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Magna creditors target company leaders

Aug. 18, 2009
Horse-track owner Magna Entertainment Corp.'s creditors can pursue claims against the firm's parent company and its chairman, a federal bankruptcy judge ruled Tuesday. Judge Mary Walrath authorized Magna's committee of unsecured creditors to prosecute claims...
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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