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Alaska Permanent Fund dividends

Sep. 23, 2009
The value of Alaska Permanent Fund dividends each year since the program began in 1982. Year _ Amount 2008 _ $2,069 2007 _ $1,654 2006 _ $1,106.96 2005 _ $845.76 2004 _ $919.84 2003 _ $1,107.56 2002 _ $1,540.76 2001 _ $1,850.28 2000 _ $1,963.86 1999 _ $...
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch