Topic: - on January 2, 2003 at 1:02:12 AM CET
Woman shoplifter flees in wheelchair
In a chase that sounds typical of a Hollywood movie starring Winona Ryder, a woman in a wheelchair went on a wild ride of terror after being spotted shoplifting in a grocery store.
According to Norway's Aftenposten, the woman put her motorized wheelchair in high gear to escape from the market, crashing through a glass door and shaking off pursuers along the way.
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Topic: - on January 2, 2003 at 12:54:57 AM CET
Water-skiing squirrel steals the show
A special celebrity is making a splash at the New York National Boat Show - Twiggy the water-skiing squirrel.
Twiggy - a Florida grey squirrel - is turning heads among those who have flocked to the Jacob K Javits Center to admire the millions of dollars worth of luxury boats.
¬><a href="news.bbc.co.uk"target="_blank">BBC
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on January 1, 2003 at 3:16:53 PM CET
The cures
Here it is: The ultimate hangover cure resource
We started off by testing each one personally. It was a promise; a sort of thanks for bothering to send us the wisdom of your alcoholic escapades. But like all promises, Andy T broke it and besides we thought why not get you to test them, you lazy arses. So come, on, little guinea pigs, get drinking, then pick a cure and... Actually, our lawyers have just advised us not to encourage anything that may result in death.
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Topic: - on January 1, 2003 at 3:08:32 PM CET
Mecca Cola
In recent years, Arab boycotts of American products and brand names have increased - bans on Coke, McDonalds, and KFC have become the rallying point through which Arab individuals protest the culture and policies of the United States. What happens when a Muslim has a desire for the taste of Coca-Cola, but is torn by his obligations to comply with the boycott? The answer, found in today's New York Times, is Mecca-Cola.
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Topic: - on January 1, 2003 at 1:53:04 PM CET
Deadly Fires
According to the National Association of State Fire Marshals, more than 700 people in the United States die each year in upholstered furniture fires. That means approximately two people a day. Measures that could save lives have not been taken.
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Topic: - on January 1, 2003 at 11:27:51 AM CET
New Year fireworks blast kills 28 in Mexico
A New Year's Eve fireworks explosion killed at least 28 people and injured more than 50 in the Mexican port city of Veracruz on Tuesday.
The death toll rose to 28 as firefighters searched burned buildings, a spokesman for the national civil protection agency told
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Topic: - on January 1, 2003 at 11:22:17 AM CET
As we start 2003, here's how we look
Obsessed with witchcraft and gardening, keen on new gadgets, inclined to travel but disinclined to have children, a bit overweight but likely to answer "fine" when asked "howyagoin?" That was your average Australian in 2002.
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Topic: - on January 1, 2003 at 11:05:26 AM CET
Graz 2003 wünscht einen guten Rutsch in das Kulturhauptstadtjahr 2003
Das Neujahrskonzert - ganz im Zeichen von Graz 2003 See you in Graz!
¬><a href="www.graz03.at"target="_blank">2003
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Topic: - on December 30, 2002 at 8:15:09 PM CET
Just a reminder
Dont Drink and drive
What does YOUR car look like when smacking into a brick wall?
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Topic: - on December 30, 2002 at 7:42:39 PM CET
BAR TRICKS
Entertain yourself and others for hours.
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Topic: - on December 30, 2002 at 7:37:26 PM CET
Dinojaws is found
SCIENTISTS have found the skeleton of the world’s biggest ever reptile — a predator the size of a railway carriage. It was 25 metres long, weighed 50 tons, had jaws that could bite through granite — and roamed oceans 150 million years ago.
¬><a href="www.thesun.co.uk."target="_blank">Sun
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Topic: - on December 30, 2002 at 4:00:56 PM CET
Drunk Elk Shot Dead After Attacking Boy
Police shot dead a drunken bull elk that attacked a young boy while intoxicated on fermented apples, Swedish daily Aftonbladet reported Monday. The elk attacked the 8-year-old as he played in the garden of his home in the town of Karlskoga in central Sweden. The youngster was badly shaken but escaped serious injury, suffering only a bruised neck.
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