Did a title search this story wasn't posted. Your link is a different article (same story), with a different title.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1559252/posts
Another similar but not identical article on the same topic. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
We normally allow reposts of the same story if it's been a long time since the first one was posted and the thread is inactive.
At some point, we draw the line on reposts, but it's a judgment call. We'd rather spend our time generating lightning bolts.