`Scalping' exposed at Villa Park
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An AP writer at Scotland's draw with the Netherlands at Villa Park on Monday seemed impressed by the fans' conduct. "After all-night partying, only 10 fans had been arrested for minor offenses [sic] such as public drunkenness and scalping," he wrote, conjuring images of marauding Scottish Braveheart impersonators removing orange-dyed hair by force. The truth, though, is less exotic: "scalping" means ticket touting Stateside...
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