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Falcons Owner Arthur Blank Speaks About Vick

May. 20, 2009
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank answers questions about Michael Vick at the NFL owners meetings:.
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MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Atlanta quarterback Michael Vick, serving a jail term on dogfighting charges, will be allowed to keep at least some of $20 million in bonuses from the Falcons.

Falcons won't cut Vick at this time

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NFL orders Vick not ro report to camp

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Micheal Vick gets lucative new contract

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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