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December 17, 2000

YOU WANT COOKIES WITH THAT? A woman in Urbana, Ill., refused to stop breast-feeding her son, even though he was five years old. The situation came to the attention of authorities when a babysitter said the boy told her, "mommy wouldn't let me" stop nursing. 
A judge immediately removed the boy from the self-described "old-fashioned German mother," citing an "enormous potential for harm to this child."

OH, IIIII LOVE A PARADE: As the town of Wells, Maine, held it's annual Christmas parade, police said an extremely drunk driver mistakenly joined the procession. Scott Salisbury, 50, whose blood alcohol level, police said, was later measured at more than four times the legal limit, ran out of booze, so he bought some more at a convenience store. He was waiting in the parking lot for the parade to pass by. When he thought it had, he pulled out onto the road, and blithely drove along amidst floats and marchers. 
He was arrested by Police Chief Leslie Richard Connelly who had been leading the parade.

HAMMING IT UP: Firefighters in Myrtle Beach, S.C., needed to raise $8,000 to buy a new computerized fire truck, so they held a Ham Rubbing at a local night club. A Ham Rubbing - in case you don't know - is a rather steamy affair in which naked women dance on stage while their breasts are rubbed with a ham. 
The event brought in $2,400. But when city officials learned the details of the event, they thought it most inappropriate, and made the firemen give the money back.

YEAH, PULL OVER HERE! After being chased down the highway at high speed by sheriff's deputies in Fort Pierce, Fla., two car thieves stopped their stolen vehicle, jumped out and ran into the woods in the vicinity of a nudist colony. It was dark, so the deputies used the infrared cameras and floodlights to track them down, but they were warned not to be surprised if they came across naked - but law-abiding - people during the course of their pursuit. Unfortunately, they saw no nudity. 
They did catch one of the thieves, but the other one got away.

THIS IS SO ROMA ... AIEEEE! Two young lovers, Tracy Hunt and Claudio Celestino, took a romantic midnight swim in South Africa's Lake St. Lucia, despite signs warning about dangerous wildlife. Suddenly, she screamed and went under. 
She was eaten by a crocodile.

Mike Pingree writes another Looking Glass column in the Boston Sunday Herald. You can read it by clicking here:
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