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29 July 2004

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  Women Say Dentist Made Them Swallow Semen   (Associated Press)
  • Former employees of a dentist claim the man made female patients unwittingly swallow his semen during visits to his office.


  •   Oops, Wrong Car. Sorry.   (Reuters)
  • A German woman became so furious after a fight with her husband she stormed out of the house armed with a hammer and smashed up his car — before realizing she had vandalized the wrong vehicle.


  •   Legend Grows Around 1,000-Pound Georgia Hog   (Associated Press)
  • Around Alapaha, Georgia, they are calling it Hogzilla: a 12-foot-long wild hog recently killed on a plantation and now quickly becoming a part of local legend.


  •   New Phone Lets Parents Track Kids   (Reuters)
  • Parents in South Korea will now be able to track their children by using a device in a new mobile phone that has been designed for kids.


  •   Farm Life TV Show Gets Animal Lovers' Goat   (Reuters)
  • A German reality television show featuring stars wading in manure and cooking with animal guts will keep running despite criticism from animal lovers and media institutes.


  •   Believing in Hell Has Its Benefits   (Reuters)
  • Economists searching for reasons why some nations are richer than others have found that those with a wide belief in hell are less corrupt and more prosperous.


  •   Crews Use Cow Poop to Fight Manure Blaze   (Associated Press)
  • Crews fighting a smoky, stinky blaze in the dried crust of a 3-acre manure lagoon on a dairy farm were trying to smother the flames with more of the same — a blanket of wet cow poop.


  •   Gum-Chewing Players Told to Sing   (Reuters)
  • Russia's gum-chewing soccer team have been told by president Vladimir Putin to quit their habit and sing their national anthem.


  •   Backhoe Operator Finds $46K in Landfill   (Associated Press)
  • A backhoe operator found $46,000 in $20 bills, wrapped in clear plastic bags, while moving garbage at a Columbus landfill. .


  •   Text-Message Games Banned   (Reuters)
  • Malaysia's guardian of Islamic law has banned Muslims from using text messaging to take part in prize-winning competitions, ruling that the practice is a form of gambling.


  •   Dog Attacks Parked Mustang Convertible   (Associated Press)
  • More than one dog has met his end by challenging a set of moving car tires. In this case, police said, the car didn't have a chance.


  •   Goat Enjoying Life After Escape from Pen   (Associated Press)
  • After escaping from a holding pen, flying ropes and failed lunges, Billy the goat has quietly made an independent life for himself near the very farm it fled.


  •   Sunshine Threatens Rain Day Parade in Pennsylvania   (Associated Press)
  • Sunshine is threatening to rain on Waynesburg's parade.


  •   Bat Finds Shelter in Parliament Building   (Associated Press)
  • An adult bat on the search for a warm, dark place to sleep away the day took shelter in the near-empty parliament building, taking advantage of Vilnius lawmakers' summer break.


  •   Ten Czech Bus Drivers Caught for DUI   (Associated Press)
  • A police crackdown on bus traffic in the Czech capital caught 10 drunk bus drivers in a single day.


  •   Clean-Water Advocate Swims Hudson River   (Associated Press)
  • Sleek as a seal in his green and black wet suit, Chris Swain made the finishing strokes on an eight-week, 315-mile swim down the Hudson River on behalf of cleaner water.


  •   Snail Mail Snags Postcard 37 Years   (Associated Press)
  • Talk about snail mail: A woman vacationing in New Jersey 37 years ago popped a postcard into the mail and it just arrived at her mother's house in Pennsylvania.


  •   Five Teens from Massachusetts Jump Rope to Record   (Associated Press)
  • Five teens from Brewster have hopped, skipped and jumped their way into the record books.


  •   Twelve-Year-Old Wows Convention Delegates   (Associated Press)
  • Twelve-year-old Ilana Wexler had some advice for Vice President Dick Cheney: You need a timeout. The Democrats loved it.


  •   New Zealand Party Laments Pot Spraying   (Associated Press)
  • New Zealand's Green Party, which supports legalization of marijuana, said police are endangering pot smokers' health by using poison spray to kill illegally grown cannabis plants.
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