[web-heads] Catching up

[Gene Spafford <spaf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think I'll stick with pet rocks
<http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004092008,00.html>

Is that lap-dancing crime stoppers, or crime-stopping lap dancers?
http://snafu-ed.blogspot.com/2007/08/lap-dancers-help-police-catch.html

Homer Simpson, pedophile?
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/ 
wfaa070827_mo_dougnutpredator.776fbcdc.html

Flying insects -- pests or menace?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM. 
20070824.whornets24/BNStory/National/home

This might actually be a good idea in some American cities
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6966493.stm

Lose a tire, get a tailpipe problem
http://cbs3.com/local/local_story_240093331.html

They sure it wasn't that tow truck driver and his pole?
http://www.ksat.com/news/13953862/detail.html

Soon to be the subject of a self-help book and an appearance on Oprah  
about weight-loss
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070828/od_nm/china_mine_coal1_dc

Dead?  I thought she was my wife!
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/13983339/detail.html

"It's definitely something everyone should see once in their life."
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/070826/K082604AU.html

Note to self: No more "sight unseen" purchases
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070825/NEWS/70825009

Dentist misunderstands request for filling
http://wcbstv.com/local/local_story_238111758.html

Well, maybe not "ate" but definitely "nibbled on"
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007390611,00.html

Was that bypass surgery before or after he was reduced to a torso?
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/ 
0,22049,22314921-5001028,00.html

It wouldn't have been so heinous if it had happened while she watched  
an imported American show.
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/ 
0,22049,22294624-5001028,00.html

Encouraging use of forks
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22288230-23109,00.html

"Eating the fish can cause paralysis, vomiting, heart failure and  
death. "  So, it's made in China, then?
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22294776-5005961,00.html


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