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ACLU criticizes NV school district's drug tests

May. 24, 2009
The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada has criticized a school board's decision to implement a full calendar-year random drug testing program rather than a seasonal one for high school students who participate in sports and other extracurricular...
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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