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A Once-Dark Polaroid Factory Goes Green

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Jan. 4, 2010
A shut-down Polaroid film factory in Massachusetts has gotten new life manufacturing flexible solar panels. It's just one example of a green industry that advocates say could use government support to spur job growth and help the environment.
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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