[Newspoetry] appall-o-meter: 8.7

[Joe Futrelle]

Police say a woman tried to trick her daughter and community into 
thinking the girl had cancer so she could raise money, even going so 
far as to shave the 7-year-old's head, give her sleeping pills and 
put her in counseling to prepare to die.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/19/national/main533634.shtml

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