Topic: MUSIK - on August 22, 2004 at 9:03:00 AM CEST
KREATIV-BERSERKER JOHN FRUSCIANTE
"Ich will mich total hingeben"
Er hat die Red Hot Chili Peppers zur Kultband gemacht, den Dämon Drogensucht besiegt und eine Arbeitswut, die man getrost bestialisch nennen darf: Gitarrist John Frusciante ist der produktivste Rockstar seit Frank Zappa. Jetzt will der kreative Maniac seinen Output nochmal erhöhen - sechs Alben sind für dieses Jahr geplant.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on August 22, 2004 at 8:50:00 AM CEST
Wrongfully convicted man free after 40 years behind bars
A 76-year-old man who spent nearly every day of the last four decades in prison walked free after a judge found that deputies extracted his confession to a 1962 robbery by crushing his fingers between cell bars.
After walking out of the Angelina County jail Tuesday with his wife, Robert Carroll Coney said he was not bitter.
"I'm going to try to pick up the pieces," Coney said. "If I was angry, what could I do about it?"
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 22, 2004 at 8:47:00 AM CEST
Nine-year-old claims world push-ups record
A nine-year-old Russian boy is claiming a new world record for the most push-ups in six and a half hours.
Pasha Guseinov from Moscow managed 9,263 push-ups in the allotted time, according to daily newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets. After every hour Guseinov was allowed a five-minute break to have a drink and go to the toilet.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 22, 2004 at 8:45:00 AM CEST
Woman Eats 38 Lobsters in Eating Contest
105-Pound Woman Eats 38 Lobsters in 12 Minutes to Win Eating Contest in Maine. America's top speed-eater wolfed down 38 lobsters in 12 minutes Saturday to win the World Lobster Eating Contest.
Sonya Thomas, of Alexandria, Va., won $500 and a trophy belt for her efforts, consuming 9.76 pounds of lobster meat.
Each contestant had a partner cracking the shells and pulling out the meat. Eleven competitors ate as many lobsters as they could in a 12-minute period, devouring a total of 300 pounds.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 22, 2004 at 8:44:00 AM CEST
Graphic Designer Fired After Heckling Bush
A man who heckled President Bush at a political rally was fired from his job at an advertising and design company. The graphic designer said he was told he'd embarrassed and offended a client who provided tickets to the event.
"I was told that my actions reflected badly on the company and that a client was upset," Glen Hiller of Berkeley Springs said.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 22, 2004 at 8:40:00 AM CEST
Malaysian woman moves in with scorpions
Scorpions will be the bedfellows of a 24-year-old Malaysian woman for more than a month, as she tries to set a new world record for living with the venomous animals.
Nur Malena Hassan moved into a glass box with 6,000 scorpions at a shopping mall in Kuantan, about 250 km (about 160 miles) east of Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, Malaysia's New Sunday Times reported.
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