Headlines for: 11-22-2001

HARRY POTTER CHARACTER INCREASING CURSING CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Wireless Flash) – Harry Potter’s friend, Ron Weasley, has some etiquette instructors screaming bloody murder. Anne Colvin Winters of the National League of Junior Cotillions fears kids

THE SKINNY ON THIS YEAR’S SHOPPING MALL SANTAS CHICAGO (Wireless Flash) – The average shopping mall Santa carries a lot of weight this time of year – 218 pounds to be exact. That’s the skinny from General Growth Properties, which has

CHRISTMAS TREE COSTS VARY BY LOCATION WAUTOMA, Wis. (Wireless Flash) – Stumped over why Christmas trees cost so much? The answer may be “location, location, location.” That’s according to Bruce Neidermeir, a tree grower in Wautoma,

WITCH HIGH PRIEST: ‘J.K. ROWLING IS EXPLOITING MY RELIGION’ HASTINGS, England (Wireless Flash) – Witches are bubbling mad over the glut of Harry Potter merchandise flooding toy stores. Kevin Carlyon, who is the head of all British white witches, claims author

HAVE A RED, WHITE AND BLUE CHRISTMAS LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) – Red, white and blue Christmas decorations are in vogue this year and that’s a good thing for Jewish folks. According to Debi Staron, one half of the holiday decorating team “Dr.

WORKING STIFFS: PHONY CORPSES STEAL THE SHOW ON ‘CROSSING JORDAN’ LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) – Talk about working stiffs: Actor Steve Valentine spends his days acting opposite extras dressed as dead bodies on the medical crime drama Crossing Jordan.

FLASH LITES: RIP ‘N’ READ POP CULTURE RECAP BOCA RATON, Fla. (Wireless Flash) – Hot coffee was the weapon of choice for a robber who recently held up a Dunkin Donuts in south Florida. The man hurled the hot coffee at the clerk before snatching cash from the drawer and