Headlines for: 07-04-2001

JAPANESE TICKLING TV SHOW NEEDS AMERICAN GUYS BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (Wireless Flash) – How’s this for a great summer job? Getting tickled on Japanese television. An American production company is looking for hunky guys between the ages

NOVELTY ‘NIPPLE ENHANCERS’ POPULAR WITH OLDSTERS MINNEAPOLIS (Wireless Flash) – A Minnesota woman who manufacturers “novelty nipples” is finding her invention is popular with the old as well as the young.

‘BATTLESTAR GALACTICA’ STAR SPEAKS OUT ABOUT NEW SERIES LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) – Battlestar Galactica star Richard Hatch has some advice for the team producing the latest version of the show: Be sure to include the original cast members.

ENDANGERED SPECIES MAKE DARN GOOD EATING BERKELEY, Calif. (Wireless Flash) – There may be a good reason why so many animal species are endangered – they’re delicious to eat. That’s the word from The Curiosities Of Food (Ten Speed Press),

UFOS INTERFERING WITH AIRPLANES? JEFFERSON VALLEY, N.Y. (Wireless Flash) – Turbulence isn’t the only thing airplane passengers need to fear – UFOs are posing a risk too. UFO journalist Patrick Huyghe reports there have been at least 100

GROUP WILL WATCH ‘BIG BROTHER’ SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO NEENAH, Wis. (Wireless Flash) – Big Brother 2 makes its debut today but if you can’t bear to watch the show 24 hours a day, 40 netheads say they will do it for you.

PAUL NEWMAN, TOM CRUISE MAKE ‘HANDSOMEST MAN’ LIST NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) – People magazine has its “Sexiest Man Alive” contest – now Parade magazine is piping up with its own list of handsome hunks.

TORI AMOS COVERS EMINEM NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) – Some folks may give raunchy rapper Eminem a bad rap but not singer Tori Amos. In fact, she’s covering one of his tunes on her upcoming CD.

VET: PETS NEED SUNSCREEN TOO TOPEKA, Kan. (Wireless Flash) – You aren’t the only one who needs to slather on the sunscreen this summer: Your pooch or pussycat should too. That’s the advice of veterinarian Dr. Blake Hawley, who says pets can

KIDS ENCOURAGED TO DIG FOR DINO BONES IN THEIR BACKYARD ROCHESTER, Mich. (Wireless Flash) – A Michigan-based company is digging up interest in dinosaurs by encouraging kids to dig for bones in their own back yard.

KITTY DEVICE ALLOWS DE-CLAWED CATS TO WALK OUTSIDE SAFELY MARSHFIELD HILLS, Mass. (Wireless Flash) – Cats can now be the cock of the walk too thanks to a new invention that allows indoor and de-clawed cats to walk around in their backyard without fear.

RESEARCH SHOWS FARMERS REFUSE TO RETIRE WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (Wireless Flash) – Farmers will plow their fields until they are plowed under themselves. That’s according to researchers at Purdue University who have