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St. Petersburg, Florida: A Florida woman is offering to sell one of her kidneys to pay off a hospital debt. Ruth Sparrow ran an ad over the weekend in The St. Petersburg Times. It read: "KIDNEY - Runs good. Taking offers." Sparrow is serious. She owes $20,000 for gall bladder surgery, and wants to pay it off. She says both her kidneys work fine and she's willing to part with one to settle her debt. She offered one directly to Bayfront Medical Center, which turned it down. The newspaper has stopped running the ad, since selling organs is illegal in Florida
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