Universal Music Slashing CD Prices in Hopes of Reviving Sales
(Associated Press )
The world's largest recording company said Wednesday it would slash wholesale compact disc prices in hopes of reviving music sales, which have dropped 31 percent industrywide in the last three years.
Schwarzenegger Hit by Egg as He Opts for Speech Instead of Debate
(Associated Press )
Arnold Schwarzenegger skipped the initial debate of California's recall election and delivered what was billed as his first major campaign speech, getting pelted with an egg as he waded through a crowd at a college campus.
Federal Agents Raid Three Offices of WebMD
(Associated Press )
Federal agents raided three offices of WebMD Corp., the health information and transaction company said.
Need a Prayer? Send an SMS
(Reuters )
Busy Indians are jumping the temple lines during one of Bombay's biggest Hindu festivals by making their offerings through SMS.
Dutch Customs Find 2,000 Baboon Noses
(Associated Press )
Around 2,000 baboon noses were found packed in an abandoned suitcase at Amsterdam airport when they started to stink, officials said.
Cleaning a Toilet Is Better Than Spam
(Associated Press )
Frustrated by clogged inboxes, e-mail users think spam purveyors ought to face some sort of punishment, according to a survey of nearly 28,000 people.
FTC Releasing Detailed Report on Identity Theft
(Associated Press )
More than 27 million people have been victims of identity theft in the last five years, costing them $5 billion and businesses and financial institutions almost $48 billion, the Federal Trade Commission said.
IRS Employees Steer Taxpayers Wrong on Tax Law, Study Finds
(Associated Press )
IRS employees at tax help centers gave correct answers to just 57 percent of tax law questions asked by Treasury Department investigators posing as taxpayers.
Johnny Depp Likens U.S. to an Agressive, 'dumb Puppy'
(Associated Press )
Actor Johnny Depp likened the United States to a "dumb puppy that has big teeth" in an interview, ridiculing Washington's confrontation with France, where he lives, over the war in Iraq.
Woman Drowned by Drinking Water
(The Times )
A woman suffering from schizophrenia "drowned" by drinking gallons of water, but may have been unable to stop, an East Sussex inquest was told.
Captain Charged With Indecent Exposure
(WXIA-TV )
A Riverdale police captain accused of urinating into a pond at a Metro Atlanta theme park has turned himself into authorities in Fayette County.
Charles Bronson: How He Lost 8 Years
(The Sun )
Friend and "Death Wish" director Michael Winner revealed that the actor, who claimed to be 81, was really eight years older.
Is Elmo Bush's Secret Weapon?
(BBC )
Images of heavily-armed Marines patrolling Iraq may not be winning the US many friends in the Islamic world. So it could be time to enlist the soft and fluffy inhabitants of Sesame Street in the battle against anti-Americanism.
Wedding Organist No Longer a Mystery
(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette )
The "phantom organist" has been found.
March 2014 Brings Small Risk of Huge Disaster
(The Guardian )
The world can breathe again. Probably. Asteroid 2003 QQ47, a lump of rock the size of Ben Nevis, could hit Earth at a speed of about 13 miles a second on March 21 2014, to cause the kind of destruction expected in thermonuclear war, experts warned.
Mindset List Underscores Cultural Gap Between This Year's Freshman Class, Professors
(Associated Press )
For this year's college freshmen, computers have always fit in a backpack and Paul Newman has always made salad dressing. Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie are old enough to be their parents.
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Banker Stole £2m from Customers to Buy Rare Parrots
(The Electronic Telegraph )
A bank employee who stole more than £2 million from vulnerable clients and spent much of it on his extensive parrot collection was jailed for nine years.*
Firecracker Stunt Backfires on Man
(The Sydney Morning Herald )
A firecracker accident which left a 26-year-old man incontinent and unable to have sex has prompted warnings from police and health authorities about imitating stunts from the cult prankster film Jackass.
Big Phone Bill? Easy as 123
(The Guardian )
Gill and Shabaz Khan from Sale, near Manchester, had probably never seen themselves as clockwatchers, until their phone bill revealed an apparent obsession: someone seemed to have been checking the time by dialling 123 every nine minutes for long periods.
Man Survives Drill Through the Head
(The Sydney Morning Herald )
Ron Hunt's friends and family have been calling him the "Miracle Man" ever since an 45-centimetre-long drill bit poked through his eye and out the back of his skull.
