A "massively drunk" groom who started a fire at a UK castle on the night his wedding last June was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison. The BBC reports Max Kay, 37, from Liverpool, admitted he started the fire after an argument with the venue's managers when they wouldn't open a bar tab for him -- because he owed them a balance of more than $17 thousand dollars for his wedding. It took more than 100 firefighters to tackle the blaze at the Peckforton Castle Hotel in Tarporley. Although nearly 120 men, women, and children were forced to evacuate, no one was hurt -- but the fire caused more than $7 million dollars in damage.
The Denver District Attorney's office has slapped a woman with two felonies after she admitted on a radio show she acted crazy to get out of jury duty. KDVR reports 54-year-old Susan Cole called into a show last October and boasted on air about how she acted mentally unstable to get dismissed from her civic duty back in June of 2011. Cole's ruse -- and her claim to the judge she suffered post-traumatic stress disorder in the military -- worked. Although she was dismissed, Cole landed in hot water when the D.A.'s office figured out she was the caller based on her on-air description of her behavior. An arrest warrant was issued, and she's expected to be booked this week.
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