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ACLU asks court to bar closing of L.A. County jail facility

Jul. 13, 2009
Facing a $25-million budget cut, Sheriff Lee Baca wants to close a 1,600-bed facility near Castaic Lake. ACLU attorneys say that will further exacerbate substandard conditions at other jails. The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday asked a federal judge to bar the Los Angeles County...
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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