3 November 2003  
 
 

3 November 2003

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  Babyphone Traps Would-Be Robber   (Reuters)
  • A woman in Germany was surprised when the intercom system she was using to monitor her sleeping baby picked up a radio conversation in which a luckless would-be thief described his bungled robbery of a nearby bar.


  •   Ad Showing Helium Inhaling Is Criticized   (Associated Press)
  • A Toys "R" Us television commercial that featured the company's mascot, Geoffrey the Giraffe, inhaling helium from a balloon has drawn the ire of anti-drug advocates who say the ad sends a dangerous message to children.


  •   Dad Arrested After Pumpkin Attack   (Associated Press)
  • A 43-year-old man faces charges after he smashed a bird-feeder and threw a pumpkin through the window of a house where his young son said he didn't get any Halloween candy.


  •   Ghost Stories Haunt White House   (Reuters)
  • The White House at night is a dark and spooky place, haunted, according to legend, by ghosts of dead presidents and a former British soldier.
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