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A's make it interesting in 9th; Twins pull out win

Jun. 10, 2009
Jason Kubel and Justin Morneau each hit a home run, Scott Baker took a shutout into the ninth and the Minnesota Twins ended a three-game losing streak with a 10-5 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.
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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