Headlines for: 05-19-1999

GUN CONTROVERSY HELPS `LA VIDA LOCA' SHOOT UP CHARTS LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) -- Ricky Martin's hit, "Living La Vida Loca," may be No. 1 with a bullet, but one line in the lyrics is driving psychologists "loco."

O.J. SIMPSON: GOING TO POT? LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) -- O.J. Simpson may going to pot if the mother of his new girlfriend isn't just blowing smoke. According to a story to be reported on tonight's "Extra"

PAST LIVES BLAMED FOR `Y2K' PROBLEM? EL CAJON, Calif. (Wireless Flash) -- Computer programmers shouldn't get all the blame for the Y2K bug -- a race of long dead aliens is also involved.

MIKE MYERS' SECRET OBSESSION: TOY SOLDIERS NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- "Austin Powers" star Mike Myers has a secret addiction: he's obsessed with toy soldiers. Myers tells the upcoming "Rolling Stone" that he spends

DREAMING ABOUT DOG VOMIT BAD SIGN LONDON, U.K. (Wireless Flash) -- This may not sound dreamy, but even your most bizarre dreams have hidden meanings. That's according to London-based dream analyzer Ray Douglas,

AIRPORT DOGGIE HAS BIRDS ON THE BRAIN FORT MYERS, Fla. (Wireless Flash) -- A dog in Fort Myers, Florida, is just "plane lucky" because it's his job to chase away birds from an airport runway.

OLD BULLETS TURNED INTO BIRD FEEDERS GUALALA, Calif. (Wireless Flash) -- Old army bullets are going to the birds -- literally. A California company is making bird feeders and other

SHOWER CURTAIN CLOTHING NEXT BIG TREND? NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- You've heard of "haute couture" but what about "hardware couture." Graduating students at the Fashion Institute of Technology

GUYANA GOES POSTAL FOR SIDNEY SHELDON NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- The South American country of Guyana will soon be giving the stamp of approval to romance writer Sidney Sheldon, author of naughty novels like "The Other Side Of