We’re studying hard, Mom …

From Excite.com News (really):

Three students at Jacksonville University have been punished for installing a stripper pole in an on-campus apartment and taking pictures as fully clothed women performed on it at a party. A female student who won a dance contest also was disciplined.

About a dozen women competed for a $100 Victorias Secret gift certificate Sept. 11, said James Foster, a 20-year-old who hosted the party. None of the women disrobed.

The men bought the steel pole from Home Depot, bolted it to the concrete ceiling and attached the bottom to a plywood stage covered in red felt.

Best line from the news piece: The party ended shortly after the beer ran out.

Fork over the money …

From NBC4 TV:

Security camera pictures from the bank in Aiken, S.C., reveal a masked suspect holding a pitchfork.

Police said he demanded money from the clerks and used the pitchfork to threaten them.

The suspect took off on foot into some nearby woods after he got the cash.

No one was hurt in the incident.

When an SUV isn’t enough …

From CNN Money:

“The new CXT — short for commercial extreme truck and built from the same platform as the heavy-truck maker’s typical tow truck or cement mixer — will be sold starting this week by Navistar’s International Truck & Engine subsidiary.

At 258 inches, or 21-1/2 feet long, the CXT is about 4-1/2 feet longer than the new Hummer H2 pickup, and about 2 inches longer than the F-350 Crew Cab.”