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Among recent letters submitted to the San Jose Mercury News’s “Action Line” column: “I voted for the Lotto game eight years ago, and I haven’t won anything. I think some of these people who are winning these millions of dollars didn’t even vote for the program.” And, “During the time I’ve been in the main jail, my sexual feeling/response has rapidly declined to almost nonexistent. I’m 25 and have never experienced such a severe lack of sexual drive.” Also, “Do people with big noses produce bigger boogers than people with smaller noses?”
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Fred Silva, 48, an inmate in Jefferson City, Missouri, lost his legs several years ago when they were frostbitten during an escape attempt but successfully broke out in June, days after being fitted with artificial legs. Said an official at Prosthetic Consultants, creator of the legs, “He always said he’d make us famous by escaping [on] our artificial legs.”
Objections to a referee’s call upholding a goal at a soccer match in Orkney, South Africa, in January led to fighting that resulted in at least 40 spectator deaths and 50 injuries.
