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December 10, 2000

RIGHT ON! KEEP EXPRESSING YOURSELF, BABY! Inside the glass-walled  'VoyeurBus,' which sped through the streets of New York City last month, were two lovely young ladies, naked from the waist up, dancing and blowing kisses to passers-by. The bus was seized and the two women arrested. Now, they are suing the city for $20 million for violating their right to free expression. Shivering on the steps of the Manhattan courthouse, they spoke to the press, this time wearing long black leather coats over black bras and panties. 
One of them, Acquilla Withrock, 21, said she came to New York from Tampa, Fla.,  'to have fun, to promote my First Amendment rights.'

OK, SO MAYBE I WAS EXAGGERATING: Two men were charged with murder after one of them bragged that they shot Paul Higgs to death during an argument in Doniphan, Mo., and buried him in the Mark Twain National Forest. 
But the charges against Adam Wuesthoff, 17, and Karl Wright, 20, had to be dismissed when Higgs turned up in Arkansas very much alive.

BUNNIES, BUNNIES EVERYWHERE: The story circulating around Anchorage, Alaska, is that a family that moved away a few years ago turned their pet rabbits loose before they left, because it was too much trouble to bring them along. Since then, the bunnies have been doing what comes naturally, and reproducing at a fantastic rate. As a result, virtually every neighborhood in the city is now overrun with thousands of bunny rabbits that ravage vegetable gardens every summer and a pose a tremendous general nuisance. 
City officials have been asked to do something about it.

I DIDN'T HEAR 'EXCUSE ME': As Lambert Taylor made his way to the dance floor at Molly's Place in Rochester, N.Y., he bumped into another man, spilling a drink on him. Moments later, as Lambert, 21, was dancing with a woman, the man came up and shot him in the head, killing him. 
It was the second shooting at Molly's in the past six weeks, and officials are considering shutting it down.

HEY, I HAD TO GO UNDER COVER: An online Hong Kong newspaper launched an "investigative report" of the sex trade, which featured video of a naked "journalist" engaging the professional services of a prostitute. The "story", posted on the internet via HKCyber, resembled the plot of a pornographic movie. 
Lawmakers in Hong Kong have threatened to push for more control over images on the internet.

Mike Pingree writes another Looking Glass column in the Boston Sunday Herald. You can read it by clicking here:
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists.html

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