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Calif. shields mental health from budget woes

May. 20, 2009
Voters have told lawmakers not to take money from mental health programs to help close the state deficit. Voters rejected Proposition 1E in Tuesday's special election. Lawmakers put the measure on the ballot in hopes of transferring $460 million over the next...
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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