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A.J. Allmendinger signs with Richard Petty Motorsports through 2010

Apr. 17, 2009
Richard Petty Motorsports will announce Friday it has signed driver A.J. Allmendinger to a contract that will keep him with the Sprint Cup team through the 2010 season.
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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