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Archive for February, 2005

Cellphone jammers selling briskly in New York

February 20, 2005 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

Illegal cellphone jammers are selling like hotcakes on the streets of New York. The gadgets, which cost between $250 and $2000, are illegal to buy, sell, use, import or advertise. A fine for one from the FCC could cost $11,000 but no fine fine has ever been levied anywhere in the country.

Michael Jackson’s discolored penis could be used against him

February 18, 2005 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

A private investigator hired by a boy who had accused Michael Jackson of molestaton in 1993 states that Jacko’s discolored penis could be used against him in court. Because Jackson bleaches his skin, brown circles appear on his member when he gets aroused. It looks like a barber’s pole,” according to the investigator. Anyone who has seen it would be easily able to describe and identify it.

Rapist identified by his bad breath

February 16, 2005 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

After being tied up and raped her home, a Massachusetts woman identified the suspect by his bad breath. She claimed the suspect was the manager at the restaurant where she worked. DNA testing proved the woman was correct and led to charges being filed.

Woman sentenced for driving drunk on Listerine

February 15, 2005 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

A Michigan woman who pleaded guilty to driving drunk on Listerine mouthwash was sentenced today to two years of probation. Police found the Listerine bottle in her car when she was pulled over and she admitted she drank three glasses of the mouthwash.

Scientists fight cancer with HIV

February 14, 2005 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

Scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles AIDS Institute are using a version of HIV to hunt down cancer cells in mice. They have also equipped the cancer-fighting HIV with a fluorescent protein which lets them track it through the body. So far the research has been very promising but is years aways from tests in humans.

Flu shots for the elderly don’t save any lives

February 14, 2005 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

A new study based suggests that giving flu shots to the elderly has not saved any lives. The study by the National Institutes of Health researchers will no doubt confuse senior citizens. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta plans no change in its advice on who should get flu shots.

Small box can see the future

February 13, 2005 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

A black metal box in a university basement appears capable of peering into the future and predicting major world events. The machine predicted the Septermber 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and also the recent Asian earthquake and tsunami.