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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
October 25, 2010 - 7:42 pm
 

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- An uncontrollable case of the hiccups brought an odd sort of fame to Jennifer Mee, who was 15 when she appeared on television morning shows trying to find a cure for her mysterious affliction. Five weeks later they stopped and the media attention mostly disappeared -- until this week, when Mee, now 19, was charged with first-degree murder after police said she met a 22-year-old man online and lured him to a vacant home where two of her friends robbed and shot him.

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