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Peter Schramm found this odd AP story. Odd, I guess, because the headline makes you think a stampede resulted from a missile strike, but that's not what happened.

MIR ALI, Pakistan — A missile fired from a suspected unmanned U.S. drone slammed into a car in a Pakistani tribal region close to the Afghan border Monday, killing four people, intelligence officials and residents said.

Separately, at least 18 women and girls waiting to get free flour in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi died when the crowd around them swelled and a stampede occurred, officials said.

As you read, your mind tries to link the two stories, but they simply aren't linked. Except that they both happened in Pakistan. I guess the AP can't afford two separate stories in these difficult economic times.