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Expedia, Hotwire pay S.F. its taxes

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Jul. 13, 2009
Another round goes to San Francisco's tax collector. Late Monday afternoon, Expedia Inc. and Hotwire Inc. wired over approximately $35 million they had previously refused to pay the city in hotel occupancy taxes. The payment came in the wake of a California...
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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