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Feds could seize Calif. parks if closed by budget

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Jul. 1, 2009
California officials say they're trying to avert a threat from the federal government to seize six state parks that could close to help balance the state budget. The National Park Service warned in a letter to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger that six parks of the...
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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