Headlines for: 09-13-1999

JOHN LENNON WRITES NEW SONG FROM THE GRAVE FARGO, North Dakota (Wireless Flash) -- Talk about noteworthy: A woman in Fargo, North Dakota, claims to have channelled a new song written by John Lennon from beyond the grave.

HURRICANE FLOYD: WIMPY NAME SHOULD BE CHANGED MINNEAPOLIS (Wireless Flash) -- What's in a name? A lot -- if you're talking about hurricanes. Now a name expert is calling for a change in the policy used to name hurricanes.

32 PERCENT OF AMERICANS WISH OPRAH WINFREY WAS THEIR MASTER NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- How's this for weird: Nearly one third of Americans say if they were a pet, they'd want Oprah Winfrey to be their master.

THIN PEOPLE PEEVED OVER `WIN-YOUR-WEIGHT-IN-SAPPHIRES CONTEST' LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) -- A contest offering a chance "to win your weight in sapphires" is being blasted by a thin sweepstakes buff who claims the contest gives fat people an

GOVERNMENT HIDING HOLY GRAIL IN TENNESSEE? HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (Wireless Flash) -- The legendary Holy Grail that King Arthur spent years looking for may have finally been found in -- are you ready? -- Tennessee.

GRAHAM NASH'S LEGS MENDING NICELY HONOLULU (Wireless Flash) -- Musician Graham Nash, who broke both of his legs in a freak boating accident on Sunday (Sep. 12) is doing fine and resting comfortably at an undisclosed hotel in

BIKINI, PUSH-UP BRA AMONG TOP FASHIONS OF 20TH CENTURY (EMBARGOED UNTIL SEPT. 15) NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- The past 100 years have seen lots of fashion trends come and go -- and now a survey is showing which

WIRELESS FLASH BRIEFS FROM AROUND THE WORLD SEATTLE (Wireless Flash) -- Here's the straight poop on the latest issue of the "Farmer's Almanac": the newsprint is designed to work as toilet paper. That's according to editor Judson Hale

`LOBSTER BOY' SAGA BECOMES A MUSICAL CHICAGO (Wireless Flash) -- Remember the bizarre case of the sideshow freak known as Lobster Boy? His family had him bumped off in the early 1990s after he allegedly abused them.