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21 June 2004

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  Scientists Develop Antidote for Burping Sheep   (Reuters)
  • Scientists have developed a serum to reduce methane gas in burping sheep, cows and other ruminants to combat global warming.


  •   The Mystery of the Voynich Manuscript   (Scientific American)
  • New analysis of a famously cryptic medieval document suggests that it contains nothing but gibberish.


  •   Thai Prisoners Play Elephants in Soccer   (Associated Press)
  • Thai officials organized a soccer game between elephants and prisoners in hopes of discouraging gambling on the European Championships.


  •   Boy Writes Apology in Blood for Dozing in Class   (Reuters)
  • A Japanese teen-ager was forced by his teacher to write an apology in blood after dozing in the classroom.


  •   Supreme Court Says Keeping Name Private Can Be Crime   (Associated Press)
  • The Supreme Court has ruled that people do not have a constitutional right to refuse to tell police their names.


  •   School Foils Cheats by Blocking Phone Signals   (Reuters)
  • Mobile phone-savvy teenagers tempted to cheat their way through exams by sending text messages or scanning pictures of tests could be thwarted by a device that jams signals inside the school walls.


  •   Fake Sharks Could Save Turtles   (Reuters)
  • Fibreglass sharks might help to scare endangered sea turtles away from long-line fish hooks as part of a drive to protect the world's migratory species.


  •   Rapper: Jail Officials OK'd Video Shoot   (Associated Press)
  • A rapper who filmed a video in a jail while he was on work release from another jail disputes Fulton County officials' claim that the shoot had not been authorized.


  •   Tug-Of-Whale Suspended for Now   (Reuters)
  • Efforts to capture and relocate a lost killer whale on Canada's Pacific Coast were suspended temporarily following objections from Native Indians who say the animal may be the spirit of a dead chief and who want it to stay where it is.


  •   Iowa Man Claims Army Recruiter Tricked Him Into Joining Military   (Associated Press)
  • A recent high school graduate is accusing an Army recruiter of tricking him into enlisting once he changed his mind about joining the military.


  •   Close Call for Toddler as Elk Crushes Bed   (Reuters)
  • An elk jumped through a townhouse window and crashed into a toddler's bed, scratching the cheek of a sleeping two-year-old and wreaking havoc in a Finnish family's home.


  •   Plane Lands at Air Force Base by Mistake   (Associated Press)
  • A Northwest Airlines flight that was headed to Rapid City, S.D., landed a few miles off course at Ellsworth Air Force Base, and passengers had to wait in the plane for more than three hours while their crew was interrogated.


  •   Suspected Spoiled Seeds Kill 250 Pigeons   (Reuters)
  • A professed bird-lover was under arrest after 250 pigeons died in Athens' main square after being fed suspected spoiled seed.


  •   African Migrants Wind Up on Nude Beach   (Associated Press)
  • Two worlds collided as a raft carrying 42 destitute Africans — bundled up for a chilly, wind-swept crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar — washed up on a nudist beach in southern Spain.
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