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Mysterious Christmas cash
A woman hopped aboard buses, greeted passengers with "Merry Christmas" and handed each an envelope containing a card and a US$50 bill before stepping off and repeating the process on another bus. She did it so quickly that descriptions of the woman varied among surprised Spokane Transit Authority passengers on several routes on Thursday. "She kind of kept her head down. I don't remember ever seeing this lady before," bus driver Max Clemons said. Transit authority spokesman Dan Kolbet said efforts to identify the gift-giver were unsuccessful.
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Girl hit by stray bullet
Two men were arrested in connection with the shooting of a young Thai girl who was struck by a stray bullet while standing in her kitchen with her mother. Cesar Zamora, 24, and Steven Andrew Castanon, 20, were arrested on Friday for investigation of attempted murder, police said in a statement. The stray bullet struck nine-year-old Charupa Wongwistiri in the head. Her mother rushed her to hospital, where she remained in a critical condition late on Friday, police said. Zamora walked into a police station with his attorney and surrendered. Castanon was arrested during a traffic stop. Detectives said they were trying to identify a third man who opened fire at Zamora and Castanon, who were standing across the street from Wongwistiri's home.
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