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Saturday, October 06, 2001

A bullet punched a hole in the trans-Alaska oil pipeline Thursday, sending oil spewing for hours in a remote area north of Fairbanks.
"This has absolutely nothing to do with terrorism," a troopers spokesman said. "This is someone being dumb with their rifle."
Troopers had no further comment as they were too busy opening up a 1998 bottle of Merlot to see if the cork would be able to stop the leak.