Headlines for: 01-29-2001

SAGGING INTEREST IN BREAST IMPLANTS SIGN OF ECONOMIC SLUMP? CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Wireless Flash) -- A sagging interest in breast implants and liposuction may be signs that the economic slump is here.

A `BETTOR' GROUNDHOG: GAMBLERS WAGERING ON PUNXATAWNEY PHIL ST JOHN'S, Antigua (Wireless Flash) -- The famous groundhog Punxatawney Phil isn't just popping up in Pennsylvania, he's also popping up in betting halls around the world.

PHIL COLLINS' 50TH B-DAY NO GAS FOR FART ARTIST MACCLESFIELD, England (Wireless Flash) -- Today (Jan. 30) marks the 50th birthday of musician Phil Collins -- but while others may be singing his praises, an English "fart artist"

BARBI TWINS: `WE LEARNED MAKE-UP FROM TRANSSEXUALS' NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- Remember the Barbi Twins, those identical sex symbols from the early 1990s? These days, the 36-year-old bombshells are revealing

UNIVERSITY OFFERS COURSE IN SPACE TOURISM ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Wireless Flash) -- In the not-too-distant future, space may be a top tourist destination -- but who's going to staff all those solar system Club Meds?

FORMER JANITOR NOW WAXES POETIC NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- A former janitor is now waxing poetic instead of waxing floors. 30-year cleaning industry veteran Robert Kravitz has

STRESSED AND LOVING IT LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) -- Is everybody happy? Americans are, but that doesn't mean they aren't stressed about it. A new study conducted by Hilton Hotels suggests that

LONDON DO-GOODERS AIM TO `UPGRADE' THE HOMELESS LONDON (Wireless Flash) -- You've heard of upgrading your computer. Now a group of Londoners want to upgrade the homeless.

WILL HUGH HEFNER HONOR LARRY FLYNT WITH FREE SPEECH AWARD? LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) -- Want proof politics makes for strange bedfellows? A group of free speech advocates wants Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner to give competitor Larry Flynt