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D.C.-Area Sniper John Allen Muhammad Executed

Nov. 10, 2009
The mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks that killed 10 in the Washington, D.C., region was executed at a Virginia state prison Tuesday. Prison spokesman Larry Traylor says Muhammad had no final words.
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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