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Myrtle Beach wildfire biggest in 3 decades

Apr. 24, 2009
South Carolina's biggest wildfire in more than three decades _ a blaze four miles wide _ destroyed dozens of homes Thursday and threatened some of the area's world-famous golf courses at the height of the spring tourist season. The flames, fed by tinder-dry...
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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