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Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling settles housing discrimation suit

Nov. 3, 2009
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has agreed to pay $2.7 million to settle accusations that he tried to keep blacks, Hispanics and families with children out of his apartment buildings.
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Record housing discrimination deal reached

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Los Angeles real-estate mogul Donald Sterling agreed to pay a record settlement for a housing discrimination lawsuit, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.

Baylor accuses Clippers chief of racism

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Elgin Baylor, the NBA Hall of Famer and former longtime Los Angeles Clippers executive, has accused team owner Donald Sterling of decades-long racism.

AT&T unit buying Comergent Technologies

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Sterling Commerce, a subsidiary of AT&T Inc., is buying Comergent Technologies Inc., a software developer, for $155 million.

L.A. Clippers owner accused of bias

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department has accused Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling of trying to keep blacks out of buildings he owns.

FlyMe buying Danish airline

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 12 (UPI) -- Swedish budget airline FlyMe will pay about $275 million to buy Copenhagen's Sterling airline.

Sterling Commerce buys Yantra Corp.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Sterling Commerce of Columbus, Ohio, Wednesday bought Yantra Corp. of Boston, Mass., for about $170 million in cash.

Sterling gets new contracts

HOUSTON, May 19 (UPI) -- Sterling Construction of Texas said Wednesday its Sterling Houston Holdings subsidiary was awarded $30 million in new contracts.
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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