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Mortgage bankers commiserate at Moscone

Oct. 19, 2008
Mortgage bankers commiserate at Moscone The stars of the financial meltdown - mortgage bankers - are holding their annual confab today and Tuesday at the Moscone Convention Center. This year's theme: "Winning Strategies for the Future." On hand to give the...
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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