Sometimes Fame Isn't Enough...

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| Fri Aug. 17, 2007 10:48 AM PDT

Two stories of mistaken identity:


  1. Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu mistaken for a bag lady.

  • Writer Stephen King mistaken for a vandal.

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