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| 2004-03-02 - Weird News Wireless Flash News Around The Weird: Bizarre News Briefs | ||
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Chicago, IL (WFN) -- College basketball's "March Madness" tournament could create some workplace madness at U.S. companies. The global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas says unproductive water cooler chatter about the tourney could cost employers up to $1.5 billion in lost wages. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Maybe the folks in Florida should check this out: A machine that uses more than 70 steps to cast an election ballot. The just-for-laughs gadget is the winner of Purdue University's Rube Goldberg Machine Contest and is propelled forward with functions including a ball levitating on a stream of air from a vacuum cleaner and a conveyor belt which delivers the ballot to the box. LONDON -- Not satisfied by the Oscars, the Brits will be celebrating the Awards Awards on Friday (Mar. 5). Award-givers will attend a ceremony at London's Dorchester Hotel and will give out stainless-steel statuettes to recognize excellence in award-giving. ROME -- In the wealthy Italian town of Reggio Emilia a newly-passed law demands pet owners pamper their dogs, cats and birds or be fined anywhere from $20 to $400. Under the new animal-treatment law, canary owners must buy a significant other for their bird, dog owners must provide spacious dog houses in the shade and throwing live lobsters into boiling water is illegal.
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