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Discount air carrier JetAmerica folds

Jul. 17, 2009
JetAmerica, a fledgling discount airline that garnered attention with $9 promotional fares, has folded without ever getting off the ground. The Clearwater, Fla.-based company says it's suspending sales to all markets and will immediately begin to process...
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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