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8 January 2004

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  Man Sues Restaurant, Says Needle Was in Food   (The [Utica] Observer-Dispatch)
  • A Yorkville man claims a McDonald's sandwich he bit into at a Saratoga Springs restaurant contained a piece of a hypodermic needle.


  •   Divers Probed for Giving Fish Champagne   (Reuters)
  • Three Polish divers faced a police investigation for possible illegal fishing and animal abuse after a news photo showed them plying a freshly caught pike with champagne at an outdoor New Year's party.


  •   Key West Barber to Trim Chicken Population   (Reuters)
  • In the latest of battles against the strutting, free-roaming population of cocks, hens and chicks, city officials in Florida's southernmost city are hiring a local barber to catch and curb the feathered fowl.


  •   Ohio Woman Admits Lying in Lotto Case   (Associated Press)
  • A woman said through tears that she lied about losing the winning ticket for a $162 million lottery prize awarded to another woman.


  •   Woman on Billboard Looking for Love   (Reuters)
  • At age 39, Julie Koehnen decided that she was looking for love in all the wrong places. So this week, she began having her dates at the foot of a Sunset Strip billboard featuring her own face — surrounded by publicists, camera crews and reporters.


  •   Thieves Steal 1-1/2 Tons of Meat in Pennsylvania   (Associated Press)
  • Thieves with an apparent hankering for hog and red meat stole as much as 1-1/2 tons from a packing plant.


  •   Police Foil Bank Robbery by Drunk 'Dracula'   (Reuters)
  • German police said they had arrested a would-be vampire robber ready to scare bank staff with his false Dracula teeth.


  •   Texas Man Receives $7 Million Water Bill   (Associated Press)
  • When Chuck Richison received a water bill in the mail last week, he had a hunch it wouldn't float. Richison's bill normally runs about $55, but the new one was for $7,714,510.21.


  •   Man Creates Winter Wonderland for Beloved   (Associated Press)
  • Jackie Shelton woke up to a front yard covered in snow. But hers was the only such one in town.


  •   Michigan City Rethinks Beard Requirement   (Associated Press)
  • Zilwaukee's men can shave at will. The Zilwaukee City Council has voted to make beard-growing a voluntary way to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the town just north of Saginaw.


  •   Viking Settlement Puzzle Solved — It's a Patio   (The Herald)
  • Archaeologists mistook a 1940s sunken patio for a 9th century Viking village.


  •   Man Plans Own Kidnapping to See If Wife Loves Him   (Agence France Presse)
  • Colombian authorities arrested a man who arranged to be kidnapped to get back at his cheating wife.


  •   Worker Survives Nail Shot Accidentally into Skull   (Associated Press)
  • Jed Bryant has a hole in his head — and a story to tell. The 21-year-old South Dakota construction worker is out of the hospital just days after a co-worker drove a 3½-inch-long nail into his skull.


  •   New Software Has 'No Boundaries or Rules'   (Associated Press)
  • A few hundred thousand lines of computer code could revolutionize the way people interact with computers, say its unlikely inventor and his backers.


  •   Doctor Offers to Donate Guitar Signed by Ailing George Harrison; Family Rejects Offer   (Associated Press)
  • A doctor accused of coercing ailing ex-Beatle George Harrison into signing a guitar offered to donate the instrument to charity.


  •   Long Lost Brothers Wind up in Hospital on Same Day   (Associated Press)
  • Two brothers who hadn't seen each other in more than 20 years were reunited on New Year's Eve — at a hospital.


  •   Around-the-World Alone on One Tank of Gas   (Agence France Presse)
  • American adventurer Steve Fossett and British entrepreneur Richard Branson are to unveil at a desert hanger near the plane to be used in an attempt to make the first solo circumnavigation of the globe on one tank of gas.


  •   Kentucky Jailer, Inmate Accused of Going on Drunken Road Trip, Making False Arrests   (Associated Press)
  • A deputy jailer and a convicted burglar he was supposed to be taking to jail were arrested after going on a 100-mile drunken road trip in a law-enforcement vehicle and making a series of false arrests.
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