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The Buck Stops Here

Krystine Rivera, 27, an administrative analyst in the Washington D.C. area, thought going for a run would make her feel better after a rough day at work. But after running five miles, she suddenly found herself on the ground, and then awakening to the voice of a paramedic explaining that he had to cut her shirt away “because it had deer blood all over it.” She’d been hit by a flying buck. The male deer had been flung into the air by an SUV driven by a 71-year-old woman. The buck died. Rivera, 5 feet tall and humorously known as “The Hulk,” was treated and released, as was the driver. (AC/Washington Post) ...A lot of people in Washington fling around big bucks that aren’t theirs.