She heard a gunshot and, looking out the back window, saw one of the mules go down on its knees.

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With the fiscal cliff and its double whammy of expiring tax breaks and spending cuts, this has to go down as one of the strangest year-ends on record.

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Despite five hurricanes, and I'll go back right down on the beach and, good Lord willing, we'll get out for the next one, too.

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