California opens 2-day garage sale
State unloading no-longer-used items to rake in much-needed cash
Posted: August 29, 2009 at 3:32 a.m.
Bargain-hunters snatched up watches confiscated from criminals, surplus prison shirts and antique pianos salvaged from parks on the first day of a statewide garage sale to scrape together cash for California.
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