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737 Bursts Into Flames, All Survive

Dec. 21, 2008
Investigators are at Denver International Airport this morning, combing through the charred remains of a 737 that slid off a runway into a ravine last night and burst into flames. Denver fire department officials said the entire right side of the plane was destroyed by a fire so intense that...
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commemorated in Washington
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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