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MAN CAUGHT WITH MORE THAN 100 HUMAN SKULLS
(Calcutta) - A man who was carrying 100 human skulls in a bag has been arrested in the east Indian city of Siliguri. Police said he claimed the remains were to be used by Buddhist monks in religious ceremonies. Police superintendent Rajiv Mishra said Sangha Lama, 25, had collected the skulls from burning pyres in the city of Gaya in the neighboring state of Bihar. He was carrying them in bags to Sikkim, a remote hill state famous for its Buddhist monasteries, police said. Lama was arrested while waiting for a bus to Sikkim.

PHONE COMPANY SENDS BILL TO DEAD MAN
(Massachusetts) - A man's phone bill has followed him to his grave. A local cemetery received a phone bill last week for David Towles at his correct address�Hillside Cemetery, Evergreen Section, Auburn, Mass. 01501. Towles was buried there in December 1997. He died at age 60. Cemetery Superintendent Wayne Bloomquist says he was surprised to see the Sprint bill for 12 cents, including 10 cents for a call placed on Feb. 16, five years after Towles died. "Our clients here don't usually get mail," he said. "I wondered if maybe we should start putting mailboxes on the monuments." A call to Sprint's automated service on March 6 showed that charges on the unpaid account had inflated Towles' bill to $3.95. The bill was turned over to interim Town Clerk Ellen Gaboury, who said she would hold on to it for a while. "I'll have to," she said. "Mr. Towles' credit could be affected if it remains unpaid."

BULLET STRIKES, KILLS FATHER TEACHING SON ABOUT GUN SAFETY
(Colorado) - A 36-year-old Lakewood, Colorado man was killed while trying to teach his 13-year-old son about gun safety, police say. Investigators say the man was trying to show his son how to deal with intruders when the gun went off at their home. A bullet struck the man in his head. He died at St. Anthony's Hospital a short time later. No names have been released. Police said the teen thought the gun was unloaded when it went off. At this time, police have not decided if they will file charges against him.

BOMB HOAX SPARKED BY DESIRE TO SEE NAKED WOMEN
(Russia, Ananova) A Russian man allegedly made hoax calls to police about a bomb in a public spa because he wanted to see naked women being evacuated. Police say it was women's day at the bath house in Ulyanovsk, Russia when the hoaxer called with a bogus warning. Officers say he had hoped the women would run out into the street still naked, but was disappointed to see they had all got dressed first. They claim the 33-year-old later admitted his motive was to see naked bathers being evacuated. He faces up to three years in jail for deliberately giving false information about an act of terrorism, reports Pravda.

BRITISH MAN REPORTEDLY BUILDS GUILLOTINE, KILLS SELF
(London) - Police in Britain are investigating what they describe as a "very unusual" suicide case. A man apparently killed himself with what police describe as a homemade guillotine. Police say the 36-year-old man attached a timer to the device and apparently set it to kill him early on a Monday morning. They said the guillotine was found in a bedroom�and media reports indicate a bed was placed underneath it. Police said the man's death isn't considered criminally suspicious.

SKI AREA DROPS "NIPPLE" FROM MOUNTAIN NAME
(Wyoming) Pressure from uncomfortable skiers and other tourists prompted the Grand Targhee Ski and Summer Resort to blank out the second half of the name of one of its ski mountains. Mary's Nipple is now just Mary's. "Nipple" has been covered with tape until new signs arrive in about two weeks. But the sanitized signs have rankled some local skiers, who feel a bit of their history has been lost. "If the name changed, it wouldn't be the same," said Mark Franklin of Driggs, Idaho, who has skied the mountain for 26 years without feeling offended. "It's always been Mary's Nipple to me, and probably 99.9 percent of the people around here will agree with me." The name dates back three decades to a story about a redheaded waitress named Mary, who was working at Targhee's Trap Bar and streaked through it and the resort one night. The bartender compared her bare breast to a peak he had skied earlier that day and then attached the name "Mary's Nipple" to the mountain as a joke. The U.S. Forest Service has never acknowledged it officially.

RENT-A-SHEEP SERVICE LAUNCHED IN BERLIN
(Ananova) - A businessman in Berlin has launched a rent-a-sheep service for city dwellers to get a taste of the country. Sheep owner Martin Portmann says his animals have already appeared at children's parties. Other customers are hiring the sheep to keep their lawns tidy by eating the grass. Several other clients are hiring the sheep to keep them company while they go for walks. Portmann told the paper, "The price is negotiable. Some people bring a sack of animal feed, some give money but the main thing is they enjoy being with the animals."

UFO COULD HAVE BEEN ELECTROCUTED CAT
(Ananova) - Experts say a reported UFO sighting in Norway was probably an electrocuted cat. People in Lardal reported seeing a fire ball explode in the night sky and fall slowly down to earth. But investigators think they've solved the mystery after the charred body of a cat was found at the foot of an electrical pole. They believe the unlucky cat climbed up the pole and touched a live wire, reports Aftenposten. Lars Helge Sogn says what people saw was the cat exploding and falling off the pole.

SPERM TURNED ON BY LILY OF THE VALLEY
(Berlin, Reuters) - Human sperm become excited when exposed to the scent of lily of the valley, doubling their speed and homing in on the aroma, a German scientist reports. Hans Hatt, a biology professor at Ruhr University in Bochum, said knowledge about a newly discovered odor receptor on the sperm's surface could enable researchers to devise alternative contraception methods or ways to boost fertility. "This is the first time sperm has been shown to respond to smell," Hatt, who said the findings came after three years of study, told Reuters. "The application of the substances in a salve to the vaginal area could raise the chance of conceiving." He said receptors in the sperm's membranes are attracted to two chemical compounds, cyclamal and bourgeonal, used in the cosmetics industry to imitate the plant's smell. Another compound, undecanal, was found to block the attraction and could be used for contraceptive ends, he added.

FLORAL SPICE FRAGRANCE MAY DISGUISE FLAB
Some women turn to baggy clothes to disguise their extra flab, but a new study found that they might want to spray on some perfume instead. A decade-long study found that men perceived women to be 12 pounds lighter when wearing a pleasant, floral-spicy perfume. The study was conducted by researchers at the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago. "We didn't actually reduce the weight of women who wore the aroma, but rather, caused men to believe she weighed less," said Dr. Alan Hirsch, the study's lead researcher. But not just any perfume works, he said. After testing over 100 different odor combinations-including butterscotch, cigarette smoke, grapefruit, and pepperoni pizza-the floral-spice combination was the only odor found to work. "It acts as the olfactory equivalent to vertical lines," said Hirsch, noting the visual illusion of reduced girth while wearing a blouse designed with up and down stripes. Hirsch is now looking at whether this same odor can be used to help self-perception of body size in teenagers with anorexia nervosa. But while this aroma reduced men's view of a woman's weight, researchers could not find any odor that influenced a woman's ability to estimate weight.

L.A. COUNTY NAMES CAMEL AS DEPUTY
(California) - He's been on the job for a while, but it became official last week: Bert the camel is now a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy. Bert, who weighs in at 1,700 pounds, got his sheriff's ID card after a swearing-in ceremony. Bert is a member of the Sheriff's Posse in San Dimas and visits area schools as part of a presentation on California history, said Nancy Fite, a member of the Sheriff's Posse and Bert's handler. Bert joins other members of the sheriff's four-footed force that also includes dogs and horses.

ANTI-MILK CAMPAIGN'S SPANISH TRANSLATION HITS SOUR NOTE
The group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has long relished controversial ads to spread its message, but in an effort to reach out to Spanish-speaking children, something got lost in the translation-with unintentionally lewd results. A life-size cow has been visiting the nation's middle schools, including some in Orlando, Hialeah and Tampa, passing out playing cards and frozen soy bars. The heifer also totes a translated sign that is supposed to mean "Dump dairy"-but some say "Eche la leche" is slang for something else. The verb "echar" can also mean "to discharge" leading to some unfortunate consequences when combined with the word for milk. "In Spanish, milk can also mean sperm, and well, you can imagine," said Hialeah's Palm Springs Middle School Principal Manny Ferrer, who declined to elaborate. PETA officials were surprised by the suggestion. This time, the attention sparked by the campaign was a complete accident, they said. Over the years the campaign's English equivalent has also run into problems in the United States and abroad, prompting headlines such as "Chaos as giant cow protests at school."

SEX WITH CATTLE ALLEGED IN MUSEUM BARN (Canada) - Police have leveled charges of bestiality against a 60-year-old man after a bizarre encounter with two animals at the Canada Agriculture Museum. Staff at the Prince of Wales Drive farm called officers after an employee reportedly observed the man receive oral sex from one cow and one calf at the farm. "His nervous behavior during previous visits had us keep an eye on him and then with what happened we thought it was prudent to call the police," said museum spokesman David Sutin. The alleged acts were carried out in a public petting and observation barn area where cows and horses are held but was not witnessed by any other guests. The suspect has been charged with two counts of bestiality, one count of committing an indecent act and one count of mischief.

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