Man Burns Down Trailer in Online Feud

July 26, 2007 By ANGELA K. BROWN, Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- A Navy man who got mad when someone mocked him as a "nerd" over the Internet climbed into his car and drove 1,300 miles from Virginia to Texas to teach the other guy a lesson.

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