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MOENCHENGLADBACH, Germany (Wireless Flash) A German man has been found guilty of drunk driving in a wheelchair. The 49-year-old was so tanked he couldnt walk, so he borrowed his dads electric wheelchair to go to the liquor store for more booze. Police stopped him and confiscated his wheels because he was over the legal limit for driving.
LONDON Samuel L. Jackson isnt afraid to go commando. The actor says he wore his costume of a kilt without underwear in true Scottish tradition while filming a new movie in the U.K. Only cold weather and certain camera angles caused him to don undies.
LONDON The actor who plays Harry Potters giant friend in Harry Potter And the Sorcerers Stone has just been voted Englands favorite fat bloke. Robbie Coltrane outweighed Mark Addy and John Goodman in the fat guy poll by Chat magazine.
NEW YORK Manhattan is becoming Pokemon-hatten now because a 13,000-square-foot facility dedicated to Pikachu and friends opens in Rockefeller Center November 16.
LONDON Madonna is up a tree over the lack of privacy at her London mansion. The Sun tabloid reports the Material Girl recently spent $15,000 to have full-grown trees lifted by crane into her garden to ensure no one will see her.
DALLAS Tom Hanks has beaten out John Wayne as Americas favorite movie soldier in a poll conducted by Blockbuster Video. Other celebs who make great cinematic soldiers include Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson and Clint Eastwood.
HELSINKI A Finnish telecom operator is baring it all for its customers. Sonera officials say the company will start offering a few hundred test clients a mobile phone version of Naked News, a show where the newscasters cast off their clothes.
BOGOTA, Colombia A car bomb turned out to be good luck for about 1000 Colombian lottery players. News stations broadcast the license plate of car bomb, VEN-311, and people who saw were inspired to bet on the number 311 won around $350 about three times the average Colombian monthly salary.
LONDON A bishop was called in to perform an exorcism on Oxford Uniteds soccer stadium since the team has been on a terrible losing streak. The bishop said he didnt perform a formal exorcism, but did bless the ground which some claim is cursed by gypsies.
NEW YORK Let Freedom Ring on your cell phone that is. Patriotic Americans can now download the song America the Beautiful onto their cell phone ringers for free courtesy of the website real-war.com.