I hate to break the string of camp out stories, but this was too good to pass up:

NY TIMES MAGAZINE REPORTS MADELEINE ALBRIGHT CAN LEG-PRESS 400 POUNDS
Second only to Janet Reno among ex-Clinton staffers

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