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September 23, 2001

I NEEDS TA BE WITH MY HOMEYS: Kenyata Reid, 22, defiantly blasted his car stereo in front of a policeman in Painesville, Ohio, just to be cool. He was arrested. In an unusual move, the judge sentenced young Kenyata to three hours of silence. A park ranger dropped him off deep in the woods northeast of Cleveland, and left him there by himself to contemplate solitude. The inner-city kid didn't like it at all. 
After being picked up, he said, "I thought I was never going to get out of there."

BAD DOG, BAAAAD DOG: The antics of a shar-pei named Pugsy brought its owner a world of grief. An animal control officer in Victoria, British Columbia, responding to the complaint about the unruly dog, smelled marijuana coming out of a vent in the house where he lived. 
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police raided the place and found 154 marijuana plants growing in the basement.

DO I HEAR MOZART? So many passengers have tried to commit suicide in the subways of Calcutta, that authorities have taken steps to sooth their nerves. 
Classical music is now being played in the subway stations.

AND SHE KNOWS 'EM ALL: Katherine Fettig is retiring as postmaster of tiny Orrin, N.D., and she is probably taking the post office with her. She is planning to sell her house. The post office is in her garage. But it won't create that big a problem. 
Only seven box-holders get their mail in Orrin.

WE REALLY MEAN BUSINESS: Police in Le Mars, Iowa, will be taking drastic steps in response to the noisy bird problem in residential areas. The cops used to chase the winged creatures away, but they simply moved to other neighborhoods and continued the ruckus there. 
From now on, they will shoot to kill.

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