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BANGOR, Maine — Author Stephen King and his wife are donating money so 150 soldiers from the Maine Army National Guard can come home for the holidays.
King and his wife, Tabitha, who were approached about helping out, are paying $12,999 — because King thought $13,000 was a bit unlucky — toward the cost of two bus trips so members of the 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Unit can travel from Indiana to Maine for Christmas. They are scheduled to depart for Afghanistan in January. One of King’s personal assistants chipped in $1 to make for an even $13,000. The Associated Press
