Weird National Briefs - 01/25/12 From the Associated Press Nailed it! ORLAND PARK, Illinois - A man thought the errant nail that discharged from the gun he was working with had whizzed by his head. Instead, it was lodged in his brain. Family members say Dante Autullo spent more than a day with the 3.5-inch nail in his head before having it removed Thursday. The 32-year-old was tinkering in the garage of his Orland Park home Tuesday in Chicago's suburbs when the nail gun went off. He saw a small wound but couldn't find the nail and didn't think much of it. He went to work the next day but later went to the hospital with nausea and a huge headache. That's when an X-ray found the nail. Autullo is recovering after a four-hour surgery to have the nail removed. TME - Some days you're the hammer, some days you get shot in the head with a nail gun. Bong brawl JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - Two western Pennsylvania brothers are charged with simple assault and marijuana possession charges after what police are calling a brawl over a broken bong. Ferndale police tell the Tribune-Democrat of Johnstown they responded to a fight call Wednesday in which one man was reportedly brandishing a screwdriver while the other hid in his bedroom. After investigating, police say 18-year-old Tyler Kamler told them 23-year-old Brandon Kamler became upset when Tyler asked him about the broken bong - a glass or plastic water pipe commonly used to smoke marijuana. Police say they later found some small bags of marijuana, an ashtray and two smoking pipes buried in a flower bed after asking Brandon Kamler if there were other drugs in the house. The brothers don't have attorneys and declined immediate comment when called at home Friday. TME - Broken bong + brandished screwdriver + police intervention = precious memories. Urine trouble now, cat! NEW CASTLE, Pa. - One western Pennsylvania fire department learned that there's not necessarily fire wherever there's smoke. New Castle's assistant fire chief Jim Donston tells The Associated Press that firefighters were called when an electrical outlet on a floor was smoking, only to find that happened because the family's cat urinated into the outlet. The New Castle News first reported the incident Friday and Donston supplied more details to the AP. The assistant chief says a Columbia Gas worker was at the house checking for a possible leak when he noticed the smoking outlet and called the fire department Wednesday about 7:30 p.m. Donston says firefighters "found the receptacle wet from cat urine" and shut off the electrical supply to that circuit. TME - Those people should seek help. Their cat is clearly trying to murder them. This week in thinning the herd HOQUIAM, Wash. - A 21-year-old Hoquiam, Wash., man who decided to go sledding in the city cemetery learned two lessons: an 8-foot plastic boat is not a good sled, but it works fine as a stretcher. Police Chief Jeff Myers said the man found that his "sled" quickly picked up speed Wednesday on the snowy cemetery hillside, sailing through trees and landing in a gully. Myers says the victim suffered an apparently broken leg. Police, medics and friends used the boat as a rescue platform and managed to haul the victim out of the gully and up the hill. He was taken to a local hospital. Myers says it appears alcohol was involved in the sledding adventure. TME - At least now the guy can check "Crash a boat in a cemetery" off the old bucket list. One cool cat EDNEYVILLE, N.C. - A lucky feline is warming up at an animal shelter in Edneyville after surviving a trip from Canada in the back of a refrigerated truck. The Times-News of Hendersonville reports that the cat was discovered earlier this month when workers were unloading cargo from the truck at a warehouse in Mills River. But the chilly trip didn't end there. The cat escaped into the warehouse, where the temperature is kept at 38 degrees, before employees caught him after about a week. The cat is now at the Blue Ridge Humane Society Animal Adoption and Rescue Center, where he's being quarantined. Workers plan to have him neutered and vaccinated and then put up for adoption. Since his adventure ended, he's been given the name Joe Cool. TME - All that *and* he's getting neutered? That's cold. Is turnabout fair play? NORWAY, S.C. - The South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division is investigating the mayor of Norway's claim that he was legally empowered to pull over a state trooper after the trooper had pulled him over for speeding. The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg reports that Norway Mayor Jim Preacher was stopped for speeding on Wednesday. After the traffic stop, Preacher turned on the blue lights and siren in his vehicle and pulled the trooper over. Preacher acknowledges he was speeding, but says he was acting in his capacity as the town's chief constable. The state Department of Public Safety has asked SLED to look into whether Norway's mayor does have powers of law enforcement. The town council disbanded the Norway Police Department last year. TME - Mayor, chief constable - the guy's practically Boss Hogg.