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Mitt Romney wins the Texas GOP primary, locking down the party nomination, and he's already moving on to general-election goals. 
Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded to Bob Dylan, othersPresident Obama presents the country's highest civilian honor to singer Bob Dylan, labor leader Dolores Huerta, astronaut John Glenn and nine others. 
Obama has big edge in California, poll showsWomen, independents, moderates and Latinos all favor the president by huge margins over Republican Mitt Romney, whose supporters mostly say they want only to unseat the president. On Memorial Day, Obama talks of closure for wars old and newHe notes the end of U.S. combat in Iraq, promises to end it in Afghanistan — and offers Vietnam vets a 'welcome home' that many feel the nation never gave them. |
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