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March 10, 2002     

HOLD IT RIGHT THERE, PUNK! Someone was stealing money from the change machine at the Espresso Wash coin-operated laundry in Hermosa Beach, Calif., so the owner, a retired policeman, hid himself and watched and waited ... and waited.     
He sat on a stool out of sight in a small space by the water heater with his eyes on the change machine for 14 hours.     
Finally, a bum came in, slipped a $20 bill into the machine and yanked it out as the quarters tumbled. The owner jumped out and nabbed him.     
The guy frantically offered to give the money back, but to no avail.     

ON SECOND THOUGHT ... : A prison inmate in Agassiz, British Columbia, now feels he was too hasty when he had a large tattoo of a swastika emblazoned on his stomach.     
He has since decided that he is not a white supremacist after all, and will have the tattoo removed - at taxpayer expense. The cost: $4,088.     

SO WE WERE RIGHT AFTER ALL: An Oklahoma man took an AIDS test and was told erroneously that he was infected with HIV. He said that, as a result, he became depressed, drank heavily and had unprotected sex with many questionable people for the next four years.    
By the time he was informed of the mistake, he really had contracted HIV. He sued and won $1.4 million.    

 I GOT YOUR 'LOVE ZONE' RIGHT HERE: Young lovers in Calcutta, India, are tired of being harassed by police for smooching and holding hands in public. They will hold a "kiss and hug" protest later this month outside the mayor's office in hopes of being granted a "love zone" free of inquisitive policemen.     
It is unlikely that their request will be granted.     

ACH, ZAT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES: A man won the "most original costume" prize at a carnival in Gehren, Germany. He wore an Adolf Hitler mask.

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