Word of the Day for Thursday June 21, 2001:

languor LANG-gur; LANG-ur, noun:
1. Mental or physical weariness or fatigue.
2. Listless indolence, especially the indolence of one who is
satiated by a life of luxury or pleasure.
3. A heaviness or oppressive stillness of the air.

Languor is from Latin languor, from languere, “to be faint or weak.” The adjective form is languorous.

Old Lady Arrested For Being Mean Old Lady
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Like many older people, 92-year-old Theresa Cocozzo enjoys sitting on her front
porch and people-watching.
That simple act, however, landed her in the city jail recently. Not once, but
twice.
Police say Cocozzo has been unleashing abusive and offensive language at
neighbors and passers-by and was arrested last week for the second time on harassment
charges.
“She sits on the front porch and howls obscenities at the people across the
street,” said arresting officer Steve Barton.
Police Chief Joseph Waldron said, “It’s been an ongoing problem for over a year
now. She comes outside her house and calls people names. There’s no physical
contact. It’s just ongoing conduct that’s alarming and offensive to the
neighborhood.”

The Rental Car Is the Snitch
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Turner’s really suing Acme Rent-A-Car on Whalley Avenue in New Haven for
cozying up with Big Brother. He’s trying to recoup a $450 charge for allegedly
speeding on his way to Virginia in an Acme minivan. The van was equipped with a
Global Positioning System, or GPS, which transmits data via satellite. It clocked
him “going at speeds in excess of 90 mph on three separate occasions,” according
to court papers. The internal device did, but the cops didn’t.

Anti-Jew?I Thought That Meant I Like Jews.
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FEDERAL MP Bob Katter today admitted signing a petition circulated by a far
right group which claims a cabal of Jewish bankers is trying to subjugate the
world…
…Mr Katter said he thought the document was a motherhood statement and he
signed to please a constituent.

6 Year Old Shot By Cops
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A 6-year-old boy was shot last night during a police chase on the East Side.
The child was on a porch on E. 149th St. when he was shot, neighbors said…
The shooting appeared to have started after police chased two drug suspects in
the neighborhood.
Guzman said police responded to a report of drug activity at E. 173rd St. He
said police arrived and saw two men in a white Delta 88 and began chasing the car
through neighborhood streets.
When they got near E. 149th and Ridpath Ave., the suspects got out of the car:
one was caught immediately; the other ran into the yard of Mark and Eileen
Latham, Guzman said. He said the man ran into another yard, where he was shot by a
police officer.
Guzman said police did not have enough details about how the boy was shot, but
he said only one shot was fired by police. He said there is no indication
either suspect had a gun.

Now The Brits Want Segregation
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A race advisor has called for the creation of schools to cater specifically for
the needs of black children.
“We need black schools where our children can study their own culture without
fear of bullying,” said Lee Jasper, senior race advisor to the mayor of London.