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Jay Leno has fewer guests to choose from thanks to rival networks' boycott

Oct. 1, 2009
ABC and CBS are discouraging their stars from appearing on the new prime-time talk show to keep it from undercutting their costly dramas. NBC says it's not concerned. Despite a new prime-time perch and a larger audience, NBC comedian Jay Leno is fishing for guests from a substantially smaller...
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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