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September 9, 2001

NOW HE'S REALLY MAD: A man was driving behind a woman who stopped abruptly to avoid running over an opossum in Mount Pleasant Township, Pa. Angered by her sudden stop, the man pulled up beside her, got out and started screaming at her. 
During his tirade, another car came along and ran him down. He was hospitalized.

DID YOU HEAR THUNDER? FZZZTTTT! A bolt of lightning struck Melham Lake in Broken Bow, Neb., and killed some 3,000 fish. 
The lake will be restocked in the fall.

A RATHER EXTREME SOLUTION: A young San Francisco man married his pregnant girlfriend, but did not have the means to provide a home for them both, so she had to live with her parents and he with his. 
Police said he solved the housing problem by contracting some men to kill his parents, hence making their place available. He is currently residing in the city jail.

A LITTLE FAMILY ENTERPRISE: Two women were arrested with their husbands for running a prostitution operation out of a motel in Merrimack, N.H., in which the wives shared their charms with men for money. But the charges were dropped when none of the witnesses showed up to testify. 
They were then allowed to take their belongings that police had confiscated: Suitcases full of lingerie, red vinyl hot pants, knee-high black boots and whips.

TRY MAKING THE CASE NOW, COPPER: A New Hampshire teacher was arrested for secretly videotaping students as they changed their clothes at Nashua Catholic Regional Junior High School. The only reason the cops had a case is that he admitted everything, adding that he had thrown the videotapes away. 
Last month, the judge threw out the confession because the man had not been advised of his rights.

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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