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Firm: Calif median home price rises in month

Nov. 19, 2009
A tracking firm says the median home price in California increased more than 2 percent last month from September to its highest level in nearly a year. San Diego-based MDA DataQuick said in a report released Thursday that the increase was due to a dip in...
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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