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Courage, on a wing and a prayer

May. 19, 2009
Often referred to as flying rats or disease-carrying pests, feral pigeons are about as popular as tainted peanut butter and flu pandemics. Most people try to think of ways to discourage the assemblage of the stout-bodied bird. But when Helen Lewison observed...
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Hundreds sickened by peanut butter

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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch