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Tuesday, September 18, 2007 4:45 pm

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Boy sets fire to school in bid to extend summer vacation

A 14-year-old boy under arrest for setting fire to his school told investigators that he thought summer vacation would be prolonged if the school was burned down, investigators said.

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