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CEO of design firm facing tax evasion charges

Sep. 2, 2009
State tax officials say the chief executive of a San Francisco Bay Area design firm has been arrested on tax evasion charges. Officials with the Franchise Tax Board say Philip Leech was taken into custody on suspicion of three counts of income tax evasion...
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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