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An unnamed newspaper carrier in Jacksonville, Fla., was confronted by a man who said the carrier had forgotten to deliver his newspaper. When the 56-year-old carrier asked the man for his address to check his list, the man responded by pulling a gun. “Give me a paper,” he demanded at gunpoint. The carrier handed over a paper, then called police. Officers found Christopher M. Cooper, 26, hiding in a cooler at a gas station. They also found a gun in his car and marijuana in his pocket. He was charged with armed robbery of the 50-cent paper, and drug possession. (Florida Times-Union) ...Actually, the more interesting edition of the paper was the next day’s, which contained this story.
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