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                  as of Fri, 04 Nov 2005 19:42:16 GMT

    Man glued to toilet seat, sues store (Reuters)

Reuters - A Colorado man who had a panic attack when he found he was
 glued to a toilet seat in a Home Depot restroom has sued the home
 improvement giant for negligence, saying staff ignored his plight.

    New reality show with gorillas (Reuters)

Reuters - Big Brother is about to become monkey business.

    Bees attack dozens of Baltimore schoolchildren (Reuters)

Reuters - Dozens of children at a Baltimore-area elementary school were
 stung by bees after stumbling upon them during a science lesson on
 Thursday, fire department officials said.

    Fireballs seen over Germany spark UFO speculation (Reuters)

Reuters - Numerous sightings of massive fireballs in the skies over
 Germany this week have led to an upsurge in reports of UFOs, but
 scientists believe the cause could be a bizarre annual meteor blitz.

    Doctors may take strike out to sea (Reuters)

Reuters - Disgruntled Cypriot doctors are threatening to sail away from
 the Mediterranean island to stage a strike if their demands for better
 working conditions are not met.

    Evolution vote nears, scientists fight back (Reuters)

Reuters - At the new "Explore Evolution" museum exhibit in Kansas,
 visitors pass a banner showing the face of a girl next to the face of a
 chimpanzee for a lesson on how the two are "cousins in life's family
 tree."

    Kinky Friedman melds Texas politics, reality TV (Reuters)

Reuters - He won't be eating bugs or vying to work for Donald Trump, but
 humorist and Texas gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman plans to put
 his own stamp on reality television.

    Dog called "Sonar" sniffs out 95th watery corpse (Reuters)

Reuters - A black labrador called Sonar with a particularly keen nose
 for sniffing out rotting corpses underwater has once again come to the
 aid of Finnish rescuers by successfully pinpointing her 95th body.

    Man Sues Ex-Girlfriend Over Glue Attack (AP)

AP - A man claims his ex-girlfriend owes him more than $30,000 for
 gluing his genitals to his abdomen five years ago. "This was not just
 some petty domestic squabble," attorney Grey Pratt told a Westmoreland
 County jury Wednesday.

    Fireballs spark UFO speculation (Reuters)

Reuters - Numerous sightings of massive fireballs in the skies over
 Germany this week have led to an upsurge in reports of UFOs, but
 scientists believe the cause could be a bizarre annual meteor blitz.

    Calif. Man Caught in 'HOV' Lane With Dummy (AP)

AP - Say what you want about police officers, but they are no dummies.
 The California Highway Patrol gave Kevin Morgan, 28, of Petaluma, a
 $351 citation for driving in a high occupancy vehicle or "HOV" lane
 with a kickboxing dummy propped in the passenger seat.

    MPs ditch ballgowns in palace protest (Reuters)

Reuters - A protest by Norway's female politicians against the media's
 focus on their fashion sense appeared to backfire on Friday, when
 tabloid newspapers carried even wider coverage than usual of the
 women's appearance.

    Man Lobs Bed Parts From 15th Floor Window (AP)

AP - A Hong Kong man was arrested for throwing parts of his bed out of
 the window of his 15th floor apartment, police and local media said
 Friday.

    Cyprus doctors may take strike out to sea (Reuters)

Reuters - Disgruntled Cypriot doctors are threatening to sail away from
 the Mediterranean island to stage a strike if their demands for better
 working conditions are not met.

    Baggy Pants Trip Up Mich. Theft Suspect (AP)

AP - A man suspected of stealing discs from a video store was tripped up
 by his baggy pants, falling twice before police captured him,
 authorities said.

    Man Jumps From Overpass Onto Top of Train (AP)

AP - A man jumped onto the top of an Amtrak train from a U.S. 101
 overpass Thursday and was arrested miles down the track by sheriff's
 deputies who swooped in by helicopter.

    China takes heat out of kimchi row (Reuters)

Reuters - China's kimchi-loving foreign minister said on Friday that a
 quarrel with South Korea over the spicy fermented cabbage should be
 defused through "flexibility and creativity".

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