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Monday, August 20, 2012

Signing off

Posted by Leslie Newell Peacock on Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 5:18 PM

But first:

LATE NIGHT BAPTISM: Did you hear the one about the congressman who decided to swim nude in the Sea of Galilee after a nice dinner with other lawmakers on a "fact-finding" trip to Israel last year? Some of his fellow swimmers say they took the plunge for religious reasons.

NO TRIAL: Bryce Allen, the man who police said ran over a Jacksonville firefighter in March, has been found mentally unfit for trial.

        
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Monday, August 20, 2012

Signing off

Posted by Leslie Newell Peacock on Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 5:18 PM

Comments (27)

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