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More Names of Note Appear on Madoff List

Feb. 5, 2009
Boldfaced names mingle with the unheard of on a list of 13,567 people drawn into the Bernard Madoff case.
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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