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Archive for July, 2003

Bob Hope dead at 100

July 28, 2003 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

Legendary entertainer Bob Hope died Sunday night of pneumonia with his family at his bedside in Toluca Lake, California. Hope was born Leslie Townes Hope in Eltham, England, in 1903.

British travel agents apologize for oral sex show

July 26, 2003 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

The Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) has apologised to the Greek National Tourist Organisation (EOT) for an oral sex show put on by Club 18-30 tour reps on the island of Corfu. Greek media reported that five company reps performed oral sex on one another on stage.

Couple steals $515 worth of beer and shrimp from grocery store

July 25, 2003 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

Jackson, Mississippi, police arrested a female suspect after she and a male accomplice stole $515 worth of shrimp and cold beer from a Kroger grocery store. Police are still searching for the male suspect.

Obscenity case ends in mistrial due to sleepy, inattentive jurors

July 24, 2003 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

An obscenity trial in Cincinatti ended in a mistrial after one juror was found napping and another not watching the pornographic video. Two alternate jurors were needed to replace the pair but only one was available, leading the judge to end the trial.

Man claims he stabbed his wife 43 times in self defense

July 23, 2003 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

An Alaska man accused of killing his wife by stabbing her 43 times said on the witness stand Tuesday that it was self-defense. He said his wife also had a knife during an argument and attempted to stab him.

Man spends 31 years in prison for practical joke

July 22, 2003 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

A Toronto man is free on bail Tuesday after spending 31 years in prison for a crime he confessed to as a joke. He confessed to a killing in 1972 but soon recanted. An examination of records from the period show police backed up his alibi at the time of the murder.

Hospital mistakenly cuts off newborn’s toe

July 21, 2003 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

Someone at Arnold Palmer Hospital in Orlando, Florida, cut off a newborn baby girl’s pinky toe while attempting to remove the child’s ankle ID Monday. The baby was transported to another medical facility where surgeons will try to re-attach the child’s toe.