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March 23, 2003

WHAT WAS I THINKING? A man stole a car in Trondheim, Norway, but apparently felt guilty about it and decided to return it. First, he filled the vehicle up with gas to be a good citizen, but he drove off without paying for it. Police were alerted and followed him.
They were taken aback when he pulled into the police garage.

DEATH COMES BUT ONCE ... OR DOES IT? A 68-year-old man with cancer was mistakenly pronounced dead and sent to a mortuary in Bordeaux, France, where he was put in cold storage.
The next day, a mortician discovered he was still breathing and had him rushed to a hospital. He died.

NOW THAT'S A BARGAIN: A man bought a used suitcase for a dollar at an auction in Calgary, Alberta, and discovered that it contained 11 pounds of cocaine valued at $180,000. He turned it over to the police.

SIR, I'LL HAVE TO ASK YOU TO SIT DOWN: A naked man tried to force his way into the cockpit of a Paris-to-Oslo Air France flight forcing an emergency landing in Belgium. The man was removed from the plane.

DEATH AND PRISON COULDN'T STOP THEM: A woman - who had faked her own death to avoid jail - was arrested in Lisbon, Portugal, delivering 70 pounds of cocaine to Spanish drug dealers.
Police discovered she was part of a drug cartel run by her husband, who was already locked up in a Brazilian prison for drug trafficking. He continued to do business via cell phone.

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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