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7 June 2004

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  Don't Mess With Our Slogan, Texas Warns   (Associated Press)
  • Don't Mess with Texas" — The popular catchphrase intended to promote tidy roadsides has appeared on everything from T-shirts and bumper stickers to breath mint tins and refrigerator magnets. Now, the state Transportation Department wants it back.


  •   This Is a Stick-Up! Fry Me Some Eggs!   (Reuters)
  • A hungry Argentine thief forced his way into a home to steal clothes and appliances — before sitting at the dinner table to demand the captive family cook him a proper meal.


  •   Duck Unstuck but Rescuer Left in Muck   (Associated Press)
  • A duck stuck in muck up to his neck was rescued by a 73-year-old man in hip waders who then became stuck himself and had to be extracted by emergency personnel.


  •   Gun-Wielding Fake Priests Kill Three   (Reuters)
  • Two gunmen dressed as priests killed three men and wounded two others in a gangland shootout in Sofia, the Bulgarian capital.


  •   House Democrats Spoof GOP with Reality Show   (Associated Press)
  • Want to vote a Republican off the island? How about all of them? If so, House Democrats are here to help with a new Web-based cartoon program, Republican Survivor.


  •   North Korea Bans Mobile Phones   (Reuters)
  • North Korea has banned citizens from using mobile phones since late May, about a year and a half after it introduced the service to the nation.


  •   Snake Causes Transformer Fire, Outage   (Associated Press)
  • After avoiding power outages from recent storms, Marlow, Oklahoma, was plunged into darkness by a snake searching for a place to nap.


  •   This Pen Really Is Mightier Than the Sword   (Reuters)
  • Spanish police have arrested a Russian woman carrying 38 "pen guns" capable of firing .22 caliber bullets, saying she was part of a Russian-Kosovan gun-smuggling ring.


  •   Police Look for Naked Drive-Through Patron   (Associated Press)
  • Police are searching for a man who was naked when he picked up his fast food order at a drive-through window.


  •   Legal Glitch Snarls Bush's Spot on Illinois Ballot   (Reuters)
  • For want of a small change to the Illinois election law, President Bush's name is not supposed to be on the state's November ballot, but officials said one way or another, it will be there.


  •   Stanley the Missing Sturgeon Relocated   (Associated Press)
  • Police in southern England who let a 9-foot sturgeon slip through their fingers after its alleged illegal sale said they found the fish.


  •   Finders Keepers? Man Sued After $50,000 Find   (Reuters)
  • A jobless Argentine who found $50,000 buried in trash and promptly bought a house, two cars and a corner shop is now being sued by a woman claiming her maid mistakenly had thrown out the cash.


  •   Brooklyn Cheese Artist Makes Bed of Ham   (Associated Press)
  • An artist best known for decorative cheese has broadened his palette, or palate, to ham.


  •   Short Skirt Ban Stirs Controversy   (Reuters)
  • A Russian regional government has told its women employees to stop wearing short skirts and tone down their make-up because they were arousing their male colleagues' "animal instincts."


  •   Oregon Man Bites Dog Before His Arrest   (Associated Press)
  • A man suspected of assaulting his girlfriend set two fires and bit a dog on the head as he tried to escape from police.


  •   Coke in a Pepsi Machine   (Toronto Sun)
  • You can get coke from a Pepsi machine, a worker discovered after stumbling across a 2-kilo package of drugs hidden in the pop dispenser.


  •   Inmate Backs Up Iowa Jail's Sewer System   (Associated Press)
  • An inmate who flushed clothes down his jail cell toilet has been charged with criminal mischief.


  •   Swedish Woman Complains About Noisy Sex   (Associated Press)
  • A Swedish woman, tired of the noise made by her amorous neighbors in the apartment above, took her quest for some peace and quiet to an official environmental health committee.
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