Ninety-six Liverpool supporters died on 15 April 1989 when a crush within two pens at the Leppings Lane terrace of Sheffield Wednesday's stadium occurred at the beginning of a FA Cup semi-final.

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And two pens, because you'll probably lose one.

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Ninety-five fans died after they were crushed within two pens at the Leppings Lane terrace of Sheffield Wednesday's stadium, while the 96th died three years later after a Law Lords ruling stopping his tube feeding.

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The other two sat opposite, more attentive, pens poised over notepads half full with scribbles.

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However, last week's column on the prospects of the Livescribe Pulse was actually the penultimate one on the subject of smart pens -- at least two alternatives have entered the market.

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Green MSP Robin Harper's amendment, which urged the government to phase out the rearing of smolt or juvenile fish in freshwater open net-pens, fell, with two MSPs voting for it and 114 voting against it.

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Participants who had been mimicked were two to three times more likely to pick up the pens.

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As the building of the animal pens nears completion, the handlers recently found the bodies of two baby wild cats, stung to death by scorpions.

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Our hearts went out to Wesley and her two tiny girls, who sat in on the taping with the other children thinking that these pens would go to their "Daddy" and his men.

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