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Albert Einstein said a picture is worth a thousand words. The photo of the sign at the Moshannon detention center in Philipsburg in today’s newspaper screams them. Irony, too. “Help shelter pets find their way home,” the billboard in the background reads. The signs’ juxtaposition ...