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Broncos owner, coach praise police for arrest

Oct. 9, 2008
The owner and the coach of the Denver Broncos praised the Denver Police Department for its dogged determination to bring charges in the slaying of Darrent Williams.
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Veterans etch the names of their friends inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on May 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. UPI/Pat Benic