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U.S. lawyer locked in $1.74 St. Stephen border dispute (Canada)
A Massachusetts lawyer says an incident at the St. Stephen border crossing over two oversized bottles of Jim Beam bourbon could prevent her from ever visiting Canada again.
Deborah Butler was on her way to a family reunion in Bridgetown, N.S., last July when she declared the liquor at St. Stephen's third bridge.
Border guards told her she'd have to pay $1.74 in duty and fill out the required paperwork.
Butler says she waited about a minute for a duty collector to come to her car, then left, fearing she and her elderly mother would miss the ferry from Saint John to Digby.
full: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2012/06/01/nb-border-st-stephen-duty-butler.html
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Her story is unbelievable. Also, slow news day. 