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7/9: Confederate flag to be removed from S.C. capitol grounds; Spacecraft nears Pluto in historic mission

Name: 7/9: Confederate flag to be removed from S.C. capitol grounds; Spacecraft nears Pluto in historic mission
Uploaded: 2015-07-09T18:30:00-0400
Duration: 20 min 36 s
Description: South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley signed a bill that will bring down the Confederate flag from state capitol grounds; and after being launched in 2006 -- and traveling more than 3 billion miles -- the New Horizons spacecraft is nearing Pluto with the goal of capturing close-up images of the dwarf planet.

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley signed a bill that will bring down the Confederate flag from state capitol grounds; and after being launched in 2006 -- and traveling more than 3 billion miles -- the New Horizons spacecraft is nearing Pluto with the goal of capturing close-up images of the dwarf planet.