A New Zealand man is building a cruise missile in his gar-
age, just to prove to defense officials he can. Bruce Simp-
son runs a Web site, not to provide terrorists with the
plans for a working cruise missile, but to prove the point
that nations need to be better prepared. "I myself knew it
would be easy, but I was stunned at just how easy it was,"
he tells the Australian Broadcasting Corp. He hopes to
build the cruise missile with legal, off-the-shelf equipment
for less than $5,000. His last project involved building a
jet engine in his backyard and using it to cool his beer. His
Web site said at the time, "The risks should be obvious."

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A mother and her two daughters in Plainview, TX received
quite a shock while driving near a prison facility and saw
three inmates being strip-searched. The horrified mother
said that the naked trio was out there for everyone to see.
According to the assistant warden, the strip search is rou-
tine at the jail for new inmates and was only visible to the
public because a section of partition had fallen. The mother
felt that the searches could have been conducted elsewhere,
away from the public eye. She commented, "If I look at a
naked man, I want it to be of my own accord."

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Customers at Jean Bowyer's bakery in South Carolina enjoy
chicken-and-dumpling popsicles, beef liver, and turkey and
cheese flavored cookies. This may sound unusual and dis-
gusting, but not when your customers are of the canine sort.
Bower is the owner of K-9 Union Hall & Bakery, which caters
to dogs and the owners that love them. Other menu items in-
clude turkey muffins and canine sushi. Bower also creates
three layered birthday cakes for Fido, baked from corn and
flour meal mixed with liver, and smeared with icing appro-
priate for canines. The Union Hall also offers dogs a bet-
ter social life with birthday parties complete with dog
guests and treat-filled pinatas.

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In Kingsville, Texas, it is against the law for two pigs to
have sex on the city's airport property.

It is illegal for hens to lay eggs before 8 a.m. and after 4
p.m. in Norfolk, Virginia.

Ducks quacking after 10 p.m. in Essex Falls, New Jersey are
breaking the law.

In Quitman, Georgia, it is against the law for a chicken to
cross any road within the city limits.

In McDonald, Ohio, farmers cannot march a goose down a city
street. And fowl, particularly roosters, are prohibited from
going into bakeries in Massachusetts.

Dogs in Foxpoint, Wisconsin, may not bark profusely, snarl,
or make any menacing gestures.

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If your derriere has gotten a little droopy, then the "butt
bra" is for you. This device will hoist a sagging rear to
perkier, more glorious heights and is called the Biniki (not
to be confused with a bikini). It is made of nylon and
elastic straps and lingerie hooks. The creator of this butt
booster, Karin Hart, became obsessed with helping her bottom
fight gravity after she lost 15 pounds in a month and looked
like she had "elephant legs." Originally, she used tape to
hold up her tush, but that was not comfortable, so she moved
to a system of ribbons and wires that evolved into the Biniki.
Now you can raise your rump by going on the Internet and pur-
chasing your own butt bra for only $29.95.

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When someone cuts a good one in a crowded elevator or bus, the
waft can be almost suffocating. For hundreds of cattle on long
voyages across the globe, such gassy emissions have been
lethal. Cows fart themselves to death by emitting fatally high
levels of ammonia during the lengthy trips. In the cramped,
hot and poorly ventilated cattle holds, the ammonia-rich gas
can quickly cause respiratory problems and death. A cause for
concern was raised last year when one voyage found fatalities
to 900 cows. So, next time you have to let one rip in a small,
crowded area, try to hold it in; you could be saving lives.

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INDIA - Do you know what to do if you are suddenly bitten by
a poisonous snake? No matter what your answer is, chances are
it wasn't "Cut off bitten limb." While trimming plants in his
back garden, a doctor accidentally cut a hidden cobra in
two... but not before the venomous serpent sank his fangs into
the man's palm. After attempting to shake off the severed
snake, the doctor panicked and proceeded to chop off his the
hand that the cobra had latched on to. Though his hand could
not be saved, the doctor's bizarre reaction may have saved his
life.

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Arkansas assemblyman Jim Lendall wished to use $3,000 of
state money to play lotteries in other states to erase the
budget shortfall.

Maryland's house created a bill to make walking the official
exercise of the state.

The city council of Bend, Oregon proposed banning smelly
people from city buses.

The mayor of Mount Sterling, Iowa, wanted to ban lying.

The Pennsylvania house and senate fiercely debated whether
sugar or chocolate chip should be the official state cookie.

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Parents of students at Livingston (Tenn.) Middle School have filed a federal lawsuit against Overton County after they learned that the school had installed security cameras in both the boys' and girls' locker rooms. They say the computerized system housed in
Assistant Principal Robert Jolley's office was connected to the
Internet, and he hadn't bothered to change the factory default
password. Thus, they say, photos of students aged 10-14 "in various stages of undress" were available online to anyone who knew about the system. Apparently a number of people did know: computer logs show access from several states. (Nashville Tennessean) ...So plenty of people were "getting their Jolleys".

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BOTTOM HEAVY: Julie Charbonneau knew her children weren't safe around the bedroom window in her apartment in Ottawa, Ont., Canada, since it didn't have a screen -- and she was on the 10th floor. She kept the bedroom door locked, so when she saw one day it was open she panicked.
Sure enough, Mick, not even 2 years old, had fallen out. "He's a very lucky kid," said his father, Shawn Dinelle. The boy suffered only a broken leg from his 10-storey plunge. What kept him from more serious injury or death? "I think it's his diaper that saved him," Dinelle says, adding it was "full". (Ottawa Citizen) ...The key word being "was".

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Curtis Shannon was a bus driver for the New York City Transit
Authority. About six weeks after starting his job he was involved in a minor accident. Part of normal procedure required Shannon to get a medical clearance to go back to work, but he failed his eye exam -- he was found to be color blind, and unable to distinguish traffic light colors. Shannon was given an exhaustive series of tests by several different doctors, including two consulting ophthalmologists not employed by the NYCTA, who confirmed his inability to see color correctly.
Shannon was given a choice: resign his position or be fired. He resigned, but filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claiming that he was not given "reasonable accommodation" to do his job per the Americans with Disabilities Act -- even though he denies being color blind. He also filed suit against the NYCTA claiming discrimination
on the basis of the "disability" he denied having. The court threw out the suit, and Shannon appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals. The appeals court agreed with NYCTA policy -- and U.S. Department of Transportation rules for commercial drivers -- that a bus driver being able to properly distinguish the color of traffic lights is an "essential function" of a his job, and that a "reasonable accommodation can never involve the elimination of an essential function of a job." It found the lower court's finding that Shannon could not distinguish the different colors of traffic lights was reasonable, considering the testimony of several different doctors, and upheld the dismissal of Shannon's case -- to the considerable relief of every pedestrian, driver and bus passenger in the city.
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The Toronto Board of Health has proposed that warning
signs be placed on all alcohol bottles to tip off drinkers
about the possible peril of drinking a pint or two of any
alcoholic beverage.

1. WARNING: Consumption of alcohol may cause you
to wake up with a breath that could knock a buzzard off
and wreaking dead animal that is one hundred yards away.

2. WARNING: Consumption of alcohol is a major factor
in dancing like an idiot.

3. WARNING: Consumption of alcohol may cause you
to tell the same boring story over and over again until
your friends want to assault you.

4. WARNING: Consumption of alcohol may cause
you to thay shings like thish.

5. WARNING: Consumption of alcohol may cause you
to tell the boss what you really think of him.

6. WARNING: Consumption of alcohol is the leading
cause of inexplicable rug burn on the forehead.

7. WARNING: Consumption of alcohol may create
the illusion that you are tougher, handsomer and
smarter than some really, really big guy named
Psycho Bob.