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June 29, 2003

SEE!? I WARNED YOU: A spooky film about a possessed housewife, now being screened in New Delhi, India, is so scary that it starts with a warning to people with heart problems.
Despite this, a 50-year-old man with an apparent heart condition decided to sit through it anyway. He died.

I KNOW WHAT I DON'T LIKE: The Boulder, Colo., Public Library set up an art exhibit made up entirely of "Trash Objects" found at scenic spots throughout the city. The library janitor, apparently no art aficionado, threw it away.

REGRETS (STAB) I'VE HAD A FEW (STAB): A man attempted to sing the Frank Sinatra classic "My Way" at a birthday party in Caloocan, Philippines, but couldn't carry a tune.
One of the guests was particularly irritated at this and asked him to stop. He didn't. So the man stabbed him to death.

ENHANCING THE STUDENT-TEACHER BOND: A California teacher took her 15-year-old student to Las Vegas where she had sex with him during a three-day stay in a hotel there. She got two years in prison and can never teach again.

FOR SOME REASON, I FEEL HEMMED IN: A young, 20-foot-long whale swimming in the Northern Pacific took a side trip into Puget Sound and traveled a few miles up the Skagit River before realizing he was no longer in the wide water.
He turned around and went back to the ocean.

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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