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ACORN: Mickey Mouse for Obama?

Oct. 16, 2008
A rash of fraudulent registrationsINTEREST in the upcoming election is running high, and officials around the country have reported big surges in voter registration. But some of the new applicants do not pass muster. In Orlando, home to the Magic Kingdom of Disney, Mickey Mouse tried to register....
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Rock the Vote rocks with 2M registrations

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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