Headlines for: 07-22-2001

CHASTITY BELTS MAKING A COMEBACK SHEFFIELD, England (Wireless Flash) – Here’s a sign some people really are living in the Middle Ages: Chastity belts are making a comeback. That’s according to Richard Davies, a manufacturer of modern-day

MAN HAS 101 USES FOR HUMAN WASTE CRYSTAL LAKE, Illinois (Wireless Flash) – A man from Crystal Lake, Illinois, has come up with a stinky way to save the environment: recycling human waste.

HAIR SAMPLE SUGGESTS E.T.S ARE BLONDE ASIANS SYDNEY, Australia (Wireless Flash) – Things are getting pretty hairy in the UFO community over research conducted on a lock of hair supposedly retrieved from an alien abduction.

PRO-ANOREXIA WEBSITES RISING IN POPULARITY NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) – This may be hard to swallow but a lot of sufferers of anorexia are using the web to swap tips for staying skeletally- thin.

TEXANS HOPE TO CUT OLD RIBBON-CUTTING RECORD TO SHREDS DALLAS (Wireless Flash) – They do everything big in Texas – including ribbon-cuttings. This Friday (July 27), the residents of Dallas will be honoring the opening

SCALPEL...FORCEPS...BRA?!? COON RAPIDS, Minn. (Wireless Flash) – Nurses at a Minnesota hospital are using bras to help women recover from heart surgery. Nurses at Mercy & Unity Hospital in Coon Rapids have developed a modified

ERIK ESTRADA PLAYS HIMSELF MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) – Erik Estrada has a unique distinction among actors: He has played himself on more TV shows than almost anyone else.

CHRIS TUCKER: ‘CALL ME ‘BLACKIE CHAN’ NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) – Working with Jackie Chan has done wonders for comedian Chris Tucker’s kung-fu skills. Tucker tells Maxim magazine that he now knows so many martial arts

TIPSY TICKER KEEPS TRACK OF BARS’ BOOZE OUTPUT SAN FRANCISCO (Wireless Flash) – Bar owners now have a high tech way of keeping track of their booze: A “tipsy ticker” that attaches to each liquor bottle in the joint.

FLASH LITES: RIP ‘N’ READ POP CULTURE RECAP LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (Wireless Flash) – A Georgia woman is lucky to be alive after her ex-husband sent her a mail bomb on which he scrawled the message “You are the weakest link – goodbye!”