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Someone Threw Two Tomatoes at Sarah Palin

By Adam K. Raymond

Thirty-three year old Jeremy Olson was arrested today after he chucked two tomatoes at Sarah Palin from the second floor balcony of the Mall of America in Minnesota. He missed. [NYDN]

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