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To commemorate National Vietnam Veterans Day, here are five popular celebrities and public figures who served for the U.S. Armed Forces in Vietnam in some capacity.
1. James Avery:
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From Avery's IMDb page: "Although best known as the uncle/patriarch and judge "Philip Banks" on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990), James Avery is a classically trained actor and scholar. A native…
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Don't worry, Chinese food will be safe from a new law aimed at the food industry.
Starting Wednesday, Hawaii will be the first and only state to ban plastic bags.
All major Hawaiian islands, joined recently by Oahu, have decided to ban all plastic and noncombustible bags from stores and businesses.
Not all business need to comply with the new law, Mashable reports. Bags are exempt if they are…
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YouTube user Nicole Paris uploaded a video of her father having a beatbox battle with her.
It's no contest.
The results are nothing short of shocking.
The best part starts at 1:54.
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President George W. Bush turns 69 years old Monday.
Here are a few patriotic images of the former president.
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BONUS: Our 43rd president also participated in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in August.
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President Obama's eldest daughter has been spotted interning on the set of the HBO show Girls, where admitted child molester Lena Dunham stars and directs the dramatic comedy.
Malia Obama hangs with Lena Dunham on the set of "Girls" in Brooklyn http://t.co/dABScnN7yS pic.twitter.com/pW7PWBPWO5
— Page Six (@PageSix) July 3, 2015
Malia Obama, who just turned 17 years old, had previously commented…
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Across the U.S., new laws have been put into place, including some in and around the nation's capital.
WTOP, one of the largest radio stations in the Greater Washington D.C., area, published a handy list of new laws for the state of Maryland, the commonwealth of Virginia, and the District of Colombia.
Among the new laws that stood out the most, Virginia will now grant "civil immunity to anyone…
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A French amusement park brings history back from the dead with life-like scenes from the likes of medieval knights to Roman gladiators.
Puy du Fou is like a large, action filled version of Cirque du Soleil. It opened in 1978, and has steadily grown in attendance ever since.
Their website boasts 1.2 million visitors to their various shows every year.
Puy du Fou hosts over a dozen unique shows,…
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A semi-famous polygamist family has applied for a marriage license in Montana, emboldened largely by the Supreme Court's recent Obergefell v. Hodges gay marriage decision.
After starring in one episode of the TLC show "Sister Wives", Nathan Collier and his two wives are trying to wed under the Marriage Equality Act. "We just want to add legal legitimacy to an already happy, strong, loving family…
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Fifty-two years ago, people feared that their names were being replaced with numbers by the federal government in some sort of conspiracy.
In reality, the U.S. Postal Service decided that there were better ways to sort and deliver mail, and that was through the use of the ZIP code.
In the late 1940s, approximately 20 million pieces of mail went through the Postal Service, which used to be…
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At long last, a Medal of Honor recipient will soon be able to be laid to rest in the soil he fought and died to protect.
Marine 1st Lt. Alexander Bonnyman Jr. is one of 3,491 Medal of Honor recipients during the long prestigious history of the medal, and one of 472 recipients from World War II.
Killed during the Battle of Tarawa in 1943, Bonnyman and approximately 1,100 of his fellow Marines…