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DUBLIN, Ireland -- For one week a year, nursery owner Cecil Geddis is knee-deep in shamrocks, the delicate threeleafed plant that people the world over associate with Ireland and St. Patrick's Day. "You have to move fast in this business.

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Evey (Natalie Portman) is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked vigilante known only as "V" in V for Vendetta.
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The plot of V for Vendetta sounds controversial: A lone man sets off explosions and commits murders to protest policies of the government.

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These old Bibles were rescued from the trash by employees at the Salvation Army thrift store on S. Front Street.
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Frank and Angela Kozarich of Linden both treasure the sacred words of their favorite Bibles, but they differ over whether ink on paper is a keepsake. For the past eight years, Mr. Kozarich has heavily used a Serendipity study Bible.

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Well-worn Scriptures, family prayer books — many central Ohioans value holy volumes they 've used for years and even generations. Ethiopian immigrant Alemayehu Geleta treasures the Bible given to him by his wife, Tenaye, and her family at their wedding in 1999.

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