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Loss of Jenkins Leaves Large Hole for the Jets

Oct. 19, 2009
Jets nose tackle Kris Jenkins is done for the season after being placed on injured reserve with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.
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Georgia RB Brown out for the year

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Surgeon finds self-healing for ligament

BOSTON, March 27 (UPI) -- A Boston surgeon is developing a means to get tears in a knee ligament to heal themselves.

Bills backup QB out 4-to-6 weeks

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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