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Crash hearing raises pilot fatigue worries

May. 15, 2009
Capt. Marvin Renslow violated Colgan Air regulations by sleeping in a crew lounge the night before piloting a plane that hit a house and killed 50 people near Buffalo, New York, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. His co-pilot flew all night as a passenger before going to work....
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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