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June 15, 2003

FINALLY, A LIFT: A man who robbed a bank in Cleveland soon found that his getaway car would not start. He then ran around the area trying to steal other cars, but to no avail. He ultimately went up onto the Interstate where he tried to flag down a ride. The only car that stopped for him was a police cruiser.     
One officer said, "I don't think we're dealing with a genius here."

SO, WHERE ARE THE KANGAROOS? A British couple thought they bought airline tickets for their dream vacation in Sydney, Australia over the Internet, and were shocked when they landed in the sleepy Canadian town of Sydney, Nova Scotia.     
Once they had realized their error, they decided to stay for a few days.

I KEEP TELLIN' YA, IT'S NOT MINE! A man purchased a car at a U.S. marshal's auction that must have been previously owned by a drug dealer. This is because there was 119 pounds of marijuana hidden in the bumpers.     
Alas, it was not the new owner who discovered this, but U.S. Customs officials who searched the car a few months later when the man pulled up at the U.S.-Mexican border. He was imprisoned for three months before the matter was straightened out.

OK GRANNY, ASSUME THE POSITION! A 70-year-old armed grandmother has robbed three banks in Dusseldorf, Germany, netting a total of about $25,000.     
Police questioned a number of elderly woman in the case, but are not being overly aggressive and "charging into nursing homes and lining up grandmothers for questioning."

IT WAS QUITE A PERFORMANCE: Two men broke into a dance in front of the tellers at a bank in Athens, greatly amusing the staff. Bank officials discovered later that the dancers were distracting everyone while a third man was emptying the safe.

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