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Lies cost bayfront oil terminal $2.5 million

Jul. 15, 2009
The owner of an oil products terminal on the San Pablo Bay shoreline has pleaded guilty to lying to air-quality regulators about emissions and has been ordered to pay $2.5 million in fines and contributions to clean-air projects, federal prosecutors said....
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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