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15 August 2004

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  480-Pound Woman Dies After Six Years on Couch   (Associated Press)
  • A 480-pound Florida woman has died after emergency workers tried to remove her from the couch where she had remained for about six years.


  •   Doggy-Mess Mystery Solved at Connecticut Capitol   (Associated Press)
  • A Connecticut state Senate leader says he has the scoop on the poop in the state Capitol.


  •   Fire at Cricket Club Blamed on Rabbit   (Associated Press)
  • Investigators in England think a fire at a cricket club was caused by a burning bunny. The blaze destroyed a tool shed at the Devizes Cricket Club, wiping out more than $100,000 worth of turf mowers and other equipment.


  •   Kids Plus Rocks Equals 120,000 Angry Bees   (Reuters)
  • Kids throwing rocks stirred up more trouble than they bargained for when they dislodged a swarm of bees from an enormous hive built in the wall of a Southern California apartment building.


  •   'Cheer Naked' T-Shirts Get Coach Fired   (Associated Press)
  • University of Florida's cheerleading coach was fired after he gave the squad permission to promote more than school pride at a cheerleading camp.


  •   Police Crack Case of Missing Orang-utans   (Reuters)
  • Thirty-six orang-utans, which went missing from a Bangkok zoo infamous for its kick-boxing primates, have been found and had not died of pneumonia as the zoo's owners had claimed.


  •   Idaho Man's Romantic Gesture Turns Fiery   (Associated Press)
  • A young man's passion ignited a fire that only his girlfriend and the Lewiston Fire Department could put out.


  •   Burglars Grab Marie Antoinette's Jewels   (Reuters)
  • British police are trying to track down jewelry once owned by the 18th century French Queen Marie Antoinette, which burglars snatched from a west London house.


  •   Colin Powell Meets Feline Doppelganger   (Associated Press)
  • Colin Powell, the cat, met with Colin Powell, the secretary of state, who heaped praise on the uneasy black feline as "the best cat in the country."


  •   A Vacation for Folks Who've Done Everything Else . . .   (Reuters)
  • Former political prisoners voiced outrage at a German company's scheme to sell tourists an authentic jail experience in what was former Communist East Germany's biggest women's prison.


  •   Operatic Hot Dog Vendor Heads to Minors   (Associated Press)
  • Charley Marcuse, the Detroit Tigers' operatic hot dog vendor, is taking a trip to the minors. The Tigers' AAA-affiliate Toledo Mud Hens have invited Marcuse, 22, to sing his "Hoooott Doooogs" three times an inning.


  •   Danish Health Authorities Ban Some Kellogg Products   (Associated Press)
  • Danish health officials said they have banned several vitamin-enriched products of U.S. breakfast cereal maker Kellogg, saying they could be harmful if eaten regularly.


  •   Funeral Home Sued Over Decomposing Body   (Associated Press)
  • A mourning family has sued a funeral home, saying it allowed the body of a 71-year-old husband and father to decompose for five days, until the stench of rotting flesh was so strong it sickened the minister at his funeral and dripped fluid from the casket.


  •   Woman with No Limbs Sues Air France, Claims She Was Blocked from Flying   (Associated Press)
  • A woman sued Air France in federal court, saying an employee told her she could not board a flight because she has no limbs.


  •   Police Ticket Freight Train in Indiana   (Associated Press)
  • A mile-long freight train was ticketed by police for blocking a dozen city crossings for almost an hour as it awaited the arrival of a replacement crew.
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