BERMAN: Welcome back, everyone. Americans are mourning the loss of a heroic civil rights activist. Lawrence Guyot survived threats, severe beatings and jail time leading a black voter registration drive during Mississippi's freedom summer of 1964. In recent years, he suffered from heart problems. Guyot died late last week at home. He was 73 years old. A woman from St. Petersburg, Florida is learning the hard way you shouldn't mess with a manatee. The 53-year-old Ana Gloria Garcia Gutierrez was arrested Saturday after being photographed two months ago riding a manatee. In Florida, it is illegal to harass manatees or ride them. She faces up to six months in jail, and a $500 fine if convicted.</s>O'BRIEN: You should just not be riding manatees. Go ahead.</s>BERMAN: I think a lot of people are now learning for real, you know, the impact of doing that. That's for sure. Some people --</s>CONWAY: I'm all for protecting animals.</s>BERMAN: Thank you for making that disclaimer. Some people who turned out to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City last Thursday found out the confetti raining down on them contained sensitive personal information such as Social Security numbers. That's right. It turns out the confetti was made up of shredded documents from the Nassau County New York Police Department. An investigation is under way to determine how that happened.</s>MARTIN: Speaking of which -- bad stuff.</s>O'BRIEN: Anyway, still ahead on STARTING POINT, so it is one of the most famous scenes from the holiday movie. Remember this?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You'll shoot your eye out, kid.</s>O'BRIEN: Now, it's all gone to Broadway. Ralphie, a.k.a. Peter Billingsley, talks about the new "A Christmas Story" musical coming up next.
Civil Rights Activist Guyot Dead; Leave The Manatee Alone; Confetti Mystery At Macy's Parade