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Children saved from sweltering car; mom charged

Aug. 17, 2009
A Fremont woman was charged today with two counts of misdemeanor child endangerment for allegedly leaving her two children in a car where the temperature reached 107 degrees, authorities said. Sian Liao, 39, was arrested after passers-by saw her 2-year-old...
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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