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Cops' 'wake-up call' for Berkeley protesters

Dec. 11, 2009
UC Berkeley police arrested 65 protesters at a campus building early today, ending a weeklong occupation designed to draw attention to fee hikes and budget cuts throughout the University of California system. Officers from the Berkeley campus and elsewhere...
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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