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A Twittering GM is sure to be a twit

Jun. 7, 2009
If Pirates general manager Neal Huntington was a serial Twitterer (and we have no reason to think he isn't), his mealymouthed e-mail explanation to Pirates season-ticket holders for the devoutly unpopular Nate McLouth trade would have read, "$ no factor....
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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