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March 25, 2001

TEACHER'S PET: A young woman who was teaching at a Philadelphia elementary school took a 13-year-old pupil out to her car in the deserted parking lot after school where one thing led to another, police say. 
She was arrested for performing an adult act with the lad while his pal, aged 14, watched. 
She has been suspended from teaching for the time being.

WE JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU, MA'AM: Four years ago last winter, a young, upscale couple dropping off Christmas presents at her cousins' apartment were confronted on a New York city street by a robber who demanded money and then shot the husband in the head. 
It was written off as a senseless act of violence until the 26-year-old widow married an ex-convict two months later and moved with him to Conyers, Ga. 
There's more. The cops say that the cousins had told the woman that they would be out of town that day and also that the woman was having an affair with the then-future husband. The widow had also said that the gunman was masked, but a witness later swore that he wasn't, and identified him from a photo as the ex-con. 
The couple has been indicted.

PUTT, PUTT, PUTT, PUTT, PUTT, AIEEEEE! A gardener was on his riding mower cutting a lawn near an 18-foot cliff when he lost track of exactly where the edge was, and plunged into the Parramatta River. 
He is OK.

WILD THING! YOU MAKE MY EARS RING! While attending the evening show at The Peek-A-Boo Lounge in Lake Worth, Fla., patron of the arts Jonathan Fisher was persuaded to come up on stage by scantily clad dancer "Sana Fey," who promptly wrapped her legs around his head and squeezed. 
Fisher claims that, ever since the friendly gesture, his ears have been ringing due to tinnitus. He says the condition was brought on by the leg-lock. 
He has filed a lawsuit.

CONGRATULATIONS! KA-BLAM! A couple in Stupava, Slovakia, decided, for some reason, that their wedding should feature an American cowboy theme, which climaxed with the celebratory firing of pistols by well-wishers. 
Alas, one bullet hit the bride in her ankle. She is OK.

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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