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DVD: 'Agatha Christie's Poirot: Set 4'

Jul. 5, 2009
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) If you missed the two recent Poirot films on "Masterpiece Mystery!," or even if you didn't, Acorn has released "Mrs. McGinty's Dead" and "Cat Among the Pigeons" in a must-have three-disc collection that also includes a film about...
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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