Reagan statue unveiled at Arlington airport
At Reagan National Airport a 9-foot-tall nearly one million dollar bronze statue of former president Ronald Reagan was unveiled amid ongoing debate over renaming the airport. The dedication marks the 100th anniversary of Reagan’s birth and is the fourth such tribute this year by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation.
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Polish 767 lands belly first after gear failure
A LOT Airlines Boeing 767 with 231 aboard diverted from Newark to Warsaw and landed on its belly when the landing gear failed to deploy. Capt. Tadeusz Wrona guided the craft safely with no injuries, drawing praise and online hero status. The plane reported a central hydraulic system failure affecting the undercarriage.
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Painkiller Overdose Deaths Tripled in a Decade
CDC reports nearly 15,000 overdose deaths in 2008 from prescription opioids like OxyContin Vicodin and methadone up from about 4,000 in 1999. Health officials call it an epidemic but solvable with tighter prescribing monitoring and public education.
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