12 February 2004  
 
 

12 February 2004

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  Actress's Breasts Cut in Chainsaw Accident   (Reuters)
  • A German actress was taken to hospital after an artist injured her breasts while trying to cut open her bra with a chainsaw during a rehearsal for a stage show.


  •   Pilot Saves Dog from Crocodile's Jaws   (Associated Press)
  • Buffy is getting steak for dinner this week — a perk after the dog nearly became a hearty meal himself for a 6-foot-long crocodile.


  •   Erotica Arouses Art Market   (Reuters)
  • Erotic art is stepping out of the closet into museums and galleries, as a growing mass of collectors are openly enjoying and willing to pay top dollar for the aesthetic and sensual thrills of previously forbidden fruit.


  •   Sacre Bleue! No More Foie Gras from California?   (Reuters)
  • California, a state that protects the spotted owl and shorebirds common on Pacific beaches, may be about to lend a helping hands to ducks and geese.


  •   Typo Changes Ad to 'Brother for Sale'   (Associated Press)
  • Barbara Bennett wanted to sell her Brother brand sewing machine, so she bought a classified advertisement under "Miscellaneous" and "Items under $50" in The Columbian newspaper. Instead, the words "sewing machine" were accidentally dropped, leaving a "BROTHER" for sale ad.


  •   Texas Woman Faces Trial for Selling Sex Toys   (Reuters)
  • Joanne Webb is a mother of three, a Baptist, a booster of the town of Burleson, Texas, and a former schoolteacher. She also faces trial for being a smut merchant.


  •   Ohio Town Requires Waterproof Doghouses   (Associated Press)
  • An Ohio City Council unanimously approved a law requiring doghouses to be waterproof and lined with bedding that resists dampness. The houses also must be equipped with self-closing doors or flaps.


  •   Town Battles 'Demonic' Mystery Blazes   (Reuters)
  • A Sicilian town is struggling to work out why dozens of household items from fridge-freezers to furniture keep mysteriously bursting into flame, terrifying locals and sparking theories of demonic intervention.


  •   Opposing Coaches Marry After Hoops Game   (Associated Press)
  • The opposing coaches returned to the court for a celebration after a high school basketball game, but nobody was cutting down any nets. With their players and fans looking on, the coaches had something more meaningful to celebrate as they began their new life together as husband and wife.


  •   Police Confiscate Armored Personnel Carrier in Online Auction   (Reuters)
  • German police seized a 10-ton armored personnel carrier that two men had put up for auction online.


  •   Wyoming May Make Littering Via Urine Illegal   (Associated Press)
  • Urinating in a bottle and tossing it alongside the road would be made illegal under a bill introduced in the Wyoming Senate.


  •   Nigerians Charged with Removing Boy's Eyes   (Reuters)
  • Four Nigerian men were charged with plucking out the eyes of a 13-year-old schoolboy for use in witchcraft.


  •   Web Site Shows British Accent Development   (Associated Press)
  • Britain is changing its toon. Recordings of voices from the 1950s, the 1980s and 1990s on a new Web site show that older pronunciations like "toon" for town and "coo" for cow are fading, replaced with more standard forms, officials say.


  •   Train Kills Teen Retrieving Mobile Phone   (Reuters)
  • A young New York woman was killed by a speeding train after she stepped onto a subway track to retrieve the cell phone she had dropped.


  •   Man With Shark Attached to Leg Seeks Help   (Associated Press)
  • Lifeguards at a beach post north of Sydney couldn't believe their eyes when a man walked in with a small shark attached to his leg.
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