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$1.75 eBay bid gets home
With a winning bid of just $1.75, a Chicago woman won an auction for an abandoned home in Saginaw, Mich. She was the top bidder during an auction on eBay, The Saginaw News reported. Full story
Melanie Sochan / The Saginaw News via AP file
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