Weird BUT true

At least they went to a worthy claws.

A batch of illegally harvested lobsters was seized Sunday by Massachusetts environmental cops from a trawler that exceeded the legal limit of catching just 500.

Returning the extras to different waters could be fatal, said authorities, who donated them, instead, to homeless veterans in New Bedford, Mass.

Nearly a half-billion dollars worth of cocaine arrived in Florida on Tuesday. And that’s a good thing.

The US Coast Guard and Canadian authorities seized the 16 tons of blow during 17 raids off Central and South American coasts over the past month, officials said.

The seized cocaine, with a wholesale value of $420 million, arrived at Port Everglades to be off-loaded on Tuesday.

A Kentucky woman exonerated after serving six years in prison for a murder she didn’t commit has been given the green light to sue the cop she says framed her.

Susan Jean King can sue for the cop’s alleged lies and omissions, an appeals court ruled. The cop’s account of her dragging Kyle Breeden from her home and dumping him over a bridge, she says, would have been undermined by a key fact: she has just one leg.

Her conviction was vacated after a serial killer confessed to the murder.

A New Jersey man’s 100th-birthday wish came true.

Bill Hansen got to return for a day to his old job, as a permit coordinator at a plumbing and heating outfit in Cherry Hill,.

“I hate being retired,” said Hansen who received $1 for a day of assignments plus a cake and standing ovation.

A Swiss court followed the letter of the law — and said a couple can’t name their newborn J.

The parents wanted to honor the baby’s greatgrandparents, Johanna and Josef, but the court said the name would be too confusing.