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Sunday, September 10, 2006

Nurse, 51, kills intruder with bare hands

Via CNN:
A nurse returning from work discovered an intruder armed with a hammer in her home and strangled him with her bare hands, police said...

"She's an emergency room nurse. She's used to dealing with crisis."