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Woman, 89, Uses Ax to Break Into Home
Feb 13 2008, AP

An 89-year-old woman used an ax to break into her own home after she locked herself out on a patio hemmed in by deep snow. “I had to bang the glass four times with the ax before it broke,” said Geraldine “Gerry” Palmer, who turns 90 this...

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