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September 7, 2003

WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU: after a 57-year-old woman was elected to the board of a condo association in Simi Valley, CA., the other members found out she was a convicted felon who had been found guilty of involvement in a scam to bilk people out of $1 million eight years earlier.
The board members moved to remove her from office, but the situation took a bizarre turn when it was discovered that, due to an oversight, the woman had never served her 3 1/2-year sentence. This will soon be rectified

SOUNDS REASONABLE: a New Hampshire woman abducted her own 19-month-old son, and offered to trade the boy back to his father for $2,000 and a sports utility vehicle.

EXCUSE ME FOLKS, YOU'RE UNDER ARREST: A teenage couple was arrested because the girl was seen performing oral sex on the boy on a swinging chair outside a Wal-Mart in Georgia. Disorderly conduct was charged.

ATTITUDE PROBLEM EXTRAORDINAIRE: A man appeared in court for beating his wife and, after his arrest, defecated on his cell floor and fought with officers who told him to clean up his mess. The judge was about to give him probation until he opened his mouth and wouldn't shut up.
He said that the fact that he threw feces on the window and flooded the toilet "doesn't give four officers the right to whale on me."
The judge said that he was acting like the victim.
"Well I think I am," he replied.
Probation revoked. Seven days in jail.

YOU CUT OFF MY WHAT!? A 67-year-old Texas man underwent surgery to remove his cancerous bladder, but the doctors, mistakenly believing that the cancer had spread, also removed his penis. Upon awakening, he was shocked to learn of their decision.
Needless to say, he sued. For $5 million. Realizing that any jury would be sympathetic, the doctors settled out of court.

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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