Headlines for: 05-02-1999

BARBIE DOLLS `EXECUTED' IN TINY ELECTRIC CHAIRS CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Wireless Flash) -- Barbie may get a charge from this: A man in Charlotte, North Carolina, has created a line of miniature electric chairs designed to "electrocute" Barbie and

STILL SEXY: BABY BOOMER SEX HABITS REVEALED WASHINGTON (Wireless Flash) -- Although most Baby Boomers are pushing 50, that doesn't mean they aren't enjoying lots of nookie.

PUNCH-DRUNK PACHYDERMS: MOSCOW CIRCUS BOOZING UP ELEPHANTS MOSCOW (Wireless Flash) -- You've heard the saying "drunk as a skunk" -- well, what about drunk as an elephant? Elephants at the Moscow Circus have taken a tip from Russian

1999 QUARTERS WORTH MORE THAN FACE VALUE HAWTHORNE, N.J. (Wireless Flash) -- It may not make much "cents" but the U.S Mint is making quarters that are worth 33 cents to collectors.

PUNK BAND SEARCHING FOR LESBIAN ROCKERS TO GRACE CD COVER UNION, N.J. (Wireless Flash) -- Tongues are wagging over a New Jersey punk band's plan to have two lesbian punk rockers appear on the cover of it's next CD.

ASTROLOGER PREDICTS GIANT `COSMIC TOOTHACHE' FOR MOTHER EARTH SAN DIEGO (Wireless Flash) -- You'll probably gnash your teeth when you hear this but Mother Earth is suffering a "cosmic toothache."

ALANNAH MYLES PROUD `BLACK VELVET' IS A STRIPPER'S CLASSIC TORONTO, Can. (Wireless Flash) -- Although most Americans associate Alannah Myles with her 1990 No. 1 hit, "Black Velvet," many more associate the song with stripping.

HEATHER LOCKLEAR WILL MISS `MELROSE' SEX NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- Now that "Melrose Place" is over, star Heather Locklear will be doing a lot less bed-hopping -- but it's not like she's exactly happy about it.

70TH ANNIVERSARY OF AUDREY HEPBURN'S BIRTH (MAY 4) LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) -- Tomorrow (May 4) would have been actress Audrey Hepburn's 70th birthday. Although she died in 1993, she still lives on in the stories