Headlines for: 06-12-2000

OLD ANSWERING MACHINES INSPIRE CYBER-CEMETERY CHICAGO (Wireless Flash) -- Just because Aunt Mabel has kicked the bucket doesn't mean her voice has to kick the bucket too. A Chicago man has created the world's first "cyber sound

PORTLAND MAN INVENTS `DUNGEON IN A BOX' PORTLAND, Ore. (Wireless Flash) -- Bondage buffs are beating a path to Portland, Oregon, where a man has just invented the world's first portable dungeon.

RESTAURANT PATRONS' BIGGEST PET PEEVE: BAD MANNERS YONKERS, N.Y. (Wireless Flash) -- Most restaurant servers need to be spanked, not tipped, if a new survey is any indication. According to a new poll by "Consumer Reports," rude waiters

`SURVIVOR' WANNABES TO BRAVE FLORIDA PARKING LOT TAMPA, Fla. (Wireless Flash) -- If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the cast of CBS' "Survivor" should be feeling pretty good.

VOICE OF BORIS BADENOV REAL LIFE G-MAN SYDNEY, Australia (Wireless Flash) -- Bullwinkle's nemesis, Boris Badenov, tried to overthrow the government -- but the original actor who gave Boris his voice was really a government

CELEB CHICKENS TO "EGGS-AMINE" ANIMATION EXHIBIT UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (Wireless Flash) -- Talk about a dumb cluck: the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park is giving a group of celebrity chickens an advance "beak" at its newest

YODA GETS `FURBY-CIZED' NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- Furby, move over. That pint-sized Jedi from "Star Wars," Yoda, is taking your place. Tiger Electronics, the company which makes Furby, is

WIRELESS FLASH BRIEFS FROM AROUND THE WORLD NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- Art isn't just in the eye of the beholder, it's also in the nose. This Thursday (June 15), Swann Auction Gallery will auction off an 1850s photograph showing a

SCIENTIST CREATES `SUPER-HUMAN' VISION DEVICE ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Wireless Flash) -- Superman's X-ray vision may become a reality thanks to a new device that can give humans super-human sight.