22 October 2003  
 
 

22 October 2003

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  Legal Research? Get Me Sushi, with Footnotes*   (The New York Times)
  • The memo has footnotes. It has exhibits. It is crisp and professional and is written on stationery of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, one of New York's elite law firms. Indeed, it is the hottest law firm memo around town, but it is not about Enron, Tyco or any corporate scandal. It was not even written by a lawyer. It is the sushi memo, and here is its story.

    (NOTE: The sushi memo itself can be found here.)


    •   Fourth Time: There's No LSD in the Slot   (The Washington Post)
  • "Some crazy guy has apparently been going around and leaving thumbtacks in the coin returns of pay phones, laced with LSD." If you innocently reach for a coin, you'll prick your finger, and your brain will soon end up in the HOV lanes, somewhere between Neptune and Pluto.


    •   Mightily Relieved Female Duck Blamed for House Splattering   (Agence France Presse)
  • A very relieved female duck is being blamed for an intriguing mystery in which a New Zealand house was splattered with a foul smelling substance.


    •   Producer Charged with Smuggling Reptiles   (Associated Press)
  • An award-winning British film producer and conservationist appeared in an Australian court charged with trying to smuggle hundreds of frogs and reptiles out of Australia in his luggage.


    •   Cash-Stuffed Envelope with no Address Sparks Flurry of Claims   (Agence France Presse)
  • A post office in the Norwegian town of Bergen was inundated with calls after it announced that it had received an envelope stuffed with cash but with no delivery address.


    •   Is Your Sheep Stressed? Just Ask It   (Reuters)
  • Stressed-out sheep bleat out their anguish, U.S. researchers have reported.


    •   Did the Scandinavians Beat Columbus to America Twice?   (Agence France Presse)
  • Archeologists have already established that Viking explorers beat Christopher Columbus to America by about 500 years, but experts in Sweden now hope to determine whether another group of Scandinavians landed in the New World in 1362, 130 years before Columbus.


    •   Cat Burglar Actually Steals Cats   (Associated Press)
  • Talk about a cat burglar! Police in Synder County, Pennsylvania, are looking for someone who's stealing cats.


    •   Tibetan Boy Able to Recite World's Longest Poem After Dream   (Agence France Presse)
  • A 13-year-old Tibetan schoolboy has miraculously memorized large parts of the world's longest poem after having had a mysterious dream.


    •   Two Arrested Over Sky Diver Murder   (Reuters)
  • British police said they have arrested two men on suspicion of murdering a young sky diver who died in July after plummeting 13,000 feet because cords on his parachute had been deliberately cut.


    •   Moans and Screams as Germans Fall for Porno Karaoke   (Agence France Presse)
  • Germans are screaming, moaning and panting for the latest nightlife craze — porno karaoke.


    •   Niagara Falls Man to Be Charged for Stunt   (Associated Press)
  • A man who went over Niagara Falls with only the clothes on his back and survived will be charged with illegally performing a stunt.


    •   Judge: Amish Can Skip Orange Safety Tape   (Associated Press)
  • Members of a conservative Amish sect that believe gaudy decorations violate their beliefs do not have to use orange reflective triangles on their buggies, a Pennsylvania appeals court has ruled.


    •   Handcuffed, Arrested Man Steals Squad Car   (Associated Press)
  • A handcuffed man arrested for crashing a stolen car surprised a California Highway Patrol officer by climbing into his squad car and driving away.


    •   Students Offer Bondage Class at College   (Associated Press)
  • University of Victoria student curiosity about sex with ropes and knots has led a campus club to offer a bondage class because of concern for safety.


    •   City Fines Woman for Trapping Skunk   (Associated Press)
  • A woman who trapped a skunk at her house and then called animal control officers to pick it up has been fined $500.


    •   Man Buys Last Concorde Seats for $63,000   (Reuters)
  • A Toledo, Ohio, man who bid $60,300 (21,000 pounds) has bought the last two seats on the final flight of the Concorde.
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