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Boy is OK after tree branch skewered his neck
Garret Mullikin, 12, was riding a dirt bike for the first time when he fell off it — and onto a thick tree branch that drove into his neck and through his lung. Now recovering after emergency surgery, he said he feels “a lot better than when I got the stick in my neck.”

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From a trio of fennec foxes to a gang of squeaky clean monkeys, find images of animals great and small.
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  Week in Pictures
Prayers for rain, street battles in Honduras and Michael Jackson's last dance are among this week's memorable pictures from around the globe.
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  The Week in celebrity sightings
Chrissie Hynde is a long way from Ohio, friends and family remember Ed McMahon, Kiefer Sutherland takes a New York stroll and more.
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July 2: Jermaine Jackson, one of Michael’s older brothers, talks to TODAY's Matt Lauer about how the pop icon's lyrics affect him now.

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updated 7:52 a.m. ET April 3, 2008

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