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Animal Suspected In FedEx Crash: Patch PM

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Officials said the FedEx driver was thrown from the truck, and the house was damaged.
Officials said the FedEx driver was thrown from the truck, and the house was damaged. (Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service)

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FedEx Truck Crashes Into Gaithersburg Home: MCFRS

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Johns Hopkins Researcher, Professor Wins Nobel Prize For Medicine

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