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Man gets 5 years in San Diego State student's death

May. 19, 2009
John Steven Burgess, a convicted sex offender, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the 2007 disappearance of Donna Jou. Just before he was sentenced for dumping the body of an Orange County woman in the ocean following a night of heavy drug use, John Steven Burgess swore to the victim's...
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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