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About 300 graves tampered with near Chicago

Jul. 9, 2009
Authorities say about 300 graves at a historic black cemetery near Chicago may have been tampered with as part of a scheme in which grave sites could be resold. Four workers at the Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip were charged Thursday with one count each of...
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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