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From today's Reuters news

EX-WRESTLER DEFEATS GRANDMOTHER, LOSES TO COPS              YJWT
    TOKYO (REUTER) - A RETIRED JAPANESE SUMO WRESTLER, KNOWN    
FOR HIS INSATIABLE APPETITE, WAS ARRESTED FOR GRABBING A        
HANDBAG FROM AN OLD LADY IN DOWNTOWN TOKYO BECAUSE HE NEEDED    
MONEY FOR FOOD, POLICE SAID.                                    
    TOMOHISA FUJINO, 22, CLIMBED TO THE THIRD HIGHEST DIVISION  
IN THE SPORT BUT RETIRED IN 1990 BECAUSE OF BACK INJURY.        
    "I EAT TWICE AS MUCH AS THE AVERAGE PERSON AND I COULDN'T   
KEEP IT UP," POLICE QUOTED HIM AS SAYING AFTER HIS ARREST FOR   
SNATCHING A 73-OLD GRANDMOTHER'S HANDBAG.                       
    FUJINO, WHO WEIGHS OVER 100 KG (220 LBS), HAD BEEN TRYING   
TO MAKE ENDS MEET BY DOING ODD JOBS.                            
16-OCT-0147. HHK014 HA182868  NEVJ                              
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