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Girl to have arm removed from her back
A girl in China is preparing to undergo surgery to have an extra arm removed from her back. Ren Xin will have the limb removed by doctors in Beijing next week. The 11-year-old was born with a third arm on her back. She will have to go through four stages of complicated surgery to have the limb removed. According to Chinese media reports, less than 20 similar cases have been reported around the nation.

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Man has arm cut off by train but demands glass of water
A man fell asleep on a train track and lost his right arm - but instead of yelling for an ambulance he calmly asked for a glass of water. Officers found Bobby Joe Medlin, 31, covered in blood close to the tracks in Fort Smith, Arkansas.He asked for water before they noticed his arm was missing up to his shoulder. A firefighter found Medlin's arm about an hour later, but doctors said it was too damaged to be reattached. Medlin, of Van Buren, was earlier involved in a car crash. He checked himself out of a hospital against medical advice hours before losing his arm.

39 Pounds Of Cocaine Seized In I-80 Stop
A routine traffic stop near the North 27th Street interchange on Interstate 80 just outside Lincoln led to the seizure of 39.2 pounds of cocaine, the Nebraska State Patrol said Tuesday morning.
The patrol arrested a man and woman from Arizona for possession of cocaine with intent to deliver on Monday. At 12:20 p.m. Monday, a state trooper with Headquarters Troop-Lincoln stopped an eastbound 2000 Ford Windstar minivan for driving without license plates.
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Man's Car Stolen While Chasing Down Mugger
A man robbed in the checkout line at a Jacksonville gas station had his car stolen from him by different men while trying to catch the original thief.
Paul Gibbs told police he was in a BP gas station when an unknown man snatched the $35 he was carrying in his hand.
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