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7 October 2003

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  Bear Expert and Companion Killed in Bear Attack at Alaska Park   (Associated Press)
  • A self-taught bear expert who once called Alaska's brown bears harmless was one of two people fatally mauled in a bear attack in the Katmai National Park and Preserve.


  •   Judge Awards $455,000 for Towel Left in Patient After Surgery   (Associated Press)
  • A man whose doctors left a 16-by-28-inch surgical towel in his abdomen after he underwent surgery for an aortic aneurysm was awarded $455,000 in damages.


  •   Would-Be Thief Gets a Shock   (Reuters)
  • A man is recovering in a Vancouver-area hospital after his apparent attempt to steal a roll of copper wire ended up giving him a 27,000-volt electrical shock.


  •   Official: Barb About Spears 'Inadvertent'   (Associated Press)
  • A spokeswoman for Maryland's first lady said the governor's wife made "an inadvertent figure of speech" when she spoke at a domestic violence prevention conference of shooting pop singer Britney Spears.


  •   Brothel Law Does Not Exist   ([Penn State] Collegian)
  • The rumor can now come to an end. The Pennsylvania "brothel" law does not exist.


  •   Days After Anguished Caller Reported Helicopter Crash, Questions of Hoax Arise   (Associated Press)
  • Authorities suspended a three-day search for a helicopter that a 911 caller said went down with six people on board, and officials were considering whether the anguished-sounding caller had played a hoax.


  •   Japan to Query Tourists About China Sex Orgy   (Reuters)
  • Japanese government will investigate reports hundreds of Japanese tourists took part in a sex orgy in a Chinese hotel that stoked anti-Japanese sentiment in China.
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