Headlines for: 06-23-1999

STEPHEN KING'S ACCIDENT BOOSTS SINGING CAREER SAN FRANCISCO (Wireless Flash) -- Horror writer Stephen King's recent car accident is having an unexpected effect on his pet hobby, singing.

HOBOS FEAR RAILROAD KILLER WILL RUIN THEIR REPUTATION MINNEAPOLIS (Wireless Flash) -- Hobos are up in arms over the so- called "Railroad Killer," who is suspected of murdering at least 20 people near railroad tracks in the past 20 years.

JOHN LENNON'S SPIRIT: `I FORCED CHAPMAN TO KILL ME' CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Wireless Flash) -- A psychic in California claims John Lennon actually forced Mark David Chapman to kill him in 1980.

X-RATED JOURNALIST GETS INSIDE HIS WORK LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) -- A Los Angeles journalist whose beat is the X-rated film industry admits there are times when he gets inside his subjects -- literally.

WEIRD AL YANKOVIC TO GET SPACEY WITH `AMERICAN PIE' (EMBARGOED UNTIL 9:30 A.M. EDT) LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) -- Weird Al Yankovic is spacier than ever these days.

POPSICLES HAVE CHILLING EFFECT ON BABY'S SKIN FRESH MEADOWS, NY (Wireless Flash) -- Parents of young children, beware: Popsicles might leave a mark on your kids. According to New York-based dermatologist Dr. Joshua Fox,

SUSAN B. ANTHONY COIN TURNS 20 (JULY 2) HAWTHORNE, N.J. (Wireless Flash) -- Whoever said change is good wasn't talking about the Susan B. Anthony dollar. It seems the coin -- which will celebrate its 20th birthday

GIANT BUREAU TOP TOURIST ATTRACTION FOR NORTH CAROLINA TOWN HIGH POINT, N.C. (Wireless Flash) -- When folks ask Marty Frazier if they can see his drawers, he doesn't bat an eye -- but you'd better be aware that Marty's drawers are 32 feet high, 27 feet

QUEEN LATIFAH NOW `QUEEN OF THE MERMAIDS' BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Wireless Flash) -- Queen Latifah has a new noble title: "Queen of the Mermaids." Latifah will be strutting her stuff alongside bare-breasted