WOMAN HAS RUDOLPH-ESQUE PORK CHOP: A North Carolina woman believes that her pork chop looks like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. The woman stopped by a local TV affiliate earlier this week to show off the replica. Some have suggested the meat more closely resembles the antler-wearing dog in How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

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MAN BITES TO PREVENT FOOTBALL RECOVERY: Police are claiming that a Detroit-area man bit through a neighbor's lips after he recovered a football that accidentally had been tossed onto his lawn by teenagers. The man allegedly confiscated he ball and refused to return it until a parent asked for it back. The 44-year-old suspect then supposedly attacked the man, and "the bite went nearly all the way through his mouth." He's been arraigned on a charge of assault with intent to maim. (Macomb Daily)