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Facebook tries to simplify privacy settings

Jul. 1, 2009
Facebook is overhauling its complicated privacy controls in an attempt to simplify them for its 200 million-plus users. The changes will be rolled out gradually over the next several weeks. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based online hangout says the new settings will...
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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