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Pranksters set fire to a high school football field Wednesday night or early Thursday, burning a phallic symbol into the grass. "It was a 15-foot outline of male genitalia," said Miramar Police spokesman Bill Robertson. A vandal burned the shape into one of the end zones at Everglades High School just in time for the last day of school. The fire was out by the time school employees arrived at work Thursday morning. Police aren't laughing at the apparent joke, and are looking for the culprits. "Even though they consider it an end-of-the-school-year prank, we're taking it very seriously," Robertson...

Photo: Giant SpongeBob rescued from house fire Chesapeake firefighters, from left, Robert Stewart, Maury Brickhouse, Matt Bunting and David Elliott display an inflatable version of the cartoon character SpongeBob that was found in a burning South Norfolk home. CHESAPEAKE FIRE DEPARTMENT By CINDY CLAYTON, The Virginian-Pilot © February 12, 2005 | Last updated 11:40 PM Feb. 11 CHESAPEAKE — The fire wasn’t set to cover up the sponge-napping.And firefighters figure the giant, yellow square with the goofy smile likely was deflated before they pulled him from the burning South Norfolk home Friday. What remains a mystery is why someone set...