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Judge: SoCal Wal-Mart plans not green enough

Aug. 2, 2009
A San Bernardino Superior Court judge says Rialto must revoke its approval of a 284,000-square-foot Wal-Mart partly because the plans are not environmentally friendly. In two cases last week, Judge Donald R. Alvarez decided that the city of Rialto's approval...
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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