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May 20, 2001

POOKUMS, WE'VE GOT TO TALK: A 32-year-old middle school teacher in Amesbury, Mass., was accused of having a romantic relationship with a 14-year-old student, and was ordered to cease all contact with him. Two weeks later, she was caught talking to him on the phone. 
She was jailed.

DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME: After a day of heavy drinking with his friends, Todd Poller, 45, a "well-known character" in Viburnum, Mo., grabbed a five-inch perch from a stream, yelled, "Hey, watch this," and swallowed it whole. 
The fish lodged in his throat, choking him to death.

POLLY WANTS SOME COMPANY, AWWWWWK! An Australian parrot in Manchester, England, inadvertently phoned the police, knocking the receiver off the hook and dialing 999, the emergency number there, with its claw. The cops rushed to the scene only to find the cockatiel standing on the push-button telephone. 
Superintendent Martin Harding said, "It is not unusual to receive silent 999 calls, but this is the first time we have been called by a parrot."

HEY, I'M THE VICTIM HERE! A man called the cops in Slidell, La., and told them he had been robbed of $2,250. But he failed to mention that he was trying to buy crack cocaine with the money and was ripped off. 
The police caught the robber, but arrested the other guy too when they found out about the drug deal.

A MAN SCORNED: A 53-year-old Wisconsin man, apparently jealous that his ex-girlfriend married another man, strangled her to death on her wedding night. A few hours after the ceremony, the new bride, 38, apparently had a lover's quarrel with her groom which ended when police came and locked her up. She was murdered shortly after she was released from jail. 
The ex-boyfriend has been convicted.

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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