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| 2004-07-20 - Weird News Wireless Flash News Around The Weird - Bizarre News Briefs for July 20th, 2004 | ||
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Mclean, VA -- Back-to-school shopping should set American families back $125 per child, according to a new survey by Capital One. However, 56 percent of teens are planning to help pay for their clothes and school supplies. LONDON -- From now on, Heinz baked beans in the U.K. will be spelled with a z -- as in b-e-a-n-z. The company isn't caving in to hip-hop trends, but is instead returning to its 1960s advertising campaign "Beanz Meanz Heinz." Bean counters estimate the company will shell out $9.36 million to rebrand its cans. WASHINGTON -- South Korea's government is doing a lot of name calling these days trying to get the U.S. government to spell their president's name right. According to the Korean Embassy, they have sent three formal letters to the C.I.A. informing the agency that the president spells his name Roh Moo-hyun, not No Moo-hyun. MARYVILLE, Tenn. -- Talk about cheesy: A nude man who was covered in nacho cheese was apprehended by cops in Maryville, Tennessee, after they spotted him running from a swimming pool snack bar with a box filled with chips and nacho cheese. Police say the man reeked of alcohol and was semi-coherent when he was apprehended. The man was charged with burglary, vandalism, indecent exposure and public intoxication, reports "The Daily Times."
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