Headlines for: 11-04-2001

TIPPI HEDREN GOES TO WASHINGTON ACTON, Calif. (Wireless Flash) – Here’s yet another casualty of the terrorist tragedy: Movie star turned animal activist Tippi Hedren says private funding for her animal preserve has all but dried up since September

‘CAR SOCCER’ LATEST FAD WITH NEW ZEALANDERS TIMARU, N.Z. (Wireless Flash) – A bizarre new sport called “car soccer” is thrilling sports enthusiasts in New Zealand. Car soccer is played like regular soccer, except participants use old

‘HARRY POTTER’ WILL BEAT ‘LORD OF THE RINGS’ IN TOY WARS SAN JOSE, Calif. (Wireless Flash) – Harry Potter has something to lord over the Lord of the Rings: He’s set to win the holiday toy wars.

FREDDIE PRINZE, JR.: COLDEST MAN IN HOLLYWOOD LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) – Freddie Prinze, Jr’s next film might be made in Antarctica because his career is cold as ice. At least that’s the claim of the FilmThreat.com website, which has

TONY ORLANDO GOES FROM ‘OAK TREE’ TO WORLD TRADE CENTER NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) – Tony Orlando is going from the “Old Oak Tree” to the World Trade Center. The man who gave the world “Tie A Yellow Ribbon ’Round The Old

L.A. BOY IS A 12-YEAR-OLD STEVEN SPIELBERG LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) – A 12-year-old Los Angeles boy is giving Steven Spielberg a run for his money. Nicholas Robert Bryan recently won an award at an L.A. film festival for

RESEARCHERS DEVELOP THE ‘SMART BANDAGE’ NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) – Researchers at the University of Rochester say they’re a step closer to developing a bandage that can tell you if a wound has been infected with dangerous bacteria.

‘MONSTERS INC.’ SCARING UP INTEREST IN MONSTER REPELLENT CAPE MAY, N.J. (Wireless Flash) – The new movie, Monsters Inc., may inadvertently be scaring up business for a soap company called Sensia. The firm manufactures a “monster repellent spray” for kids and it

HOW TO MAKE BAD POT MORE POTENT LINCOLN, Mass. (Wireless Flash) – Put this in your pipe and smoke it: A health researcher claims its possible to make marijuana even more potent. Researcher Chris Kilham claims cooking marijuana at 200 degrees for 90

FLASH LITES: RIP ‘N’ READ POP CULTURE RECAP NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) – Talk about being nosy: The Star tabloid is reporting that Michael Jackson is wearing a fake nose these days because of his numerous plastic surgeries. Reportedly, part of the