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Jockstrip: The world as we know it

By ALEX CUKAN, United Press International
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SUBWAY SLASHER CRIES FOR MAMA

A 32-year-old New York City man convicted of slashing a woman's face to the bone cried for his mother as he was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

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"I didn't do this crime! Maaaaaaamaaaa!" cried Edwin Santiago as he was cuffed and led out of Manhattan Supreme Court.

A city schoolteacher, Yael Leopold, 22, had been waiting at the city hall subway station when Santiago asked if she was "working' as a prostitute. She says she laughed off the question.

Santiago then slashed her four times, almost hitting her eye.

My life is forever changed," she tells the New York Post. "I will never forget what happened to me, and it will never leave my mind."


EVER SEE A SHOPPING CART CLEANED?

Shopping cart handles and seats tested in Oklahoma City, registered 110 million, 128 million and 264 million bacteria.

KOCO-TV in Oklahoma City tested several shopping carts at grocery, discount and toy stores.

Dr. Walter Seideman, of OK Labs, says the figures should be alarming to shoppers.

"That's very high," Seideman tells KOCO-TV. "That means it's not been cleaned or sanitized for some time, and that's going to get on your hands."

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Using an anti-bacterial wipe once on the cart, the high bacteria count quickly disappeared, according to Seideman.


GRANNY HANDCUFFED, SEARCHED, JAILED

Police officers arresting, handcuffing and hauling 97-year-old Dolly Kelton to jail has made the Texas resident famous.

Highland Park police officers put Kelton behind bars last week because there had been a warrant for her arrest on charges she failed to pay a traffic ticket.

Since then, the Highland Park police policy of making every arrest strictly by the book has been questioned. Kelton says she was treated nicely but she thought the handcuffs, search and fingerprints were unnecessary, the Dallas Morning News reports.

"The whole thing is pretty ridiculous," she says. "I think they should use judgment. Each case is different."


CHARITIES SCAMMED BY E-MAIL

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle is warning non-profit groups about an e-mail scam using its name.

The World Land Trust in Halesworth, England, received an e-mail saying the Gates Foundation wanted to consider it for its direct-impact grant program, the Chronicle of Philanthropy reports.

The e-mail scam asked for financial statements, "all the sorts of things that a genuine fund-giving body asks a charity," according to John A. Burton, the trust's chief executive officer.

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Burton says the shoe dropped when he was told the foundation was awarding him $5 million, he had had no direct contact with anyone in Seattle and he was asked to deposit $10,000 in an online bank.

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