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Montana farm groups, BNSF reach rate agreement

Dec. 3, 2009
Montana farm groups say they have succeeded in getting Burlington Northern Santa Fe railway to lower a proposed grain shipping rate increase that takes effect next year. Grain growers in central Montana have long complained of being subject to unfair price...
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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