Topic: NEWS english - on September 1, 2004 at 10:50:00 AM CEST
Festival keeping cat-killer film
Documentary on local torture case horrifies activists Screening video `just as cruel' as the crime itself. Toronto International Film Festival organizers have no intention of pulling a controversial film from the 2004 program, despite the outcry from local animal-rights activists.
"This is about freedom of expression of the filmmaker to make a intelligent, responsible film about a difficult subject," said festival programmer Sean Farnel of his decision to schedule Casuistry: The Art Of Killing A Cat. "That's what the festival is all about, setting the terms for debate, not stifling them."
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Topic: NEWS english - on September 1, 2004 at 10:19:00 AM CEST
Farmer creates cornfield maze of U.S.
There's something corny about Ted Johnson's plan to help educate schoolchildren about America's geography.
Johnson has cut a maze in the shape of the continental United States into a 12-acre cornfield on his Autauga County farm. He's toyed with the idea of a cornfield maze for some time, but all the ones he had ever seen had a Halloween theme.
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Topic: NEWS english - on September 1, 2004 at 10:16:00 AM CEST
Couple holds "beer, brat and bra bust"
Frank Cooper and Shirley Cleary have their bras back.
About 20 bras and lacy underthings were seized by the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. The unmentionables had been hanging from a barb wire fence on the couple's property. Officials said some people might find the bra fence offensive and that it was a nuisance near a state managed fishing site along the Missouri River.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 31, 2004 at 11:59:00 AM CEST
Second Toy Found In Candy Appears To Depict Osama Bin Laden
In Miami, a wholesaler has announced that his company will recall 14,000 bags of candy. The bags contain a toy that looks like a plane flying into a building and, we found, a second toy that looks like Osama Bin Laden suspended between the two buildings.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 28, 2004 at 12:18:00 PM CEST
Look Who Has a Real Potty Mouth...
The citizens of Amsterdam may now take counsel of talking toilets that expound on the perils of smoking or the futility of war and berate them on hygiene and cleanliness.
The first such toilets, fitted with sensors to detect exactly what visitors do and to pass comment if appropriate, were installed in a central Amsterdam cafe Thursday. Creator Leonard van Munster, who sees the project as an artistic venture, will build more if the demand arises.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 28, 2004 at 12:12:00 PM CEST
Scented Candles Top Hated B-Day Gift List
Scented candles and cheap cologne top the list of Americans' most-hated birthday gifts, study results by Florida-based Star Stories show.
Third in the list of most-hated birthday presents is bath salts, followed by decorative plates and tight-fitting clothing.
Eight out of 10 Americans (82 percent) said it is sometimes difficult to find an ideal birthday gift for a friend or family member.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 28, 2004 at 12:07:00 PM CEST
Bakers at N.Y. Fair Make 868 Pound Bagel
he recipe: 660 pounds of flour, 900 gallons of water, half a pound of dry yeast, 53 pounds of malt and 12 1/2 pounds of salt. The apparent result: the world's biggest bagel.
The 2004 New York State Fair was the backdrop Friday as bakers from Bruegger's Bagels produced a nearly half-ton bagel — sans the cream cheese — to likely gain a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 28, 2004 at 12:06:00 PM CEST
Plastic surgeon sucks out own fat cells
Calling himself the biggest fat sucker in Texas, a plastic surgeon performed liposuction on himself in full view of television and newspaper cameras to promote the potential use of stem cells that can be harvested in such an operation.
Dr. Robert Ersek, 66, also had a staff member videotape the procedure Thursday as he sucked fat cells out of his belly.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 27, 2004 at 1:01:00 PM CEST
Georgia says underpants ruin Russian image
Georgia has demanded that Moscow quit part of a military base on the Black Sea, saying the sight of Russian troops drying their underwear is ruining the reputation of its former imperial master. "They are drying their underwear, and the remains of a once-great army are lying around on their armoured vehicles. I do not think this is good for Russia," President Mikhail Saakashvili said on Georgian television on Thursday.
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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: 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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