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November 22, 2002

NOTHING TO BE AFRAID OF ... OUCH! A 21-year-old Yacolt, Wash., man thought he would impress his friends by holding his two-foot-long pet rattlesnake behind the head and kissing it on the mouth.   
He wasn't harmed, so, despite his friends' objections, he did it again. This time, the snake bit him on the lip. He didn't die but almost.

IT WAS A, UH, SECURITY MEASURE: A landlord in Lawrence, Kan., was caught spying on his tenants through peepholes he drilled in the walls of their bedrooms and bathrooms. He got 60 days in jail.

WAS THIS INCLUDED IN THE SALE PRICE? A man went to a police auction in Las Cruces, N.M., and bought a used car that had been seized by the narcotics division.
He was repairing the emergency brake when he discovered almost 10 pounds of cocaine hidden under the console. He informed the authorities.

IT WAS WARM FOR AUTUMN: A 49-year-old woman stripped naked on the steps of ;a building at Shepherd College in Shepherdstown, W.Va., and began reading the Bible as passers-by gawked. She was arrested for indecent exposure. She didn't say why she removed her clothes.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO TO GET ARRESTED? One of Arizona's most wanted men - a fugitive facing drug charges - went to the Federal Correctional Institution to turn himself in after making arrangements with the U.S. marshals. But no marshal showed up to arrest him, so he was turned away.
"I walked right into the federal prison," he said, "but they wouldn't let me in." He surrendered two days later at the federal courthouse.

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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