Bill Hoffmann
The Archive
LANCE'S MARRIAGE AT THE FINISH LINE
September 5, 2003 | 4:00amMiracle man Lance Armstrong - who beat cancer to win the Tour de France five times straight - is divorcing his wife of five years, only months after reports surfaced...
MORNING SICKNESS IS PART MENTAL: DOCS
September 5, 2003 | 4:00amMorning sickness may be as much a state of mind as it is a physical condition, a new study says. Scientists found pregnant women who vomit and feel nauseous also...
EXEC MUG $HOT - COMMON-CRIMINAL TREATMENT FOR EBBERS
September 4, 2003 | 4:00amOh, how the mighty have fallen! Here's Bernie Ebbers, the former high-flying chief executive of WorldCom, looking tired and defeated as he gets his mug shot snapped at the Oklahoma...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 4, 2003 | 4:00amShopping for food at the Vol Market in Knoxville, Tenn., can be a daunting experience - because the cashiers wear holstered handguns on their hips. But owner Alan Frye insists...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 3, 2003 | 4:00amLonnie Boyd was knocked unconscious, his hair burned off and his hearing and heart damaged when he was struck by lightning - and now he's paying tribute to his near-death...
SAD THOUGHT IS SICKENING: STUDY
September 3, 2003 | 4:00amLook at the bright side of things - it's better for your health. That's the word from University of Wisconsin in Madison researchers who asked 52 subjects to recall one...
U.S. DOUGH 'BOYS' - DELL TOPS THE YOUNG & THE RICHEST
September 3, 2003 | 4:00amFortune has named the 10 richest Americans under the age of 40 - and once again, 38-year- old Dell founder Michael Dell tops the list, with a staggering $17 billion....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amAn actor in a Portland, Ore., production of "King Henry VI" was busted five minutes before the curtain went up for allegedly menacing a cop with his prop sword. After...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 1, 2003 | 4:00amAn Indiana municipal worker drove 75 miles with his dad's corpse in the car after the old man passed away on vacation. Cops say Calumet City Personnel Director Tom Schab...
CONCERT FANATICS SEDUCED BY BRUCE
September 1, 2003 | 4:00amMeet the rabid Bruce Springsteen fans who were born to run to as many of The Boss' concerts as possible. For starters, there's Joe Zappulla, who has seen his hard-rockin'...
MADONNA'S 2 KINKY KISSES - SMOOCHES WITH BRITNEY AND CHRISTINA
August 29, 2003 | 4:00amThe MTV Video Music Awards turned into a red-hot, all-girl smooch-fest last night as Madonna, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera performed a raunchy, bump-and-grind dance routine that ended in explicit,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 29, 2003 | 4:00amMissouri's rivers have been invaded by crazy carp that jump into boats and attack fisherman. One state biologist boating near Columbia had a filling knocked from a tooth by a...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amAn Illinois mom has pleaded guilty to assault for punching, kicking and scratching a male stripper who failed to meet expectations at her daughter's bachelorette party. Jacqueline McMahon, 52, of...
LEONARDO MASTER-FLEECE
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amFour brazen thieves barged into a Scottish castle yesterday morning and snatched one of Leonardo da Vinci's most famous works, which was worth $48 million. The crooks, posing as tourists,...
CAMERON NO. 1$HINING $TAR
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amCameron Diaz has been named the highest-paid actress in Hollywood - raking in an astounding $41 million in the year 2001 alone. That's the word from "The Guinness Book of...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 27, 2003 | 4:00amIt was gross-out time in New Jersey last week when dozens of daredevils lined up at Rutgers University to participate in a cricket-spitting contest. Contestants had to put brown crickets...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 26, 2003 | 4:00amA Kansas meat-lover has made history by being the first person to eat a hamburger in each of the state's 105 counties. It took Bill Bunyan three years to complete...
BLIND MAN'S MIRACLE - STEM-CELL TRANSPLANT GIVES HIM SIGHT BACK
August 26, 2003 | 4:00amA 47-year-old man who was blinded at the age of 3 can see again, thanks to a revolutionary stem-cell transplant operation. Mike May - who feared he would live in...
BLIND MAN'S MIRACLE: STEM-CELL TRANSPLANT GIVES HIM SIGHT BACK
August 26, 2003 | 4:00amA 47-year-old man who was blinded at the age of 3 can see again, thanks to a revolutionary stem-cell transplant operation. Mike May - who feared he would live in...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amTalk about a car pool! Ninety-year-old Mary Martin accidentally hit the gas and drove her Olds into the pool at the Palma Sola Shores retirement community in Manatee, Fla. Robert...