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Firm buys Iowa meatpacker debt, making sale likely

May. 7, 2009
An unidentified company has bought a $10 million credit line to an Iowa kosher slaughterhouse that went bankrupt after a massive immigration raid, paving the way for the plant's sale. Agriprocessors Inc. bankruptcy trustee Joseph Sarachek says the buyer on...
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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