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Metro to expand wireless network to 4 carriers

Aug. 18, 2009
More transit riders will soon be able to use their cell phones underground in Metro stations. On Tuesday, Metro announced that construction is under way on a new wireless network that will begin providing mobile phone and Internet access by Oct. 16. It will serve customers of four cell phone...
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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