodka, caught a shark with his bare hands while fishing off a jetty at Louth Bay, a town on South Australia state's Eyre Peninsula, about 870 miles west of Sydney.

Phillip Kerkhof caught a 1.3-meter (4-ft.) bronze whaler shark with his bare hands off an Australian beach on Friday while it was swimming in shallow waters.

For all those who want to try out something new on this Valentine's Day and have a penchant for adventure, a Web site is offering a date with a convict.

The website, www.hotprisonpals.com is now offering to hook you up with prisoners, some of whom are up for release in the near future and could potentially become that special someone in your life.