Topic: - on November 13, 2002 at 12:35:48 AM CET
Lottery draws same number in a row
The Massachusetts Lottery pulled off a long shot of its own by drawing the same winning numbers two nights in a row for its daily Numbers Game: 7-4-5-3.
While unusual, drawing the same number two days in a row is not unheard of.
The same number was drawn August 22 and 23 in 1999, said Lottery spokeswoman Shannon Cadres.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 12, 2002 at 12:18:30 PM CET
At $35,000, Big Truffle Is Nothing to Trifle With
L.A. restaurateur pays a record price for one very large specimen of the exotic white fungus. Joe Pytka, a 64-year-old director of television commercials, paid $35,000 Sunday for a mushroom.
Well, OK, it wasn't the kind of mushroom you'd buy in your local supermarket. It was an enormous, 2.2-pound white truffle, the rare and exotically perfumed tuber magnatum Pico hunted by specially trained dogs in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy and prized by gourmets throughout the world.
¬> latimes ¬> Reuters ¬> Detroit Free Press ¬> Boston
¬> NEW YORK POST ¬> BBC ¬> 980 KFWB radio
¬> azcentral ¬> Local 6
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Topic: - on November 12, 2002 at 12:12:46 PM CET
Butlers open up over Burrell's revelations
An butler is meant to be the soul of discretion, so the revelations of Paul Burrell, former butler to Princess Diana, have shocked other members of this tight-lipped profession.
"We are all of the opinion that what Burrell is doing is terribly wrong. It is sowing the seeds of doubt in people's minds all over the world about what the butler will do," butler trainer Robert Watson told Reuters.
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Topic: - on November 12, 2002 at 11:44:10 AM CET
Swiss teens hooked on “alcopops”
Cheap, sugary and potent – Swiss health experts are ringing alarm bells about the popularity of “alcopops” among teenage drinkers. Switzerland, like many western countries, appears to have an unquenchable thirst for so-called designer drinks. Cheap, sugary and potent – Swiss health experts are ringing alarm bells about the popularity of “alcopops” among teenage drinkers. Switzerland, like many western countries, appears to have an unquenchable thirst for so-called designer drinks.
¬> <a href="www.swissinfo.org"target="_blank">swissinfo SRI
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Topic: - on November 11, 2002 at 11:06:00 AM CET
HUMMER Flips
was at Gorman this weekend for the Hummerclub event. We got word that an H1 had flipped. Sure enough...it had! NOT a pretty sight! Just prior to the H1 running up the hill....an H2 went up the hill twice with no problems at all. From what I heard, the H1 started slipping on the front wheels and began to turn sideways....before you knew it....it was too sideways and flipped over. NOBODY WAS HURT!...but it went over hard!
¬> <a href="www.humvee.net"target="_blank">Gorman
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Topic: - on November 11, 2002 at 11:01:05 AM CET
Route map is so rude
Route map is so rude A MADCAP new map of Britain pinpoints places with the rudest names. Great Cockup, Sexhow, Dirt Pot and Robin Hood’s Butts are among 500 gems collected by researcher Bonita John.
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Topic: - on November 10, 2002 at 11:23:58 PM CET
Photoshop toolbar
Our grandmas and mothers used cotton, now we use lighting pixels on the screen. Well, wait the image to load and you will see what I'm talking about.
Tools
Cotton and linen
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Topic: - on November 10, 2002 at 4:08:13 PM CET
JAPANS Toilet Day
brings loos out of the closet
One of the fledgling association's first moves was to have Nov. 10 declared Japan's semiofficial "Toilet Day." Why Nov. 10? Because in Japanese, the numbers 11 and 10 can be read as ii toire, meaning "nice toilet."
¬> <a href="www.japantimes.com"target="_blank">Japan Times
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Topic: - on November 10, 2002 at 2:10:23 PM CET
Der gescheiterte Schriftsteller
Rudolf Augstein
VON MARCEL REICH-RANICKI Im Januar 1947 erschien die erste Nummer des von Rudolf Augstein herausgegebenen und redigierten SPIEGEL. Im November 1947 konnte man in diesem SPIEGEL eine Theaterkritik lesen, der ich historische, der ich höchste Bedeutung beimesse. Es ging um die Uraufführung des Dramas "Die Zeit ist nahe ..." in Hannover. Das offenbar in der Renaissance spielende "szenische Gleichnis" sei, schreibt der Rezensent, missraten. Er verspottet es - nicht ohne Witz und Humor, und er teilt den Lesern am Ende entsetzt mit, der Autor drohe "kühnerweise" mit einem neuen Stück.
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Topic: - on November 9, 2002 at 11:36:58 AM CET
Dotty solution to 'green gold' thieves
Christmas tree growers in Wiltshire are resorting to a new hi-tech device to help tackle potential tree rustlers. A special microdot-filled fluid normally used by motorbike and car manufacturers could persuade the thieves to stay away.
¬> <a href="news.bbc.co.uk"target="_blank">BBC
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Topic: - on November 8, 2002 at 5:34:07 PM CET
Rock solid against Spain deal
The people of Gibraltar have voted overwhelmingly to reject any agreement to give Spain joint sovereignty over the British colony. Almost 99% of voters said No to the question: "Do you approve of the principle that Britain and Spain should share sovereignty over Gibraltar?"
¬> <a href="news.bbc.co.uk"target="_blank">BBC
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Topic: - on November 8, 2002 at 12:22:05 PM CET
Intelli-Table
Intelli-Table from Bandai Co helps toddlers and preschoolers to learn letters, numbers, counting, music, opposites and many other learning concepts.
¬> <a href="www.japantoday.com"target="_blank">Japantoday
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