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Obama honors Poitier, Lowery, Tutu and others
5:45 PM on 08/12/2009
President Barack Obama awarded the nation's highest civilian honor to 16 "agents of change" on Wednesday, highlighting their accomplishments as examples of the heights a person can reach and the difference they can make in the lives of others...
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Civil rights legend to be honored with Medal of Freedom
11:50 AM on 08/12/2009
VIDEO - A civil rights icon who worked alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and helped lead the Montgomery bus boycott is headed to Washington to receive the Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama.
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Rapper C-Murder convicted of murder, faces life in prison
9:05 AM on 08/12/2009
GRETNA, Louisiana (AP) -- Rapper Corey "C-Murder" Miller was convicted Tuesday of second-degree murder for the 2002 shooting of a fan during a nightclub brawl, capping tumultuous jury deliberations at his second trial in the killing.
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Obama takes on health care critics
2:14 PM on 08/11/2009
PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he's no "big-spending Obama," telling Republicans and other critics that he won't sign a health care bill that adds to the deficit.
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Jurors struggle to deliberate in C-Murder trial
11:32 AM on 08/11/2009
GRETNA, Louisiana (AP) -- Jurors say they're having more problems as they weigh a second-degree murder charge against rapper Corey "C-Murder" Miller.
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