Mailman discoveres cremated human remains in mailbox


	Mailman discoveres cremated human remains in mailbox

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8-18-2007 11:54 PM

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local, pennsylvania, weird, news, via:serotoninrain

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Via Jim Janotti's brilliant and always fascinating blog, http://Serotoninrain.wordpress.com. Notice the next-to-last sentence of the clip.

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8-19-2007 6:47 AM

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