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19 July 2004

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  Schwarzenegger Calls Dems 'Girlie Men'   (Associated Press)
  • A spokesman for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said that the governor would not apologize for calling lawmakers "girlie men," despite criticisms from Democrats that the remark was sexist and homophobic.


  •   Singapore Gets Tamer "Sex and the City"   (Reuters)
  • Samantha, the provocative single who often puts the "sex" into the U.S. sitcom "Sex and the City", has been tamed by Singapore's strait-laced censors.


  •   Check-Out Woman Hits Self on Head, Claims Robbery   (Reuters)
  • A German supermarket check-out worker stashed the day's takings into her shoes and hit herself over the head, pretending she had been held up and attacked by a robber.


  •   Heinz Cans Beans for Beanz   (Reuters)
  • Food giant Heinz is to fork out five million pounds to change its cans of baked beans into beanz.


  •   Hong Kong Man Tries to Bribe TV Cameraman   (Associated Press)
  • Police said they are trying to find a man who crashed a luxury car and then vanished after waving a fistful of money at a TV cameraman to try to bribe his way off the local news.


  •   Dutch Boy Skips School for Bike Tour   (Reuters)
  • A Dutch 11-year-old boy, angry after a row at home, has copied his Tour de France heroes with his own mini tour of the Netherlands, cycling 175 kms instead of going to school,


  •   Meat Hook Dangling Craze Mystifies Police   (Reuters)
  • Law enforcement officials in the Florida Keys are mystified by a bizarre new pastime — young people dangling themselves from meat hooks on a popular sandbar.


  •   Blazes in Egypt Start "balls of Fire" Rumours   (Reuters)
  • A series of fires in the southern Egyptian province of Sohag has destroyed some 160 houses, giving rise to rumours that spirits are at work or mysterious balls of fire are falling from the sky.


  •   Man Leaves Heroin in Rental Car   (Associated Press)
  • A man who returned a rental car allegedly forgot to take along 88 bags of heroin he had left in the car.


  •   2 Hurt in Prankster's Plastic Wrap Trap   (Associated Press)
  • A prankster tightly wound plastic wrap around traffic poles across a two-lane road, causing a motorcycle accident that injured two people.


  •   Having a Ball with a Kansas Catfish   (Rockford Register-Star)
  • The combination of a 50-pound flathead catfish, an 8-inch basketball and the Internet has made Pam and Bill Driver worldwide cyber-celebrities.


  •   Texas Water Race Tests Competitors' Limits   (Associated Press)
  • The Texas Water Safari bills itself as "The World's Toughest Canoe Race" — 260 river miles of stumps, rocks, logjams and low-hanging tree branches.


  •   Golf Course Shark   (The Sunday Mail)
  • An amazing photo snapped by a greenkeeper at a golf course near Brisbane has confirmed fears its lake is home to deadly sharks.


  •   Man Accused of Hitting Woman with Gator   (Associated Press)
  • A man hit his girlfriend with a 3-foot alligator and threw beer bottles at her during an argument in the couple's mobile home.


  •   'Soccer Rage' Prompted 999 Call   (BBC News)
  • A man complaining he could not watch a pay-per-view football match on his TV is one of thousands of non-emergency 999 calls North Wales Police has received recently.
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