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Craigslist cuts 'erotic services' section

May. 14, 2009
Craigslist promised Wednesday to shutter its erotic services section, eliciting mixed reviews from government officials who had accused the online classifieds site of allowing prostitution ads to proliferate. The San Francisco company instead opened a new...
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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