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Yet another lawyer wants out of the custody-case-from-hell

Social workers helped monkey, not child

Coveted crocodile genitals

Incompetence is bliss, say researchers

`Win Ben Stein's Money' actor robbed

Village declares independence

Half a human brain found at Bethlehem sewage plant

Inmate sews eyes, lips shut for new year

`Spiderman' mugger makes death-defying leap between buildings, escapes

Dane sends mayday alarm as bathtub boat sinks

Woman crushed by street sweeper

Radio host makes obscene gesture while in sensitivity training

Too many 'Snow Whites' creates dwarf shortage in Britain

Agency denies satanic images in French Toyota ad

Polar bear spreads fear in Norwegian outpost

Tokyo urged to curb suicide manual after spate of deaths

Mayor threatens bachelor tax in bid to bring babies

Big pickle reverses Vlasic's sales slump

Tourist sues `Tonight Show' over flying T-shirt

Boy, 9, set on fire outside his elementary school

Nintendo halts production of Pokemon card

Naked man attacks church congregation with sword; 11 hurt

Hormel plans SPAM museum

Company hopes eggs-on-a-stick goes over easy with consumers

WW2 cyphers, signals and sex uncovered

Y2K problem identified new cars as 'horseless carriages'

Taiwan executes its most notorious criminal

Gore, Bradley each lay claim to 'underdog' title

Porn queen was a communist spy

Drunken Amish boy's buggy hits police car

Yucca plant branches out into stock market

Parents sue over whale tank death at Florida park

Monkeys that 'glow' could help fight genetic disorders

Police in nail-biting manhunt

Campbell retires famous red-and-white soup label

Afghan scholar offers $113 reward for Clinton

Kosovo e-mail pal, 3 friends coming to San Francisco

'Crush videos' decried

At Tall People's Meeting, Room Urged

Naked California burglar found up tree

Abide With Me As We Rob Your Bank, Please

Nun arrested for racist graffiti at hospital

Albright in drag? Foreign ministers ham it up

Girl undergoes unwanted heart transplant under court order

Famed Nevada bordello closing Monday

Naked Aggression on the Hill

Ballot measure calls for `hate-free zone' in Santa Cruz

Boy carries his severed arm to town to get help

Harebrained stunt dogs Gore campaign

Judge prepares to rule in battle over rocket belt

`Tomb Raider' name must be covered up on Playboy

Silicone canine testicles debut in California

Missing money manager kept a virtual harem

Garden gnomes used to smuggle cannabis to Britain

Gov. Jesse Ventura will referee WWF match

6-year-old pilots toy car along Ohio highway

Lawsuit says software links black couple to monkeys

Adventure club invades Belarusian village

Dentist convicted of leaving patients in agony

Preservationists too late to save Oakland house

Man killed by ostrich at farm

Norwegian sailor devoured by bears in Russian zoo

Ex-Spice Girl upsets Church on U.N. mission

Nepal's prime minister loses identity card -- and right to vote

Teachers fire on angry students in South Africa

Arizona man says he was asleep when he killed wife

Nurse accused of swiping Beanie Baby from girl's hospital bed

Daughter implicates mom, will be allowed to die

20 million bees spill in accident

Fired reporter says she lied about having AIDS

Judge stops Energizer bunny

Grand Canyon relocated on new stamp

Study: Millions Engage in Cybersex

Meatpackers to test market irradiated ground beef

Caldor apologizes for mistake in Scrabble ad

Ranch hand sucked into wood chipper

Parrot hunters burned in Florida accident

Unabomber says he'd forgive his brother if he agreed to become a radical

Virgin Atlantic won't fly on New Year's Eve

Yellow Springs saves the farm, village's identity

Man lost letter explaining Liberty Bell crack

Norway town encourages sex for Y2K baby

Canadian inventor super wired

Teletubbies' Tinky Winky is ``outed'' by Falwell

Baby born to woman who used sperm from dead husband

Animal lovers back dolphin-loving paramedic

Lovelorn albatross falls hard for decoy

Oklahoma City to premier `John TV' on cable

Writers battle for title of most bizarre book

Report: Pirates becoming more violent

Ethnically targeted weapons may not be far off

Judge dismisses charges against solstice celebrants

`King' of rat-killers slew 30,000 last year

Trial begins for teen-ager accused of hanging classmate

China priest suffered sex abuse

Beware Santa Claus, Cuban paper tells readers

Singing tree tattles on burglar suspects

Norwegian woman jailed for giving son wrong name

Officials: Fat kids watch too much TV

Man chokes mom for forgetting piranha food

Feminists outraged by impeachment push

One in four Britons would choose TV over love

DiMaggio improving, makes feisty request

Trader sends market diving by leaning on keyboard

Ex-Spice Girl to become U.N. ambassador

Man's murder linked to group sex

Pentagon to remove sexually explicit material

8,000 minks freed from farm in England

190-year-old diary left in Philly taxi

UK teachers fear wave of `Spice babies'

Officials propose female crash-test dummies

Kosovo village reels from massacre aftermath

Asian women upset by lack of Tampax

Texan pays $5 million for pet dog clone

Park will honor Butte's prostitutes

Feinstein, Boxer react differently

French rescue climber, return for severed foot

A wedding dress sweet enough to eat

Woman says mail-delivering robot attacked her

Man pleads guilty to gecko smuggling

Air Force `astro chimps' to go to research lab

Former premier's severed leg to return home

Man jailed for strangling, hacking up puppy

Gary Coleman arrested for allegedly punching autograph seeker

Paralyzed gymnast yearns to meet movie star

Ousted judge files discrimination complaint

U.S., Russians do duet; Indians joke about tests

Russians launch new moon to help them see the light

Man collects $200 under `anti-spam' law

Mexican rebel leader sees funny side of struggle

Man charged for shooting Civil War actor

Report: Tweety Bird prize sparked gunfire

Woman who gave birth over Internet out of jail

New autopsy reveals more mistakes by pathologist

Sportscaster loses his teeth on TV

Study: Welfare cap boosted state abortion rate

Porn actors strike group deal with HMO

U.N. chief visits genocide sites

Hotel cook bites off co-worker's finger

Quantum computer cracks crypto keys quickly

Gorilla to `chat' over the Net

Computer crashes as Gates shows off Windows 98

Judge drank with jurors, lawyer after DUI case

Researchers believe gifts have strings attached

McCurry gives Clinton-Lewinsky relationship new twist

Tough-guy politico looking for `real men'

44 puppies killed in truck fire

Police cleared in Pina Colada Song case

Militia group accused of plot to kill immigrants

FBI: Bombing suspect's brother cuts off hand

Ambassador's widow sues National Enquirer

Mir crew finds critical spare wrench

Guilty verdict in Spielberg stalking case

Off-color joke ascribed to McCurry

President and Chelsea take break at Camp David

Seal aphrodisiacs often fake - Canadian researchers

Wild monkeys injure 26 in Japan

Judge sentences teen cult leader to death

Chicago physicist will try to clone human

Irked driver kills deer in hand-to-horn combat

Comatose woman's foot wasn't chewed off by dog

Gore admits he wasn't inspiration for romance novel


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