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A's LEADING OFF

Sep. 24, 2009
How obliging: What did Adam Kennedy say to get ejected by home-plate umpire Eric Cooper in the first inning Tuesday after a called strike three? "I told him, 'If you're going to keep calling them like that all night, just kick me out right now,' " Kennedy...
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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