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In Erie, Penn., a man removed a 6- by 10-foot chunk of ice from the side of his house. He chipped it off, and it fell on him. Firefighters freed him after chipping away at the ice block.

The airport authority received 8,700 noise complaints last year. What became clear is that most of the calls came from a single person. The Washington Post says the unnamed person called 6,500 times.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission wants to seize a 6-foot-long pet reptile — they say he's just too big. But he isn't a normal alligator says his owner, Mary Thorn of Lakeland, Fla.

Nico, 6, was on a walk with his family, when his younger brother chucked his favorite toy over the guard rail and down onto a canal. A group that cares for the canal retrieved the stuffed animal.

San Francisco standup comic and performance artist MARGA GOMEZ. In "Memory Tricks," Gomez talks about her mother, who worked as an exotic dancer. Her mother now suffers from Alzheimer's disease. (Rebroadcast. Originally aired 4/15/93.) GOMEZ is currently performing "Memory Tricks" at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland. She take the show to Marin, California (Nov. 5 & 6) and to Eugene, Oregon (Nov. 11 & 12).

Singer, Songwriter, guitarist FREEDY JOHNSTON. (yes, it's "Freedy") He has five albums to his credit. His latest album is called "This Perfect World." His previous albums have garnered him much acclaim among music critics. One critic wrote, "the strongest album by a new male singer-songwriter in at least a decade." What's he sound like? His songs have been described as "post-punk honky-tonk. . . performed by a lonely, heartbroken wiseass." (Rebroadcast. Originally aired 6/

Jazz singer/songwriter, ABBY LINCOLN. Her new record is "Devil's Got Your Tounge" (Verve). Once married to legendary jazz drummer Max Roach, she's made her mark on jazz for almost 40 years, singing with giants like Benny Carter, Sonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins. Lincoln has been hailed by one critic as the "Last Great Diva", and says herself that she sings in the tradition of Sarah Vaughan, Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday. (Rebroadcast from 6

35 years ago - the then 6 year old Ruby Bridges went to her first day of public school - only to be met by a mob of whites who didn't want a little black girl coming to their school. But, despite rigorous protests, Louisiana schools were under court order to integrate and so Ruby Bridges, escorted by federal marshalls, continued first grade at the Frantz School in New Orleans all by herself. The only other person Ruby saw througout most of her first year was her teacher - Barbara Henry. Daniel talks with Ruby Bridges-Hall and Barbara Henry about their recollections of those historic, precedent setting times.

Zahab Kamal Khan stopped cutting her hair when she was 13 years old. And 17 years later, she's set a Guinness World Record with her locks reaching over 6 feet long.

Right now in Texas, more than 6 million people are under flash flood alerts.