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Dinner With Palin? $63,500. Conversation? Priceless.

Sep. 19, 2009
Cathy Maples, of Huntsville, Ala., just paid $63,500 for a dinner she hasn't eaten yet. Maples won a chance to dine with former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin on an eBay auction last night.
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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