Headlines for: 09-17-2001

BILLIONAIRES SET UP BOUNTY FOR BIN LADEN LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) – A group of five Los Angeles telecommunications billionaires is taking steps to put a bounty on Osama bin Laden’s head.

TERRORIST ATTACK INCREASES ORDERS FOR CUSTOM EROTICA SAN FRANCISCO (Wireless Flash) – Despite the terrorist attack, a lot of Americans would rather make love than war, according to a publisher of customized erotica novels.

PENNSYLVANIA MAN OFFERS HIS HEAD AS A LIVING BILLBOARD ERIE, Pa. (Wireless Flash) – A Pennsylvania man is offering the use of his head as a human billboard. 24-year-old Brandon Wertz says he’s willing to become a walking

AMERICANS VOWING TO SAVE THE STOCK MARKET KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Wireless Flash) – A Kansas City magazine editor and his lawyer friend are mounting an effort to save the U.S. stock market – 100 shares at a time.

ARAB BACKLASH STRETCHES TO...GUM ARABIC? WASHINGTON, D.C. (Wireless Flash) – The terrorist attacks are leaving a bad taste in the mouths of beer buffs and soda pop drinkers. It seems some consumers have begun to object to an ingredient called

DID CHRIS FARLEY PREDICT TERRORIST ATTACK? CHARLESTON, S.C. (Wireless Flash) – A South Carolina woman claims deceased Saturday Night Live comedian Chris Farley predicted last week’s terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.

ASTRONOMERS WANT TO HONOR TERRORIST VICTIMS WITH ASTEROIDS SOCORRO, N.M. (Wireless Flash) – The victims of last week’s terrorist attacks might be immortalized on asteroids if astronomers and space buffs have their way.

WORLD’S FIRST UFO ABDUCTION OCCURRED 40 YEARS AGO (SEPT. 19) PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (Wireless Flash) – Tomorrow marks an important event in UFO history: The 40th anniversary of the world’s first reported alien abduction.

INTEREST IN ‘OFFICIAL NYC TOILET PAPER’ ON A ROLL VENTNOR CITY, N.J. (Wireless Flash) – Interest in a line of novelty toilet paper which shows New Yorkers don’t take any “sheet” is on a roll following the terrorist attacks in the Big Apple.

FLASH LITES: RIP ‘N’ READ POP CULTURE RECAP KARACHI, Pakistan (Wireless Flash) – Oh what a wicked web we weave: A man in Karachi, Pakistan, has just registered the domain name, osamabinladen.com. The website is still under construction so there’s no word on whether Bin