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A perfect 10

Oct. 30, 2008
BEAUTIFUL REBOOT: An image taken by the Hubble telescope shows a pair of galaxies that appear to form the number 10 -- a picture that inspired NASA officials to declare the craft had performed perfectly as it got back to work. BEAUTIFUL REBOOT: An image taken by the Hubble telescope shows a pair...
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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