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Large solar energy plant opens near Bakersfield

Oct. 23, 2008
California's big-solar boom is under way. The first of what could be many new, large solar thermal power plants in California opened today north of Bakersfield, on a patch of land surrounded by almond orchards. Designed and built by Palo Alto startup Ausra,...
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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