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July 20, 2003

WORDS OF COMFORT AT YOUR TIME OF SORROW: At the funeral of an old man in Chama, New Mexico, the priest told the gathered mourners that, because the deceased was "living in sin" and "lukewarm in his faith," he was going to hell. "The Lord vomited people like Ben out of his mouth to hell," said the holy man.     
The family is suing, seeking damages for severe emotional suffering.

HAPPY IN HIS WORK: A fireman in Tuebingen, Germany, has admitting setting 30 fires in the past 12 years so he could help extinguish them.     
A police spokesman said, "He really enjoyed putting out fires."

MIND IF I DROP IN? Apparently looking for a place to sleep, A man snuck into an apartment building in Klamath Falls, Ore., and went into a crawl space and nodded off in his underwear.     
But the boards underneath him gave way and he fell through the ceiling of the room below, landing on the bed of a sleeping woman.

PEOPLE LISTEN TO A MAN WITH A CLIPBOARD: Police said that the Arab owner of a North Carolina pita company stole two three-ring binders containing the secret recipes of a Philadelphia bakery by putting on a lab coat and pretending to be a company supervisor.     
Police say the theft was caught on videotape, but the man's brother says he was "set up" because he is from the Middle East.

I TOLD YOU, IT'S OVER! WHAP! A man attacked his 220-pound ex-girlfriend on a Brooklyn street in the early hours of the morning punching her in the face after seeing her in a restaurant with another man.     
But she fought back sitting on his chest and clubbing him with her Size 12, high-heeled shoe. He died in the altercation, but a judge ruled she acted in self-defense.

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