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  Baseball Card Draws Fortune Hunters to School   (CBC News)
  • Treasure hunters are flocking to a southern Ontario demolition site where it's believed a valuable Mickey Mantle rookie baseball card was stashed 50 years ago.


  •   Senator Rips Web 'Spam Scam'   (New York Post)
  • A Web site that claims to be a national do-not-e-mail registry is actually a spam scam, New York Sen. Charles Schumer said.


  •   N.Y. Post Puts Gephardt on Kerry Ticket   (Associated Press)
  • The New York Post, in a front-page gaffe reminiscent of the 1948 headline wrongly announcing President Truman's defeat, proclaimed that Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry would select Rep. Dick Gephardt as his running mate.


  •   Cult Leader Admits Kidney Scam   (The Australian)
  • The leader of an internet cult said some members have lied to health authorities so that they could donate their kidneys to Australians in need of a transplant.


  •   DNA Test to Check for Genghis Khan Kin   (Associated Press)
  • A London restaurant is offering diners the chance to learn whether they are descended from the rampaging Mongol ruler Genghis Khan — and win a free meal if they are.


  •   Wild Parrots Settle in Suburbs   (BBC News)
  • The number of wild parrots living in England is rising at 30% per year, says an Oxford University research project.


  •   Scientists to Study 'Cross-Dressing' Fish   (Associated Press)
  • A scientist appealed for help in studying what she calls the "cross-dressing" sexual antics of cuttlefish off the coast of southern Australia.


  •   Moore Works to Prove Bigfoot Myth Is True   (The Port Arthur News)
  • Journalist, hunter, fisherman, musician and cryptozoologist Chester Moore, Jr. may be the man to prove the existence of a legendary American primate.


  •   Teen Wins Spot at Democratic Convention   (Associated Press)
  • A 17-year-old has won the election to one of Wisconsin's four spots to the Democratic National Committee and will go to Boston's convention.


  •   University in Dog House After Insisting Quebec Guide Dog Learn English   (Canadian Press)
  • A blind francophone student at the University of New Brunswick has been barred from English-immersion classes because his guide dog only responds to French commands.


  •   Experts Study Hand, Face Transplant Drugs   (Associated Press)
  • Researchers are studying antirejection drugs as a recent interest in hand transplants increases the possibility that a face transplant could be conducted soon.


  •   Famed Cannibal Inspires Feature Film   (Reuters)
  • Armin Meiwes, the German cannibal who gained global notoriety for eating a willing victim, is being immortalized in a movie by a gay filmmaker, and hardly surprisingly, the project is already running into controversy.


  •   40 Pieces of Fish Disappear from Luggage   (Associated Press)
  • Somewhere between Anchorage and Seattle, about 40 meticulously wrapped and packed one-pound pieces of fresh-caught halibut vanished from checked bags.


  •   Sympathetic Mayor Helps Free Elderly Farmer   (Reuters)
  • An elderly, impoverished Turkish woman jailed for nearly a month after planting potatoes on state land has been freed after a sympathetic mayor paid her fine.


  •   Man Finds $4,000 in Coins in Stove   (Associated Press)
  • A landlord is sure glad he looked in an old stove before he threw it out. Inside were vintage coins and nearly $4,000 worth of gold and silver bars.


  •   Man Tries to Rob Bank ATM with Bulldozer   (Reuters)
  • A Saudi man posing as a municipal worker used a bulldozer in an inept attempt to rob a bank's automatic teller machine but fled when the police arrived.


  •   Postman Is Barred from Helping Retirees   (Associated Press)
  • For years, postman Paul Kierby has delivered groceries and newspapers with the mail to older residents unable to make it to the village store in Singleton, northwest England.


  •   Dish Cooks Up Controversy   (Reuters)
  • Britain's television watchdog banned a supermarket chain from using the word "faggot" in a commercial, referring to a traditional British dish.


  •   Honolulu Gets OK to Use Dot-Gov Suffix   (Associated Press)
  • Whether you're in Honolulu, N.C., Honolulu, Kan., or Honolulu, Alaska, the Web address "honolulu.gov" will now take you straight to the islands.


  •   Japan Firm's Chip Tells Mom If Kids Out of School   (Reuters)
  • Forget the notebook and the multicolored pen, a Japanese firm has developed the latest in school supplies — chip-embedded student ID cards.


  •   Campground in Vermont Goes Wireless   (Associated Press)
  • Visitors to the North Beach Campground in Burlington can now surf the Web while toasting marshmallows over the fire.


  •   Women Stage Breast-Feeding Protest at Mall   (Reuters)
  • Chanting "Got milk," 50 mothers staged a protest "nurse-in" at a Houston shopping mall after one of them said security guards asked her to cover herself or move on while breast-feeding her 4-month-old son.


  •   Woman Fined $71,000 for Drunken Driving   (Associated Press)
  • A well-to-do Oslo businesswoman was fined a record $71,000 for driving drunk.


  •   Protect Our Peppers, Say Mexican Chili Farmers   (Reuters)
  • Mexican chili farmers, under pressure from cheap foreign peppers, want to give their products the same international brand protection as French champagne or Parma ham from Italy.
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