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Mark Twain's Hometown Sees Some Trouble

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From: AP Online
Date: 20051213
Author:CHRISTOPHER LEONARD, Associated Press Writer

CHRISTOPHER LEONARD, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
12-13-2005
Dateline: HANNIBAL, Mo.

The street of Hannibal, Mo., with houses made famous by Mark Twain in his Tom Sawyer stories, is in stark contrast to the strife present in the rest of the town Thursday, Dec. 8, 2005. Hannibal's crime rate is twice the national average, making it more dangerous than New York City, according to Morgan Quinto Press. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam)

Apart from some murder and grave-robbing in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," Mark Twain immortalized his hometown of Hannibal as a sleepy place where life rolls by as ...

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