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9 June 2004

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  Man Arrested for DUI Twice in One Day   (Associated Press)
  • Friday was not the best of days for an unidentified Aberdeen man.


  •   Barbie Clothes — for Real People   (Reuters)
  • Fairies leaped, surfer girls danced and fashionistas sashayed down the catwalk as Mattel showed off its Barbie clothing line — for real people.


  •   Maps Lead Authorities to Marijuana Plants   (Associated Press)
  • Investigators had no trouble finding 150 marijuana plants along the Tennessee state border. The suspected growers left maps in their car that led authorities to the illegal plants.


  •   Airline Bans Woman for Air Rage Over Phone   (Reuters)
  • Vietnam Airlines has banned a woman from flying on its planes after she attacked an attendant who tried to stop her from repeatedly using a mobile phone during a domestic flight.


  •   Man Charged with Chalupa Assault   (Associated Press)
  • A man who claimed he didn't get the taco he paid for has been charged with assault for allegedly pelting a Taco Bell clerk in the face with a chalupa.


  •   Ronald McDonald Romps in Exercise Video   (Reuters)
  • McDonald's clown mascot Ronald McDonald will dance and play sports with kids from around the world in videos the world's No. 1 restaurant chain is producing with Warner Home Video to promote active lifestyles.


  •   Popcorn Is Used to Simulate Oil Spill   (Associated Press)
  • A major exercise focused on cleaning up ocean oil spills is bound to be popular with the wildlife of a Norwegian fjord. Instead of creating a mess of sticky crude, the experts are dumping popcorn.


  •   Jail Offers Violent Inmates Aromatherapy   (Reuters)
  • Inmates at a jail in Ciudad Juarez on the U.S. border, where more than 300 women have been murdered over the past decade, are enjoying aromatherapy and piped classical music as part of a novel rehabilitation program.


  •   Woman Gets Bread and Water for Horse Neglect   (Associated Press)
  • A woman convicted of starving her two horses was sentenced to 30 days in jail — the first three days on bread and water.


  •   Woman Dies After Trying to Set Boyfriend on Fire   (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
  • A woman burned nearly 80% of her body and later died after an attempt to light her boyfriend on fire during a lover's quarrel backfired.


  •   Students Stick 35,000 Forks in Ground   (Associated Press)
  • North Penn High School students trying to revive the venerable custom of the senior prank stuck about 35,000 plastic forks into two grassy areas at the school.


  •   Historian Believes Poem About Suicide May Have Been Written by Abraham Lincoln   (Associated Press)
  • A presidential historian has found a poem about suicide that he believes might have been written by Abraham Lincoln.


  •   Fainting Fad Alarms Teachers in Maine   (Associated Press)
  • Induced fainting by middle school students looking to experience a "rush" has set off alarm bells in Cape Elizabeth.


  •   Mail Delivered After Nearly Two Decades   (Associated Press)
  • Trisha Collins-Lavigne waited 19 years to see Nina Roxanne's plastic face again. The Cabbage Patch Kids doll, which arrived at her home recently, was mailed to her almost two decades ago, after she left it on a tour bus in London.


  •   Paper Mistakenly Calls Stanley Cup Champs Losers   (Associated Press)
  • The Tampa Tribune apologized to its readers and the Tampa Bay Lightning after mistakenly running an editorial saying the hockey team had lost Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals.


  •   Sewage Backup Causes DA Office Evacuation   (Associated Press)
  • Sewage from backed-up bathroom pipes burst through the ceiling of the New Orleans district attorney's office and ran down the walls, forcing the evacuation of the office.


  •   Ex-Wife Falls in Bid to Unseat Texas Representative   (Associated Press)
  • A Texas congressman will not have to face his ex-wife in the fall election after she failed to get on the ballot as an independent.


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