Man faults light pole for causing crash, and more

Man faults light pole for causing crash

A Maine man who drove into a light pole in a Wal-Mart parking lot is suing for damages, claiming the pole was in a “hazardous location.” Richard Griswold says he sustained $2,918.05 in damage to his truck by hitting “the free-standing pole,” and that a Wal-Mart employee later confessed that this was “not a normal configured lot.”

Tracking nativity statues of the baby Jesus

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Churches throughout the U.S. are attaching GPS tracking devices to their nativity statues of the baby Jesus. In recent years, there’s been a nationwide spate of thefts of nativity statues by vandals, prompting the GPS installations. “There’s been no attempt of theft since we announced that we’re tracking our Jesus,” said an official at St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Church in New Jersey. “We love this.”