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August 15, 2004

AREN'T LAWSUITS ANNOYING? A woman was photographed with her bridesmaids at her wedding 22 years ago drinking whiskey and smoking a cigarette in her wedding dress.
But she didn't think it was funny at all when she discovered that the picture has been subsequently turned into a greeting card featuring the caption, "Isn't love intoxicating?'' She is suing. She seeks money and the destruction of all copies of the photo.

OK LADY, TIME TO GIVE IT BACK: A woman was caught on a surveillance tape swallowing a diamond ring she was trying to steal from a Clearwater, Fla., jewelry store. She was taken to jail where the ring was recovered when nature took it's course. The jeweler then had the ring melted down.

HE AIN'T HEAVY ... OH YES HE IS: When a 700-pound man died in his San Francisco home, firefighters had to use a crane to get him out.

FOR FIVE BUCKS, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? A man in Buttanswa, Uganda, paid a $5 dowry to the parents of a 14-year-old girl, who wanted her married off.
While they were on their honeymoon, the police swooped in and arrested the groom because of the bride's age. He was to be charged with defilement.

AN ADMIRER OF FEMALE BEAUTY: Police in Seymour, Ind., found a video camera hidden inside the locker room of a girl's high school swim team. A male student is suspected.

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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