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Thursday, June 12, 2008
THE CLEVELAND WAR ZONE
"On leave from the violence he had survived in the war in Iraq, a young Marine was so wary of crime on the streets of his own home town that he carried only $8 to avoid becoming a robbery target. Despite his caution, Lance Cpl. Robert Crutchfield, 21, was shot point-blank in the neck during a robbery at a bus stop." (Yahoo News, 1 June) RD
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