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Court won't lower Mehserle's bail

Jul. 30, 2009
The state Supreme Court has refused to lower the $3 million bail for Johannes Mehserle, the former BART policeman charged with fatally shooting an unarmed passenger in the back at Oakland's Fruitvale Station on New Year's Day. Mehserle, 27, has been free...
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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