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Gunmen kill police chief in Mexican border city

Apr. 25, 2009
Gunmen on Saturday ambushed and killed the police chief of Piedras Negras, across the border from Eagle Pass, Texas. Assailants wielding AK-47 rifles opened fire on retired Mexican army Col. Arturo Navarro as he drove home, Coahuila state investigators said...
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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