26 September 2003  
 
 

26 September 2003

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  Romeos Bark Up Wrong Tree   (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
  • An e-mail-driven hoax is triggering telephone calls to the Atlanta Humane Society from lonely hearts and media across the country.


    •   Town's "Mothman" Legend Draws Stream of Tourists   (Associated Press)
  • Point Pleasant has embraced the local legend, holding an annual Mothman Festival this year, and, recently erecting a metal statue on a downtown street.


    •   Woman Sues Storage facility Over Bizarre Ordeal   (Mobile Register)
  • Wanda Hudson missed Thanksgiving and Christmas 2001 because she was locked in a Dauphin Island Parkway storage unit, Hudson's attorney said.


    •   Convicted Prostitute Found Dead in Motel   (Rocky Mount Telegram)
  • A prostitute's body was left under a bed in a Gold Rock motel room for about 36 hours until a maid found her one morning.


    •   '5-Second Rule' Isn't Just Kids' Stuff, Study Claims   (The Seattle Times)
  • Oops! You've dropped your Oreo on the floor. Do you pick it up and eat it?


    •   Man Finds Mouse in Fried Chicken Meal   (Associated Press)
  • No, it's not the other dark meat. Baltimore health officials say a patron of a Popeye's restaurant bit into a mouse that had been fried along with the chicken.


    •   Bodysnatcher Myth Gets Boost   (The Ottawa Citizen)
  • An Internet hoax artist had his wildest dreams come true when an Ottawa-based RCMP officer accidentally helped authenticate a fear-mongering concoction about body-part snatchers.


    •   Four Teenagers Are in Critical Condition After Eating Seeds of Jimson Weed   (Associated Press)
  • Four high school students lay in critical condition - two of them on life-support - after eating the seeds of a hallucinogenic weed.


    •   Big Daddy Gives Away Ice Cream in Class Action Settlement   (Associated Press)
  • Weight-watching consumers who sued a Florida ice cream maker for erroneously labeling a product as low-fat have settled — for more ice cream.


    •   Side Effects from VeriSign Service Prompt Rethinking on Internet Oversight   (Associated Press)
  • Side effects from a service launched by VeriSign have prompted a fierce debate over who's in charge of the Internet.


    •   Sex with Strangers Dogging English Parks   (Reuters)
  • Voyeurs and exhibitionists drawn to outdoor fun have discovered erotic pleasures in normally placid English parks that have nothing to do with walking the dog.


    •   Man Steals $729K Ferrari After Test Drive   (Associated Press)
  • Where do you hide a $729,000 Ferrari during rush hour? That's what police in the Philadelphia suburbs want to know, after a con man drove off with a red Ferrari F50 during a test drive.


    •   Loose Moose Wandering City Streets Startles Early Risers in Norwegian Capital   (Associated Press)
  • A wild moose wandered in from the forest surrounding Norway's capital, startling early risers who spotted it ambling through downtown streets.


    •   Texas Conservative Group Sets Cookie Prices Based on Race   (Reuters)
  • Southern Methodist University said it shut down a bake sale on campus by a conservative political group that sold cookies at different prices, based on a customer's race and gender.


    •   League Bans Bat of Young 'Babe Ruth'   (Associated Press)
  • The baseball flies off Edward Hoff III's bat with such force that he's the Babe Ruth of his league. The problem, league officials say, is that the ball is flying toward children 12 to 15 years old.


    •   Truck with Toilets Jackknifes on Highway   (Associated Press)
  • It was some relief to motorists when the portable toilets on a truck that jackknifed on Interstate 5 turned out to have nothing inside.


    •   Man Uses Duct Tape for Bear Attack Wounds   (Associated Press)
  • A hunter attacked by a grizzly bear on a remote trail said he used duct tape to bind his bite wounds, then rode an all-terrain vehicle to his pickup truck and drove himself to a hospital.


    •   Man Steals ID of Sex Offender   (Associated Press)
  • A good rule of thumb for an identity thief is not to steal the name of someone whose reputation is worse than yours, such as a sex offender.


    •   Rat Joins List of Cloned Animals   (Reuters)
  • It had to happen. Scientists have finally cloned a rat.


    •   Genetic Link Between Man and Dog   (Reuters)
  • The gene map of man's best friend shows dogs are closely related to people and will add insights into our own genetics, U.S. scientists say.


    •   Conker Contest Hangs by a Thread   (Reuters)
  • The World Conker Championships are in jeopardy after heatwave conditions caused them to ripen and fall from the trees too early.
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