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FAA: Small plane crashes, fatalities expected

May. 9, 2009
A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman says a small plane has crashed in the northern Nevada town of Gardnerville. FAA spokesman Ian Gregor says early reports from emergency crews indicate that as many as five people may have been killed in the crash....
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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