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Is sending nude photos a crime? Apparently it's not in Texas under certain circumstances. A jilted lover sent nude photos of her ex to his wife and neighbors. It may have been her own special sort of revenge.

The photos were of the married man smiling while exposing himself to the camera. The letters were addressed to a "Ms." with a return address in Pasadena, Texas.

The photos contained a vulgar writing on the back. It was a "sexually suggestive caption," according to KPRC-TV.

A squirrel monkey from the San Francisco Zoo named "Banana-Sam" was stolen last week. The squirrel monkey theft even encouraged zoo officials to ramp up security during the holiday weekend.

The break-in occurred either late Thursday or early Friday. The vandals cut netting around the squirrel monkey pen. Two security guards were on patrol in the 100-acre zoo at the time.

Holly Van Voast is a public nudity advocate in New York. She is so deeply entrenched in her beliefs that she stripped down in court.

Why was she in front of a judge in the first place? She was summoned to court for stripping in the middle of Grand Central. When she arrived at her hearing, she took off her black coat and revealed her breasts in the middle of court.

She did so in front of the judge. And her 89-year-old attorney.

One man's trash may be another man's treasure, but you should make sure you aren't breaking any laws when you go dumpster diving. Is there anything  illegal about dumpster diving, anyway?

It depends.

It may be legal, depending on where you live, and what laws and ordinances your city and state have passed with regards to dumpster diving.

It's possible that dumpster diving can violate trespassing laws -- especially if the dumpster is on private property.

Giving a cat piercings to make it look like a "goth" cat is animal cruelty, at least according to the court in Pennsylvania.

Holly Crawford is a dog groomer who thought she would try to make her cats look more "gothic" by giving them piercings, reports The New York Times.

The piercings were on a variety of the kittens' bodies, including piercings through the cat's ears and the scruffs of their necks. Crawford even had tied elastic around the cat's tail, in order to "dock" the tail, essentially stopping the blood flow to the tail so that the tail would fall off eventually, reports The New York Times.

A bit of indulgence in a senior tradition has left 18-year-old student Tyell Morton facing 8 years behind bars because authorities can't find the humor in a blow-up doll prank.

After spotting the student on surveillance footage, officials at Morton's Indiana high school called in the state bomb squad.

All they found was a plastic doll, but he's still being charged with felony criminal mischief.

Clad in a hooded sweatshirt and latex gloves, Tyell Morton was caught on surveillance camera by Rushville High School officials carrying a package into a girls' bathroom, reports UPI. A few minutes later, he left the restroom empty-handed.

Coachella may be long gone, but Bonnaroo kicks off this week. And the list of summer music festivals appears to be never ending.

Between Sasquatch, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Electric Daisy Carnival, and Outside Lands (just to name a few), you've got plenty of time to get drunk and naked this summer while listening to some great (and let's face it--not so great) music.

But be careful, among those thousands converging for the concerts will be police and law enforcement, too. With recent crackdowns on raves and concerns about underage drug use at large music events, expect to see police and security out in full force.

In other words, do yourself a favor and read below. It'll help you avoid any arrests for public intoxication or indecent exposure.

Spurred on by embarrassment, a 13-year-old Florida middle school student has been arrested after word got out that he was involved in an incident that had transformed his lucid teacher into a nauseated, drowsy, drugged teacher.

That's right--with the help of prescription sleep aids, the teen managed to knock teacher Danielle Jones off her feet.

And now he's facing felony charges.

We can all learn from other people's mistakes. And it turns out back alley courtroom dealings don't just happen in movies. Deonarine Persaud, 53, was recently arrested on felony bribery charges and for juror misconduct in New York.

Persaud was serving as a juror in a civil case. The plaintiff in the case, Bridget Wigand, had brought a medical malpractice suit against her physician. The case was later declared a mistrial, reports CBS-2.

Persaud contacted Wigand's parents, telling them that he had important information about their daughter's case. Wigand's father met with Persaud, who told him that he would help sway other jurors to his daughter's side if he was paid a "fee." Wigand's father recognized him as a juror, and then called his attorney.

Note to self: do not post violent threats on Facebook. Michael Adams, 36, wrote a Facebook comment reading "I hope that Governor [Dannel] Malloy will be shot by an angry New Yorker during his visit to New York."

Can you guess what happened next?

Why Mr. Adams was arrested, of course. He was picked up by Connecticut police on charges of harassment, inciting injury, and breach of peace. Police said that they were taking all threats seriously considering the timing of the visit.