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April 20, 2003

NO PAIN, NO GAIN: A dominatrix named Mistress Victoria has opened an exercise class in New York City in which participants are put though their paces by the leather-clad, riding-crop wielding fitness instructor.     
"Slavercise" aficionados are forced to wear dog collars, must beg for water and are spanked if they fail to follow orders.

YOU WERE ALL OVER THE ROAD, BUB: Cognizant of the fact that he had already been arrested for drunken driving, a man left his car at home and traveled by bicycle to his neighborhood bar.     
As he was pedaling back to the house after imbibing freely, he was arrested for bicycling while intoxicated.

UNUSUAL? NO, WHY DO YOU SAY THAT? A man, whose wife is a doctor at a Bridgeport, Conn., drug clinic, pretended that he was the doctor and performed a gynecological and breast exam on a young addict before giving her methadone.     
He was charged with practicing medicine without a license.

THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME: A man cashing a $26 check at a New Jersey bank was mistakenly given $2,600 by the teller. Not only did the guy take the undeserved money, he refused to give it back even when bank officials discovered the error and contacted him.     
He apparently thought that once the money was in his possession, he became it's rightful owner. Wrong. He was arrested. The money was recovered. And now he is charged with theft. Could do time.

EASY TO PLEASE: An out-of-work and heavily intoxicated man commandeered a taxi in Shenyang, China, and held police at bay for two hours threatening to blow himself up unless his demands were met. His wants were simple: lots of booze.     
He surrendered after the police gave him some beer. He had no explosives.

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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