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Cuomo seeks to curb politics in pension decisions

Oct. 8, 2009
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo proposed Thursday replacing the elected state comptroller as the sole trustee of New York's $116 billion public employee pension fund, which serves 1 million members and pays out $7 billion a year. Cuomo instead wants a board of...
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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