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In September customs officials at Port Hueneme, California, went into a tizzy when a nearly fully operational Scud missile was off-loaded from a British vessel, destined for a local address. Said an agent, “All you needed to do was strap on a garbage can full of C-4 [an explosive], and you had a weapon.” After an investigation, officials said the buyer was just a collector and that the British seller had merely failed to disable the missile as required by U.S. law.
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A September New York Times story described some of the hundreds of people who are so taken with the Broadway show Jekyll and Hyde that they have seen it dozens of times and refer to themselves as “Jekkies.” Said one Jekkie, “Instead of going to a therapist, we talk to each other about it, since others truly don’t understand.”
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When pigs fly: In Corbeil, Canada, Lucette St. Louis, 66, suffered a broken leg and other injuries in August when a 180-pound pig owned by her son came flying through the air and hit her. It had been knocked airborne by a passing car.
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