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Good morning! Today is Friday, the 13th of March, 2026 and this is the Friday Morning Edition of GEORGE. As a pre-Halloween treat for readers, our @END PAGE columnist has prepared a special Friday the 13th section filled with all sorts of interesting facts and figures about the 13th day of the month when it falls on a Friday. @END PAGE, a relatively new section, can be found at the very end of this issue. Our @The Sketch editorial cartoonist also has a special Friday the 13th cartoon drawn ju...