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  At Lawyers.com we report legal news consumers can use. Sometimes we hear some pretty unbelievable things — including wacky state laws that are odd, laughable and downright bizarre. There are a lot of crazy laws governing how you carry an ice cream cones, what makes a pickle “official,” hazardous dining in Chicago, swearing while driving and a weird ban on candy. Not matter what state you find yourself in, be sure to visit Lawyers.com. Not only can you look …

Mark Williams isn’t waiting for Halloween to dress up and play superhero. The Petoskey, Mich. man recently showed up to an accident scene dressed as Batman, convinced he could help. The cops, however, were having none of it and arrested the superhero wannabe for obstructing and resisting police during an investigation. On Sept. 29, Williams, 33, arrived at a crime scene he’d discovered by tuning in to a police scanner. So did state police, who tried to use a police …

Carl Funk, 58, told Broward County, Fla., judge John Hurley (on a video feed from jail to a courtroom) that he is innocent of the seven-year-old charges (trespassing and open-alcoholic-container counts) and that, besides, he is now wheelchair-bound in pathetic medical condition and should be allowed to go home. The judge was skeptical, but finally, according to a South Florida Sun-Sentinel report, he offered to fine Funk only $50 on the charges, and Funk agreed to plead guilty. “Good luck, …

A Houston man went hog-wild over a $137 ticket for an expired inspection sticker and tried to pay the fine in $1 bills each folded into a pig. He then presented the litter of paper porkers in a doughnut box, apparently hoping to catch the cops on a coffee break. The man, who identifies himself only as “Bacon Moose,” posted the hilarious video on YouTube. “Hamming” it up on the video, Bacon goes to the window and tries to present …

Ah, the spectacle of celebrities behaving badly. It keeps late-night comedians in business. (What would Jay Leno and David Letterman do without the Lindsay Lohans of the world?) It contributes to a nationwide decline in productivity. (How much time did you spend discussing Charlie Sheen’s meltdown with your co-workers?) And–rarely–it draws attention to important subjects we might otherwise ignore. (Case in point: George Clooney getting arrested outside the Sudanese Embassy.)     Check out our rogues gallery for the latest …