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CDs shine in a lackluster music year

Jan. 1, 2010
Two stories dominated music news in 2009. The untimely death of Michael Jackson — perhaps the best-known pop singer on Earth — stunned the world last June. The world also thrilled to a new talent — as unknown Scottish singer Susan Boyle garnered global attention with...
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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