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17 July 2004

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  Doctor Allegedly Cuts Off Patient's Penis   (Associated Press)
  • Medical authorities are investigating a Romanian doctor after he allegedly cut off a patient's penis accidentally during testicle surgery.


  •   Man Jailed for Allegedly Sucking Toes   (Associated Press)
  • A 12-year-old told police that she was reading at the library when James M. Kilpatrick, 21, of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, started kissing her feet, then offered her 22-year-old sister a dollar to let him do the same to her.


  •   Romanians Stop Cars Loaded with Sheep   (Associated Press)
  • It was a woolly, if not wild, report from the traffic police: Authorities stopped a convoy of three cars after they heard the "passengers" bleating — and found the vehicles stuffed with sheep.


  •   Monkey Rescued from Being Put on Menu   (Associated Press)
  • A monkey was recuperating at a wildlife park in Taiwan after being rescued from a restaurant that planned to sell slices of the animal's brain while he was alive in a cage.


  •   Man Sentenced for Robbing Own Bank Branch   (Associated Press)
  • A man who had told police he should appear on "World's Dumbest Criminals" has been sentenced to prison for robbing a bank where he was a regular customer.


  •   Man, Woman Accused of Halloween Killing   (Associated Press)
  • A man allegedly tried to hire his neighbors to kill his estranged wife around Halloween and suggested they rent an ape costume to make it easier.


  •   Georgia's Swifty Named 'Official Donkey'   (Associated Press)
  • He won't be cheering, painting his face in gaudy colors or waving banners, but the Democratic Party's secret weapon is guaranteed to be the center of photographers' attention when he shows up at the party's national convention in Boston.


  •   Candidate Videotapes Rival Stealing Signs   (Associated Press)
  • A candidate for Sequoyah County commissioner in Oklahoma caught the incumbent on videotape stealing his campaign signs and throwing them into a creek.


  •   Maryland School to Be Built Around Rare Toad   (Associated Press)
  • Despite its elusiveness, St. Mary's county planners have agreed to build an elementary school in a way that will accommodate the mating habits of the eastern narrow-mouthed toad that state naturalists say lives in the surrounding marshes.


  •   Fake Wanted Poster Spurs Lawsuit   (Associated Press)
  • A fake wanted poster that was allegedly displayed for seven hours on the cash register of a variety store in Etna, Maine, has triggered a defamation lawsuit.
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