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Family mourning a relative gets robbed

Jul. 17, 2009
Vallejo police are searching for seven people in a violent home-invasion robbery that targeted a family that was mourning the loss of a relative. At least one gunshot was fired during the robbery, which happened about 3:45 a.m. July 10 at a home on the 100...
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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