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Mating, Dating and Other Games People Play

By Buck Wolf, About.com

In matters of the heart we say, "To each his own." There are, of course, exceptions. Here's a look at weird news involving love, sex and marriage.

Man Names Bullets After Family Members

Troy Christoff 2009 Mug Shot PhotoPolk County (Fla.) Sheriff's Office
Police Troy Christoff, 34, dramatically loaded his gun with five bullets, one named for each member of his family. Luckily, his wife shot first with anonymous ammunition.

Sex at a Wal-Mart's Parking Lot

William Walter Stephens and Asia Marie Howard 2009 Mug Shot PhotoGastonia County (N.C.) Sheriff's Office
An 83-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman are accused "crimes against nature" for having sex in a Buick parked outside of a North Carolina Wal-Mart.

Hooters Girls Take on Attacker

Christopher Childers 2009 Mug ShotPhoto Courtesy Walton County (Ga.) Sheriff's Office
Christopher Childers expected something different when he sneaked into the car and surprised two 19-year-old Hooters waitresses -- and he has the scars to prove it.

'Don't Taser Me, Lover!'

Oly Ivey 2009 Mug ShotLeon County (Texas) Sheriff's Office
A Texas police chief faces aggravated assault for allegedly tasering his live-in girlfriend -- and this isn't the first time he's been charged in an incident of domestic violence.

American Breasts Are Getting Bigger

Amy WinehouseGetty Images
It seems that fashion is going through size inflation. "These days, many women -- to their shock or glee -- are finding that DD is becoming the new C," writes Laura Holson in The New York Times.

Lindsay Twitters Her Breakup

Lindsay Lohan and Samantha RonsonGetty Images
You'd know Lindsay Lohan has called it quits with her girlfriend if you follow her on Twitter. Us Weekly quotes her tweeting to Samantha Ronson, "PLEASE leave me ALONE. and stop staying in the room below me, you've woken me and my mother up. go to bed. keep cheating u win."

Bad Hoagie Breakup

Upset with his fiance´'s meatball sandwich (the placement of the cheese, in particular, was all wrong), Lyndel Toppin allegedly attacked her with a kitchen knife. A law enforcement official tells Philly.com, "Wait until he gets a load of the prison food."

All Tied Up

A 27-year-old woman from Dallas told her husband that she and her three kids had been kidnapped. Now, she's accused of making up that story to cover up an affair.

Contraption Makes a Penis Bigger

Lots of late-night infomercials make unbelievable promises, but they rarely come with a legitimate doctor's approval. The British Journal of Urology International is reporting the success of a small contraption that "produces an effective and durable lengthening of the penis, both in the flaccid and stretched state."

'I Do' . . . for the 26th Time

Woman sets Guinness record for marrying. Over the years, she's been known as Mrs. Moyer, Mrs. Massie, Mrs. McMillan, Mrs. Berisford, Mrs. Chandler and Mrs. Essex. But she was born Linda Lou Taylor.

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