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Driver charged in fatal Calif. casino bus crash

May. 13, 2009
The driver in a Northern California bus crash that killed 11 people has been charged with vehicular manslaughter, the Colusa County District Attorney's Office said Wednesday. District Attorney John Poyner said Quintin Watts, of Stockton, could face nearly 20...
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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