24 September 2003  
 
 

24 September 2003

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  Scientists Create New Electronic Paper That May Even Be Able to Show Movies   (Associated Press)
  • Scientists have created a new type of "electronic paper" that may one day enable books and newspapers to show full-colour movies.


  •   Kurds Told to Mind Their Qs and Xs   (Reuters)
  • What's in a name? Not the letters Q, X or W, according to a decision by Turkey's Interior Ministry targeting the country's large ethnic Kurd minority.


  •   Dispelling the CIA-Bin Laden Myth   (FOXNews)
  • Two years after the Sept. 11 attacks, no memorial service, cable-news talkfest or university seminar seemed to have been complete without someone emerging from the woodwork to wonder darkly why the CIA ever financed Usama bin Laden "in the first place."


  •   Farmer Hoping to Grow 'Great Pumpkin'   (Associated Press)
  • One pumpkin growing on Winston Wyckoff III's farm might be Ohio's biggest, ever.


  •   Warning on Ice Cube Enemas   (Herald Sun)
  • Drug and medical experts have issued a warning following evidence that would-be first aiders have been using ice cube "enemas" to revive people from drug overdoses.


  •   Polish Couple Held Over Pickled Babies   (BBC)
  • A Polish couple have been arrested after five of their babies were found dead, stored in a vat of pickled cabbage.


  •   Music Industry Drops Suit Accusing 66-Year-Old of Downloading Thousands of Songs   (Associated Press)
  • The recording industry has withdrawn a lawsuit accusing a 66-year-old woman, who says she didn't even have file-sharing software, of illegally sharing hundreds of songs, including rap.


  •   Dog's 12-Inch Ears Are World's Largest   (Associated Press)
  • Mr. Jeffries the Bassett Hound has been named by the 2004 Guinness Book of World Records as the dog with the largest ears in the world.


  •   Hillary Clinton Memoir Altered by Chinese Publisher to Delete Sensitive Subjects   (Associated Press)
  • The Chinese-language version of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's autobiography has been censored for mainland readers, an action that "amazed and outraged" the former first lady.


  •   Cops Find Cocaine Hidden in Guacamole   (Associated Press)
  • Four men have been arrested and charged with drug possession after police found what they estimated to be $39 million worth of high-grade cocaine hidden inside a shipment of Mexican avocado pulp.


  •   7UP Trying to Regain Place on Grocers' Shelves   (Associated Press)
  • Even in a flat soda market, few brands have lost as much fizz this year as 7UP.


  •   Study: Dog Can Sense Earthquakes   (Associated Press)
  • A Japanese researcher claims that dogs can sense imminent earthquakes and that observing their behavior could improve prediction efforts.


  •   Swede Snared with Snakes Strapped to Legs   (Reuters)
  • A Swedish man has been charged after Australian customs officers found eight dangerous snakes, including four dead king cobras, strapped to his leg after he arrived on a flight from Thailand.
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