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Drunk raccoon's booze-fueled night raises almost $300,000 for animal shelter

Vice News and KTLA describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened Drunk raccoon's booze-fueled night raises almost $300,000 for animal shelter.
The headline split The left frames it as "Drunk Raccoon Who Passed Out in Liquor Store Has Now Raised $290,000 for Animal Shelter". The center frames it as "Drunk raccoon's booze-fueled night raises almost $300,000 for animal shelter".
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Left / center-leftDrunk Raccoon Who Passed Out in Liquor Store Has Now Raised $290,000 for Animal Shelter

Vice News · Center-left · News report

CenterDrunk raccoon's booze-fueled night raises almost $300,000 for animal shelter

KTLA · Center · News report

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KTLANews report · Nov 13, 6:53 PM

Drunk raccoon's booze-fueled night raises almost $300,000 for animal shelter

A raccoon became an overnight celebrity last year after it broke into a Virginia liquor store, ransacked several shelves of booze, became very intoxicated and passed out in the bathroom. No...

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Vice NewsNews report · Nov 13, 7:31 PM

Drunk Raccoon Who Passed Out in Liquor Store Has Now Raised $290,000 for Animal Shelter

Every great comeback story needs a rock bottom, and for one Virginia raccoon, rock bottom was the floor of a liquor store bathroom. VICE covered the original incident last December, when a...

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