March 27, 2003
AS military conflict rages in Iraq, Brazilian advertisers are using pictures of US President George W Bush and his arch-foe President Saddam Hussein to promote the war on cockroaches.
Hundreds of posters touting the services of an exterminator and showing the two worried-looking presidents appeared at hundreds of bus stops across Rio de […]
Something weird has been happening here at kramy.com
People have been filling out the Web-Poll on the front page. And I have some weird results.
It has 11 people that aren’t impressed with my site. The “Yes”, 1 of “Of Course. Are you crazy?” and “Absolotely!” are my votes - but I have […]
March 26, 2003
A MELBOURNE man will stand trial over allegations he killed a rival’s son in a family war over ice-cream van territory.
Dennis Giunta, 26, was stabbed at least 25 times with a home-made sword and died during an attack in his bedroom in his suburban Williamstown home in February last year.
His cousin Francesco […]
March 26, 2003
SMOKED, wooded, fruit, vegetable and herb and spice flavoured beers are among the entries in Australia’s international beer awards as brewers capitalise on a booming boutique market.
Judges at the Australian International Beer Awards, which began judging in Melbourne today, will sample 590 beers from 22 countries.
Awards chief judge Peter Manders said there […]
From correspondents in Wisconsin
March 21, 2003
DON Gorske is already in the Guinness Book of World Records for eating Big Macs - but it’s not about the fame anymore.
Gorske, who downed his 19,000th Big Mac on Wednesday, said he wouldn’t know what else to eat if it weren’t for Big Macs.
“I’d be clueless,” he said, […]
March 21, 2003
A QUEENSLAND man received serious injuries to his foot when his son’s school science experiment went wrong.
Secondary school students were required to build a self-propelled vehicle and followed a plan acquired from the internet, police in Ipswich said.
The vehicle was made from light wood and was jet-propelled with an accelerant which exploded when […]
By Michael Stevens
March 19, 2003
LIVE coverage of Australia’s World Cup campaign could be derailed if war breaks out.
Channel 9 has the exclusive rights to the World Cup, but, like the other networks, would likely provide a blanket coverage of the war.
That would mean the World Cup final would take a back seat.
Nine’s Melbourne program manager […]
March 19, 2003
FORMER Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler was rushed to hospital yesterday after a motorbike accident.
The 53-year-old singer and guitarist was taken by ambulance to St Thomas Hospital, central London, where he was treated for a broken collar bone and six broken ribs.
A hospital spokeswoman said he was in a stable condition and […]
March 18, 2003
BILL Seefeldt’s friends thought he was just scraping by, living in a cluttered cabin, clutching coupons and wearing threadbare clothes.
When Seefeldt died last year at 89, he left $US4.6 million ($7.81 million) to the Archdiocese of St Paul and Minneapolis.
“He never let on that he had that kind of money,” said Jean Thompson, […]
March 17, 2003
AUSTRALIA’S first purpose-built beer school will open tomorrow.
Draught Beer Fundamentals will be taught at the Carlton Draught Beer Academy at Adelaide’s Regency Institute of TAFE as part of a certificate in hospitality.
“Anyone can pour a beer but doing it properly and caring for the draught beer really does take quite a lot […]