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August 4, 2002

OK, GIVE IT UP! A man snatched two diamonds and a 16-inch, diamond-studded, gold necklace from a Boca Raton, Fla., jewelry store, but police were unable to find the loot after they chased down his car and arrested him. Then he started feeling ill.
He was rushed to the hospital where an X-ray showed the stolen goods in his stomach and intestines. The jewelry was recovered through the passage of time.

SO IT'S REALLY JUST A RITE OF PASSAGE: When a 40-year-old female seventh-grade teacher was convicted of having sex with one of her 13-year-old students, a New Jersey judge caused a furor when he sentenced her to probation saying that the relationship may merely have been a way for the lad to "satisfy his sexual needs."
The judge was reassigned, and the woman will be re-sentenced by another judge.

AS YE REAP SO SHALL YE SOW: Tall and healthy marijuana plants have been discovered growing on the banks of the sewage treatment ponds in Rexburg, Idaho. Officials said this is because someone flushed marijuana seeds down the toilet.

HE DIDN'T SAY WHAT KIND OF COMPETITION: A Pennsylvania coach took his teen-age cheerleaders to an international competition in London, even though he knew they would not be competing.  
Once there, he got drunk with them and had sex with several of them. He has been convicted of various charges.

QUICK, CALL THE KEYSTONE COPS! In a scene reminiscent of a circus extravaganza, a gang of armed clowns robbed a bar in Manchester, England, and fled in a van with police in hot pursuit, then got involved in three accidents before finally getting away.

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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