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Blagojevich lawyers agree to take $110-an-hour fee

May. 8, 2009
Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's lawyers have agreed to be paid far below the rate some of them usually charge in return for being allowed to tap his $2.3 million campaign fund. In court papers filed Friday morning, the lawyers reluctantly agreed to...
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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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