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To: Ilaine who wrote (2860)	11/11/2002 11:22:55 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6901

Daily Brickbat Absurd news bites, served fresh every day. By Charles Oliver Utility Gets Revenge on Disgruntled Customer (11/12) Kip Kohn pays his bill from the Long Island Power Authority each month, and most months he includes a complaint about his service. So when he wrote "LIPA sucks" on an envelope and stuffed it with his payment and a wad of LIPA newspaper ads marked with "Stop wasting our money!", it was par for the course. Nevertheless, the letter frightened bill processors when it arrived at KeySpan Corp., which handles the joint electric and natural-gas bills of LIPA and KeySpan. Security evacuated the mailroom and called in the police and a postal inspector. A bomb squad and a hazardous-materials crew examined the package for several hours, reported Newsday. They finally determined that Kohn's special delivery wasn't dangerous. He now faces charges of aggravated harassment