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February 8, 2004

MY GOD! WE'RE RICH! A woman in Dallas thought she had struck oil in her own home when a goodly amount of Texas crude came spewing out of her toilet and kitchen sink. Apparently, the problem came when the oil had seeped into a sewer line and backed up into the house.

THE COPS ARE PIECING THE CASE TOGETHER: An argument between a husband and wife on a street in Vladikavkaz, Russia, ended when one of them set off a hand grenade. It was not known what the altercation was about or which of them pulled the grenade as both are deceased.

STUPID AS WELL AS DEPRAVED: A bunch of punks drugged a 13-year-old girl and then sexually assaulted her in a vacant Utah house, and took pictures of it. They got caught because they took the film to a one-hour photo shop, where an employee saw the pictures and called the cops.

A DAY HE'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER: Two days before he was to be married, a groom-to-be had a misunderstanding with a group of strangers outside a Las Vegas casino, which ended when they beat him to bloody pulp.
But he went ahead with his wedding despite two black eyes, broken ribs and a damaged spleen. He was heavily medicated for the ceremony which took place at a hospital.

WE DON'T GET A LOT OF CALLS LIKE THIS: Police in Skoevde, Sweden, refused to believe a report that someone spotted a camel wandering the area during a snowstorm. It turned out to be true.
A local farmer was keeping a 22-year-old Siberian camel, named Emat, in his barn, and it got out.

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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