1 November 2003  
 
 

1 November 2003

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  We Were Wrong When We Blindly Believed Stories About Lemmings   (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  • Lemmings need better P.R. They don't get much mention, and when they do, they are always following each other off cliffs. To their deaths.


  •   Study Suggests FDR Did Not Have Polio After All   (Associated Press)
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt may not have had polio at all, but a paralyzing disease called Guillain-Barre syndrome, Texas researchers say in a study that calls into question all the history books and presidential biographies.


  •   Commuter Gets Arm Stuck in Train Toilet   (Associated Press)
  • A man riding a Metro-North train dropped his cell phone in a toilet and got his arm stuck trying to retrieve it, forcing the train to stop and delaying the evening commute for thousands of people.


  •   High School Quarterback Asks That Disputed Pass Be Dropped from Record Books   (Associated Press)
  • A high school quarterback has asked officials to erase his record-setting pass because his coach had made a deal with the opposing team to let him complete it.


  •   Florida Women Disarm Intruder with Sandwich   (Associated Press)
  • Confronted with an armed intruder in their home, two women plied him with a ham sandwich and rum until he became groggy and passed out.


  •   Roll Over Chuck Berry: Oldies Radio Moves Into the '70s   (Associated Press)
  • One of the surest ways to feel older is to listen to the radio and hear songs from your childhood — or, even worse, your adulthood — described as "oldies."


  •   Faux Glow: Spray-on Tans Becoming Popular Alternative to Bed- and Sun-Baking   (Associated Press)
  • A growing number of paler-skinned Americans are stripping off to get "spray-on" tans at their local salons and spas.
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