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Media General reports 2Q profit

Jul. 22, 2009
Newspaper publisher and TV station owner Media General Inc. said Wednesday that cost cutting helped deliver a profitable second quarter despite tumbling ad revenue. The results more than doubled the company's share price. The stock climbed $2.36 to $4.71 in...
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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