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Photos of the Week for March 29, 2013

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    A young medic who lost a leg while serving in Afghanistan is now helping to prepare new recruits for the realities of war in a new role as an amputee actor. Full story (Image YouTube)

    AP Photo/Australian Antarctic Division

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    A bus driver’s quick reflexes saved the lives of his passengers — and his own — when a lamppost came crashing through his windscreen. Full story (Image CNN)

    AP Photo/Las Vegas Fire and Rescue

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    An EMS lieutenant at FDNY has been suspended after posting a string of racist tweets. Photographs showed Dluhos breaking down when reporters confronted him about the allegations. Full story (Image J.C. Rice)

    AP Photo/John Javellana

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    The public’s right to record the activities of a public safety agency has again taken center stage, with this fire crew apparently attempting to keep the videographer from taping medical helicopter activities. Full story (Image YouTube)

    AP Photo/Matt Rourke

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    EMS crews have been speaking of their most unusual air medical transport — an injured police dog to an animal hospital. Full story (Image ABC27)

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    Rescue officials transport a man found on Mount Rubidoux in Riverside, Calif. The unidentified hiker apparently fell between some rocks. Full story (AP Photo/Riverside Fire Department)

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    Firefighters train during a simulated emergency situation, as they practice a rescue from the roof of a hotel in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

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