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Ex-Stanford exec enters plea in swindle case

Jul. 13, 2009
The former finance chief of Texas billionaire financier R. Allen Stanford's empire has pleaded not guilty to helping to swindle investors out of $7 billion. But James M. Davis' attorney says Davis is expected to return to court next week to plead guilty....
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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