You may have heard about when Barry Bonds was hit in the head by a foul ball during batting practice back on May 3rd, and some said that it was Babe Ruth reaching down to smite him? Giants radio announcer Dave Flemming laughed that one off, but he’s not laughing now. Flemming was in the midst of calling Bonds’ 715th homer on Sunday — the ball had just left Barry’s bat — when his microphone went dead. It was “The Shot Heard ‘Round The Booth And Nowhere Else”; all KNBR-680 listeners got was crowd noise. “All I can say is (the microphone) worked during pre-game,” KNBR program director Lee Hammer said. “It worked for four innings. It worked until the ball got to about second base. I wish I knew what happened.”

Duane Kuiper’s description on the television broadcast for Fox Sports Net will now be the only call of record. “I think it’s the last gasp of the curse of the Bambino,” said Flemming, who didn’t believe in the curse. “Now, I’m starting to re-think my whole world.”

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LINCOLN, Neb. - A judge’s decision to sentence a 5-foot-1 man to probation instead of prison for sexually assaulting a child has angered crime victim advocates who say the punishment sends the wrong message.

But supporters of short people say it’s about time someone recognizes the unique challenges they face.

Cheyenne County District Judge Kristine Cecava issued the sentence Tuesday. She told Richard W. Thompson that his crimes deserved a long prison sentence but that he was too small to survive in a state prison.

Though he could have been sentenced to 10 years behind bars, he ended up with 10 years of probation instead. On Thursday, the state’s attorney general, Jon Bruning, promised to appeal within two weeks, calling the sentence far too lenient.

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GASTONIA, N.C. — Eyebrows are being raised because of a new sign along Highway 74 and a pagan group’s promise to keep the road clean.

The Silvermoon Pagan Wicca Group, through the state’s Adopt-A-Highway program, recently sponsored the stretch of road in Gastonia. At the head of the group is Kym Miller, a self-proclaimed witch who owns the Witch’s Brew Café in Lincolnton.

“We want to be community-minded and active in the area, and we wanted to do something to help keep the area clean,” Miller said Thursday.

But many Gastonia residents have their objections.

“I’m not for it if it’s got anything to do with witchcraft,” resident Mildred Bumgardner said.

Resident Cody Sams said, “They should change the name or something.”

Miller insists that her group does nothing more than cast spells and experiment with herbal magic.

“We don’t worship the devil, we don’t believe in the devil,” she said. “We’re not Satanists.”

Miller said she has been receiving death threats since her café opened last summer, but she hopes the highway adoption can prove to people that her group wants to make a positive impact on the community. She said it also intends to adopt another highway in the near future.

“So that they realize that we’re not evil people doing evil things,” she said.

Bumgardner doesn’t buy it.

“They’re just trying to get into our communities with that type of thing,” she said.

The North Carolina Department of Transportation said it has not received any written complaints about the Silvermoon sign. Officials said it’s unfair to discriminate against any group that wants to adopt a highway.

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Vivian Wheeler of Wood River, Illinois, USA, grew a full beard after the death of her mother in 1990. The longest strand from the follicle to the tip of hair was measured at 27.9 cm (11 in) in 2000.
As a small child growing up, Vivian was always made to feel different. Her father insisted she started shaving at the age of 7 but this failed to stop the taunts. It was only after four marriages and her mother’s death in 1993 that she finally stopped trimming back the facial growth and let her beard grow.

She prefers to tie the beard up, which allows her to continue with her day-to-day routines. Currently the mother-of-three has joined a touring curiosity show based in Illinois and feels much happier with her life. She said: “It really helped to have a Guinness World Record… it showed me I could be proud of being me. It made me feel like I had a chance in society.”

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DALLAS (May 16) - After helping Dallas win two straight playoff games by sinking clutch free throws, Dirk Nowitzki divulged Tuesday the secret to his success.

“You just try to relax,” he said. “There are a lot of things going through your mind. I try to sing sometimes to kind of take the pressure off.”

It must be one impressive tune considering Nowitzki made two foul shots with 7.9 seconds left for the tying and winning points in Game 3 against San Antonio, then forced overtime by making two free throws with 8.5 seconds left in regulation of Game 4.

Smiling wide and laughing loud, he said the song was David Hasselhoff’s “Looking For Freedom,” a big hit when he was a kid in Germany.

Hopefully you’ll remember Wrestling for Jesus which was featured a short time back.

Well, here’s two more Christian wrestling associations:

Meet Dave “Big Dogg” Bowzer. His signature move is the Hind Leg Kick.

Big Dogg is a member of the Ultimate Christian Wrestling league.

And what about the Christian Wrestling Federation? Well they have Father Time.

R. Garth of Athens proposes and protests at a traditional marriage rally where Roy Moore spoke Saturday, May 6, 2006.

ATHENS — Gubernatorial candidate and former Chief Justice Roy Moore received a marriage proposal in Athens on Saturday.

Moore, often called the Ten Commandments Judge, didn’t acknowledge the “Marry Me Roy” sign that R. Garth of Athens held up at the traditional marriage rally on the Limestone County Courthouse lawn.

Nor did Moore speak as he walked by Garth, who silently held his sign and shook a rose at Moore until the red petals fell.

Garth, whose sign stated on the back that “You can’t ban love,” said he is not gay, but knows and loves those who are.

“Everybody at the rally knows somebody who is gay,” he said. “You can’t legislate against it more than they already have.”

Ryan Amptmeyer held up a neon green sign that proclaimed “Jesus loves immigrants.”

Amptmeyer distributed a handwritten flier that said, “Don’t persecute good people in the name of our Savior. Would Jesus hate the Mexicans?”

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