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1 July 2004

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  Podiatrist Accused of Billing Amputees   (Associated Press)
  • A podiatrist has been indicted for allegedly defrauding Medicare by submitting more than $400,000 in false claims, some for treating patients who don't even have feet.


  •   Bovines Help Catch Tennessee Murder Suspect   (Associated Press)
  • The credit for a police bust is going to the bovines.


  •   Woman Claims She Found Toad in Salad   (Associated Press)
  • A woman who found a live toad in her McDonald's salad says she is upset at the slow response to the incident.


  •   Woman Puts Ice in Maid's Bra   (Associated Press)
  • A 30-year-old mother of two was jailed for 14 weeks for kicking her maid and putting ice cubes down her underwear in the latest case of maid abuse in Singapore.


  •   Man Nabbed at Bank Wearing Stocking Mask   (Associated Press)
  • Here's a tip for would-be bank robbers: Don't show up with a stocking already over your face.


  •   Man Tries to Get Rid of Million Pennies   (Associated Press)
  • A man is trying to get rid of his pennies — all 1 million of them.


  •   95-Year-Old Kansas Woman Helps Thwart Theft   (Associated Press)
  • A 95-year-old woman was shopping at a jewelry store when one of the owners asked her to call 911 because a woman was trying to leave the store with two diamond rings she hadn't paid for.


  •   Implanted Device Relieves Man of Hiccups   (Associated Press)
  • After seven months of constant, bark-like hiccups, a first-of-its-kind operation has returned normal life to a 50-year-old Texas man.


  •   Italian Village's Dog Ban Prompts Howls   (Associated Press)
  • Fed up with dog droppings, this northeastern Italian city has taken extreme measures: banning pooches from parts of the city center.


  •   Porn Site Axes References to First Ladies   (Associated Press)
  • The Whitehouse.com pornography Web site, which poked fun at its government namesake with parody sections about first ladies and interns, has been stripped of all political references.


  •   Smarty Jones Inspires Names for Horses   (Associated Press)
  • Smarty Jones is having an impact on the horse-naming game. In recent weeks, a bunch of owners and breeders have used the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner as inspiration for naming their own horses.


  •   Vienna Church Sells Confessional on Web   (Associated Press)
  • For those who feel guilty about cruising Internet auction sites for bargains, an item on sale by a Vienna church is almost guaranteed to give relief.


  •   Boy, 11, Gets Stuck in Chimney   (Associated Press)
  • An 11-year-old boy had to be rescued by firefighters after he got stuck in a chimney while trying to get into his friend's locked house.


  •   Company Creates Harley-Davidson 'Hearse'   (Associated Press)
  • Tombstone Hearse Co. two years ago began building hand-crafted Old West-style casket carriers that are pulled by a modified Harley-Davidson Road King.


  •   Woman Gives Birth Exactly 4 Years Apart   (Associated Press)
  • A Cohasset woman gave birth to a son, Adam, at 10:12 p.m. That was four years to the minute after the birth of her daughter, Lindsay, on June 27, 2000.


  •   Court Nixes Suit by Student Who Sued Dad   (Associated Press)
  • A court threw out a lawsuit by a Malaysian student who sued his estranged father for tuition fees so he could complete his degree at a British university.


  •   Spanish Woman Survives Five-Story Fall   (Associated Press)
  • A woman living in a Barcelona nursing home fell from a fifth-story window Wednesday but landed on a clothesline and survived.


  •   Brazil-Haiti Soccer Game May Be Disarming   (Associated Press)
  • Brazil will play a friendly soccer match in Haiti, with spectators invited to swap firearms for tickets.
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