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| 2003-05-07 - Weird News Wireless Flash News Around The Weird - Bizarre News Briefs for May 7th, 2003 | ||
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San Francisco, CA -- Pro athlete endorsements have little appeal for the videogame crowd. The videogame trade industry newsletter, "Game Daily," reports that only 4 percent of gamers buy a game based on an endorsement by a sports star. 40 percent claim "improved game play" is the real reason to buy a game. WASHINGTON -- A new study shows that when a couple has a child out of wedlock, the parents are more likely to get married if it's a boy. The study was done by two University of Washington economists who say the results suggest that fathers value male children more than girls. COLOGNE, Germany -- Switching burly bouncers for naked ladies at the door has helped a German nightclub cut down on brawls and increase the number of customers. The manager of the Beatclub in Cologne tells ananova.com, "With our new bouncers we wanted to try and tone down the atmosphere of aggression that often exists." TUNBRIDGE WELLS, England -- Someone's been reading too many superhero comics: A mysterious caped and masked man has been foiling bad guys and doing good deeds all over one English town. The hero has already busted up a gang of young toughs who were chasing a man and returned a snatched purse.
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