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Fireworks Explosion Kills 1 and Injures 4

nytimes.com
Jul. 4, 2009
The blast on Ocracoke Island, N.C., struck workers for the company setting up the annual Independence Day fireworks display on the docks.
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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