Also on Friday, paramedic Bryce Reed made a brief court appearance in the town of Waco where he was charged with owning an unregistered destructive device.

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Mayor Kasim Reed has made dealing with foreclosures one of his main goals for 2012.

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The crew of Steve Williams, Peter Reed, Alex Partridge and Andy Hodge made it 22 wins in a row after clocking five minutes 53.45 seconds.

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As she accepted the Intellectual Property Owner's Association 's 27th Annual Inventor of the Year award on June 28 for her work in tissue engineering--she is the first individual woman to win the award--her Donna Reed-style hair and her concerned expression made her look like a doctor about to apply a Band-Aid.

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So Netflix's founder and chief executive, Reed Hastings, tried to explain himself and made matters far worse.

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He established his own film company, Scimitar, in the mid-1960s and made a number of satirical films starring Oliver Reed, including The System and I'll Never Forget What's 'Is Name.

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South Buckinghamshire District Council member, Roger Reed, said once the application had been validated a decision would be made within 16 weeks.

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Reed played for the Buffalo Bills for 15 years, and in four consecutive seasons made it to the Super Bowl, only to lose (in case you were wondering, that is a record).

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Mr. REED: Well, the unfortunate part about it is you could - there's a strong argument to be made is that it doesn't really help the person who's stretched by their mortgage payments.

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