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11.2.04

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
Saddam Hussein Rules Over Cell With Iron Fist, reports Madison's own The Onion. (Hat tip: Common Sense and Wonder.)
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"Cold Spring Shops" was the name of the primary repair and car building facility of The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company ... builders of trolley dining cars and the Christmas parade train ... perhaps I can be that creative too.

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