BBC NEWS | Business | Japanese firm crashes into charts: "A tiny Japanese demolition business has smashed into the country's pop charts with what could mark a new low - or perhaps high - in novelty records.
Japanese music fans have been rushing to buy the company anthem of Nihon Break Kogyo.
Written in a punk music style with lots of shouting, the lyrics declare: 'We will destroy houses! We will destroy bridges! We will destroy buildings!'
The firm released its anthem after being inundated with requests.
The song caught the eye of the nation after being played on a Japanese TV show.
Yokohama-based Nihon Break Kogyo, which employs just 16 full time staff, said it was fed up with the number of people phoning up to ask if they could buy a copy.
Mission accomplished
It said it was getting some 100 phone calls every day.
The company was also inundated with emails, after its website started getting more than one million hits a week. "
Saturday, January 03, 2004
The people round here can't even manage a simple gang shooting properly
The Herald - local: "Nash initially denied wounding King but later told police he accidentally shot him, Burris said. The two teenagers and Nash's brother were traveling in a red sedan on Rauch Street when the other teen walked around the corner of an apartment complex with the shotgun.
Both sides claim the other was the aggressor, Burris said. Nash told police the other teen fired shots at him first, but police didn't find any shotgun shell casings.
As Nash and King stepped out of the car at 3:45 p.m. Wed-nesday, Nash brandished a rifle as King began to cross the street, Burris said. King apparently walked into the path of bullets Nash was trying to fire at the other suspect."
Both sides claim the other was the aggressor, Burris said. Nash told police the other teen fired shots at him first, but police didn't find any shotgun shell casings.
As Nash and King stepped out of the car at 3:45 p.m. Wed-nesday, Nash brandished a rifle as King began to cross the street, Burris said. King apparently walked into the path of bullets Nash was trying to fire at the other suspect."
Wednesday, December 31, 2003
BBC NEWS | England | Merseyside | Gran's heart attack on jet with medics
BBC NEWS | England | Merseyside | Gran's heart attack on jet with medics: "Gran's heart attack on jet with medics
A grandmother who suffered a heart attack on a plane could not have wished for better care.
When the stewardess put out the call: 'Is there a doctor on the plane', 15 cardiologists stood up to help 67-year-old Dorothy Fletcher.
The doctors were en route to Orlando for a heart conference.
Mrs Fletcher, who comes from Liverpool, was on the flight to go to her daughter's wedding in Florida.
'The doctors were wonderful. They saved my life,' she said. "
A grandmother who suffered a heart attack on a plane could not have wished for better care.
When the stewardess put out the call: 'Is there a doctor on the plane', 15 cardiologists stood up to help 67-year-old Dorothy Fletcher.
The doctors were en route to Orlando for a heart conference.
Mrs Fletcher, who comes from Liverpool, was on the flight to go to her daughter's wedding in Florida.
'The doctors were wonderful. They saved my life,' she said. "
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