Saturday, June 24, 2006

Mobile phone users warned of lightning strike risk (Reuters)


Reuters - People should not use mobile phones outdoors during thunderstorms because of the risk of being struck by lightning, doctors said Friday.



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Al-Qaida No. 2 mentions al-Zarqawi's death (AP)

Al-Qaida's deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, is seen in this image made from videotape posted on Internet on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2005. A new video broadcast Friday showed al-Zawahri's first public ackowledgement of the death of al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. (AP Photo/AP Television News/ho, FILE)AP - Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader paid tribute to the slain Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in a video Friday, extolling him as "the prince of martyrs" despite the rocky relationship that the terrorist leader in Iraq had with the al-Qaida command.



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Man gobbles down 22 hot dogs in 12 minutes (AP)

Pat Philbin of Moonachie, N.J., left, and Don Lerman of Levittown, N.Y., compete in the New Jersey Regional competition of the Nathan's Famous 2006 Hot Dog Circuit, Friday, June 23, 2006, at the New Jersey Turnpike's Molly Pitcher Travel Plaza in Cranbury, N.J. Philbin won after eating 22 hot dogs in 12 minutes and will compete in the 91st Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest to take place in Coney Island, N.Y. (AP Photo/George Olivar)AP - With sweat pouring down his face, a 42-year-old courier from Moonachie methodically gobbled 22 hot dogs in 12 minutes Friday to win a regional hot-eating competition and a slot at Nathan's Famous Fourth of July eating contest in Coney Island, N.Y.



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