NEWS OF THE WEIRD

* Recently declared as drug contraband in schools, earning suspensions for
the students in possession: cough drops (Belle, W.Va., November);
health-food lemon drops (Colorado Springs, Colo., November); Certs
Concentrated Mints (Manassas, Va, September); gift-wrapped bottle of
Bordeaux wine as a Christmas gift for an eighth-grader's French teacher
(Cobb County, Ga).

* Chuck Shepherd's News of the Weird appears in Silicon Valley Life. W-mail
him at 74777.3206@CompuServe.com