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From today’s edition of the Evening Wrap (daily mailing from the Wall Street Journal online):

Prosecutors dropped charges against a woman who used a fake $200 bill to buy clothes at a Fashion Bug store this past August. Deborah L. Trautwine, 51 years old, shopping at a Fashion Bug store in Greensburg, Pa., paid with a bill that had President Bush's picture on the front and a serial number DUBYA4U2001. The back of the bill featured a picture of the White House, with signs on the lawn saying "We Like Broccoli" and "USA Deserves A Tax Cut." The clerk that handled her purchase gave Ms. Trautwine $100.58 in change. Ms. Trautwine's attorney said she wasn't aware that the bill wasn't legal tender, either. The charges against her were dropped after she paid the Fashion Bug in real money.