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20 June 2004

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  Bananas Bite Back for One Unlucky Briton   (Agence France Presse)
  • All Paul Wright wanted was a banana. But when the hapless Briton opened the supermarket-bought plastic bag filled with the fruit, out leapt a tropical spider which promptly bit him on the arm.


  •   Texas City in Lather Over Sweatiest City Label   (Reuters)
  • Consumer products maker Procter & Gamble Co. has learned the hard way how to alienate a city — dub it the sweatiest in the country.


  •   Rubber Chickens to Protest Bonds' Walks   (Associated Press)
  • The San Francisco Giants are tired of all the walks Barry Bonds is drawing this season, so they'll begin selling orange rubber chickens named "Walk'er."


  •   Florida Couple Accused of Starving, Locking Up 10-Year-Old   (Associated Press)
  • A couple wanted on child abuse charges surrendered to authorities a month after a 10-year-old girl in their care was removed from their home weighing only 29 pounds.


  •   Castro, at 14, Asked Roosevelt for $10   (Agence France Presse)
  • At the age of 14, Cuban leader Fidel Castro sent a letter to US President Franklin D. Roosevelt asking for $10.


  •   It's the Time Capsule That Network Forgot*   (Los Angeles Times)
  • Workers carefully demolishing the ABC Entertainment Center and Shubert Theatre in Century City have discovered a hidden box filled with mementos that are completely intact — and totally mysterious.


  •   Civil War Continues to Fascinate 139 Years Later as Widow Comes Forward   (Associated Press)
  • Until this month, Maudie Celia Hopkins was best known for her fried peach pies and applesauce cakes. Then relatives disclosed that the 89-year-old woman had been married 70 years ago to a veteran of the Civil War.


  •   The Camera Phone Backlash   (BBC News)
  • The booming popularity of camera phones which can take and instantly send photos — and, with some models, short video clips — have piqued fears about workplace security.
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