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Erotic posters are set to disappear from Riga airport after the Latvian transport minister asked that they be taken down to avoid giving the wrong image of the Baltic state.

Knight Ridder Newspapers Sept. 6, 2005 05:00 PM Newsweek has uncovered the man in red and blue, the man of steel, the man who has a thing for phone booths.2.7

Kristen Bell isn't nominated for an Emmy this year, but she could end up winning something at the awards anyway.2.7

The walkout by more than 18,000 airplane assembly workers at Boeing Co. presents new CEO James McNerney with a tough test in his first months on the job, even though analysts say he isn't likely to intervene ...1.3

HMCS Ville de Quebec sails up the harbour as troops depart Halifax, Nova Scotia, Tuesday, Sept.1.3

A big winner in the gardening competitions at the Champlain Valley Fair were the vegetables and flowers grown by inmates from the Northwest State Correctional Facility in St.2.7

A few kids decided to do their part to raise money for Hurricane Katrina victims, but they never expected this.3.1

Local businesses donated everything to make a special day for one evacuee couple.3.1

Researchers look at what women goes on in a woman's brain during sex. New Brunswick, NJ -- Researchers at Rutgers University have an interesting job.1.6

Sugar the mule was anything but sweet. She bit her owner, kicked him and dragged him around his corral.3.3

Beijing: Prime Minister Tony Blair scored a goal against the Chinese on Tuesday, but only at his sixth attempt.2.7

Crocus, a 2-foot pet alligator escaped from his backyard enclosure, but was captured by a girl who used what she learned on a nature TV program.Nicki Hilliard and several friends saw the animal swimming in the ...1.8

Did someone pull the plug again? Little more than a year after it practically disappeared overnight, Lake Chesterfield is dwindling again.2.7

Bob Denver, whose portrayal of goofy first mate Gilligan on the 1960s television show "Gilligan's Island" made him an iconic figure to generations of TV viewers, has died, his agent confirmed Tuesday.2.9

Rolla Zuck still drives a car and bowls in the 150s. Not bad for a 99-year-old. The Waterford resident turns 100 on Sept.3.1

People in Britain are more likely to discriminate against you because of your age than the colour of your skin or your gender, new research showed on Tuesday.1.6

The Army has been cleaning up portions of the former Butner training grounds in recent years after the discoveries of several live shells.3.1

Linda Helser The Arizona Republic Sept. 6, 2005 12:00 AM Retired pro wrestler Leslie Puig is no ... The hardest part was learning to drive it with one hand, because I'm constantly having to wave back at people with the other one," the 45-year-old from central Phoenix said.2.9

Erotic posters are set to disappear from Riga airport after the Latvian transport minister asked that they be taken down to avoid giving the wrong image of the Baltic state.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia) - A Malaysian man was about to jump to his death from a highway overpass but changed his mind when told that his pet dog was dying, a news report said Monday.

Alicia Caldwell Denver Post Sept. 6, 2005 08:41 AM Buena Vista, Colo. - The meticulously crafted saddles are hand-stamped and custom-worked and come out of a shop in the Colorado mountains.2.7

Nine skiers riding in alpine cable cars in Austria were killed when a freight helicopter dropped a 1-ton slab of concrete onto the cars from above.1.3

Sgt. Julie Robertson doesn't mind being called Mom by some of the guys in her National Guard unit.2.7

POTHARAM, Thailand) - Inside a dark room, realistic-looking "human body parts" are stacked on shelves and hanging on meat hooks.1.3

David Tirrell-Wysock Associated Press Sept. 6, 2005 12:00 AM CONCORD, N.H. - The small coin is worth much more than its weight in gold.2.9

A worker survived being shocked by 2,000 volts of electricity for about 30 seconds.5.5

TOKYO - Oxidized copper is prized in Japan as a natural paint pigment for its unique tint of bluish green.3.1

It's enough to make you loose your sweet tooth. German agents designed an exploding chocolate bar during World War Two.2.7

Poisonous and ugly, Australia's cane toads are also suckers for nightlife. Researchers looking for ways to eradicate the toxic toads, introduced from Hawaii in 1935 and now an environmental menace, have found a ...3.1

Even a freight train rumbling over a Russian man's head failed to spoil his peaceful slumber between the tracks, Interfax news agency reported Monday.2.7

It tugged at the heartstrings, prompting an outpouring from around the country of people on the hunt for both the boy and his dog Snowball in hopes of a reunion.1.9

The General Wayne Inn in suburban Philadelphia is a historic and supposedly haunted building.2.7

With an oink oink here and an oink oink there, four weaner pigs seemed to have scared seagulls away from a duck hunting club.4.7

Hong Kong's government has urged the Walt Disney Company to consider cutting the maximum number of people allowed into its new theme park after visitors complained of long queues at a trial opening over the ...3.2

Today is Tuesday, Sept. 6, the 249th day of 2005. There are 116 days left in the year.3.7