An arrow armed with pot, and more

An arrow armed with pot

A Washington state man was arrested after he allegedly strapped a bag of marijuana to an arrow and shot it into a prison. Authorities said that David Wayne Jordan tried to shoot the arrow into an exercise yard at the Whatcom County Jail, but overshot the target, with his special delivery landing on a roof. When Jordan, 36, was arrested, he claimed he’d been trying to hit a squirrel. “He had no explanation as to why squirrel hunting requires attaching marijuana to an arrow,” said Sheriff Bill Elfo.

Jennifer Lopez goes ballistic

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Jennifer Lopez slashed her boy toy’s monthly allowance after she caught him gossiping to the press, said the National Enquirer. The 44-year-old singer went ballistic when her dancer boyfriend, Casper Smart, 26, told an interviewer that Lopez was returning to TV’s American Idol next season as a judge. “Jennifer caught hell from Idol producers” over the leak, said a source. As punishment, Lopez cut Smart’s $10,000 monthly allowance by 25 percent. “Casper doesn’t understand the business,” said the source. “It’s beginning to dawn on her that he’s a liability.”

A wheelchair that spits fire

An Arizona inventor has built a customized wheelchair fitted with a flamethrower. Lance Greathouse, an engineer who makes “pimped” scooters for disabled people, spent $1,000 assembling the wheelchair out of spare parts. Its flamethrower spits out a blast of fire that extends 35 feet. “I love fire and wheelchairs, so I thought, why not put them together?” said Greathouse, 52. “I would like to see some street gang member mess with someone in one of my chairs.”