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 HARTFORD CONNECTICUT citizens all considered dead.  The story went as so:  
 For three years, Hartford Connecticut residents were excluded from Federal 
 Grand Juries, but no one knew quite WHY.  Authorities began investigating  
 and found that the reason was that a computer had listed everyone in the   
 city as dead.  Authorities explained that the city name, Hartford, had     
 been placed in the wrong spot in the database, forcing the "d" at the end  
 to go into the next field which happened to be used for info regarding     
 jurors.  Whenever a Hartford resident's name appeared, the computer noted  
 the "d" for dead and a juror questionaire was then not sent. [Ed: Hey!     
 Computers don't kill people - Data Entry People kill people!]              
                                                                            
 CHINA. In the Province of Jiangxi, an ex-exterminator named Yang Sigi has  
 opened three factories that make drugs to treat a variety of ills.  What   
 is unique about these drugs is that they are all made from termites.  It   
 seems the good Mr. Sigi had found himself suffering from a variety of      
 problems: Snail fever, gastritis, and a neurotic disorder.  After many     
 orthodox treatments failed, he cured himself by spending about 3 months    
 in 1987 ingesting large quantities of termites.  After his termite-cure    
 worked, he began thinking that they have Magical Medicinal Powers and he   
 opened his factories. [Ed: About all we can say to this is YUK!!!!!]       


