Weird BUT true

He was due for a good dressing-down.

A 17-year-old caught stealing from his Conroe, Texas, boss agreed to don a pink dress and carry a sign that said he was sorry.

Mark Anthony Doyle was caught withdrawing hundreds of dollars on company credit cards and swiping a Rolex watch from Precision Construction. Now he’s carrying a sign reading, “I stole and lied to my boss! This is to keep my head right.”

Some residents of a tony Cape Cod town are refusing to smile and say, “Cheese.”

After a wave of violence at a “Chuck E. Cheese” in nearby Oak Lawn, Mass., residents in Chatham are protesting a plan to move the pizza chain into their midst.

“We feel that the same crowd that is causing the problems out there will just come over here,” said Worlee Glover of the group “Concerned Citizens of Chatham.”

This stinks. A family in Latrobe, Pa., has spent $30,000 rebuilding their home after a skunk got in through a doggie door.

Scott Gray says their plight is worse than if their home had been ruined by a fire because their insurance won’t cover the damage.

The family threw away toys, furniture and appliances and had to strip the house down to its wood framing.

Hoverboards have turned into a very explosive fad.

A hoverboard plugged in for charging in a Coronado, Calif., home caught fire, and the flames spread to a nearby bed, officials said.

The blaze caused an estimated $22,500 in damage. No one was injured.

A police-dog wannabe flunked out of a police academy in Australia for being too adorable.

German shepherd Gavel didn’t “display the necessary aptitude for a life on the front line,” according to authorities. Instead Gavel was dispatched to the Queensland governor’s office, where he now works greeting visitors as Vice-Regal Dog.