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Huge toenail bill prompts lawsuit Patient challenges $1,133 hospital charge to check for fungus The Associated Press Updated: 3:38 p.m. ET Sept. 9, 2005 SEATTLE - A lawsuit challenging a hospital’s $1,133 bill to clip a toenail and run tests has been certified as a class action that could include other patients charged similar fees by the hospital. Lori Mill is challenging a $418 fee included in the bill for “miscellaneous hospital charges” because she had her toenail clipped to check for fungus at Virginia Mason Medical Center’s downtown complex rather than at one of its other clinics.

Florida Police Search for Naked Tickler Fri Jul 22, 8:35 AM ET NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. - Police are on the lookout for the naked tickler. Investigators said they believe one man could be responsible for a series of bizarre break-ins in which a naked man enters victims' rooms while they are sleeping and tries to tickle their feet. The naked tickler struck again in New Smyrna Beach over the weekend. Investigators have been working on five similar, unsolved cases since 2001. Most of the victims are women over age 60, said police Cmdr. Wade Kirby. Kirby said no arrests...

What do your toes say about you?

Toe-licking could become a criminal offense in the Netherlands after a man who licked the toes of several women was released by police without charges. The toe-licker, whose name was not released, was arrested in Rotterdam earlier this week after a woman who had been sunbathing said he unexpectedly licked her bare foot.