Edinburgh, Scotland -- Blondes better have more fun as quick as they can. According to BBC News, some German scientists believe natural blondes will die out within 200 years, mainly because its a recessive trait and all the blonde men seem to prefer bottle blondes.

BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- Some football players care more about scoring on the field than with strippers. Recently, the members of the Bridgewater-Raynham high school football team in Massachusetts had a chance to watch a strip tease at a pre-game party but the boys refused because, as one player put it, "This is football, we don't do that kind of thing."

PALOS HILLS, Ill. -- "Take down that American flag, it's making too much noise!" That's the complaint of some residents in a suburb just outside of the "Windy City," Chicago, who are bothered by a neighbor's patriotic display because of the noise the flags make flapping in the wind. But widow June Revak Anderson says the flags are a comfort to her and she won't take them down.

GENEVA, Switzerland -- The U.N. reinforced its ban on "dwarf throwing" by rejecting the plea of a dwarf stuntman who argued his case to have the sport reinstated. The tiny man's argument was that the court ban was discriminatory and deprived him the job of being tossed for money. The court said the ban was necessary to protect "human dignity."

BERLIN -- A German television network claims it has uncovered photographic evidence that Saddam Hussein uses at least three impersonators to replace him at official appearances. ZDF public television says it performed facial recognition technology on 450 photographs of Hussein and further determined Hussein's doubles also had plastic surgery to look more like him and they also have mastered his gestures to mimic Saddam.

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