16 December 2003  
 
 

16 December 2003

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  Woman Faces Charge for Selling Sex Toys   (Associated Press)
  • Joanne Webb intended to spice up marriages and earn extra cash by selling erotic toys. Instead, the former fifth-grade teacher and executive board member of the Burleson Chamber of Commerce faces criminal charges and embarrassment after a police sting.


  •   Shoe Plant Gives Big Holiday Bonuses   (Associated Press)
  • Workers at a shoe plant were feeling more than a little tickled when they got their Christmas bonuses that, for some, totaled nearly $20,000.


  •   Bhutan Tome Named World's Largest Book   (Associated Press)
  • A 133-pound tome about the Asian country of Bhutan that uses enough paper to cover a football field and a gallon of ink has been declared the world's largest published book.


  •   NFL Touchdown Celebrations Get More and More Elaborate   (Associated Press)
  • Players spend the week devising new ways to get attention on the field, while the league tries to come up with ways to stop them.


  •   Liver Spill Shuts Down Pennsylvania Highway   (Associated Press)
  • Route 11 was closed for almost six hours after a tractor-trailer jackknifed, spilling roughly 32,000 pounds of liver onto the highway and a business parking lot.
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