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Calif budget remains stalled over weekend

Jun. 27, 2009
Democratic leaders have again left Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office without a deal to close the state's $24.3 billion budget gap. Schwarzenegger on Saturday met behind closed doors with Democratic leaders for about an hour as the deadline approaches for...
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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