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5 August 2004

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  Sex Shop Claims Job Applicant Stole Toy   (Associated Press)
  • A sex shop planned to file an arrest warrant for a woman who allegedly left the store without paying for a toy but who left a good lead on how to find her: She had just filled out a job application.


  •   3 Banks Robbed During Bush, Kerry Visit   (Associated Press)
  • Three banks were robbed while President Bush and Democratic nominee John Kerry were speaking just blocks away from one another.


  •   Myanmar Peacock Eaters Get Prison Terms   (Associated Press)
  • A fashionable repast for kings in medieval times, peacock is off the menu in Myanmar as two poachers learned when they were imprisoned for eating two of the showy fowl.


  •   Surely They Jest; In This Case They Don't   (Associated Press)
  • English Heritage, guardian of various historic sites in Britain, is advertising for someone to be the nation's first court jester since 1649.


  •   Retirement Community Fosters Mail Bonding   (Associated Press)
  • Welcome to Nalcrest, population 800 and ZIP code 33856, where the nation's letter carriers come to retire when they've set down the bag for the last time.


  •   Austrian Spa Offers Tasty New 'Treatment'   (Associated Press)
  • Bad Eisenkappel, a health spa in the southwestern Austrian province of Carinthia, is drawing visitors with a tasty new "treatment" — a relaxing soak in a tub filled with melted chocolate.


  •   DUI Defendant Comes to Court Drunk   (Associated Press)
  • Something smelled rotten when Michael Hanczyk showed up in court to fight a drunken driving charge. Authorities say it was the booze on his breath.


  •   Thai Zoo Halts Orangutan Boxing Matches   (Associated Press)
  • A Thai zoo has been forced to halt orangutan boxing matches as police investigate allegations that the animals were illegally smuggled from Indonesia.


  •   Scarecrows Resemble Ku Klux Klansmen   (Associated Press)
  • The ghostly white scarecrows on Joseph Smith's cornfield frightened more than the geese he was trying to scare away. The scarecrows so closely resembled Ku Klux Klan garb that they sparked complaints from minority guards and visitors at a nearby prison.


  •   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.
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