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Chrysler Notebook: Judge denies sale delay

May. 20, 2009
Developments from Wednesday's Chrysler bankruptcy hearing: THE ISSUE: A group of Indiana state pension funds that own Chrysler LLC debt asked U.S. Judge Arthur Gonzalez to delay the automaker's planned hearing on the proposed sale of most of its assets in...
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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