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BURLINGTON, Iowa -- A psychiatrist made a stink over paying a parking ticket, using dirty money to cover the fine. Not weird enough? Read more strange news. LOOK! Strange News Photos Sign Up To Receive Our Daily News Of The Strange Email Police say Ronald Preston McPike has been charged with harassment of a public official for smearing excrement on dollar bills used to pay the ticket. McPike, 52, pleaded not guilty to the charge, a misdemeanor, and was released on $125 bond pending a Dec. 8 court appearance. He was arrested Sept. 30 at his office in Burlington. STRANGE...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Police Chief Charles Ramsey says a man arrested with 16 guns in his car about two miles from the White House may have made threats against President Bush. The man was stopped a little after noon Wednesday after the Secret Service received information Tuesday suggesting a man was driving from Pennsylvania toward the White House with explosives. The Secret Service issued an alert for police agencies to be on the lookout for him. Washington police stopped a car registered in Pennsylvania and driven by Jeffrey Cloutier, 33, of Newport, N.H. Authorities found 10 rifles and six handguns...