Topic: ART - on August 27, 2004 at 11:59:00 AM CEST
Giant toilet raises eyebrows in Berlin
A giant plastic toilet bowl on Berlin's swank Unter den Linden boulevard, the work of a French artist, has been raising more than a few eyebrows in recent days. The still-unfinished white toilet, some 2.5 metres (eight feet) high, is part of a series of nine giant art works due to feature on the central Berlin artery this weekend in a collection called "RefleCity", by Armel Reau.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 27, 2004 at 11:58:00 AM CEST
School mistakes student's hometown for drug reference
The town of Hempstead, N.Y., has a message for Gwinnett County school administrators: Before you target a student wearing a Hempstead shirt, look at a map.
Terrell Jones, a student in Gwinnett County's Grayson High School, was weeded out of a classroom by a school administrator because he wore a shirt that read: "Hempstead, NY 516," a reference to the Long Island town and its telephone area code.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 27, 2004 at 11:57:00 AM CEST
Woman ships herself to U.S.
An air-freighted refugee is being allowed to stay in the U.S.
The Cuban woman shipped herself from the Bahamas to Miami in a crate about the size of a small filing cabinet.
A DHL cargo crew found the woman curled up inside the box, after it was unloaded at Miami International Airport. She didn't require any medical treatment.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 27, 2004 at 11:56:00 AM CEST
Squirrel Blamed for Outage, Traffic Jam
A hungry squirrel has been blamed for a power outage that snarled rush-hour traffic in this city north of Portland, Ore.
Electricity was cut for about an hour Wednesday morning to about 5,145 residential and business customers after the rodent caused a short circuit at a substation.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on August 27, 2004 at 11:55:00 AM CEST
Man Stabs 6-Foot Gator to Free His Dog
A man stabbed a 6-foot alligator with a pocketknife after the reptile grabbed his dog by the head, and managed to scare off the reptile.
Matthew Goff, 29, said he was walking his dog Sugar, a tan-colored bloodhound/Shar-Pei mix, Wednesday evening at Kanapaha Park when the attack occurred.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 27, 2004 at 11:53:00 AM CEST
Cabin Door Pops Open During Flight
Passengers had a terrifying moment when a cabin door blew open at 500 feet during a Boston-to-Nantucket flight, but the airline said no one was in danger because the cabin wasn't pressurized.
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