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4 bodies left behind in vacant Ind. funeral home

May. 27, 2009
Four decomposed bodies left behind in a recently sold funeral home were "definitely not" the responsibility of the business' former director, the man said Wednesday. "Definitely not. Definitely not. I'm almost positive," said Darryl Cammack, the owner of the...
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic