Bill Bramanti is a “die hard” beer drinker.

He loves Pabst Blue Ribbon beer so much that he purchased a custom-made beer-can casket.

"I actually fit, because I got in here," said Bramanti of South Chicago Heights, Illinois.

Bramanti ordered the casket from a funeral home and a local sign shop designed the outside to look like a Pabst Blue Ribbon beer label in the company's signature colors of red, white and blue.

The 67-year-old doesn't plan on needing the coffin anytime soon, though.

So on Saturday he threw a party for friends and filled his coffin with ice and his favorite brew.

"Why put such a great novelty piece up on a shelf in storage when you could use it only the way Bill Bramanti would use it?" his daughter said.

- Here’s the story of a guy who tried to conceal his identity, but picked the wrong name.

Police in Sheboygan, Wis. stopped a vehicle Saturday for improper registration. One of the passengers lied to police, giving them a false name in an attempt to hide his unpaid traffic citations.

It turned out to be the name of someone who had an active felony warrant for vehicular homicide.

When the passenger found out, he quickly gave police his real name. He said he lied earlier because he has outstanding traffic fines in another state and wasn't sure whether there was a warrant out for him. He was then arrested on an obstruction charge.

Before he was released, police verified through photos and fingerprints that he wasn't the vehicular-homicide suspect.

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