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Chicago Targets Teen Violence After Deadly Brawl

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Oct. 7, 2009
In the wake of last month's beating death in Chicago of Derrion Albert, Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Attorney General Eric Holder visit the city Wednesday. Chicago is reeling from the murder of the 16-year-old honor student who got got in a street brawl. Now city and government officials...
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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