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HOROSCOPE for Wednesday, 12/16/09

Dec. 16, 2009
ARIES (March 20-April 18): Get everything signed, sealed, and delivered before your Ruling Planet Mars turns retrograde on Sunday. Afterwards it's an uphill climb. TAURUS (April 19-May 19): Loved ones aren't thrilled with that big move you're intent 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