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Vol. I · No. 1Prolonging the Slow Death of NewspapersEst. 2026

The Universe Gave Her Monkeys

Again, Erin Sullivan: DADE CITY — Around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Lena Calton looked out her front window and saw something strange sitting on a fence post.

"What is that?" she asked her boyfriend and his brother.

The guys got up to have a look.

"Is that … a monkey?" Calton said.

"No," the guys said and looked at Calton is if she were nuts.

But then, after a few more seconds, they thought it might be.

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