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Man shot to death in West Oakland

Nov. 30, 2009
A man was shot and killed in West Oakland, police said today. Jermel Holloway, 28, of Oakland was shot on the 3000 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Way shortly after 11 p.m. Sunday, said Officer Jeff Thomason, a police spokesman. Relatives took Holloway to...
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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