New York Post

Weird BUT true

- David K. Li, Wires

It was the fast and the furry-ous.

A driver led highway-patrol officers on a high-speed chase for two-hours around the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles this weekend — and brought his German shepherd along for the ride.

After the speed demon was arrested, the pooch, which was unharmed, was turned over to the suspect’s sister, officials said.

This is the last straw for Seattle.

The city will ban plastic straws from all restaurant­s and other stores that sell food, starting in July,

Paper straws will be acceptable.

This could have been an explosive situation.

A man recently purchased a grenade at a garage sale in Mills Township, Mich., believing it was a dud, authoritie­s said.

But when he showed it to a relative, an active service member, the family member urged him to call Midlands County Sheriff ’s deputies.

They sent a bomb squad and determined it was indeed inert — a World War II era MK2 hand grenade.

Still, cops lauded the man for playing it safe.

A Canadian Football League game was nearly delayed over the weekend when a moose outside the stadium made it hard for fans to get inside.

The kickoff was about to be pushed back when an animalwelf­are officers shot the wayward moose with a tranquiliz­er dart.

The animal was taken to be released back into the wilderness outside Winnipeg.

British mom Lisa Humphrey was incensed when her 13-year-old son, Harry, was isolated from classmates in Grimsby because his hair was too short.

The Havelock Academy student had a No. 2 cut, which was just under the minimum length.

He has been banished for four weeks until his hair grows back — but his mom says it will be cut again.

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