Headlines for: 09-11-2001

ADVISORY SAN DIEGO (Wireless Flash) – In the wake of the recent terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, the staff here at Wireless Flash has debated whether we should issue a feed of our “offbeat” brand of news.

BELGIAN MAN TRAVELING AROUND THE WORLD IN A RICKSHAW LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) – A 37-year-old Belgian man has just begun the final leg of a worldwide journey on a motorized rickshaw. For more than a year, Axel Ewbank has been traveling around the world on a

AMERICANS PREFER YARD WORK TO LOVE MAKING KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (Wireless Flash) – Looks like a heck of a lot of Americans think yard work is more enjoyable than love making. That’s according to a survey by Home & Garden Television that shows 41

DUKE ELLINGTON’S NEPHEW HAPPY TO BE HOMELESS NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) – Living on the streets might give some musicians the blues – but not violinist John Ellington Blair. The 58-year-old great-grand-nephew of jazz great Duke Ellington

PAPERLESS P.O. BOX SENDS POSTAL MAIL BY E-MAIL SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (Wireless Flash) – A new company in San Francisco has figured out a way to send folks their regular postal mail by e-mail. The so-called “Paperless P.O. Box” service uses high-speed

SAMMY HAGAR’S DREAM: TEAMING UP WITH DAVID LEE ROTH CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (Wireless Flash) – Sammy Hagar was kicked out of Van Halen back in 1995, but he still dreams of performing with fellow former frontman David Lee Roth.

RONALD MCDONALD DONS A MILK MUSTACHE ROSEMONT, Ill. (Wireless Flash) – Add Ronald McDonald to the list of celebrities donning a milk mustache for those ever-present “got milk?” ads.

BIGFOOT FOUND – ON A VEGETABLE CRATE PORTLAND, Maine (Wireless Flash) – A cryptozoologist in Portland, Maine, says he’s discovered Bigfoot – on a vegetable crate, that is. Loren Coleman admits his discovery isn’t as exciting as a real Bigfoot

CAMEL GETS ITS JUST DESSERTS FROM CULINARY EXPERT BERKELEY, Calif (Wireless Flash) – Revenge is a dish best served cold – especially when the dish is camel. That’s according to culinary expert and travel author Richard

FLASH LITES: RIP ‘N’ READ POP CULTURE RECAP PARMA, Italy (Wireless Flash) – History repeated itself – sort of – for Sophia Loren on Monday when she crowned the winner of this year’s Miss Italy contest in the northern city of Parma. Loren’s