New York Post

Weird BUT true

- Eileen AJ Connelly with Wire Services

A Liverpool homeowner fed up with people parking on his crowded block decided to wage war against the interloper­s — with plastic wrap.

The 36-year-old dad was miffed after he saw a car pull up in front of his home and a couple get out with luggage, then climb into a taxi, presumably heading to the nearby airport.

Two days later, he had enough. He brought a large box of cling wrap and covered the entire car like a giant leftover.

This pumpkin pie has cheese on top.

New Jersey-based pizza chain Villa Italian Kitchen rolled out the combo of pumpkin-pie filling, nutmeg, clove, cinnamon and melted mozzarella cheese.

Villa is selling the Pumpkin Spice Pizza as a slice or whole pie at its 230 locations around the country.

Autocorrec­t is causing some muscle pain for the Equinox fitness chain.

The digital spell-checker is changing posts and queries for the credit-reporting agency Equifax to the upscale gym chain’s name — in the midst of a major hack that affected about 143 million Americans.

An emergency alert warned Southern California TV watchers that “in the last days extremely violent times will come.”

Viewers should have seen a typical emergency-broadcast test, but a technical malfunctio­n caused it to go extra long and the broadcast picked up an audio feed that bled into the alert.

The startling message appeared on at least two cable companies’ stations.

Around 90 percent of the coffee mugs in the office kitchen carry dangerous germs — and 20 percent of those carry fecal bacteria, a University of Arizona researcher found.

The problem likely comes from the sponges in the communal kitchen, which aren’t cleaned regularly or properly.

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