Only in America 4

Jerry Williams of Little Rock, Arkansas, was awarded $14,500 plus medical expenses after being bitten on the butt by his next door neighbor's beagle -- even though the beagle was on a chain in its owner's fenced yard. Williams did not get as much as he asked for because the jury believed the beagle might have been provoked at the time of the butt bite because Williams had climbed over the fence into the yard and repeatedly shot the dog with a pellet gun.

Sailor

Leadbelly waiting for the opening of sailing season.

Only in America 3

Terrence Dickson of Bristol, Pennsylvania, was leaving a house he had just burglarized by way of the garage. Unfortunately for Dickson the automatic garage door opener malfunctioned and he could not get the garage door to open. Worse, he couldn't re-enter the house because the door connecting the garage to the house locked when Dickson pulled it shut. Forced to exist for eight days on a case of Pepsi and a large bag of dry dog food, he sued the homeowner, claiming undue mental anguish. Amazingly, the jury said the owner's insurance company must pay Dickson $500,000 for his anguish.

Greenhouse

Progress! At the family reunion we'll have enough people to lift the roof and set it on the uprights.

Only in America 2

Carl Truman, 19, of Los Angeles, California, won $74,000 plus medical expenses when his neighbor ran over his hand with a Honda Accord. Truman apparently didn't notice there was someone at the wheel of the car when he was trying to steal his neighbor's hubcaps.

Betty

The greatest generation, indeed!