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4 August 2004

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  Disney Worker Who Played Tigger Denies Fondling Teen   (Associated Press)
  • A Walt Disney World worker has denied ever fondling a 13-year-old girl while he was dressed as the character Tigger and posed for pictures with the teen and her mother.


  •   Man Sentenced for Obscene Notes to Judge   (Associated Press)
  • Jeffrey Gast, 46, was cited for contempt of court and sentenced to a week in jail for writing obscene messages to a judge across four legal documents and then mailing the paperwork back to the court.


  •   Subway Ends Fat Lady Liberty Promotion in Germany   (Reuters)
  • Sandwich chain Subway Restaurants said it was ending a promotion at its German franchises that used an image of a fat Statue of Liberty.


  •   Speeder with Upset Stomach Gets Break   (Associated Press)
  • A reckless driver in Norway got a reduced sentence for speeding after he told a judge he had to go faster than the law allowed because his upset stomach was working faster than he could drive.


  •   If the Shoe Fits . . .   (Reuters)
  • A U.S. sportswear maker has designed shoes that expand to fit a child's growing feet and is trying them out on cost-conscious German shoppers.


  •   Pet Rooster Travels 45 Minutes Under Car   (Associated Press)
  • Mary Lute just thought she was driving to work. Little did she know her pet rooster was underneath her car.


  •   Police Nab Mugger Who Made Victims Strip   (Reuters)
  • German police have arrested a man suspected of holding three teenagers at gun point in the street and demanding money before forcing two of them to strip naked and jump up and down on car hoods.


  •   Monkey Bites Boy at Brooklyn Supermarket   (Associated Press)
  • A monkey trained to help a disabled man with chores bit a 2-year-old boy in a Brooklyn supermarket.


  •   Web Addiction Gets Conscripts Out of Army   (Reuters)
  • A number of Finnish conscripts have been excused their full term of military service because they are addicted to the Internet.


  •   Vacationers Say They Saw Lake Monster   (Associated Press)
  • Five vacationers from Maryland claim they've seen Champ, the mythical Lake Champlain monster.


  •   Ice Cream Man Loses Cool; Shoots at Customer   (Reuters)
  • An Oklahoma ice cream man opened fire on a customer after a summer ice cream sale turned sour.


  •   Man Flings Urine at Judge During Hearing   (Associated Press)
  • A man who refused to go to court got a jailhouse hearing and then spat at the judge and threw a container of urine at him.


  •   Annual "Dead Zone" Spreads Across Gulf of Mexico   (Reuters)
  • A huge "dead zone" of water so devoid of oxygen that sea life cannot live in it has spread across 5,800 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico in what has become an annual occurrence caused by pollution.


  •   Prosecutors Drop Case Against Druid   (Associated Press)
  • Prosecutors have dropped charges against a man who explained that he carried a sword into a shop because he is a druid.


  •   Woman Wins $1 Million Malpractice Award in Embryo Mix-Up   (Associated Press)
  • A California woman has been awarded $1 million in damages to settle a malpractice lawsuit against a fertility specialist who accidentally implanted her with the wrong embryos, then hid the mistake until her baby was 10 months old.


  •   Singapore Holds Computer Hacking Contest   (Associated Press)
  • Singapore said it would organize a contest to find the tech-savvy city-state's best computer hacker.


  •   Two Allegedly Rob Store Twice in Night   (Associated Press)
  • Two men who allegedly broke into the same store twice in the same night were arrested when they were spotted across the street later the same morning.


  •   Australia Paying Cash for Newborns   (Associated Press)
  • An Australian federal government "baby bonus" of $3000 has gone into effect, and some women who planned Caesarean section deliveries put off the procedure to ensure they did not miss out on the new bonus.


  •   Residents Poke Fun at Topeka with Slogans   (Associated Press)
  • The city of Topeka is looking for a new slogan, but some residents just couldn't resist poking fun at their city's image.


  •   Cow Sculpture Stolen in Downtown Prague   (Associated Press)
  • Thieves stole a life-sized cow sculpture from a downtown Prague square, and police have reported no success in recovering the burgled bovine.


  •   DVD Player Sparks Murder Trial Against Driver   (Reuters)
  • An Alaska man whose truck collided head-on with another vehicle, killing two people in 2002, is on trial for murder with prosecutors saying the man was watching a DVD while driving.


  •   Drug Sniffer Dog Dies of Overdose   (Reuters)
  • A police sniffer dog died of a suspected overdose while out hunting for drugs.


  •   Piranha Bites Boy at Hong Kong Fountain   (Reuters)
  • A 14-year old boy has had three stitches in his finger after being bitten by a piranha while playing in a public fountain in Hong Kong.


  •   Beijing to Clean Up Smelly Toilets   (Reuters)
  • China's capital Beijing, trying to flush away its reputation for primitive public toilets, plans to boost investment to build more lavatories and keep them stocked with toilet paper.


  •   Florida Prisoners Pay for Spending Accounts   (Associated Press)
  • Florida inmates have begun paying a $4 monthly fee on their prison spending accounts — a fee that is charged even if a prisoner has no money or doesn't want an account.


  •   Dingoes Evolved from Asian Pets   (Reuters)
  • Dingoes, the yellow native dogs of Australia, probably evolved from a very small group of pets brought by south-east Asian settlers, researchers have reported.


  •   Mystery Candidate Exits California Election   (Associated Press)
  • No one has ever seen or spoken to the Democratic nominee for California's 63rd Assembly District. Now, the mystery man has dropped out of the race as mysteriously as he joined it.
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