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27 January 2004

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  83-Year-Old Man Bowls 834 3-Game Series   (Associated Press)
  • An 83-year-old man threw 30 of a possible 36 strikes to become the oldest man in the United States to bowl an 800-plus series.


    •   Clinton's E-Mail Output: Two   (Reuters)
  • The archives of the Bill Clinton presidential library will contain 39,999,998 e-mails by the former president's staff and two by the man himself.


    •   Robber Cuts Off Own Finger by Mistake   (Associated Press)
  • A robber cut off his own pinkie finger by mistake when his gunman accomplice got into a struggle with one of their victims.


    •   Man Pulls Out Marijuana During Police Traffic Stop   (Canadian Press)
  • A Newfoundland man is facing a drug charge following a routine traffic stop.


    •   Man Runs 152.27 Miles on Treadmill   (Associated Press)
  • Serge England Arbona ran 152.27 miles on a treadmill in 24 hours to stake a claim to four world records.


    •   Postcard Addressed to 'Hill' Delivered   (Associated Press)
  • Nothing stops the U.S. Postal Service from making its appointed rounds, not even a postcard addressed simply as "On Top of a Big Hill."


    •   Jury Clears Cow in Car Accident   (Associated Press)
  • A Linn County jury has cleared a cow and the cow's owner in a car wreck, saying it was a case of mistaken identity.


    •   Inmate Gets Stuck in Window During Escape   (Associated Press)
  • Instead of going over the wall, an the inmate at South Central Regional Jail tried to go through it — without much luck.


    •   Two Men Fleeing Police Get Stuck in Mud   (Associated Press)
  • Two men fleeing police were captured after they ran across a muddy lake bed, lost their shoes and got mired in the muck.


    •   Mississippi Bill Would Limit False Fingernails   (Associated Press)
  • Sen. David Jordan said a woman shared with him her story of discovering a false fingernail in her bowl of soup, inspiring him to draft legislation to protect other Mississippians from the nauseating experience.
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