Read it twice: policeman relies on reporter's body armour

There are certain news items you always need to read twice because they defy belief. Here's the first of what I'm sure will be many read-it-twice postings. A paper in Sunbury, Pennsylvania has donated the body armour it originally bought for its Iraq war correspondent to the local police force. Deputy sheriff Daryle McNelis is proudly wearing state-of-the-art armour designed to stop a bullet from an AK-47 at 100 yards courtesy of Janet A. Tippett, the publisher of The Daily Item and The Danville News. Having withdrawn its reporter from the fray, she said: "We just didn't want the armour to collect dust in the closet." (Via dailyitem.com)