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MySpace scoops up Imeem for a song

Dec. 8, 2009
MySpace's online music venture with recording labels completed its purchase of song streaming site Imeem on Tuesday, scooping up its 16 million users and mobile phone applications for less than $1 million. In a blog post, MySpace Chief Executive Owen Van...
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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