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1 August 2004

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  Dentist Pleads Guilty in Naked Cycle Ride   (Associated Press)
  • A dentist pleaded guilty to a summary charge of disorderly conduct for driving a motorcycle with a naked woman on the back.


  •   'Demon Customers' Bedeviling Retailers   (Associated Press)
  • Some retailers are deciding that the customer can be very, very wrong — as in unprofitable. And some, including Best Buy Co., are discriminating between profitable customers and shoppers they lose money on.


  •   Women Drivers Slower to Learn, But Safer   (Reuters)
  • British women take longer to master the art of driving than men, but once the "L" plates are ditched, women are safer on the road, the AA motoring organization said.


  •   Rabid Bat Spoils Woman's Breakfast   (Associated Press)
  • A journalism professor received rabies shots after encountering a rabid bat while eating breakfast outside of a downtown cafe.


  •   Crickets Invade Airport   (Reuters)
  • Millions of crickets have invaded Nice airport in southern France, causing no direct threat to air traffic but attracting birds who could pose a danger.


  •   Woman Wears Sign of Shame for Gas Theft   (Associated Press)
  • Sherelle Purnell's facial expression went from one of embarrassment to defiance as she puffed a cigarette and lugged a sandwich board sign that declared: "I was caught stealing gas."


  •   1,000-Year-Old Brewery Unearthed   (Reuters)
  • U.S. researchers have unearthed what they say may be the oldest known brewery in the Andes, a pre-Incan plant at least 1,000 years old that could produce drinks for hundreds of people at one sitting.


  •   Men Charged With Stealing $41K of Clams   (Associated Press)
  • Two men were charged with grand theft for allegedly stealing more than $41,000 worth of clams from an aquaculture farm in Cedar Key, Florida.


  •   Teachers Defer Lawsuit Over Anthem Refusal   (Reuters)
  • A group of nearly 250 Tokyo teachers ordered to attend "re-education" sessions after refusing to sing Japan's national anthem said they would hold off taking legal action until giving the sessions a try.


  •   London to Remove 'Salami' Subway Posters   (Associated Press)
  • London transport authorities promised to remove posters warning against eating on the subway that left a bad taste in the mouths of Italian diplomats.


  •   Driver Beaten Up for Observing Speed Limit   (Reuters)
  • A German truck driver beat up a motorist he believed was driving too slowly in a case of 'road rage' in a country famous for having no limits on stretches of its motorways.


  •   Wrigley Field Solves Falling Concrete Problem   (Associated Press)
  • Chicago Cubs fans used to seeing their team's chances for postseason glory crumble no longer have to worry about their beloved Wrigley Field coming unglued, too.


  •   Biologists Croak to Their Animals   (Reuters)
  • British biologists have taken a leaf out of the literary Doctor Doolittle's book and started talking to their animals.


  •   Teamsters Picket Cemeteries in Minnesota   (Associated Press)
  • Some grieving families think the Teamsters Local 120 is making a grave mistake. The union is picketing cemeteries, including when funeral services are in progress, in its strike on the Twin Cities' biggest maker of burial vaults.
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