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Las Vegas mayor losing support for city hall plans

Jun. 28, 2009
Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman's visions of a revitalized downtown may be in trouble as he loses support for a new city hall. A re-imagined downtown with two new casinos, busy office towers and a mass transit line can't happen without a new hall, Goodman says....
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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