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30 September 2003

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  City Tries to Block Concert Suicide Plan   (Reuters)
  • City officials in St. Petersburg, Florida, have passed a law banning public suicides in an attempt to prevent a rock band from carrying out a planned suicide at a concert.


  •   E-Spying Puts Fear Into Cheats   (Reuters)
  • A company calling itself Lover Spy has begun offering a way for jealous lovers — and anyone else — to spy on the computer activity of their mates by sending an electronic greeting, the equivalent of a thinking-of-you card, that doubles as a bugging device.


  •   Stolen Mr. Potato Head Statue Is Found   (Associated Press)
  • Mr. Potato Head was a little mashed and chipped, but otherwise in tater-top shape when he returned home after being whisked away from his cushy estate.


  •   Texas High School Band Director Apologizes for Halftime Show That Featured Nazi Flag   (Associated Press)
  • A high school band director has apologized for a halftime performance that included Adolf Hitler's anthem "Deutschland Uber Alles" and a student running across the field with a Nazi flag.


  •   On-Again, off-Again Do-Not-Call List Is on Again, for Now   (Associated Press)
  • The on-again, off-again national do-not-call list is moving ahead for now with a second federal agency stepping in to enforce the program so people pestered by telemarketers can get some relief.


  •   Texas-Fried Oreos, Anyone?   (Reuters)
  • Welcome to the State Fair of Texas — a magical land where calorie counters cower for cover and almost every conceivable food product can end up deep fried.


  •   Vasectomy Delays Tube Services   (Reuters)
  • London commuters, long used to train operators blaming delays on everything from leaves on the line to "slippery" rain, thought they had heard it all — until a vasectomy stopped services.
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