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Proofreading is a dying art, wouldn't you say?

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Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter . . .
This one I caught in the SGV Tribune the other day and called the Editorial Room and asked who wrote this. It took two or three readings
before the editor realized that what he was reading was impossible!!! They put in a correction the next day.

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I can see where it might have that effect!
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He probably IS the battery charge!
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Weren't they fat enough?
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:lol: :lol: :lol:
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:lol: :lol: :lol:
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