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Music review: Contemporary Music Players open

Oct. 8, 2009
The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players put on an inviting, even ingratiating, face for Monday's season-opening concert in Herbst Theater, led by guest conductor Sara Jobin. Not that there was any pandering or easy listening in the mix. But all five...
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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