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DULUTH, Minn. (AP) - Newspaper readers were so touched by the story of a blind police dog named Timber that they paid for an operation to restore his sight. In fact, they paid for the $2,500 surgery many times over. Officer Michelle Rafferty was ready to cover the cost out of her own pocket rather than let her cash-strapped department exchange her partner for a new dog. But when a story about Timber's cataract operation and Rafferty's devotion appeared in the Star Tribune of Minneapolis last month, readers sent more than $20,000.
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