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17 September 2003

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  Florida Band to Stage Suicide   (Rolling Stone)
  • Florida industrial rockers Hell on Earth are planning to host an on-stage suicide during their October 4th show at St. Petersburg's State Theater.


    •   Jawbreaker Candy Explodes, Burns Florida Girl's Face   (WKMG-TV)
  • Authorities in Bradford County, Florida, and several state agencies are trying to figure out what caused a piece of candy to explode in a 9-year-old girl's face.


    •   McDonald's to Launch Adult Happy Meals   (Associated Press)
  • McDonald's Corp. has enlisted the aid of Oprah Winfrey's personal trainer Bob Greene to promote an adult version of the Happy Meal, the fast-food giant's latest effort to offer healthier products.


    •   'Painful' End for Entombed Baby   (BBC)
  • A baby girl found encased in a block of concrete would have led a "distressing and painful" life before she died.


    •   Norway's Mysterious Mr. X May Have Tie to San Francisco.   (San Francisco Chronicle)
  • Four months after he walked into a Norwegian hospital in an amnesiac fog, Mr. X still has no idea who he is or where he is from. But clues gleaned during his stay in a psychiatric ward suggest the tourist is 20 years old and may have once lived in San Francisco and still have an uncle there.


    •   Hello Kitty Taxis Now in Tokyo   (Associated Press)
  • How's this for a relaxing cab ride: slide into the back seat of a pink and baby blue sedan with two Hello Kitty characters painted on the side, sit on a Hello Kitty blanket and listen to Hello Kitty music piped in through the sound system.


    •   Fetus Found at Sewage Treatment Plant   (KOLD-TV)
  • Workers at a temporary headworks at the Roger Road Wastewater Treatment Facility in Tucson found a fetus as they were cleaning a filter.


    •   Superhero Frees Cars from the Clamp   (Reuters)
  • He wears a baby-blue spandex jumpsuit and shiny gold panties, gloves, cape, boots and goggles. He wields a giant, metal-cutting circular power saw. Who is Angle Grinder Man?


    •   Woman Fatally Shoots Intruder Who Fell Through Ceiling While Trying to Evade Police   (Associated Press)
  • A woman shot and killed a man who fell through her ceiling while she was getting dressed, and police said the intruder was a burglary suspect who was trying to evade arrest.


    •   Man Charged With Murder in Shooting of Man Who Threw Tomatoes at Car   (Associated Press)
  • A family friend was charged with murder in the shooting of a young man who was throwing tomatoes at passing vehicles from a cornfield, a traditional prank in the Amish community.
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