Mike Mercier uses 85 yards of concrete to create his home. The new 2,300-square-foot ranch-style home has a concrete basement, foot-thick exterior walls, floors, windowsills, countertops and end tables.

Four burgers at a local Burger King ended up costing George Beane a staggering $4,334. 33. He ordered two Whooper Jr. 's and two Rodeo cheeseburgers last Tuesday. The cashier forgot she had already entered the charge on his debit card and punched in the numbers again, creating the four-figure total.

A funeral parlor employee was locked in a coffin after burglars broke into the parlor, beat him and locked him up, while they searched for cash. According to Serik Sarsenbayev, the burglars beat him until he fainted before nailing him into a wooden coffin, says Reuters.

Jason Wood overcame a field of 29 competitors to win the southwest Florida regional finals of a "Rock, Paper, Scissors" tournament. He threw a "rock," beating Erin Smith's "scissors" and winning a trip to Vegas.

Vice President Dick Cheney isn't the only person who had a "hunting malfunction" this weekend. In Michigan, a man was shot and injured when his hunting partner mistook his elbow for a squirrel, authorities said. Michigan State Police said George Arthur Sikkenga of Muskegon, Michigan was wounded Sunday morning in Golden Township, in Michigan's west-central Lower Peninsula. Sikkenga was wearing camouflage clothing except for an orange hat, which he had covered with a hood after sitting down behind a tree, The Muskegon Chronicle reported.