Headlines for: 07-03-2000
LARDY LARDY: FOUNDING FATHERS' DIETS FILLED WITH FAT
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Wireless Flash) -- Americans may have horrible diets now, but it's nothing compared to how the Founding Fathers stuffed their faces.
`AMERICAN TOP 40' TURNS 30 (JULY 4)
LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) -- Independence Day may be America's birthday -- but this year it's also the 30th birthday of radio's "American Top 40."
BAWDY TRUTH ABOUT THE `STAR SPANGLED BANNER'
POTOMAC, Md. (Wireless Flash) -- America's national anthem has a sexy secret past. According to musicologist Douglas Jimerson, the melody
FISHY ROCK BAND ATTRACTING GROUPERS, NOT GROUPIES
FALLBROOK, Calif. (Wireless Flash) -- It may sound fishy but a San Diego-based rock band is attracting more groupers than groupies.
EXPLOSIVE FACTS ABOUT FIRECRACKERS
BERKELEY, Calif. (Wireless Flash) -- Most Americans associate firecrackers with the Fourth off July but they were also a Christmas tradition until the 1930s.
NO DOUBT'S GWEN STEFANI: CRYING OVER SMALL PANTS
NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- You've heard of crying over spilled milk -- but what about crying over small pants? No Doubt rocker Gwen Stefani says she did just that
HIGH-IQ MENSANS GATHER FOR LOWBROW FUN
PHILADELPHIA (Wireless Flash) -- Looks like the high I.Q. members of MENSA are into low-brow fun. The egghead organization's annual convention begins
5 PERCENT OF AMERICANS PICK TOM CRUISE AS TOP PATRIOT
ATLANTA, Ga. (Wireless Flash) -- Tom Cruise isn't just a top gun, some folks think he's also a great American. According to a new patriotic poll by Priority Club
HORSE MASSAGERS RUBBED WRONG WAY BY LAW
SACRAMENTO (Wireless Flash) -- Professional horse masseuses are being rubbed the wrong way by a proposed California law. The bill would require people who professionally massage