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Cal State approves 10-percent hike in student fees

May. 13, 2009
California State University students will pay 10 percent more in fees as the 23-campus system grapples with a severe budget crunch. Despite objections from students, the CSU Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved the fee hike to help offset state budget cuts...
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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