[lbo-talk] VP Cheney accidentally shoots hunting partner

[Kevin Robert Dean]

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Cheney accidentally shoots hunting companion: CNN
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and 
wounded a 78-year-old man while hunting for quail on a ranch in Texas, 
U.S. television networks reported on Sunday.

Cheney's hunting companion, Harry Whittington, was "alert and doing 
fine" in the hospital after being shot on Saturday with shotgun pellets, 
CNN reported ranch owner Katharine Armstrong said.

Armstrong, the owner of the ranch where the weekend hunt took place, 
said Whittington was taken to Corpus Christi Memorial hospital, the 
network reported.

CNN said Cheney spent time at the hospital on Sunday with Whittington, a 
lawyer from Austin.

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