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Exxon Mobil To Buy XTO Energy For $31 Billion

Dec. 14, 2009
Exxon has moved quickly to pick up valuable natural gas fields and is now snapping up Fort Worth-based XTO, which claims about 45 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, in an all-stock deal.
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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