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5 November 2003

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  Bear Breaks Into College Building in North Carolina   (Associated Press)
  • It wasn't an average breaking-and-entering report to the Appalachian State University police department.


  •   Chinese Man Opens Shop for Left-Handers   (Associated Press)
  • In a communist country being overrun by capitalism, Ma Bo may be the most enthusiastic leftist of them all.


  •   California Town Votes to Love Nature   (Associated Press)
  • Residents of Bolinas, a quirky coastal town north of San Francisco, have decided overwhelmingly to declare their love of nature, skunks and a few other things perhaps not as easily understood.


  •   Man Pays More Than $2,500 for a Beer   (Associated Press)
  • How much would you pay for a beer in Hong Kong? A New Zealand traveler paid $2,595 for his.


  •   British Retracers Say Mao Zedong's Long March Not as Long as Believed   (Associated Press)
  • Two British men who spent more than a year retracing the rugged route of the 1930s "Long March" by Mao Zedong's communist guerrillas said it turned out to be about one-third shorter than reported by Communist Party propaganda.


  •   The Web Is Littered with Yesteryear's Castoffs   (Associated Press)
  • Despite the Internet's ability to deliver information quickly and frequently, the World Wide Web is littered with deadwood — sites abandoned and woefully out of date.


  •   Amorous Ram Blamed for Mysterious Signals   (Associated Press)
  • A mysterious transmission that baffled British intelligence analysts for days was caused by a ram rubbing up against an aerial mast.
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