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Archive for April, 2003

Monica Lewinsky to host TV show

April 20, 2003 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

Monica Lewinsky, who became famous for performing oral sex on President Clinton, is set to start her own reality television show on Fox. The program, called Mr. Personality, features 20 masked men who compete to woo a woman.

Full story from Sky News

California fisherman killed by 600 pound boulder

April 20, 2003 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

A California man was struck and killed by a 600-pound boulder Saturday while fishing in Big Thompson Canyon. Investigators believe the falling rock was an accident.

Full story from the Modesto Bee

Fugitive captured after appearing as contestant on TV game show

April 20, 2003 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

An Irish fugitive was arrested by police in London after he appeared on a TV game show, winning its top prize. A police source said the man intended to only be part of the audience on the television show but was picked out to appear as a contestant.

Full story from TheStar.com

Police officers suspended after farting in woman’s face

April 19, 2003 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

Four Fullerton, Califoria, police officers have been suspended in a case in which one of the officers farted in a seemingly unconscious woman’s face, police said Friday. One of the officers pretended to lick the woman and the other two stood by and did nothing to stop the abuse.

Full story from the OC Register

Turtle graffiti defaces Detroit Landmarks

April 19, 2003 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

Detroit police are looking for those responsible for putting drawings and paintings of turtles on city property throughout Detroit. Local graffiti artists consider the vandals disrespectful to artists in the city.

Full story from Click on Detroit

Woman sued by coworkers for peeing in office coffee

April 18, 2003 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

A Whitestown, New York, woman who pleaded guilty to urinating in the coffee in her office is now being sued by eight coworkers for $600,000 each. Police say the woman was angry after being passed over for a promotion.

Full story from WFTV.com

Seattle ferries install bins for used syringes

April 18, 2003 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

To reduce the risk to ferry workers, each of Washington State’s 29 ferries now has red bins available for disposal of used syringes. Ferry workers fear being pricked by the needles, which can transmit such diseases as hepatitis and HIV.

Full story from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer